QuickStats About Northland Region



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 148,470 people usually live in Northland Region. This is an increase of 8,337 people, or 5.9 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 8th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.
  • Northland Region has 3.7 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Northland Region and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
 72,843  1,965,618
Female
 75,627  2,062,329
Total  148,470  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 43,527 Māori usually live in Northland Region, an increase of 2,793 people, or 6.9 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 5th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.
  • 7.7 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Northland Region. 

Māori Population of Northland Region and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
 20,973  274,860
Female
 22,554  290,466
Total  43,527  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 55,932 occupied dwellings and 11,097 unoccupied dwellings in Northland Region.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,273 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 819 dwellings under construction in Northland Region, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Northland Region and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
 55,527  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
 405  6,963
     Total  55,932  1,478,709
Unoccupied
 11,097  159,273
Under construction
 819  13,560
Total  67,845  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.