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QuickStats About Buller District



Number of people counted

Total population

  • 9,702 people usually live in Buller District. This is an increase of 78 people, or 0.8 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its population ranks 60th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • Buller District has 0.2 percent of New Zealand's population.

Population of Buller District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  4,971  1,965,618
Female
  4,731  2,062,326
Total  9,702  4,027,947

Māori ethnic population

  • 801 Māori usually live in Buller District, an increase of 39 people, or 5.1 percent, since the 2001 Census.
  • Its Māori population ranks 67th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.
  • 0.1 percent of New Zealand's Māori population usually live in Buller District. 

Māori Population of Buller District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Male
  420  274,860
Female
  381  290,466
Total  804  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 4,266 occupied dwellings and 825 unoccupied dwellings in Buller District.
  • For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276 unoccupied dwellings.
  • There are 48 dwellings under construction in Buller District, compared with 13,560 under construction throughout New Zealand.

Dwellings in Buller District and New Zealand, 2006 Census
Dwelling status
     
 
Region/City/DistrictNew Zealand
Occupied
      Private dwelling
  4,179  1,471,746
     Non-private dwelling
  87  6,963
     Total  4,266  1,478,709
Unoccupied
  825  159,276
Under construction
  48  13,560
Total  5,139  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.