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QuickStats About Waitaki District

Population/ Dwellings



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 20,223 people usually live in Waitaki District. This is an increase of 135 people, or 0.7 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 48th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Waitaki District has 0.5 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Waitaki District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  9,927  1,965,618
Female
  10,293  2,062,326
Total  20,223  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 1,089 Māori usually live in Waitaki District, an increase of 195 people, or 21.8 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 64th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.2 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Waitaki District. 

Māori Population of Waitaki District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  549  274,860
Female
  543  290,469
Total  1,089  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 8,661 occupied dwellings and 1,749 unoccupied dwellings in Waitaki District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,273 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 66 dwellings under construction in Waitaki District, compared with 13,557 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Waitaki District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  8,589  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  72  6,963
     Total  8,661  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  1,749  159,273
Under construction
  66  13,557
Total  10,476  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.