You are here: Home > Census > 2006 Census Data > QuickStats > About a Place > QuickStats About Gore District

QuickStats About Gore District



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 12,108 people usually live in Gore District. This is a decrease of 351 people, or 2.8 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 58th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Gore District has 0.3 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Gore District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  5,943  1,965,618
Female
  6,168  2,062,326
Total  12,108  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 1,116 Māori usually live in Gore District, a decrease of 117 people, or 9.5 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 61st in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.2 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Gore District. 

Māori Population of Gore District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  552  274,860
Female
  564  290,466
Total  1,116  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 4,884 occupied dwellings and 477 unoccupied dwellings in Gore District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,273 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 30 dwellings under construction in Gore District, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Gore District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  4,863  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  21  6,963
     Total  4,884  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  477  159,273
Under construction
  30  13,560
Total  5,394  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.