2,676,919 New Zealanders

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31304, 25 February 1967, Page 3

2,676,919 New Zealanders

(N.Z. Pres, Association) 1

WELLINGTON, February 24. New Zealand had a population of 2,676,919 on census night, March 22, 1966, the Government Statistician (Mr J. V. T. Baker) announced today. At the last census, in 1961, the population was 2,414,984. The latest figure represents an increase of 10.8 per cent Of the total, 1,343,743 were males and 1,333,176 females. The Maori population—201,159—jumped 20.4 per cent in the five-year period, from 167,086. The population of Christ-

church was 247,248, 26,738 more than the last census total 1 of 220,510. Canterbury’s popu- j lation was 376,441, compared with 344,597 at the last cen- , SUS. i The figures released by Mr Baker were final confirmed , totals. The population drift from ; the South Island to the North ’ Island continued. i The North Island had < 1,893,326 people, 70.7 per cent j of the total. At the previous J census 69.8 per cent of the population lived in the North. , There were 783,593 people in 1 the South Island. . Figures for statistical . areas, including European n and Maori populations, with , the 1961 census totals in 1 parentheses, were; t

Northland, 93,514 (86,391); Central Auckland, 613,671 (514,507); South AucklandBay of Plenty, 389,334 (349,624); East Coast, 46,988 (46,478); Hawke’s Bay, 124,960 (114,470); Taranaki, 101,104 (99,774); Wellington, 523,755 (473,541); Marlborough, 29,428 (27,748); Nelson, 67,208 (62,967); Westland, 24,353 (24,841); Canterbury, 376,441 (344,597); Otago, 183,477 (176,325); Southland, 102,686 (93,721). Populations of urban areas, with the 1961 census totals in parentheses, were: Whangarei, 29,503 (21,790); Auckland, 548,293 (448,365); Hamilton, 63,303 ( 50,505); Tauranga, 31,606 (24,659); Rotorua, 33,229 (25,068); Gisborne. 27.804 (25,065);

Napier, 38,309 (32,716); Hastings, 37,466 (32,490); New Plymouth, 35,280 (32,387); Wanganui, 38,174 (35,694); Palmerston North, 49,140 (43,185); Hutt, 114,628 (98,988); Wellington, 167,859 (150,544); Nelson, 27,615 (25,321); Christchurch, 247,248 (220,510); Timaru, 27,946 (26,424); Dunedin, 108,734 (105,003); Invercargill, 46,016 (41,088).

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