Cultural Diversity - Territorial Authority and Language Spoken – Census Usually Resident Population Count – 1996-2006| Territorial Authority by Language Spoken (Total Responses)1 for the Census Usually Resident Population Count, 1996, 2001 and 2006 | | Territorial Authority and year |
| | Languages spoken (total responses)1 |
| | English | Māori | Samoan | NZ Sign Language | Other | None2 | Total | |
| |
45,741 |
7,884 |
150 |
396 |
1,977 |
1,416 |
48,030 | |
46,830 |
7,977 |
369 |
462 |
2,295 |
870 |
48,249 | |
48,618 |
7,914 |
192 |
357 |
2,718 |
837 |
50,043 | | |
61,206 |
4,329 |
165 |
561 |
2,745 |
1,647 |
63,432 | |
62,259 |
4,356 |
198 |
564 |
3,129 |
1,203 |
63,828 | |
68,061 |
4,578 |
186 |
531 |
3,957 |
1,263 |
69,771 | | |
16,188 |
1,074 |
33 |
117 |
549 |
432 |
16,761 | |
16,029 |
975 |
36 |
114 |
618 |
315 |
16,428 | |
16,707 |
960 |
30 |
93 |
747 |
279 |
17,085 | | |
61,911 |
1,149 |
156 |
345 |
3,774 |
1,596 |
63,831 | |
70,680 |
1,278 |
195 |
411 |
4,827 |
1,356 |
72,348 | |
83,325 |
1,425 |
198 |
402 |
7,251 |
1,521 |
85,383 | | |
156,585 |
2,742 |
1,269 |
867 |
23,184 |
3,882 |
164,898 | |
169,971 |
3,060 |
1,590 |
912 |
33,768 |
3,657 |
178,281 | |
187,743 |
2,907 |
1,434 |
804 |
48,561 |
3,939 |
199,035 | | |
137,481 |
4,488 |
7,341 |
1,470 |
18,294 |
4,695 |
146,985 | |
149,577 |
5,343 |
9,021 |
1,515 |
25,716 |
4,020 |
158,781 | |
163,200 |
5,211 |
9,441 |
1,350 |
35,733 |
4,224 |
174,180 | | |
296,400 |
8,637 |
14,163 |
2,100 |
66,768 |
8,880 |
320,955 | |
320,301 |
8,799 |
14,223 |
2,256 |
85,155 |
8,133 |
342,525 | |
353,481 |
7,914 |
13,896 |
1,971 |
110,937 |
8,325 |
379,335 | | |
217,017 |
11,217 |
22,956 |
1,557 |
39,513 |
7,980 |
239,778 | |
243,351 |
12,672 |
27,834 |
1,776 |
56,430 |
7,386 |
265,932 | |
278,784 |
11,853 |
31,605 |
1,704 |
82,434 |
7,587 |
306,396 | | |
35,574 |
2,331 |
819 |
276 |
2,814 |
1,206 |
37,515 | |
36,993 |
2,523 |
822 |
276 |
3,249 |
888 |
38,472 | |
40,593 |
2,625 |
1,122 |
315 |
4,743 |
867 |
42,465 | | |
43,812 |
2,295 |
183 |
312 |
3,099 |
1,308 |
45,801 | |
46,425 |
2,136 |
213 |
315 |
3,570 |
1,053 |
48,057 | |
53,526 |
2,103 |
183 |
372 |
4,743 |
1,158 |
55,353 | | Thames-Coromandel District |
| |
22,842 |
849 |
39 |
129 |
996 |
531 |
23,472 | |
23,331 |
861 |
51 |
129 |
1,059 |
372 |
23,772 | |
24,402 |
1,020 |
33 |
108 |
1,350 |
357 |
24,858 | | |
16,188 |
747 |
48 |
135 |
579 |
480 |
16,779 | |
15,861 |
786 |
33 |
135 |
645 |
309 |
16,248 | |
16,143 |
705 |
39 |
114 |
714 |
246 |
16,482 | | |
35,574 |
3,783 |
108 |
294 |
1,671 |
1,005 |
37,140 | |
