Religious affiliations in the Manawatū District, New Zealand

2023 Census, number of people

The following information applies to all values in the table. Census Year: 2023, Subject population: Census usually resident population, Age group: total - age, Territorial authority: Manawatu District, Unit: Count
Religious affiliation	Number of people
Buddhism	105
Christianity	9,798
Hinduism	177
Islam	105
Judaism	15
Māori religions, beliefs and philosophies	315
No religion	18,819
Other Religions, Beliefs and Philosophies	339
Spiritualism and New Age religions	156

Data Quality

Using this data

You can use this data confidently. Stats NZ rated it as high quality. For more information, read about response rates below.

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Why am I seeing this?

This data is from the Census. The past two censuses had relatively low response rates, particularly for some areas of New Zealand and groups of people.

Where information was missing or unreadable, Stats NZ attempted to use data from a range of places such as previous censuses or administrative data that is collected by other government agencies. If that isn't available, Stats NZ use statistical models to predict what the missing data would have been. This is called imputation.

Subject matter

Religious affiliation is the self-identified association of a person with a religion, denomination, or sub-denominational religious group.

Response rates and final data sources

For religious affiliation, the response rate from 2023 Census forms was 84.4%. In addition, 9.2% of responses were sourced from forms submitted during previous censuses. The remaining 6.5% of responses were imputed. For age group, the response rate from 2023 Census forms was 89.7%. The remaining 10.2% of responses were sourced from administrative records and 0.1% from statistical imputation.Menu topics:People - Population

Definitions

Census usually resident population count of New Zealand: a count of all people who usually live in and were present in New Zealand on census night. It excludes overseas visitors and New Zealand residents who are temporarily overseas.
Census night population count of New Zealand: a count of all people present in New Zealand on census night. This includes visitors from overseas who are counted on census night but excludes residents who are temporarily overseas on census night.
Dwelling: A dwelling is any building or structure that is used, or intended to be used, for human habitation. There can be more than one dwelling within a building. For example, each apartment in an apartment building is a dwelling.
Household: either one person who usually resides alone, or two or more people who usually reside together and share facilities in a private dwelling. Included are people who were absent on census night but usually live in a particular dwelling and are members of that household, as long as they were reported as being absent on the dwelling form or the household set-up form.
Response 'stated': Members of the subject population (eg. people or dwelling) for which the data was obtained through a census form, administrative sources, or imputed.

Data calculation/treatment

This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality.
Figure.NZ calculated percentages based on the 'Total stated' values for each variable. Individual percentages may not sum to 100% and values for the same data may vary in different tables.

For more information

https://datainfoplus.stats.govt.nz/item/nz.govt.stats/7c1335e0-c2c7-4217-ac48-bfc7a68aea48
https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2023-census-population-dwelling-and-housing-highlights/

Inclusions

Geographically the census includes the North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, and the Chatham Islands, plus largely uninhabited islands including the Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, Mayor Island, Motiti Island, White Island, Moutohora Island, Bounty Islands, Snares Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Island.

Data provided by

Stats NZ

Dataset name

Census: Religious affiliation (total responses) by age group and sex, for the census usually resident population count (RC, TALB, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses

Webpage:

https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?pg=0&bp=true&snb=9&tm=religious%202023&hc%5BCensus%20year%5D=2023&df%5Bds%5D=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df%5Bid%5D=CEN23_ECI_025&df%5Bag%5D=STATSNZ&df%5Bvs%5D=1.0&dq=2023.9999%2B99999%2B999999.999999.99.99&ly%5Brw%5D=CEN23_GEO_008&to%5BTIME%5D=false

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Census: Religious affiliation (total responses) by age group and sex, for the census usually resident population count (RC, TALB, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses

From the dataset Census: Religious affiliation (total responses) by age group and sex, for the census usually resident population count (RC, TALB, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses, this data was extracted:

Sheet: STATSNZ,CEN23_ECI_025 TA
Range: P2:T900451
Provided: 1,229,542 data points

This data forms the table Census - Usually resident population by religious affiliation, age group, and territorial authority 2013, 2018 and 2023.

Dataset originally released on:

December 03, 2024

About this dataset

The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings is the official count of how many people and dwellings there are in New Zealand. It provides a snapshot of our society at a point in time and helps to tell the story of its social and economic change. The 2023 Census, held on Tuesday 7 March, was the 35th New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings. The first official census was run in 1851, and since 1877 there has been a census every five years, with only four exceptions.

Purpose of collection

Census information is used by government agencies, local authorities, businesses, community organisations, and the public for developing and implementing new policies, research, planning, and decision-making. It helps us make decisions about how to best use public funding, especially in areas of health, education, housing, and transport.
The census is also the primary source of information used for deciding the number of general and Māori electorates, along with data from the corresponding Māori Electoral Option.