Wellington 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 Wellington 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 Wellington City Males 1,823,007 79,251 Females 1,914,270 84,573 Total 3,737,280 163,824 Change since 1991 Census 363,354 15,384	New Zealand Wellington City Males 257,481 5,784 Females 268,800 6,105 Total 526,281 11,889 Change since 1991 Census 91,434 2,118
With 163,824 people, Wellington City ranks 6th in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. Wellington City has 4.4% of the population of New Zealand. The rate of population growth since the 1991 Census is less than for New Zealand as a whole.	With 11,889 Mäori people, Wellington City ranks 15th in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. Wellington City has 2.3% 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 Wellington City is 32.8, compared with 34.8 for all of New Zealand. 8.6% of people (14,091) in Wellington City are aged 65 and over, compared with all of New Zealand which has 12.1% of people aged 65 and over. 18.5% of people (30,360) in Wellington City are aged under 15, compared with 22.7% for all of New Zealand.	The median age of Mäori people in Wellington City is 25.2, compared with 21.9 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 1.9% of Mäori people (228) in Wellington City are aged 65 and over, compared with 3.4% for all Mäori in New Zealand. 29.0% of Mäori people (3,444) in Wellington City are aged under 15, compared with 37.3% for all Mäori in New Zealand.

Ethnic groups (total responses)

81.7% of people (128,325) in Wellington City said they belong to the European ethnic group. For all New Zealand 80.1% said they belong to the European ethnic group. 7.6% of people (11,889) in Wellington City said they belong to the Mäori ethnic group compared with all of New Zealand at 14.7%. The population of Wellington City contains a smaller proportion of Pacific peoples (5.3%) and larger proportion of Asian people (10.8%) 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
54,387 people aged 15 years and over who live in Wellington City said they had never married; 53,001 were married and 17,883 were widowed, separated or divorced. 25.6% of people aged 15 years and over (13,656) in Wellington City who have never been married said that they live with a partner.	5,034 Mäori people aged 15 years and over who live in Wellington City said they had never married; 1,980 were married and 1,053 were widowed, separated or divorced. 31.1% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (1,512) in Wellington 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 Wellington City is French, spoken by 3.5% of people. For New Zealand as a whole, the most common language after English is Mäori (4.5%). 76.4% of the population in Wellington City (119,451) speak only one language, compared with 82.1% for New Zealand as a whole. 16.7% of the people in Wellington City (26,025) speak two languages; 4.6% (7,221) speak three or more languages.

23.7% (2,793) of the Mäori people in Wellington City speak Mäori. This is the most commonly spoken language after English, for all Mäori in New Zealand (25.2%) and in Wellington City. 70.4% of the Mäori population in Wellington City (8,304) speak only one language, compared with 71.3% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 22.7% of Mäori people in Wellington City (2,676) speak two languages; 3.3% (390) speak three or more languages.

Education

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Highest qualification	Highest qualification
48.7% of people aged 15 years and over (58,773) in Wellington City said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 32.2% for New Zealand as a whole. 12.8% of people aged 15 years and over (15,447) in Wellington City said they have no formal qualifications, compared with 27.6% of people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand.	36.1% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (2,793) living in Wellington City said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 21.2% for all Mäori people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand. 23.8% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (1,845) in Wellington 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 Wellington City is $27,000, compared with $18,500 for all of New Zealand. 40.7% of people aged 15 years and over in Wellington City have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 52.8% for New Zealand as a whole. 22.5% of people aged 15 years and over in Wellington 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 Wellington City is $23,000, compared with $14,800 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 45.0% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in Wellington City have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 61.2% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 13.5% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in Wellington 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 Wellington City is 6.2%, compared with 7.5% for all of New Zealand. The most popular occupational group in Wellington City is professionals. The most popular occupational group in New Zealand as a whole is service and sales.	The unemployment rate of Mäori in Wellington City is 10.9%, compared with 16.8% for all Mäori in New Zealand. The most popular occupational group for Mäori in Wellington City is professionals. The most popular occupational group for all Mäori in New Zealand as a whole is service and sales.

Access to telecommunication systems

31,251 households or 52.7% in Wellington City have access to the Internet, compared with 37.4% for all of New Zealand. 1,185 households or 2.0% in Wellington City have no access to a telephone, compared with 3.7% for all of New Zealand.

Access to telecommunication systems

Households

In Wellington City, 62.8% (37,965) of all households are one-family households. For New Zealand as a whole, one-family households make up 69.1% of all households. 15,510 people in Wellington City live in one-person households, which is 25.6% of all households. In New Zealand as a whole, one-person households make up 23.4% of all households. Average household size in Wellington City is 2.6 people, compared with 2.7 people for New Zealand as a whole.

Household composition

Home ownership and rent

62.9% of permanent private dwellings in Wellington 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 Wellington City is $237, compared with $176 for New Zealand as a whole.

Families

In Wellington City, couples with children (17,472 families) make up 43.8% of all families. Couples with no children make up 41.2% of all families. 15.0% of families (5,970) in Wellington 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.