36,855 |
3,822 |
117 |
297 |
1,806 |
783 |
37,941 | |
39,549 |
3,705 |
126 |
213 |
2,316 |
804 |
40,695 | | |
27,996 |
1,032 |
39 |
249 |
1,278 |
741 |
28,953 | |
27,687 |
1,092 |
57 |
219 |
1,470 |
606 |
28,470 | |
28,470 |
1,161 |
42 |
201 |
1,833 |
549 |
29,253 | | |
100,905 |
6,372 |
711 |
918 |
9,489 |
2,952 |
105,795 | |
107,925 |
7,191 |
882 |
993 |
12,246 |
2,667 |
112,287 | |
117,363 |
7,053 |
909 |
828 |
17,202 |
2,652 |
122,580 | | |
35,019 |
1,503 |
66 |
246 |
1,650 |
864 |
36,138 | |
36,915 |
1,530 |
102 |
270 |
1,899 |
789 |
37,842 | |
40,104 |
1,401 |
102 |
207 |
2,313 |
822 |
41,124 | | |
8,925 |
780 |
42 |
87 |
267 |
279 |
9,288 | |
8,607 |
807 |
48 |
81 |
312 |
183 |
8,859 | |
8,409 |
693 |
24 |
54 |
336 |
183 |
8,661 | | |
22,941 |
1,881 |
321 |
174 |
1,419 |
801 |
24,009 | |
21,663 |
1,881 |
294 |
195 |
1,302 |
501 |
22,359 | |
20,643 |
1,656 |
246 |
165 |
1,353 |
354 |
21,180 | | |
8,838 |
1,146 |
15 |
84 |
225 |
291 |
9,285 | |
8,856 |
1,098 |
24 |
72 |
261 |
183 |
9,108 | |
8,610 |
1,056 |
15 |
57 |
291 |
177 |
8,886 | | |
28,059 |
2,919 |
180 |
249 |
1,371 |
837 |
29,304 | |
28,716 |
2,739 |
204 |
222 |
1,431 |
606 |
29,526 | |
29,643 |
2,709 |
150 |
186 |
1,617 |
546 |
30,453 | | Western Bay of Plenty District |
| |
32,706 |
2,022 |
66 |
249 |
1,332 |
819 |
33,789 | |
35,571 |
2,070 |
132 |
231 |
1,683 |
675 |
36,504 | |
38,646 |
2,250 |
291 |
348 |
2,313 |
588 |
39,660 | | |
72,861 |
3,492 |
192 |
651 |
3,318 |
1,791 |
75,228 | |
84,732 |
4,017 |
273 |
621 |
4,734 |
1,779 |
87,153 | |
96,915 |
4,614 |
420 |
714 |
6,639 |
1,842 |
99,654 | | |
58,803 |
7,194 |
297 |
540 |
3,633 |
1,866 |
61,674 | |
58,137 |
7,032 |
381 |
495 |
3,867 |
1,404 |
60,165 | |
59,745 |
7,587 |
474 |
669 |
4,794 |
1,314 |
61,986 | | |
29,910 |
5,502 |
81 |
273 |
1,257 |
975 |
31,533 | |
30,210 |
5,628 |
105 |
288 |
1,368 |
600 |
31,230 | |
30,162 |
5,319 |
57 |
207 |
1,359 |
582 |
31,185 | | |
7,170 |
1,584 |
51 |
60 |
246 |
270 |
7,587 | |
6,321 |
1,323 |
39 |
51 |
237 |
123 |
6,528 | |
6,336 |
1,341 |
27 |
39 |
198 |
114 |
6,567 | | |
8,454 |
2,103 |
18 |
72 |
201 |
279 |
8,919 | |
8,403 |
2,085 |
33 |
96 |
204 |
153 |
8,646 | |
7,947 |
1,989 |
18 |
51 |
231 |
129 |
8,196 | | |
41,025 |
7,104 |
186 |
387 |
1,323 |
1,314 |
43,089 | |
40,368 |
7,077 |
213 |
351 |
1,527 |
885 |
41,760 | |
40,401 |
6,738 |
195 |
255 |
1,740 |
813 |
41,745 | | |
8,856 |
1,812 |
21 |
66 |
186 |
294 |
9,327 | |
8,100 |
1,680 |
21 |
63 |
162 |
150 |
8,355 | |
7,638 |
1,575 |
21 |
54 |
180 |
132 |
7,884 | | |
59,739 |
4,644 |
582 |
