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2006 Census

Highest Qualification of People in Tauranga City and New Zealand,(1)(2) 2006 Census
 
Region/ City/ DistrictNew Zealand
No qualification
  19,644  708,432
Level 1 certificate gained at school
  11,496  386,073
Level 2 certificate gained at school
  7,083  263,850
Level 3 or 4 certificate gained at school
  2,820  170,055
Overseas secondary school qualification
  3,576  172,590
Level 1, 2 or 3 certificate gained post-school
  4,017  128,619
Level 4 certificate gained post-school
  9,330  286,599
Level 5 diploma
  3,060  110,496
Level 6 diploma
  4,635  157,866
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualifications
  6,291  315,849
Post-graduate and honours degree
  1,020  55,461
Masters degree
  873  59,703
Doctorate degree
  165  16,770
Not elsewhere included(3)
  8,043  328,014
Total  82,050  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 Tauranga City and New Zealand,(1)(2) 2006 Census
 
Region/ City/ DistrictNew Zealand
No qualification
  3,561  130,146
Level 1 certificate gained at school
  1,578  54,549
Level 2 certificate gained at school
  900  31,194
Level 3 or 4 certificate gained at school
  459  17,892
Overseas secondary school qualification
  45  1,464
Level 1, 2 or 3 certificate gained post-school
  681  21,153
Level 4 certificate gained post-school
  933  27,450
Level 5 diploma
  303  9,456
Level 6 diploma
  309  10,110
Bachelor degree and level 7 qualifications
  549  17,907
Post-graduate and honours degree
  54  2,532
Masters degree
  39  2,244
Doctorate degree
  6  387
Not elsewhere included(3)
  1,119  38,925
Total  10,527  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 Tauranga City,(1)(2) 1996–2006 Censuses
 
199620012006
No qualification
  21,672  18,213  19,641
Level 1 cert gained at school
  7,434  10,953  11,493
Level 2 cert gained at school
  5,283  7,398  7,083
Level 3 or 4 cert gained at school
  1,659  2,493  2,820
Overseas secondary school qual
  1,119  3,216  3,576
Level 1, 2 or 3 cert post-school
  2,046  2,904  4,014
Level 4 cert post-school
  4,392  4,188  9,333
Level 5 diploma
  876  1,563  3,060
Level 6 diploma
  4,494  5,292  4,635
Bachelor deg and level 7 quals
  2,043  3,276  6,291
Post-grad and honours degree(3)
  864  1,266  1,020
Masters degree
......  873
Doctorate degree
......  165
Not elsewhere included(4)
  9,210  10,455  8,043
Total  61,083  71,217  82,047

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 Tauranga City,(1)(2) 1996–2006 Censuses
 
199620012006
No qualification
  3,684  3,279  3,561
Level 1 cert gained at school
  1,032  1,407  1,578
Level 2 cert gained at school
  639  855  900
Level 3 or 4 cert gained at school
  222  321  456
Overseas secondary school qual
  12  21  45
Level 1, 2 or 3 cert post-school
  264  426  681
Level 4 cert post-school
  333  327  930
Level 5 diploma
  69  195  306
Level 6 diploma
  261  357  309
Bachelor deg and level 7 quals
  105  240  549
Post-grad and honours degree(3)
  33  63  51
Masters degree
......  42
Doctorate degree
......  6
Not elsewhere included(4)
  1,029  1,197  1,119
Total  7,677  8,688  10,527

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.