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Appendix 15: QuickStats About Porirua CityTotal population• 48,546 people usually live in Porirua City. This is an increase of 1,179 people, or 2.5 percent,since the 2001 Census.• Its population ranks 21st in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.• Porirua City has 1.2 percent of New Zealand’s population.Population of Porirua City and New Zealand, 2006 CensusRegion/City/DistrictNew ZealandMale 23,634 1,965,618Female 24,912 2,062,329Total 48,546 4,027,947Mäori ethnic population• 9,642 Mäori usually live in Porirua City, an increase of 261 people, or 2.8 percent, since the2001 Census.• Its Mäori population ranks 20th in size out of the 73 districts in New Zealand.• 1.7 percent of New Zealand’s Mäori population usually live in Porirua City.Mäori Population of Porirua City and New Zealand, 2006 CensusRegion/City/DistrictNew ZealandMale 4,539 274,860Female 5,106 290,469Total 9,645 565,329Note: The Mäori ethnic population is the count for people of the Mäori ethnic group. It includesthose people who stated Mäori as being either their sole ethnic group or one of several ethnicgroups.Number of dwellings counted• There are 15,564 occupied dwellings and 804 unoccupied dwellings in Porirua City.• For New Zealand as a whole, there are 1,478,709 occupied dwellings and 159,276unoccupied dwellings.• There are 108 dwellings under construction in Porirua City, compared with 13,560 underconstruction throughout New Zealand.Local GovernmentRegional Council - Wellington Regional CouncilTerritorial Authorities - Porirua City Council65