Number of people counted
Total population
- 44,625 people usually live in Tasman Region. This is an increase of 3,273 people, or 7.9 percent, since the 2001 Census.
- Its population ranks 12th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.
- Tasman Region has 1.1 percent of New Zealand's population.
| Population of Tasman Region and New Zealand, 2006 Census |
|
|
|
|
22,155 |
1,965,621 |
|
22,470 |
2,062,329 |
| Total |
44,625 |
4,027,947 |
Māori ethnic population
- 3,063 Māori usually live in Tasman Region, an increase of 285 people, or 10.3 percent, since the 2001 Census.
- Its Māori population ranks 15th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.
- 0.5 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Tasman Region.
| Māori Population of Tasman Region and New Zealand, 2006 Census |
|
|
|
|
1,536 |
274,860 |
|
1,524 |
290,469 |
| Total |
3,063 |
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 17,475 occupied dwellings and 2,538 unoccupied dwellings in Tasman Region.
- For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,273 unoccupied dwellings.
- There are 156 dwellings under construction in Tasman Region, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.
| Dwellings in Tasman Region and New Zealand, 2006 Census |
|
|
|
|
|
17,268 |
1,471,746 |
|
210 |
6,963 |
| Total
|
17,475 |
1,478,709 |
|
2,538 |
159,273 |
|
156 |
13,560 |
| Total |
20,169 |
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.