Number of people counted

Total population

• 46,437 people usually live in Nelson Region. This is an increase of 3,546 people, or 8.3 percent, since the 2006 Census.
• Its population ranks 13th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.
• Nelson Region has 1.1 percent of New Zealand's population.

Māori population

• 4,167 Māori usually live in Nelson Region. This is an increase of 552 people, or 15.3 percent, since the 2006 Census.
• Its Māori population ranks 14th in size out of the 16 regions in New Zealand.
• Less than one percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Nelson Region.
   

Note: Total population figures are for the census usually resident population count.

The Māori population is the Māori ethnic group usually resident population count. It includes those people who stated Māori as being either their only ethnic group or one of several ethnic groups.

Number of dwellings counted

• There are 18,906 occupied dwellings and 1,317 unoccupied dwellings in Nelson Region.
• For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,570,695 occupied dwellings and 185,448 unoccupied dwellings.
• There are 120 dwellings under construction in Nelson Region, and 9,756 under construction in New Zealand.

Note: This time series is irregular. Because the 2011 Census was cancelled after the Canterbury earthquake on 22 February 2011, the gap between this census and the last one is seven years. The change in the data between 2006 and 2013 may be greater than in the usual five-year gap between censuses. Be careful when comparing trends.

This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not add up to totals, and values for the same data may vary in different text, tables, and graphs.