Fijian People in NZ – Census 2006 Summary

 

Fijian People in New Zealand

Introduction

Fijian People in New Zealand is one of seven profiles on Pacific peoples based on the results from the 2006 Census. The subject population for this profile is the usually resident populations of Fijians at the time of the 2006 Census. Fijians are defined as those who specified Fijian as a response to the ethnicity question. Where appropriate, comparisons are made between Fijians born in New Zealand and those born overseas, as well as with the total Pacific and total New Zealand usually resident populations. Time series information is provided using previous census data. This has not been possible for all topics because there have been changes in the way that some of the data is collected which mean it cannot always be easily compared across time.

Highlights

  • In 2006, Fijians were the fifth largest Pacific ethnic group in New Zealand, making up 9,861 or 4 percent of New Zealand’s Pacific population (265,974).
  • The Fijian population increased by 40 percent (2,820) between 2001 and 2006.
  • The median age of the Fijian population (half are younger and half are older than this age) was 24 years. By comparison, the median ages for the Pacific and total New Zealand populations were 21 years and 36 years, respectively.
  • Fijians born in New Zealand account for 44 percent (4,251) of the total Fijian population. This was a 3 percentage point decrease since 2001.
  • 29 percent (2,676) of Fijians are able to hold an everyday conversation in Fijian. This was a 1 percentage point decrease since 2001.
  • 82 percent (7,779) of Fijians affiliated with a religion. Of those Fijians who affiliated with a religion, 87 percent (6,801) affiliated with a Christian religion.
  • 82 percent (4995) of Fijian adults have a formal educational qualification (secondary school or post-school qualification). The comparable figures for the total Pacific and New Zealand populations were 65 percent and 75 percent, respectively.
  • 59 percent (5,847) of the Fijian population live in the Auckland region, which is an increase of 1 percentage point since 2001.

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·        Era lewe 9,861 na i taukei mai Viti era tiko e Niu Siladi e na yabaki 2006. Na i wiliwili oqo e i kalima ni levu ni i wiliwili taucoko ni veiuma tamata vaka Wasa Pasifika, se 4 na pasede ni lewe ni Wasa Pasifika taucoko era tiko e Niu Siladi (265,974).

  • E tubu cake nai wiliwili ni i taukei mai Viti e na 40 na pasede (2,820) mai na yabaki 2001 ki na 2006.
  • Na i vakatautauvata e loma ni nodra yabaka ni bula na yabaki 24 (e kena i balebale oqori ni veimama na i taukei mai Viti e lailai sobu na nodra yabaki ni bula mai na 24, ka veimama e sivia). Ni vakatautauvatataki kei na i wiliwili tale e so, na yabaki e loma vei ira na lewe ni Wasa Pasifika taucoko na 21, ka 36 vei ira na lewe ni vanua taucoko e Niu Siladi.
  • E 44 na pasede (4,251) ni i wiliwili taucoko ni i taukei mai Viti, era sucu e Niu Siladi. E lutu e na 3 na pasede na i wiliwili oqo ni oti na yabaki 2001.
  • E 29 na pasede (2,676) era rawa ni veivosaki Vakaviti e na veisiga. E lutu e na 1 na pasede na i wiliwili oqo ni oti na yabaki 2001.
  • E 82 na pasede (7,779) na uabula i taukei mai Viti era lewe ni dua na matalotu. E 87 na pasede (6,801) vei ira oqori era lewe ni lotu Vakarisito.
  • E 82 na pasede (4,995) vei ira na uabula i taukei mai Viti, era vuli ka rawata na i vakatagedegede ni vuli na sekeniri se na vakuri vuli tale e so. Ni vakatautauvatataki kei na i wiliwili tale e so, e 65 na pasede vei ira na lewe ni Wasa Pasifika taucoko ka 75 na pasede vei ira na lewe ni vanua taucoko e Niu Siladi.
  • E 59 na pasede (5,847) ni i taukei mai Viti era tiko e na yasayasa vaka Okaladi, ka tubu cake oqo e na 1 na pasede ni oti na yabaki 2001.

 

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