Whanganui District
Māori descent
In 2013, 9,687 people or 23.0% of the population in the Whanganui District identified themselves as having Māori descent.
A person has Māori descent if they are of the Māori race of New Zealand; this includes any descendant of such a person. The term "Māori descent" is based on a genealogical or biological concept, rather than on cultural affiliation to the Māori ethnic group. Information on cultural affiliations, or ethnicity, is collected in the census question on ethnic group. It is important to view this question in conjunction with the question about Ethnicity as some people who have Māori ancestry may not identify themselves ethnically as Māori .
Whanganui District's Māori descent statistics should be viewed in conjunction with Ethnicity data, Languages Spoken and Religion statistics to provide a more complete picture of the Māori population.
Derived from the Census question:
'Are you descended from a Māori (that is, did you have a Māori birth parent, grandparent or great-grandparent etc)?'
Total population
| Māori descent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whanganui District | 2013 | 2006 | Change | ||||||
| Descent type | Number | % | New Zealand % | Number | % | New Zealand % | 2006 to 2013 | ||
 Māori descent | 9,687 | 23.0 | 15.8 | 9,564 | 22.4 | 16.0 | +123 | 120 | 1413 |
| No Māori descent | 26,526 | 62.9 | 72.3 | 27,345 | 64.1 | 72.4 | -819 | 121 | 1413 |
| Don't know | 987 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 861 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +126 | 122 | 1413 |
| Not stated / included | 4,947 | 11.7 | 9.9 | 4,869 | 11.4 | 9.6 | +78 | 123 | 1413 |
| Total | 42,147 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 42,639 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -492 | ||
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window) 2006 and 2013. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window) , the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the Māori descent statistics of the population in Whanganui District in 2013 shows that there were 9,687 people who identified themselves as having Māori descent and 26,526 of people who identified themselves as having no Māori descent.
Overall, 23.0% of the population identified themselves as having Māori descent, compared with 15.8% for New Zealand
Emerging groups
The number of people identifying themselves as having Māori descent increased by 123 between 2006 and 2013.