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QuickStats About Clutha District



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 16,839 people usually live in Clutha District. This is a decrease of 333 people, or 1.9 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 52nd in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Clutha District has 0.4 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Clutha District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  8,577  1,965,618
Female
  8,262  2,062,326
Total  16,839  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 1,482 Māori usually live in Clutha District, an increase of 159 people, or 12.0 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 58th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.3 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Clutha District. 

Māori Population of Clutha District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  783  274,860
Female
  702  290,469
Total  1,482  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 6,678 occupied dwellings and 1,518 unoccupied dwellings in Clutha District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,273 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 63 dwellings under construction in Clutha District, compared with 13,557 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Clutha District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  6,621  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  60  6,963
     Total  6,678  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  1,518  159,273
Under construction
  63  13,557
Total  8,262  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.