Wellington Regional Council Community Profile

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Population

At the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings:

The usually resident population count for Wellington Region¹ Council was 448,956, a change of 5.9% since 2001.
In comparison, the population for New Zealand as a whole had increased by 7.8% since 2001.

	Wellington Region	New Zealand
Male	217,653	1,965,618
Female	231,303	2,062,329
Total	448,956	4,027,947
Change Since 2001 Census	25,188	290,670

¹The area used for this profile is based on Statistics New Zealand's regional council.

Age Profile

20.6% of people in Wellington Region Council were under the age of 15 years, compared with 21.5% for all of New Zealand.
11.4% of people in Wellington Region Council were age 65 years or over, compared with 12.3% for all of New Zealand.

	Wellington Region	New Zealand
0-14	20.6%	21.5%
15-64	68.0%	66.2%
65+	11.4%	12.3%

Ethnic groups (total responses)

At the 2006 census:

62.8% of people in Wellington Region Council were said they belong to the European ethnic group, compared with 61.2% percent for all of New Zealand.

	Wellington Region	New Zealand
European	62.8%	61.2%
Maori	11.5%	13.3%
Pacific Peoples	7.2%	6.2%
Asian	7.6%	8.3%
MELAA¹	1.1%	0.8%
Other	9.8%	10.1%

¹People represented in MELAA include people of Middle Eastern, African and Latin American ethnicities.

Employment

At the 2006 Census:

The unemployment rate in Wellington Region was 3.6%, compared with 3.4% for all of New Zealand.
The most popular occupational group in the Wellington Region was Professional, Scientific and Technical Services. The most popular occupational group for New Zealand as a whole was Manufacturing.

Income

At the 2006 Census:

The median income of people in Wellington Region Council is $28,000, compared with $24,400 for all of New Zealand.

	Wellington Region	New Zealand
$5,000 or Less	11.4%	12.1%
$5,001 - $10,000	6.7%	7.2%
$10,001 - $20,000	17.5%	19.5%
$20,001 - $30,000	12.9%	13.8%
$30,001 - $50,000	21.6%	21.1%
$50,001 or More	21.6%	16.2%
Not Stated	8.3%	10.2%

Households

At the 2006 Census:

The average household size in Wellington Region was 2.7 people, compared with 2.8 for all of New Zealand.
89.9% of households in Wellington Region Council had access to a telephone, compared with 87.8% for all of New Zealand.
73.7% of households in Wellington Region Council had access to a cellphone, compared with 71.1% for all of New Zealand.
63.2% of households in Wellington Region Council had access to a internet, compared with 58.0% for all of New Zealand.
85.3% of households in Wellington Region Council had access to a motor vehicle, compared with 88.1% for all of New Zealand.
There were 166,974 households in Wellington Region Council.
For dwellings that were rented, the average weekly rent paid for permanent private dwellings in Wellington Region Council was $234, compared with $225 for New Zealand as a whole.
67.9% of dwellings in Wellington Region were owned with or without a mortgage, compared with 68.9% for all of New Zealand.

Business

In February 2006:

There were 39,596 businesses in Wellington Region compared with 361,751 for all of New Zealand.

Source: Statistics New Zealand

The information in this profile is based on the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, the 2001 Household Expenditure Survey and the New Zealand Business Demographic Statistics.

All population statistics are for the usually resident population count and have been randomly rounded to base three to preserve confidentiality.

Percentages have been calculated against complete responses; that is, they exclude cases where no answers were provided and have been calculated on the rounded data so do not always total 100%.