Printer-friendly VersionCensus Statistics 2001
- Ethnic Groups Report: This report provides a wide variety of demographic, social and economic data for ethnic groups in New Zealand from the 2001 Census. Source: Statistics New Zealand.
- Language Spoken (Total Responses): link to 2001 New Zealand Census Population and Dwellings statistics on, language spoken, (total responses) by official language indicator. Downloadable file in Microsoft Excel 2000 format. Source: Statistics New Zealand.
- Ethnicity of older people in New Zealand: Ethnicity refers to the cultural group or groups that people belong to or identify with. The publication Older New Zealanders - 65 and Beyond will assist in fulfilling the need for improved information on older people. This report brings together data from a wide range of sources including the Census of Population and Dwellings, social surveys and administrative data, to provide a picture of the of the population aged 65 and over and how it is changing. Source: Statistics New Zealand.
- Youth labour force participation rates in New Zealand (pg15): Among particular ethnic group, labour force participation rates were highest among South African (78.4 percent), Australian (73.8 percent) and Filipinos (75.2 percent). the ethnic groups with the lowest labour force participation rates were Taiwanese Chinese (31.5 percent), Somalis (39.4 percent) and Assyrians (41.8 percent). Source: Statistics New Zealand.
- Women in New Zealand (pg 13): Recent patterns of immigration have increased the ethnic diversity of the female population. In particular, Asian immigration to New Zealand has expanded the proportion of Asian women in the population. Asian and pacific peoples each comprised 7 percent of the popultaion. Less than 1 percent of the total population was classified as Other, the main groups of which were Arab, Iranian, Iraqi and African. Source: Statistics New Zealand.
- Asian people in New Zealand: the number of Asian people living in New Zealand has increased markedly over the past decade. This increase in the New Zealand Asian population is due both to natural increase and immigration. Those who have immigrated here in recent years come from a wide range of ethnic groups with different cultural, economic and social characteristics. Statistical information on Asian people living in New Zealand helps us to build our knowledge and understanding of the size and direction of changes in the New Zealand Asian population. Source: Statistics New Zealand.
Ethnic Diversity in New Zealand
- Ethnic Diversity in New Zealand: Statistical Profile (1999): this profile is based on Statistics New Zealand's Census data from 1996. This document is in pdf format, file size 700kb. You need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can download a free version from the Adobe site.
These documents are in pdf format. You need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You can download a free version from the Adobe site.