List of ethnic origins of New Zealanders

In the most recent New Zealand census in 2013, 74 percent of the population identified as European and 14.9 percent as Māori. Other major pan-ethnic groups include Asians (11.8 percent) and Pacific peoples (7.4 percent). Middle Eastern, Latin American and African ethnicities constitute a small remainder (1.20 percent) of the population. When completing the census people could select more than one ethnic group and this list includes all of the stated ethnic groups if more than one is chosen.[1]

New Zealand's ethnic diversity can be attributed to its history and location. For example, the country's colonisation by Britain is a significant reason for the majority of its population being of European descent.

Terminology

The New Zealand census invites respondents to identify with an ethnic group; in practice "ethnicity" is often conflated with race and ancestry.[2]

Statistics New Zealand maintains the national classification standard for ethnicity. At the top level, there are six major ethnic groupings:[3]

  • European New Zealanders (Pākehā) are a pan-ethnic group deriving from various nations in Europe. It includes New Zealanders of European descent, European peoples (e.g. British, Dutch, German, Russian), and other white people of indirect European descent (e.g. white Americans, Canadians, South Africans and Australians).
  • Māori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.
  • Pacific peoples (Pasifika) originate from other islands in the Pacific, including from the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau, all of which are dependent states of New Zealand.[4]
  • Asian New Zealanders are a pan-ethnic group deriving from various nations in the Asian continent, such as Chinese, Indians or Filipinos, or their descendants.
  • Middle Eastern, Latin American and African (MELAA) ethnicities constitute a very small remainder of the population.
  • "Other" is a grouping of ethnic groups which do not fit into the other five top-level ethnic groups.

People who state a nationality without further defining their ethnicity are placed in the ethnic group that matches the nationality. This may lead to some people being categorised incorrectly, such as non-white Americans being placed in the European category.[3]

Many respondents identify with multiple ancestries.[1]

Ethnicities

Ethnicities (self-identified) recorded in the 2006 and 2013 New Zealand censuses. Only ethnicities with 1,000 or more responses at the 2013 census are included individually:

Code EthnicityEthnic groupResponses
2001 2006[5]2013[6] 2018[7]
11111 New Zealand EuropeanEuropean2,696,7242,381,0762,727,009 3,013,440
21111 MāoriMāori526,281565,329598,605 775,836
42100 Chinese nfdAsian100,680139,731163,101 231,387
43100 Indian nfdAsian60,21397,443143,520 221,916
31111 SamoanPacific115,017131,103144,138 182,721
33111 TonganPacific40,71650,48160,333 82,389
32100 Cook Islands Maori nfdPacific51,48656,89561,077 80,532
41111 FilipinoAsian11,09116,93840,350 72,612
12114 EnglishEuropean35,08244,20238,916 72,204
61118 New ZealanderOtherN/A429,42965,973 45,330
12948 South African EuropeanEuropean14,91321,60928,656 37,155
44311 KoreanAsian19,02630,79230,171 35,664
10000 European nfdEuropean23,59821,85526,472 34,632
34111 NiueanPacific20,14822,47623,883 30,867
12211 DutchEuropean27,50728,64428,503 29,820
12811 AustralianEuropean20,78426,35522,467 29,349
36111 FijianPacific7,0419,86414,445 19,722
12119 ScottishEuropean13,78215,03914,412 18,627
44211 JapaneseAsian10,02611,91014,118 18,141
12116 IrishEuropean11,70612,65114,193 17,835
12711 GermanEuropean9,05710,91712,810 16,818
12943 AmericanEuropean8,47210,80612,339 16,245
43112 Fijian IndianAsian1,9835,61610,929 15,132
40000 Asian nfdAsian3,9272,1604,623 11,811
12100 British nfdEuropean16,57227,19236,024 11,607
41415 ThaiAsian4,5546,0578,052 10,623
41311 VietnameseAsian3,4624,7706,660 10,086
52100 Latin American nfdMELAA1,0442,2535,622 9,798
41211 CambodianAsian5,2686,9158,601 9,672
44111 SinhaleseAsian6157921,017 9,171
35111 TokelauanPacific6,2046,8197,173 8,676
51100 Middle Eastern nfdMELAA8671,6594,380 8,268
12945 CanadianEuropean4,3925,6045,871 7,797
12935 RussianEuropean3,1414,8365,979 7,713
12924 FrenchEuropean3,5133,8164,593 7,677
53100 African nfdMELAA2,0134,0536,822 7,221
61117 Other South African Other 255 6,816
52113 BrazilianMELAA5821,4732,868 6,663
42116 TaiwaneseAsian3,7685,4485,715 6,570
41000 Southeast Asian nfdAsian2164711,272 6,219
44414 PakistaniAsian1,0172,0523,261 6,135
41412 IndonesianAsian2,0733,2614,137 6,033
12611 ItalianEuropean2,9553,1173,798 5,352
44411 AfghaniAsian8072,5383,417 5,250
12121 WelshEuropean3,4143,7743,708 4,971
42113 Malaysian ChineseAsian4861,3531,848 4,866
37144 TuvaluanPacific1,9682,6253,537 4,653
51115 Iranian/PersianMELAA2,1602,8953,198 4,425
44100 Sri Lankan nfdAsian6,0427,0419,5614245
61199 Other Ethnicity nec Other 150 4,017
41414 MalayAsian2,0523,5374,797 3,729
44413 NepaleseAsian3876541,590 3,630
44112 Sri Lankan Tamil Asian 732 3,501
37124 KiribatiPacific6451,1162,115 3,225
42111 Hong Kong Chinese Asian 222 3,177
51112 ArabMELAA2,8562,6072,919 2,994
12511 CroatianEuropean2,5052,5502,673 2,946
52114 ChileanMELAA5881,0531,686 2,886
12411 PolishEuropean1,9561,9652,163 2,871
12939 SpanishEuropean1,7311,8572,043 2,773
30000 Pacific Peoples nfdPacific6787891,0262,724
51116 IraqiMELAA2,1453,2222,583 2,688
12941 SwissEuropean2,3462,3132,388 2,649
12311 GreekEuropean2,2802,3552,478 2,475
41411 BurmeseAsian5737262,187 2,475
44412 BangladeshiAsian1,140 1,4881,623 2,337
12920 DanishEuropean1,9951,9321,986 2,214
12999 European necEuropean4779422,637 1,968
12940 SwedishEuropean1,1191,2541,401 1,911
12950 Zimbabwean EuropeanEuropeanN/A2,5561,617 1,872
51117 Israeli/JewishMELAA1,5991,5991,353 1,854
52111 Argentinian MELAA 726 1,824
12919 CzechEuropean6007561,083 1,740
37140 TahitianPacific1,2001,3291,407 1,737
53119 SomaliMELAA1,9712,3191,617 1,701
12926 HungarianEuropean8941,2121,365 1,638
41499 Southeast Asian nec Asian 723 1,638
53121 EthiopianMELAAN/A1,0321,242 1,635
43119 South African Indian Asian N/A 1,632
52115 Colombian MELAA 654 1,620
41413 LaotianAsian1,4011,3441,374 1,608
51114 EgyptianMELAA9421,1731,110 1,533
12933 RomanianEuropean5221,5541,452 1,485
52123 Mexican MELAA 711 1,425
42112 Cambodian Chinese Asian 132 1,413
44416 EurasianAsianN/A1,6141,365 1,389
12932 Portuguese European 942 1,365
51127 Turkish MELAA 957 1,320
51113 AssyrianMELAA1,1761,6831,497 1,293
12514 SerbianEuropean7531,0291,056 1,284
12942 Ukrainian European 852 1,281
51120 LebaneseMELAA1,0179991,044 1,278
61113 Indigenous American Other 750 1,278
12913 AustrianEuropean8919931,029 1,272
12931 Norwegian European 810 1,131
37135 Papua New Guinean Pacific 807 1,131
53127 Other Zimbawean MELAA N/A 1,068
53118 Caribbean MELAA 807 1,047
53199 African necMELAA1,9021,0291,158 1,005
Not specifieda150,702167,784230,646 0
  • nfd - Not Further Defined (insufficient data to classify the response further)
  • nec - Not Elsewhere Classified (when no category exists for the response)
  • a - Includes Don't Know, Refused to Answer, Response Unidentifiable, Response Outside Scope and Not Stated
  • MELAA - Middle Eastern, Latin American and African

