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2006 Census

Highest Qualification of People in Tasman District and New Zealand,(1)(2) 2006 Census
 
Region/ City/ DistrictNew Zealand
No qualification
  8,583  708,432
Level 1 certificate gained at school
  5,058  386,070
Level 2 certificate gained at school
  3,303  263,850
Level 3 or 4 certificate gained at school
  1,179  170,055
Overseas secondary school qualification
  1,350  172,590
Level 1, 2 or 3 certificate gained post-school
  1,467  128,619
Level 4 certificate gained post-school
  3,984  286,599
Level 5 diploma
  1,302  110,496
Level 6 diploma
  2,106  157,869
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualifications
  2,418  315,849
Post-graduate and honours degree
  501  55,458
Masters degree
  399  59,703
Doctorate degree
  117  16,767
Not elsewhere included(3)
  3,258  328,014
Total  35,016  3,160,371

1. All figures are for the census usually resident population count aged 15 years and over.
2. For further information on the qualifications framework, refer to the statistical standard for qualifications, available from the Statistics New Zealand website: www.stats.govt.nz
3. Includes 'highest qualification unidentifiable' and 'not stated'.

Highest Qualification of Māori in Tasman District and New Zealand,(1)(2) 2006 Census
 
Region/ City/ DistrictNew Zealand
No qualification
  660  130,146
Level 1 certificate gained at school
  309  54,549
Level 2 certificate gained at school
  213  31,194
Level 3 or 4 certificate gained at school
  75  17,892
Overseas secondary school qualification
  3  1,464
Level 1, 2 or 3 certificate gained post-school
  108  21,150
Level 4 certificate gained post-school
  183  27,450
Level 5 diploma
  54  9,456
Level 6 diploma
  54  10,110
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualifications
  90  17,907
Post-graduate and honours degree
  12  2,532
Masters degree
  9  2,241
Doctorate degree
  0  387
Not elsewhere included(3)
  162  38,928
Total  1,932  365,406

1. All figures are for the Māori ethnic group census usually resident population count aged 15 years and over.
2. For further information on the qualifications framework, refer to the statistical standard for qualifications, available from the Statistics New Zealand website: www.stats.govt.nz
3. Includes 'highest qualification unidentifiable' and 'not stated'. 

1996–2006 Censuses

Highest Qualification of People in Tasman District,(1)(2) 1996–2006 Censuses
 
199620012006
No qualification
  9,942  8,175  8,583
Level 1 cert gained at school
  3,741  4,848  5,058
Level 2 cert gained at school
  2,640  3,285  3,300
Level 3 or 4 cert gained at school
  864  1,137  1,179
Overseas secondary school qual
  462  1,278  1,347
Level 1, 2 or 3 cert post-school
  945  1,254  1,464
Level 4 cert post-school
  2,058  1,938  3,981
Level 5 diploma
  471  756  1,299
Level 6 diploma
  2,262  2,472  2,106
Bachelor deg and level 7 quals
  993  1,380  2,415
Post-grad and honours degree(3)
  501  642  501
Masters degree
......  399
Doctorate degree
......  117
Not elsewhere included(4)
  4,218  4,677  3,258
Total  29,103  31,848  35,019

1. All figures are for the census usually resident population count aged 15 years and over.
2. For further information on the qualifications framework, refer to the statistical standard for qualifications, available from the Statistics New Zealand website: www.stats.govt.nz
3. For 1996 and 2001, post-graduate and honours degree, masters degree and doctorate degree data was produced as part of a higher degree category. For time series, the higher degree data is shown under the post-graduate and honours degree category.
4. Includes responses classified as 'response unidentifiable' and 'not stated' for 1996. Includes 'highest qualification unidentifiable' and 'not stated' for 2001 and 2006.

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Highest Qualification of Māori in Tasman District,(1)(2) 1996–2006 Censuses
 
199620012006
No qualification
  669  567  660
Level 1 cert gained at school
  237  255  309
Level 2 cert gained at school
  153  189  216
Level 3 or 4 cert gained at school
  63  54  75
Overseas secondary school qual
  6  9  3
Level 1, 2 or 3 cert post-school
  48  99  105
Level 4 cert post-school
  99  87  183
Level 5 diploma
  15  51  54
Level 6 diploma
  72  75  54
Bachelor deg and level 7 quals
  18  36  90
Post-grad and honours degree(3)
  12  6  12
Masters degree
......  9
Doctorate degree
......  0
Not elsewhere included(4)
  219  219  162
Total  1,611  1,647  1,932

1. All figures are for the Māori ethnic group census usually resident population count aged 15 years and over.
2. For further information on the qualifications framework, refer to the statistical standard for qualifications, available from the Statistics New Zealand website: www.stats.govt.nz
3. For 1996 and 2001, post-graduate and honours degree, masters degree and doctorate degree data was produced as part of a higher degree category. For time series, the higher degree data is shown under the post-graduate and honours degree category.
4. Includes responses classified as 'response unidentifiable' and 'not stated' for 1996. Includes 'highest qualification unidentifiable' and 'not stated' for 2001 and 2006.

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Note: This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals and values for the same data may vary in different tables.