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QuickStats About Ashburton District

Population/ Dwellings



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 27,372 people usually live in Ashburton District. This is an increase of 1,929 people, or 7.6 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 42nd in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Ashburton District has 0.7 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Ashburton District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  13,767  1,965,618
Female
  13,605  2,062,326
Total  27,372  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 1,641 Māori usually live in Ashburton District, an increase of 459 people, or 38.8 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 57th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.3 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Ashburton District. 

Māori Population of Ashburton District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  831  274,860
Female
  810  290,469
Total  1,641  565,329

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 10,974 occupied dwellings and 1,164 unoccupied dwellings in Ashburton District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,273 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 99 dwellings under construction in Ashburton District, compared with 13,557 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Ashburton District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  10,926  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  51  6,963
     Total  10,974  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  1,164  159,273
Under construction
  99  13,557
Total  12,237  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.