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QuickStats About Chatham Islands Territory



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 609 people usually live in Chatham Islands Territory. This is a decrease of 108 people, or 15.1 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 73rd in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Chatham Islands Territory has 0.0 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Chatham Islands Territory and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  345  1,965,621
Female
  267  2,062,329
Total  609  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 369 Māori usually live in Chatham Islands Territory, a decrease of 21 people, or 5.4 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 72nd in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.1 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Chatham Islands Territory. 

Māori Population of Chatham Islands Territory and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  210  274,860
Female
  159  290,469
Total  369  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 255 occupied dwellings and 51 unoccupied dwellings in Chatham Islands Territory.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 0 dwellings under construction in Chatham Islands Territory, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Chatham Islands Territory and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  249  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  6  6,963
     Total  255  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  51  159,276
Under construction
  0  13,560
Total  306  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.