474 |
2,772 |
1,656 |
62,322 | |
61,599 |
4,833 |
1,056 |
570 |
3,351 |
1,311 |
63,816 | |
64,884 |
4,800 |
945 |
429 |
4,215 |
1,179 |
66,987 | | |
49,323 |
2,427 |
351 |
486 |
2,313 |
1,317 |
51,156 | |
50,424 |
2,595 |
474 |
450 |
2,517 |
975 |
51,870 | |
51,861 |
2,610 |
597 |
375 |
2,886 |
933 |
53,352 | | Central Hawke's Bay District |
| |
12,366 |
756 |
27 |
81 |
300 |
297 |
12,747 | |
12,171 |
726 |
36 |
81 |
321 |
207 |
12,441 | |
12,252 |
696 |
36 |
81 |
387 |
213 |
12,525 | | |
63,216 |
2,289 |
312 |
543 |
2,469 |
1,566 |
65,169 | |
62,613 |
2,346 |
273 |
630 |
2,814 |
1,197 |
64,065 | |
64,146 |
2,211 |
246 |
480 |
3,498 |
1,143 |
65,622 | | |
8,916 |
306 |
6 |
120 |
279 |
255 |
9,213 | |
8,388 |
240 |
12 |
93 |
300 |
162 |
8,577 | |
8,358 |
231 |
3 |
66 |
336 |
177 |
8,571 | | |
27,039 |
1,800 |
45 |
237 |
774 |
756 |
27,996 | |
25,812 |
1,719 |
51 |
225 |
768 |
525 |
26,454 | |
24,270 |
1,497 |
39 |
153 |
828 |
441 |
24,831 | | |
14,955 |
1,857 |
48 |
117 |
489 |
474 |
15,636 | |
13,083 |
1,596 |
30 |
117 |
495 |
276 |
13,464 | |
12,120 |
1,416 |
36 |
69 |
495 |
243 |
12,483 | | |
41,196 |
2,763 |
246 |
345 |
1,593 |
1,080 |
42,738 | |
40,290 |
2,850 |
264 |
411 |
1,785 |
774 |
41,307 | |
39,360 |
2,703 |
270 |
351 |
2,064 |
621 |
40,281 | | |
15,141 |
1,188 |
27 |
117 |
387 |
435 |
15,678 | |
14,211 |
1,062 |
45 |
111 |
411 |
294 |
14,565 | |
13,728 |
1,062 |
42 |
105 |
417 |
216 |
14,028 | | |
26,463 |
888 |
66 |
309 |
813 |
675 |
27,249 | |
25,758 |
960 |
54 |
375 |
819 |
504 |
26,355 | |
26,895 |
1,041 |
72 |
267 |
978 |
477 |
27,471 | | |
67,950 |
2,856 |
495 |
618 |
6,210 |
1,761 |
70,644 | |
67,188 |
2,991 |
573 |
651 |
6,537 |
1,449 |
69,345 | |
70,893 |
3,234 |
666 |
681 |
7,695 |
1,407 |
73,137 | | |
17,799 |
885 |
30 |
117 |
471 |
435 |
18,372 | |
16,908 |
783 |
36 |
114 |
510 |
336 |
17,334 | |
16,539 |
810 |
93 |
174 |
549 |
321 |
16,956 | | |
27,759 |
1,497 |
360 |
285 |
1,155 |
1,029 |
29,178 | |
27,795 |
1,515 |
429 |
279 |
1,230 |
804 |
28,899 | |
27,858 |
1,536 |
357 |
237 |
1,398 |
621 |
28,821 | | |
35,877 |
1,221 |
135 |
276 |
1,953 |
798 |
36,915 | |
40,095 |
1,623 |
189 |
282 |
2,421 |
711 |
40,998 | |
43,569 |
1,737 |
195 |
303 |
3,054 |
687 |
44,463 | | |
39,879 |
2,880 |
4,680 |
339 |
3,840 |
1,500 |
43,020 | |
43,050 |
3,177 |
5,442 |
387 |
4,557 |
1,275 |
45,507 | |
43,440 |
2,697 |
4,914 |
306 |
4,827 |
1,068 |
45,633 | | |
34,572 |
1,161 |
438 |
243 |
2,472 |
879 |
35,790 | |
34,383 |
1,206 |
474 |
255 |
2,649 |
738 |
35,373 | |
36,153 |
1,254 |
492 |
237 |
3,057 |
