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QuickStats About Matamata-Piako District



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 30,480 people usually live in Matamata-Piako District. This is an increase of 1,011 people, or 3.4 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 38th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Matamata-Piako District has 0.8 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Matamata-Piako District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  14,973  1,965,618
Female
  15,510  2,062,329
Total  30,483  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 3,885 Māori usually live in Matamata-Piako District, an increase of 123 people, or 3.3 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 41st in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.7 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Matamata-Piako District. 

Māori Population of Matamata-Piako District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  1,926  274,860
Female
  1,959  290,469
Total  3,885  565,329

Note: The Māori ethnic population is the count for people of the Māori ethnic group. It includes those people who stated Māori as being either their sole ethnic group or one of several ethnic groups.

Number of dwellings counted

  • There are 11,427 occupied dwellings and 699 unoccupied dwellings in Matamata-Piako District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 81 dwellings under construction in Matamata-Piako District, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Matamata-Piako District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  11,394  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  33  6,963
     Total  11,427  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  699  159,276
Under construction
  81  13,560
Total  12,204  1,651,542

Note: 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.