Number of people counted
Total population
- 75,540 people usually live in Palmerston North City. This is an increase of 3,507 people, or 4.9 percent, since the 2001 Census.
- Its population ranks 12th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
- Palmerston North City has 1.9 percent of New Zealand's population.
| Population of Palmerston North City and New Zealand, 2006 Census |
|
|
|
|
36,345 |
1,965,621 |
|
39,192 |
2,062,326 |
| Total |
75,543 |
4,027,947 |
Māori ethnic population
- 11,316 Māori usually live in Palmerston North City, an increase of 1,890 people, or 20.1 percent, since the 2001 Census.
- Its Māori population ranks 17th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
- 2.0 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Palmerston North City.
| Māori Population of Palmerston North City and New Zealand, 2006 Census |
|
|
|
|
5,577 |
274,860 |
|
5,739 |
290,466 |
| Total |
11,316 |
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 27,849 occupied dwellings and 1,662 unoccupied dwellings in Palmerston North City.
- For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276 unoccupied dwellings.
- There are 189 dwellings under construction in Palmerston North City, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.
| Dwellings in Palmerston North City and New Zealand, 2006 Census |
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|
|
|
|
27,729 |
1,471,746 |
|
120 |
6,963 |
| Total
|
27,849 |
1,478,709 |
|
1,662 |
159,276 |
|
189 |
13,560 |
| Total |
29,700 |
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.