Overseas born population in Palmerston North City, New Zealand

By birthplace (country/region), 2013 Census, %

The following information applies to all values in the table. Census Year: 2013, Territorial Authority: Palmerston North City
Birthplace	% of city/district's population
Australia	1.344064705416%
Pacific Islands	1.784156688605%
UK and Ireland	4.920307667909%
North-West Europe	0.8286416620411%
Southern and Eastern Europe	0.3171834113076%
North Africa and the Middle East	0.4321623979066%
South-East Asia	2.160811989533%
North-East Asia	2.62469272857%
Southern and Central Asia	2.307509317263%
Americas	1.058599635239%
Sub-Saharan Africa	1.439219728808%

Definitions

The census usually resident population count of New Zealand is a count of all people who usually live, and are present, in New Zealand on a given census night. This count excludes visitors from overseas and excludes residents who are temporarily overseas on census night.

Birthplace refers to the country where a person was born, and uses the name of the country at the time of the census. Country is the current, short or official name of a country, dependency, or other area of particular geopolitical interest.

Data calculation/treatment

Figure.NZ has calculated percentages by dividing the individual values by 'Total people stated' for each region, territorial authority or local board area.

For more information

Please refer to http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/info-about-2013-census-data/information-by-variable/country-of-birth.aspx

Data provided by

Stats NZ

Dataset name

Census: Detailed Birthplace by Region, TA or Local Board Area 2013

Webpage:

http://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/WBOS/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TABLECODE8041

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Census: Detailed Birthplace by Region, TA or Local Board Area 2013

From the dataset Census: Detailed Birthplace by Region, TA or Local Board Area 2013, this data was extracted:

Sheet: NZ.Stat export
Range: W107:DH199
Provided: 6,324 data points

This data forms the table Census - Detailed birthplace by territorial authority (%) 2013.

Dataset originally released on:

April 02, 2014

Purpose of collection

Data from this variable is used to:
- provide useful indicators of the social and economic status of immigrants
- provide information about cultural diversity within communities and aid in planning for services by local authorities
- develop, monitor, and evaluate settlement programmes for immigrants.

Overseas born population in Palmerston North City, New Zealand

By birthplace (country/region), 2013 Census, %

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