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QuickStats About Whakatane District



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 33,300 people usually live in Whakatane District. This is an increase of 435 people, or 1.3 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 36th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Whakatane District has 0.8 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Whakatane District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  16,344  1,965,621
Female
  16,956  2,062,329
Total  33,297  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 13,203 Māori usually live in Whakatane District, a decrease of 3 people, or 0.0 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 14th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 2.3 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Whakatane District. 

Māori Population of Whakatane District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  6,450  274,860
Female
  6,756  290,469
Total  13,203  565,329

Note: The Māori ethnic population is the count for people of the Māori ethnic group. It includes those people who stated Māori as being either their sole ethnic group or one of several ethnic groups.

Number of dwellings counted

  • There are 11,931 occupied dwellings and 1,341 unoccupied dwellings in Whakatane District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,273 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 90 dwellings under construction in Whakatane District, compared with 13,557 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Whakatane District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  11,883  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  48  6,963
     Total  11,931  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  1,341  159,273
Under construction
  90  13,557
Total  13,359  1,651,542

Note: 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 text, tables and graphs.