735 |
37,197 | | |
87,297 |
4,182 |
3,951 |
648 |
9,159 |
2,433 |
91,914 | |
88,674 |
4,635 |
4,371 |
618 |
10,422 |
2,244 |
92,556 | |
90,741 |
4,695 |
4,770 |
567 |
12,186 |
1,980 |
94,707 | | |
143,910 |
3,903 |
4,068 |
915 |
24,738 |
3,849 |
151,284 | |
149,958 |
4,083 |
3,894 |
933 |
28,287 |
3,603 |
156,270 | |
165,459 |
3,939 |
3,891 |
939 |
34,722 |
3,630 |
172,242 | | |
21,447 |
1,092 |
243 |
171 |
804 |
540 |
22,185 | |
21,510 |
1,026 |
204 |
177 |
972 |
441 |
22,095 | |
21,429 |
1,008 |
207 |
144 |
1,035 |
348 |
21,924 | | |
6,366 |
186 |
18 |
45 |
270 |
162 |
6,570 | |
6,531 |
165 |
18 |
39 |
300 |
102 |
6,663 | |
6,711 |
138 |
15 |
24 |
351 |
105 |
6,846 | | |
8,295 |
306 |
45 |
78 |
342 |
210 |
8,547 | |
8,241 |
261 |
48 |
66 |
414 |
150 |
8,412 | |
8,331 |
228 |
33 |
51 |
468 |
150 |
8,511 | | |
35,736 |
618 |
39 |
306 |
1,656 |
858 |
36,714 | |
38,508 |
750 |
63 |
270 |
1,983 |
759 |
39,354 | |
41,925 |
714 |
129 |
237 |
2,481 |
813 |
42,882 | | |
37,530 |
726 |
99 |
345 |
2,370 |
975 |
38,730 | |
38,952 |
912 |
123 |
324 |
2,625 |
816 |
39,951 | |
40,428 |
933 |
132 |
279 |
3,207 |
774 |
41,412 | | |
35,940 |
831 |
60 |
321 |
1,191 |
876 |
36,939 | |
37,320 |
876 |
105 |
360 |
1,494 |
684 |
38,067 | |
39,627 |
903 |
117 |
273 |
2,142 |
669 |
40,485 | | |
3,285 |
117 |
3 |
21 |
108 |
87 |
3,387 | |
3,222 |
141 |
6 |
21 |
108 |
39 |
3,261 | |
3,360 |
141 |
6 |
15 |
150 |
33 |
3,408 | | |
9,789 |
174 |
15 |
108 |
237 |
246 |
10,065 | |
9,027 |
198 |
18 |
66 |
243 |
156 |
9,198 | |
9,054 |
162 |
12 |
69 |
309 |
141 |
9,225 | | |
12,753 |
237 |
21 |
105 |
333 |
303 |
13,104 | |
12,195 |
228 |
21 |
93 |
339 |
237 |
12,468 | |
12,606 |
225 |
51 |
117 |
399 |
207 |
12,840 | | |
7,605 |
213 |
15 |
60 |
225 |
228 |
7,863 | |
7,143 |
189 |
18 |
57 |
267 |
102 |
7,260 | |
7,614 |
213 |
12 |
45 |
381 |
138 |
7,779 | | |
8,892 |
123 |
12 |
63 |
315 |
213 |
9,135 | |
9,375 |
132 |
18 |
60 |
417 |
168 |
9,558 | |
9,867 |
138 |
15 |
42 |
483 |
171 |
10,056 | | |
30,690 |
477 |
51 |
219 |
1,137 |
795 |
31,599 | |
35,151 |
558 |
51 |
318 |
1,389 |
741 |
35,967 | |
40,719 |
558 |
57 |
231 |
1,827 |
768 |
41,586 | | |
293,856 |
5,907 |
3,336 |
2,877 |
25,533 |
7,239 |
305,346 | |
303,219 |
6,588 |
3,753 |
2,748 |
30,117 |
6,126 |
312,942 | |
324,327 |
6,450 |
4,212 |
2,223 |
39,789 |
6,471 |
336,258 | | |
22,899 |
327 |
57 |
168 |
1,323 |
576 |
23,598 | |
25,962 |
387 |
63 |
168 |
1,515 |
555 |
26,586 | |
31,965 |
441 |
63 |
153 |
2,058 |
675 |
32,748 | | |
24,009 |
231 |
27 |
153 |
663 |
519 |
24,588 | |
24,474 |
