Ethnicity, culture, and identity: 2023 Census provides 18 new Aotearoa Data Explorer tables relating to ethnicity, birthplace, languages spoken, and religious affiliation. These are combined with age, gender, occupation, and total personal income, and grouped by geographic area and census year.
Ethnicity, culture, and identity statistics tell us about New Zealand's increasingly diverse population and provide valuable insights into different groups in our society.
Find topic tables from the latest 2023 Census releases contains the tables in this release and details about them.
More data
Place and ethnic group summaries tool allows users to view and compare simple graphs and tables of data for local communities and New Zealand's ethnic groups. Additional ethnicity, culture, and identity data is available via this tool.
Aotearoa Data Explorer - 2023 Census provides access to search and customise 2023 Census data tables, and compare data against previous censuses.
Aotearoa Data Explorer user guide contains video tutorials and a user guide.
2023 Census product and release finder has a downloadable tool that contains details of all the tables published in this release, as well as other 2023 Census releases.
After downloading and opening the tool, select the 'Product and release finder' tab then click on the 'Product' filter and select 'Aotearoa Data Explorer' from the drop-down list.
2023 Census totals by topic tables are available in geospatial formats from:
Definitions and metadata
Using a combined census model for the 2023 Census provides information about the methodology used for the 2023 Census.
Data quality in the 2023 Census provides information about the composition and quality of the 2023 Census dataset.
2023 Census of Population and Dwellings - Information by concepts (published) - DataInfo+ provides information about the variables and their quality.
Technical enquiries
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