Ethnic groups by region
Ethnic groups by regional council area, 2018 census[8]
RegionEuropeanMaoriPacificAsianMELAAOther
Num.%Num.%Num.%Num.%Num.%Num.%
Northland130,97173.164,45836.07,5424.27,0413.99000.52,1241.2
Auckland841,38653.5181,19411.5243,96615.5442,67428.235,8382.316,7461.1
Waikato340,80074.4109,48823.920,7424.543,7759.55,1271.15,6191.2
Bay of Plenty227,10073.689,77829.110,9263.522,1227.22,1810.73,2821.1
Gisborne27,61258.125,13552.92,1304.51,3412.82130.44380.9
Hawke's Bay124,79775.044,93127.09,3515.68,2535.09270.61,8391.1
Taranaki99,66084.823,29819.82,5202.15,3314.56990.61,6771.4
Manawatu-Whanganui189,59779.454,57022.910,1404.215,3756.41,8360.83,3691.4
Wellington378,25574.672,25214.342,7748.465,60112.99,4921.97,2631.4
North Island2,360,17865.7665,10318.5350,0919.7611,49317.057,2131.642,3571.2
Tasman48,53492.64,5728.78611.61,4522.82460.57921.5
Nelson44,12486.75,42110.71,1942.33,5917.14320.87471.5
Marlborough41,57187.86,31813.31,4643.11,9294.14020.87711.6
West Coast28,57590.53,68711.74771.51,0683.41680.55761.8
Canterbury494,34082.456,2989.418,9273.266,67211.17,3141.28,3071.4
Otago195,72086.919,5218.76,0992.715,9877.14,0141.83,0541.4
Southland84,32486.514,48414.92,5232.65,4065.55400.61,4281.5
South Island937,18884.8110,30110.031,5452.996,1058.713,1161.215,6751.4
New Zealand 3,297,864 70.2 775,836 16.5 381,642 8.1 707,598 15.1 70,332 1.5 58,053 1.2

See also

Citations
  1. "Cultural diversity". 2013 Census QuickStats about national highlights. Statistics New Zealand. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. Rocha, Zarine L. (2015). "Mixed Race" Identities in Asia and the Pacific: Experiences from Singapore and New Zealand. Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 9781317390787. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  3. "Classifications and related statistical standards – Ethnicity". Statistics New Zealand. June 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  4. Fraenkel, Jon (20 June 2012). "Pacific Islands and New Zealand – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. "2006 Census Data - QuickStats About Culture and Identity" (PDF). Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  6. "Ethnic group profiles". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  7. "2018 Census totals by topic – national highlights | Stats NZ". www.stats.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  8. "Ethnic group (detailed total response - level 3) by age and sex, for the census usually resident population count, 2006, 2013, and 2018 Censuses (RC, TA, SA2, DHB)". nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

References
  • 2013 Census QuickStats, Statistics New Zealand, 2013, ISBN 978-0-478-40864-5
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