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QuickStats About Franklin District



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 58,932 people usually live in Franklin District. This is an increase of 7,263 people, or 14.1 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 17th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Franklin District has 1.5 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Franklin District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  29,289  1,965,618
Female
  29,643  2,062,329
Total  58,935  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 8,529 Māori usually live in Franklin District, an increase of 861 people, or 11.2 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 24th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 1.5 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Franklin District. 

Māori Population of Franklin District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  4,179  274,860
Female
  4,350  290,469
Total  8,526  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 20,421 occupied dwellings and 1,956 unoccupied dwellings in Franklin District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,273 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 234 dwellings under construction in Franklin District, compared with 13,557 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Franklin District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  20,382  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  42  6,963
     Total  20,421  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  1,956  159,273
Under construction
  234  13,557
Total  22,614  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.