2013 New Zealand census


The 2013 New Zealand census was the thirty-third national census. "The National Census Day" used for the census was on Tuesday, 5 March 2013. The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,242,048, – an increase of 214,101 or 5.3% over the 2006 census.
The 2013 census forms were the same as the forms developed for the 2011 census which was cancelled due to the February 2011 major earthquake in Christchurch. There were no new topics or questions. New Zealand's next census was conducted in March 2018.

Collection methods

The results from the post-enumeration survey showed that the 2013 census recorded 97.6 percent of the residents in New Zealand on census night. However, the overall response rate was 92.9 percent, with a non-response rate of 7.1 percent made up of the net undercount and people who were counted in the census but had not received a form.

Results

Population and dwellings

Population counts for New Zealand regions.
by age and sex. Note: All figures are for the census usually resident population count.
RegionPopulationPercentage
Northland151,6893.6%
Auckland1,415,55033.4%
Waikato403,6389.5%
Bay of Plenty267,7446.3%
Gisborne43,6561.0%
Taranaki109,6082.6%
Manawatū222,6725.2%
Hawke's Bay151,1793.6%
Wellington471,31511.1%
North Island3,059,41876.3%
Nelson46,4371.1%
Tasman47,1541.1%
Marlborough43,4161.0%
Canterbury539,43612.7%
West Coast32,1480.8%
Otago202,4674.8%
Southland93,3422.2%
South Island1,004,39723.7%
Area outside region6000.0%
New Zealand4,242,048100.0%

Ethnicity

The census usually resident population count of 4,242,048 included 230,649 people without an ethnic response and 4,011,399 people who identified with at least one ethnicity.
The figures for the total ethnicity of the population.

Ethnic groups by region

Birthplace

The number of people living in New Zealand who were born overseas continued to climb. In 2013, 1,001,787 people were born overseas.
For the overseas-born census "usually resident population":

Religion

The table below is based on religious affiliation data recorded at the last three censuses for usually resident people. Note that figures and percentages may not add to 100 percent as it is possible for people to state more than one religion.