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QuickStats About Rangitikei District

Population/ Dwellings



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 14,712 people usually live in Rangitikei District. This is a decrease of 390 people, or 2.6 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 54th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Rangitikei District has 0.4 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Rangitikei District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  7,257  1,965,618
Female
  7,455  2,062,326
Total  14,712  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 3,453 Māori usually live in Rangitikei District, an increase of 3 people, or 0.1 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 48th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.6 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Rangitikei District. 

Māori Population of Rangitikei District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  1,620  274,860
Female
  1,833  290,469
Total  3,453  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 5,739 occupied dwellings and 768 unoccupied dwellings in Rangitikei District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 21 dwellings under construction in Rangitikei District, compared with 13,557 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Rangitikei District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  5,697  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  45  6,963
     Total  5,739  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  768  159,276
Under construction
  21  13,557
Total  6,528  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.