258 |
36 |
135 |
717 |
441 |
24,981 | |
26,220 |
291 |
42 |
141 |
1,095 |
495 |
26,826 | | |
40,131 |
618 |
66 |
309 |
1,344 |
912 |
41,208 | |
40,143 |
606 |
111 |
321 |
1,419 |
690 |
40,941 | |
40,995 |
537 |
99 |
246 |
1,707 |
615 |
41,742 | | |
3,789 |
54 |
0 |
27 |
213 |
84 |
3,900 | |
3,396 |
39 |
3 |
39 |
210 |
57 |
3,465 | |
3,555 |
42 |
3 |
21 |
255 |
60 |
3,630 | | |
7,284 |
87 |
15 |
111 |
156 |
186 |
7,485 | |
6,870 |
102 |
9 |
78 |
198 |
90 |
6,975 | |
6,900 |
75 |
12 |
69 |
219 |
96 |
7,026 | | Chatham Islands Territory |
| |
645 |
63 |
6 |
6 |
12 |
18 |
669 | |
624 |
54 |
3 |
12 |
15 |
18 |
648 | |
552 |
75 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
12 |
564 | | |
20,376 |
240 |
30 |
171 |
744 |
462 |
20,940 | |
19,149 |
258 |
33 |
171 |
711 |
303 |
19,536 | |
19,179 |
261 |
39 |
132 |
822 |
261 |
19,512 | | |
14,253 |
216 |
15 |
93 |
456 |
309 |
14,607 | |
13,905 |
246 |
21 |
90 |
435 |
201 |
14,124 | |
15,828 |
270 |
15 |
81 |
636 |
252 |
16,140 | | Queenstown-Lakes District |
| |
12,915 |
189 |
18 |
81 |
1,173 |
330 |
13,365 | |
15,417 |
213 |
30 |
84 |
1,410 |
315 |
15,819 | |
20,631 |
291 |
27 |
72 |
2,490 |
414 |
21,186 | | |
110,676 |
2,211 |
717 |
876 |
8,811 |
2,400 |
113,991 | |
108,654 |
2,514 |
693 |
879 |
9,285 |
1,836 |
111,069 | |
111,759 |
2,127 |
624 |
714 |
11,235 |
1,761 |
114,201 | | |
16,902 |
336 |
27 |
144 |
396 |
423 |
17,394 | |
16,257 |
333 |
27 |
147 |
432 |
345 |
16,671 | |
16,044 |
324 |
24 |
75 |
492 |
294 |
16,389 | | |
28,905 |
603 |
33 |
192 |
711 |
705 |
29,715 | |
27,204 |
606 |
48 |
189 |
807 |
522 |
27,810 | |
27,006 |
519 |
27 |
126 |
987 |
519 |
27,597 | | |
12,651 |
384 |
15 |
75 |
231 |
327 |
13,029 | |
12,015 |
405 |
24 |
87 |
237 |
216 |
12,258 | |
11,502 |
276 |
12 |
60 |
258 |
186 |
11,721 | | |
50,091 |
1,602 |
312 |
324 |
1,617 |
1,227 |
51,582 | |
47,469 |
1,695 |
264 |
303 |
1,599 |
924 |
48,585 | |
47,505 |
1,512 |
294 |
249 |
1,851 |
849 |
48,558 | | Area Outside Territorial Authority |
| |
366 |
30 |
0 |
3 |
30 |
3 |
378 | |
273 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
15 |
0 |
273 | |
282 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
33 |
0 |
285 |
1. Includes all of the people who stated each language spoken, whether as their only language or as one of several languages. Where a person reported more than one language spoken, they have been counted in each applicable group. 2. Includes people who were too young to talk or unable to speak a language. 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 tables. |