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QuickStats About Hurunui District



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 10,476 people usually live in Hurunui District. This is an increase of 591 people, or 6.0 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 59th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Hurunui District has 0.3 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Hurunui District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  5,277  1,965,621
Female
  5,199  2,062,329
Total  10,476  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 594 Māori usually live in Hurunui District, an increase of 78 people, or 15.1 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 69th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.1 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Hurunui District. 

Māori Population of Hurunui District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  300  274,860
Female
  294  290,469
Total  591  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 4,332 occupied dwellings and 1,266 unoccupied dwellings in Hurunui District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 60 dwellings under construction in Hurunui District, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Hurunui District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  4,266  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  66  6,963
     Total  4,332  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  1,266  159,276
Under construction
  60  13,560
Total  5,658  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.