Number of people counted
Total population
- 42,888 people usually live in Nelson Region. This is an increase of 1,320 people, or 3.2 percent, since the 2001 Census.
- Its population ranks 14th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.
- Nelson Region has 1.1 percent of New Zealand's population.
| Population of Nelson Region and New Zealand, 2006 Census |
|
|
|
|
20,787 |
1,965,618 |
|
22,101 |
2,062,326 |
| Total |
42,888 |
4,027,947 |
Māori ethnic population
- 3,615 Māori usually live in Nelson Region, an increase of 396 people, or 12.3 percent, since the 2001 Census.
- Its Māori population ranks 14th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.
- 0.6 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Nelson Region.
| Māori Population of Nelson Region and New Zealand, 2006 Census |
|
|
|
|
1,761 |
274,860 |
|
1,854 |
290,469 |
| Total |
3,615 |
565,326 |
Note: The Māori ethnic population is the count for people of the Māori ethnic group. It includes those people who stated Māori as being either their sole ethnic group or one of several ethnic groups.Number of dwellings counted
- There are 17,328 occupied dwellings and 1,185 unoccupied dwellings in Nelson Region.
- For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,273 unoccupied dwellings.
- There are 141 dwellings under construction in Nelson Region, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.
| Dwellings in Nelson Region and New Zealand, 2006 Census |
|
|
|
|
|
17,187 |
1,471,746 |
|
141 |
6,963 |
| Total
|
17,328 |
1,478,709 |
|
1,185 |
159,273 |
|
141 |
13,560 |
| Total |
18,654 |
1,651,542 |
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 text, tables and graphs.