Fifteenth census of the
Dominion of New Zealand
2 April 1911 (1911-04-02)
General information
CountryDominion of New Zealand, British Empire
AuthorityStatistics New Zealand
Websitestats.govt.nz (1911)
Results
Total population1,058,313[1] (Increase 13.03%)
Most populous ​districtAuckland (264,520)
Least populous ​districtWestland (15,714)

The 1911 New Zealand census was New Zealand's fifteenth national census.[2] The day used for the census was Sunday, 2 April 1911.[2][3]

The total population of the Dominion of New Zealand was counted as 1,058,313 – an overall increase of 122,004 people or 13.03% over the 1906 census figure.[1] The Māori census counted a total of 49,844, of whom 26,475 were males and 23,369 females, another 2,877 in the general census which made up 5 percent of the total night population.[3] The total enumerated in the European (general) census was 1,008,468 of whom 531,910 were Males and 476,558 Females. The Māori census was held in March, while the general census was held in April.[2][3]

The Census and Statistics Act 1910 created the Office of the Government Statistician within the Registrar General's Office. The Act (as in the 1911 census report) reiterated the penalties for those who refuse to fill out their census schedules and collectors who disclose the content of individual census schedules.[4]

Population and dwellings

The principal natural divisions in New Zealand are the North, South, and Stewart Islands. The "Distribution of European populations" of the various provincial districts are as follows:[5]

RegionMalesFemalesTotal population
Auckland141,700122,820264,520
Taranaki27,78523,78451,560
Hawke's Bay25,76922,77748,546
Wellington104,94594,149199,094
Totals, North Island300,199263,530563,729
Marlborough8,7457,24015,985
Nelson26,95821,50548,463
Westland8,7196,99515,714
Canterbury88,39184,794173,185
Otago
     Otago portion66,99565,407132,402
     Southland portion31,73536,99358,728
Totals, South Island231,323212,797444,120
Stewart Island220137357
Chatham Islands16692258
Kermadec Islands224
New Zealand Dominion of New Zealand531,910476,5581,008,468
Source:[6] Total (including Chinese and "Half-castes")

The Maori population of the Dominion (not included above), according to the result of a separate census taken in April 1911, amounted to 49,844. Of these, 46,632 persons were found to be in the North Island, 2,681 persons in the South Island, 63 at Stewart Island, and 219 Maoris [sic] and Morioris [sic] at the Chatham Islands. There were 249 Maori wives of European husbands enumerated in the European census.

The total population of the Dominion (including Maoris and residents of the Cook and other Pacific Islands) in April 1911, was: Persons, 1,070,910; males, 564,834; females, 506,076; of these, 2,630 were Chinese—2,542 males, 88 females. The population of the Cook and other Pacific Islands now included within the boundaries of the Dominion was 12,598 persons, of whom 180 were whites or half-castes living as whites. There were also 513 Natives of these islands absent on ships or at the guano islands.

Māori census

The census of the Māori population—that is, full-blooded Maoris, with all half-castes living as members of Native tribes—was taken under the supervision of the officers of the Native Department in April 1911.

Area Males Females Population
North Island24,93521,69746,632
Middle Island1,8861,2952,681
Stewart Island422163
Chatham Islands
     Māori10599204
     Moriori7815
Māori wives living with European husbands-249249
Totals, New Zealand26,47523,36949,844
Source:[3]

Notes: (excludes half-Māori counted in the separate European census) The pure-blood Moriori are practically extinct, and those now claiming to be Morioris are half-caste Moriori-Maoris.

Besides the half-castes (living as Members of Maori Tribes) included in the above table, there were 2,877 half-castes (males, 1,475; females, 1,402) living with and enumerated as Europeans in the other census.

Birthplace

The figures show that of the total population of specified birthplace had New Zealand-born at 69.74% and 30.26% were born-overseas.

