QuickStats About Waimakariri District



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 42,834 people usually live in Waimakariri District. This is an increase of 5,931 people, or 16.1 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 29th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Waimakariri District has 1.1 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Waimakariri District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
 21,021  1,965,618
Female
 21,816  2,062,329
Total  42,834  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 2,856 Māori usually live in Waimakariri District, an increase of 426 people, or 17.5 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 51st in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.5 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Waimakariri District. 

Māori Population of Waimakariri District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
 1,440  274,860
Female
 1,419  290,469
Total  2,856  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 15,951 occupied dwellings and 927 unoccupied dwellings in Waimakariri District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 225 dwellings under construction in Waimakariri District, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Waimakariri District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
 15,915  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
 33  6,963
     Total  15,951  1,478,709
Unoccupied
 927  159,276
Under construction
 225  13,560
Total  17,103  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.