Statistics of interest

Here is a list of statistics of interest to many people.  Click the link to read more information about a particular statistic.

  • Median weekly income from all people from all sources for the June 2009 quarter was $538  More
  • Median weekly household income from all sources in the June 2009 quarter was $1,234  More
  • More than half of working-age people receive wage and salary income  More
  • Tourism expenditure in New Zealand reached $20.1 billion for the year ended March 2007  More
  • There were more adults who had a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2008 (21%) than in 1990 (8%)  More
  • NZ has one of the largest marine environments in the world, with an exclusive economic zone covering more than 4 million km2.  More
  • There were over 1 million broadband subscribers at 30 June 2009  More
  • Visitors from Australia exceeded 1 million in the May 2009 year  More
  • Food prices were 12% higher in October 2009 than in October 2007  More
  • According to the 2006 Census, 609 people live in the Chatham Islands
  • Total greenhouse emissions rose 22% between 1990 and 2007
  • Between April 2008 and March 2009, 31% of people from Canterbury undertook voluntary work  More