List of ethnic origins of New Zealanders
In the 2006 census of New Zealand 67.6 percent of the population identified ethnically as "New Zealand European" and 14.6 percent as Māori.[1] Other major ethnic groups include Asian (9.2 percent) and Pacific peoples (6.9 percent), while 11.1 percent identified themselves simply as a "New Zealander" (or similar) and 1 percent identified with other ethnicities.[2] When completing the census people could select more than one ethnic group and this list includes all of the stated ethnic groups if more than one is chosen.
During the 2013 census in New Zealand, it was estimated that 14.9% of the population of New Zealand were Maori, 11.8% of the population were Asians (deriving from various nations in Asia), 7.4% were of Pacific Islander origin (including from the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau, all of which are dependent states of New Zealand in the Pacific), and 1.20% were individuals of Middle-Eastern, Latin American, and African descent. Approximately three-quarters of the population of New Zealand during the census were of European ethnicity. [3]
Ethnicities
Ethnicity | Ethnic group | Responses | |
---|---|---|---|
2006[4] | 2013 | ||
New Zealand European | European | 2,381,076 | 2,727,009 |
Māori | Māori | 565,329 | 598,605 |
Chinese nfd | Asian | 139,728 | 163,101 |
Samoan | Pacific | 131,103 | 144,138 |
Indian nfd | Asian | 97,443 | 143,520 |
New Zealander | Other | 429,429 | 65,973 |
Cook Islands Maori nfd | Pacific | 56,895 | 61,077 |
Tongan | Pacific | 50,478 | 60,333 |
Filipino | Asian | 16,938 | 40,350 |
English | European | 44,202 | 38,913 |
British nfd | European | 27,192 | 36,024 |
Korean | Asian | 30,792 | 30,171 |
South African nec | European | 21,609 | 28,656 |
Dutch | European | 28,641 | 28,503 |
European nfd | European | 21,855 | 26,469 |
Niuean | Pacific | 22,476 | 23,883 |
Australian | European | 26,355 | 22,467 |
Fijian | Pacific | 9,861 | 14,445 |
Scottish | European | 15,039 | 14,412 |
Irish | European | 12,651 | 14,193 |
Japanese | Asian | 11,910 | 14,118 |
German | European | 10,917 | 12,810 |
American | European | 10,806 | 12,339 |
Fijian Indian | Asian | 5,616 | 10,929 |
Sri Lankan nfd | Asian | 7,041 | 9,561 |
Cambodian | Asian | 6,915 | 8,061 |
Thai | Asian | 6,057 | 8,052 |
Tokelauan | Pacific | 6,819 | 7,173 |
African nfd | MELAA | 4,053 | 6,822 |
Vietnamese | Asian | 4,770 | 6,660 |
Russian | European | 4,833 | 5,979 |
Canadian | European | 5,604 | 5,871 |
Taiwanese | Asian | 5,451 | 5,715 |
Latin American nfd | MELAA | 2,253 | 5,622 |
Malay | Asian | 3,537 | 4,797 |
Asian nfd | Asian | 2,160 | 4,623 |
French | European | 3,816 | 4,593 |
Middle Eastern nfd | MELAA | 1,659 | 4,380 |
Indonesian | Asian | 3,261 | 4,137 |
Italian | European | 3,117 | 3,798 |
Welsh | European | 3,774 | 3,708 |
Tuvaluan | Pacific | 2,625 | 3,537 |
Afghani | Asian | 2,538 | 3,417 |
Pakistani | Asian | 2,052 | 3,261 |
Iranian/Persian | MELAA | 2,895 | 3,198 |
Arab | MELAA | 2,607 | 2,919 |
Brazilian | MELAA | 1,473 | 2,868 |
Croatian | European | 2,547 | 2,673 |
European nec | European | 942 | 2,637 |
Iraqi | MELAA | 3,222 | 2,583 |
Greek | European | 2,355 | 2,478 |
Swiss | European | 2,313 | 2,388 |
Burmese | Asian | 726 | 2,187 |
Polish | European | 1,965 | 2,163 |
Kiribati | Pacific | 1,116 | 2,115 |
Spanish | European | 1,857 | 2,043 |
Danish | European | 1,932 | 1,986 |
Malaysian Chinese | Asian | 1,353 | 1,848 |
Chilean | MELAA | 1,053 | 1,686 |
Bangladeshi | Asian | 1,488 | 1,623 |
Somali | MELAA | 2,319 | 1,617 |
Zimbabwean | European | 2,556 | 1,617 |
Nepalese | Asian | 654 | 1,590 |
Assyrian | MELAA | 1,683 | 1,497 |
Romanian | European | 1,554 | 1,452 |
Tahitian | Pacific | 1,329 | 1,407 |
Swedish | European | 1,257 | 1,401 |
Laotian | Asian | 1,344 | 1,374 |
Eurasian | Asian | 1,614 | 1,365 |
Hungarian | European | 1,212 | 1,365 |
Israeli/Jewish | MELAA | 1,599 | 1,353 |
Southeast Asian nfd | Asian | 471 | 1,272 |
Ethiopian | MELAA | 1,032 | 1,242 |
Asian nec | Asian | 399 | 1,236 |
Afrikaner | European | 1,341 | 1,197 |
African nec | MELAA | 1,029 | 1,158 |
Egyptian | MELAA | 1,173 | 1,110 |
Czech | European | 756 | 1,083 |
Serbian | European | 1,029 | 1,056 |
Lebanese | MELAA | 999 | 1,044 |
Austrian | European | 993 | 1,029 |
Pacific Peoples nfd | Pacific | 1,329 | 1,026 |
Sinhalese | Asian | 792 | 1,017 |
Other European | European | 9,669 | 9,207 |
Other MELAA | MELAA | 6,210 | 8,391 |
Other Asian | Asian | 3,435 | 4,935 |
Other Pacific Peoples | Pacific | 4,311 | 4,866 |
Other Ethnicity | Other | 1,494 | 1,788 |
Not specifieda | 167,784 | 230,646 |
- nfd - Not Further Defined (insufficient data to classify the response further)
- nec - Not Elsewhere Classified (when no category exists for the response)
- a - Includes Don't Know, Refused to Answer, Response Unidentifiable, Response Outside Scope and Not Stated.
See also
References
- ↑ "Ethnic groups in New Zealand". 2006 Census QuickStats National highlights. Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ↑ "Cultural diversity". 2006 Census QuickStats National highlights. Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ↑ http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-reports/quickstats-about-national-highlights/cultural-diversity.aspx
- ↑ "2006 Census Data - QuickStats About Culture and Identity" (PDF). Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 19 Nov 2013.