Birthplaces Population
 Percentage Population increase or decrease
New Zealand702,779 69.74%+15.92%
Totals, overseas-born305,68930.26%–
England England133,81113.28%+14.80%
Scotland Scotland51,7095.13%+8.25%
Republic of Ireland Ireland40,9584.06%−3.53%
Wales Wales2,2060.22%+2.89%
Australia, Tasmania, and Fiji50,6935.03%–
United Kingdom Other British Possessions4,5700.46%–
     Total British 986,72697.92%–
German Empire Germany4,0150.40%−3.80%
Denmark Denmark and Possessions2,2620.22%−0.65%
Other European countries55–+19.56%
United States United States of America1,4000.13%+21.10%
China2,6110.25%+0.34%
At sea1,3920.14%+11.80%
Birthplaces not stated779–+65.04%
Total for specified birthplaces1,007,689–+13.46%
New Zealand1,008,468100.00%Increase 13.49%
Source:[3]

Religious denominations

Christians accounted for 95% of the population. Other religions accounted for 1.16%, people with no denomination were counted at 0.9% and people having no religion accounted 0.55%. People who did not state their religion accounted for 3.59% of the population.

Further categorisation of religions
Religion Persons Males Females %
Episcopalians
- Church of England, and Episcopalians not otherwise defined 411,671 216,612 195,059 40.93
- Protestants (undefined) 2,171 1,332 839 0.22
Presbyterians 234,662 122,307 112,355 23.34
Methodists
- Methodist Church of Australasia 63,959 31,419 32,540 6.36
- Primitive Methodists 27,445 13,802 13,643 2.74
- Methodists (undefined) 3,209 1,645 1,564 0.32
- Others 214 123 91 0.02
Baptists 20,042 9,599 10,443 2.00
Congregationalists 8,756 4,231 4,525 0.88
Lutherans (German Protestants) 4,477 2,818 1,659 0.44
Unitarians 1,316 707 609 0.13
Society of Friends 412 246 166 0.04
Church of Christ (Christians, Christian Disciples, Disciples of Christ,

Disciples)

9,187 4,234 4,953 0.92
Brethren (Christian Brethren, Exclusive Brethren, Open Brethren,

Plymouth Brethren)

7,865 3,609 4,256 0.78
Believers in Christ 37 16 21
Evangelists (Evangelical Union, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christians,

Evangelical Brethren)

 25 21 4
Nonconformists 57 41 16
Salvation Army 9,707 4,681 5,026 0.96
Christadelphians 1,028 486 542 0.10
Swedenborgians (New Church, New Jerusalem Church) 160 81 79 0.01
Seventh-day Adventists 1,113 457 656 0.11
Students of Truth 6 2 4
Dissenters 5 3 2
Christian Israelites, Israelites 19 12 7
Other Christians 922 466 456 0.08
Catholics
- Roman Catholics 139,191 72,419 66,722 13.84
- Catholics (undefined) 1,332 759 573 0.13
- Greek Church 265 178 87 0.03
- Catholic Apostolic 336 157 179 0.03
Other sects
- Hebrews (Jews) 2,128 1,130 998 0.21
- Mormons (Latter-day Saints) 365 212 153 0.63
- Spiritualists 1,197 593 604 0.11
- Buddhists, Confucians, etc 1,501 1,481 20 0.15
- Others 661 352 309 0.06
No denomination
- Freethinkers 4,238 3,417 821 0.42
- Agnostics 618 511 107 0.06
- Deists, Theists 32 24 8
- No denomination 4,241 2,691 1,550 0.42
- Doubtful 48 32 16
No religion
- No religion 5,414 4,004 1,410 0.54
- Atheists 111 99 12 0.01
- Secularists 4 4
- Object to state 35,905 23,310 12,595 3.58
- Unspecified 2,416 1,587 829
Total for New Zealand 1,008,468 531,910 476,558 100.0

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Total and Māori populations 1858–2013 Archived 26 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine Censuses of Population and Dwellings
  2. 1 2 3 "Dates of New Zealand censuses since 1851". Stats.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Results of a Census of the Dominion of New Zealand". Statistics New Zealand. 30 December 1912. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "A history of census-taking in New Zealand". Stats.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  5. ↑ New Zealand: Census 1911 (Page: 6)
  6. ↑ New Zealand: Census 1911
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