New Zealand census

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The New Zealand census is the nationwide official count of people and dwellings conducted at regular intervals to collect demographic, social, and economic information about the country’s population.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf national census
statistical survey
administeredBy Government Statistician of New Zealand
conductedBy Statistics New Zealand
Stats NZ
country New Zealand
covers dwellings
people
dataCollectionMethod field enumeration
online questionnaires
paper questionnaires
self-completed forms
dataConfidentiality individual responses kept confidential
dataPublication aggregated statistics
microdata access under conditions
summary reports
firstHeld 1851
firstHeldBy colonial government of New Zealand
frequency every five years
geographicCoverage Chatham Islands
New Zealand offshore islands
all regions of New Zealand
includes age information
education information
employment information
ethnicity information
housing characteristics
income information
sex information
usual residence information
includesQuestionOn Māori descent
disability
household composition
religion
language English
Māori
legalBasis Statistics Act 1975
obligation compulsory for residents
compulsory for visitors in New Zealand on census night
purpose collect demographic information
collect economic information
collect social information
referenceNight census night
scope nationwide
supports electoral roll maintenance
population estimates
population projections
usedFor electoral boundary setting
government planning
resource allocation

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
New Zealand European ("New Zealand census 1996")
New Zealand European ("New Zealand census 2006")
New Zealand European ("New Zealand census 2013")
New Zealand European ("New Zealand census 2018")
demographicCategoryIn
Niuean New Zealanders
demographicGroupIn
New Zealand European
ethnonymUsedIn
Pacific peoples
usedIn

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