Hamilton City Census 2001

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Introduction
On 6 March 2001, the thirty-first New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings was held. This Territorial Authority leaflet contains a summary of key information available from this census for Hamilton City and comparisons with New Zealand as a whole.⁽¹⁾

The information in this leaflet is based on the census usually resident population count.

The census usually resident population count for people of the Mäori ethnic group includes those people who stated Mäori as either their sole ethnic group or as one of several ethnic groups.

Numbers of people counted

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
New Zealand Hamilton City Males 1,823,007 55,086 Females 1,914,270 59,835 Total 3,737,280 114,921 Change since 1991 Census 363,354 15,507	New Zealand Hamilton City Males 257,481 10,338 Females 268,800 11,016 Total 526,281 21,357 Change since 1991 Census 91,434 6,744
With 114,921 people, Hamilton City ranks 7th in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. Hamilton City has 3.1% of the population of New Zealand. The rate of population growth since the 1991 Census is greater than for New Zealand as a whole.	With 21,357 Mäori people, Hamilton City ranks 7th in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. Hamilton City has 4.1% of the Mäori population of New Zealand. The rate of Mäori population growth since the 1991 Census is greater than for New Zealand as a whole.

Age and sex

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Age-sex structure	Age-sex structure

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Age-sex structure	Age-sex structure
The median age of people in Hamilton City is 30.8, compared with 34.8 for all of New Zealand. 10.0% of people (11,535) in Hamilton City are aged 65 and over, compared with all of New Zealand which has 12.1% of people aged 65 and over. 22.6% of people (25,971) in Hamilton City are aged under 15, compared with 22.7% for all of New Zealand.	The median age of Mäori people in Hamilton City is 21.2, compared with 21.9 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 2.1% of Mäori people (456) in Hamilton City are aged 65 and over, compared with 3.4% for all Mäori in New Zealand. 36.5% of Mäori people (7,794) in Hamilton City are aged under 15, compared with 37.3% for all Mäori in New Zealand.

Ethnic groups (total responses)

78.7% of people (87,741) in Hamilton City said they belong to the European ethnic group. For all New Zealand 80.1% said they belong to the European ethnic group. 19.1% of people (21,354) in Hamilton City said they belong to the Mäori ethnic group compared with all of New Zealand at 14.7%. The population of Hamilton City contains a smaller proportion of Pacific peoples (3.5%) and larger proportion of Asian people (7.2%) compared with the whole of New Zealand (at 6.5% and 6.6% respectively).

Ethnic groups

Marital status

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Marital status	Marital status
32,532* people aged 15 years and over who live in Hamilton City said they had never married; 37,044 were married and 14,412 were widowed, separated or divorced. 22.3% of people aged 15 years and over (7,047) in Hamilton City who have never been married said that they live with a partner. * Revised	7,572 Mäori people aged 15 years and over who live in Hamilton City said they had never married; 3,222 were married and 1,962 were widowed, separated or divorced. 25.5% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (1,845) in Hamilton City who have never been married said that they live with a partner.

Languages spoken

Total population

Mäori ethnic population

The most common language after English in Hamilton City is Mäori, spoken by 6.3% of people. For New Zealand as a whole, the most common language after English is also Mäori (4.5%). 81.2% of the population in Hamilton City (90,141) speak only one language, compared with 82.1% for New Zealand as a whole. 13.6% of the people in Hamilton City (15,126) speak two languages; 2.8% (3,138) speak three or more languages.

28.7% (6,057) of the Mäori people in Hamilton City speak Mäori. This is the most commonly spoken language after English, for all Mäori in New Zealand (25.2%) and in Hamilton City. 67.5% of the Mäori population in Hamilton City (14,217) speak only one language, compared with 71.3% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 26.2% of Mäori people in Hamilton City (5,523) speak two languages; 2.5% (525) speak three or more languages.

Education

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Highest qualification	Highest qualification
35.3% of people aged 15 years and over (27,819) in Hamilton City said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 32.2% for New Zealand as a whole. 24.6% of people aged 15 years and over (19,413) in Hamilton City said they have no formal qualifications, compared with 27.6% of people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand.	25.7% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (3,063) living in Hamilton City said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 21.2% for all Mäori people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand. 38.6% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (4,602) in Hamilton City said they have no formal qualifications, compared with 43.6% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand.

Income

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Income	Income
The median income of people in Hamilton City is $17,900, compared with $18,500 for all of New Zealand. 53.8% of people aged 15 years and over in Hamilton City have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 52.8% for New Zealand as a whole. 10.6% of people aged 15 years and over in Hamilton City have an annual income of more than $50,000, compared with 11.5% for New Zealand as a whole.	The median income of Mäori people in Hamilton City is $13,900, compared with $14,800 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 64.3% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in Hamilton City have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 61.2% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 4.3% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in Hamilton City have an annual income of more than $50,000, compared with 5.2% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole.

Employment and unemployment

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Labour force status	Labour force status
The unemployment rate in Hamilton City is 9.9%, compared with 7.5% for all of New Zealand. The most popular occupational group in Hamilton City is professionals. The most popular occupational group in New Zealand as a whole is service and sales.	The unemployment rate of Mäori in Hamilton City is 21.3%, compared with 16.8% for all Mäori in New Zealand. The most popular occupational group for Mäori in Hamilton City is service and sales workers. This is also the most popular occupational group for all Mäori in New Zealand.

Access to telecommunication systems

15,402 households or 38.8% in Hamilton City have access to the Internet, compared with 37.4% for all of New Zealand. 1,575 households or 4.0% in Hamilton City have no access to a telephone, compared with 3.7% for all of New Zealand.

Access to telecommunication systems

Households

In Hamilton City, 66.6% (26,859) of all households are one-family households. For New Zealand as a whole, one-family households make up 69.1% of all households. 9,144 people in Hamilton City live in one-person households, which is 22.7% of all households. In New Zealand as a whole, one-person households make up 23.4% of all households. Average household size in Hamilton City is 2.7 people. This is also the average household size for New Zealand as a whole.

Household composition

Home ownership and rent

62.1% of permanent private dwellings in Hamilton City are owned with or without a mortgage, compared with 68.8% for all of New Zealand.

For dwellings that are rented, the average weekly rent paid for permanent private dwellings in Hamilton City is $173, compared with $176 for New Zealand as a whole.

Families

In Hamilton City, couples with children (11,442 families) make up 39.9% of all families. Couples with no children make up 37.3% of all families. 22.7% of families (6,516) in Hamilton City are one parent with child(ren) families, compared with 18.9% for New Zealand as a whole.

In New Zealand as a whole, couples with children make up 42.1% of all families and couples with no children make up 39.0% of all families.

All figures in this leaflet have been randomly rounded to base 3 to preserve confidentiality.

(1) The percentages in this leaflet are calculated against complete responses; that is, excluding cases where no answers were provided.