Queenstown-Lakes District Council Community Profile

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Population

At the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings:

The usually resident population count for Queenstown-Lakes District¹ Council was 22,959, a change of 34.7% since 2001.
In comparison, the population for New Zealand as a whole had increased by 7.8% since 2001.

	Queenstown-Lakes District	New Zealand
Male	11,754	1,965,618
Female	11,205	2,062,329
Total	22,959	4,027,947
Change Since 2001 Census	5,919	290,670

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

Age Profile

16.3% of people in Queenstown-Lakes District Council were under the age of 15 years, compared with 21.5% for all of New Zealand.
8.5% of people in Queenstown-Lakes District Council were age 65 years or over, compared with 12.3% for all of New Zealand.

	Queenstown-Lakes District	New Zealand
0-14	16.3%	21.5%
15-64	75.1%	66.2%
65+	8.5%	12.3%

Ethnic groups (total responses)

At the 2006 census:

74.2% of people in Queenstown-Lakes District Council said they belong to the European ethnic group, compared with 61.2% percent for all of New Zealand.

	Queenstown-Lakes District	New Zealand
European	74.2%	61.2%
Maori	5.6%	13.3%
Pacific Peoples	0.7%	6.2%
Asian	4.5%	8.3%
MELAA¹	1.5%	0.8%
Other	13.5%	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 Queenstown-Lakes District was 1.3%, compared with 3.4% for all of New Zealand.
The most popular occupational group in the Queenstown-Lakes District was Accommodation and Food 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 Queenstown-Lakes District Council is $31,000, compared with $24,400 for all of New Zealand.

	Queenstown-Lakes District	New Zealand
$5,000 or Less	7.5%	12.1%
$5,001 - $10,000	4.4%	7.2%
$10,001 - $20,000	13.9%	19.5%
$20,001 - $30,000	16.8%	13.8%
$30,001 - $50,000	27.4%	21.1%
$50,001 or More	18.9%	16.2%
Not Stated	11.1%	10.2%

Households

At the 2006 Census:

The average household size in Queenstown-Lakes District was 2.7 people, compared with 2.8 for all of New Zealand.
84.2% of households in Queenstown-Lakes District Council had access to a telephone, compared with 87.8% for all of New Zealand.
76.6% of households in Queenstown-Lakes District Council had access to a cellphone, compared with 71.1% for all of New Zealand.
66.2% of households in Queenstown-Lakes District Council had access to a internet, compared with 58.0% for all of New Zealand.
91.4% of households in Queenstown-Lakes District Council had access to a motor vehicle, compared with 88.1% for all of New Zealand.
There were 8,565 households in Queenstown-Lakes District Council.
For dwellings that were rented, the average weekly rent paid for permanent private dwellings in Queenstown-Lakes District Council was $294, compared with $225 for New Zealand as a whole.
62.7% of dwellings in Queenstown-Lakes District were owned with or without a mortgage, compared with 68.9% for all of New Zealand.

Business

At the 2006 Census:

There were 3,450 businesses in Queenstown-Lakes District compared with 354,087 for all of 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%.