In addition to the downloadable Excel files, subnational population estimates can be accessed via Table Builder and Infoshare. Table Builder and Infoshare enable users to create, view and download their own customised tables.
Excel tables
See above for links to download Excel tables.
Subnational population estimates at 30 June 2011: local government areas
Estimated resident population of wards, community boards, subdivisions, constituencies, district health boards, and district health board constituencies, at 30 June 2011.
Subnational population estimates at 30 June 2011: regional council and territorial authority areas
Estimated resident population of regional council and territorial authority areas at 30 June 2006, 2010, and 2011; estimated resident population by broad age group of regional council and territorial authority areas at 30 June 2006, 2010, and 2011; components of population change for regional council and territorial authority areas. (The 2011 estimates contained in these tables are final and supersede the provisional estimates contained in the 2011 information release).
If you do not have access to Excel 97 or higher you may use the Excel file viewer to view, print and export the contents of these files.
Table Builder tables
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Population Estimates at 30 June 2006–11
(boundaries at 1 July 2011 as well as 30 June 2006)
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Estimated resident population of regional council areas and area units by age (broad age groups and five-year age groups) and sex, at 30 June 2006–11. |
| Estimated resident population of territorial authority areas and area units by age (broad age groups and five-year age groups) and sex, at 30 June 2006–11. |
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Population Estimates at 30 June 1996, 2001 and 2006
(boundaries at 30 June 2006)
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Estimated resident population of regional council areas and territorial authority areas by ethnicity, age (broad age groups and five-year age groups) and sex, at 30 June 1996, 2001 and 2006. |
| Estimated resident population of regional council areas, territorial authority areas and area units by age (broad age groups and five-year age groups) and sex, at 30 June 1996, 2001 and 2006. |
Infoshare tables
Population estimates for subnational areas (regional council areas, territorial authority areas, and urban areas) are available via Infoshare, under Demography Population Estimates in the 'Population' subject category. Infoshare enables users to create, view and download their own customised tables.
Notes
The population at 30 June in each census year (1996, 2001 and 2006) is based on the census usually resident population count, updated for residents missed or counted more than once by the census (net census undercount); residents temporarily overseas on census night; and births, deaths, and net migration between census night and the date of the estimate.
Subnational population estimates at 30 June 2007–11 were obtained by updating the base population (at 30 June 2006) of each area, for births, deaths, and net migration. Population estimates after 30 June 2006 will be revised following results from the 2013 Census of Population and Dwellings.
Additional information
Estimating local populations after the 2010/11 Canterbury earthquakes describes the data sources used to derive subnational population estimates at 30 June 2011.
Evaluation of alternative data sources for population estimates provides an overview of a diverse range of existing administrative and commercial data sources that might be useful for producing population estimates in the future.
Information about the population estimates contains detailed information about the methods used to derive population estimates.
For the estimated resident population of New Zealand by single-year of age and sex, from 1991 onwards, see national population estimates tables.
For national population estimates by sex back to 1926, see historical population estimates tables.
For information about the base population used to derive post-censal population estimates and projections, see population estimates at 30 June 1996, 2001 and 2006.
For the estimated resident population of Māori ethnic group by single-year of age and sex, from 1991 onwards, see Māori population estimates tables.
If the data you require is not available in published tables, you may wish to consider requesting some customised data.
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