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.
All labels observed (8)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national census
ⓘ
statistical survey ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Statistics New Zealand
ⓘ
surface form:
Government Statistician of New Zealand
|
| conductedBy |
Statistics New Zealand
ⓘ
Statistics New Zealand ⓘ
surface form:
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 (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New Zealand census 1996
this entity surface form:
New Zealand census 2006
this entity surface form:
New Zealand census 2013
this entity surface form:
New Zealand census 2018
this entity surface form:
New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings
this entity surface form:
New Zealand census of population and dwellings
this entity surface form:
Census of Population and Dwellings (New Zealand)