The 2013 New Zealand census was the thirty-third
national census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
. "The National Census Day" used for the census was on Tuesday, 5 March 2013. The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,242,048, – an increase of 214,101 or 5.3% over the 2006 census.
The 2013 census forms were the same as the forms developed for the 2011 census which was cancelled due to the February
2011 major earthquake in
Christchurch. There were no new topics or questions. New Zealand's next census was conducted in
March 2018.
Collection methods
The results from the post-enumeration survey showed that the 2013 census recorded 97.6 percent of the residents in New Zealand on census night. However, the overall response rate was 92.9 percent, with a non-response rate of 7.1 percent made up of the net undercount and people who were counted in the census but had not received a form.
Results
Population and dwellings
Population counts for New Zealand
regions.

Note: All figures are for the census usually resident population count.
Ethnicity
The census usually resident population count of 4,242,048 included 230,649 people without an ethnic response and 4,011,399 people who identified with at least one ethnicity.
More information about ethnic populations, multiple ethnicity, birthplace and birthplace.
2013 Census
The figures for the total ethnicity of the population.
Ethnic groups by region
Birthplace
The number of people living in New Zealand who were born overseas continued to climb. In 2013, 1,001,787 people (25.2 percent) were born overseas.
For the overseas-born census "usually resident population":
Religion
The table below is based on religious affiliation data recorded at the last three censuses for usually resident people. Note that figures and percentages may not add to 100 percent as it is possible for people to state more than one religion.
See also
* 2013 in New Zealand
* 2018 New Zealand census
* New Zealand census
Notes
References
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Censuses in New Zealand
Census
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New Zealand
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