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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2018, 84.6% of the population in Mornington identified their ethnicity as European.
To get a more complete picture of Mornington's cultural and ethnic characteristics Ethnicity data should be viewed in conjunction with Maori Descent, Birthplace, Year of Arrival, Language Spoken and Religion data. Note: In the 2006 Census, the 'New Zealand' responses were classified under 'Other ethnicity', resulting in a noticeable difference between the 2006 and other census years. For more information, please refer to the Ethnicity page on the Stats NZ Census website.
'Which ethnic group do you belong to?'.
Multi-response
Ethnic groups | |||||||
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Mornington | 2018 | 2006 | Change | ||||
Ethnic group - multi-response | Number | % of total population | Dunedin City % | Number | % of total population | Dunedin City % | 2006 to 2018 |
European | 2,370 | 84.6 | 86.6 | 2,103 | 74.6 | 76.2 | +267 |
Maori | 339 | 12.1 | 9.3 | 237 | 8.4 | 6.2 | +102 |
Pacific peoples | 117 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 81 | 2.9 | 2.1 | +36 |
Asian | 240 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 144 | 5.1 | 5.2 | +96 |
Middle Eastern/Latin American/African | 42 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 24 | 0.9 | 0.7 | +18 |
New Zealander | 36 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 357 | 12.7 | 13.1 | -321 |
Other ethnicity | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Ethnic groups - Totals | |||||||
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Mornington | 2018 | 2006 | Change | ||||
Ethnic group - totals - multi-response | Number | % of total population | Dunedin City % | Number | % of total population | Dunedin City % | 2006 to 2018 |
Not stated / included | -- | -- | -- | 123 | 4.4 | 3.2 | -123 |
Total population | 2,802 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,820 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -18 |
Total respondents | 2,802 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,697 | 95.6 | 96.8 | +105 |
Total responses | 3,144 | 112.2 | 109.8 | 2,946 | 104.5 | 103.6 | +198 |
Analysis of the ethnic population in Mornington in 2018 compared to Dunedin City shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who identified themselves as European, a larger proportion of people who identified themselves as Maori and a larger proportion of people who identified themselves as Pacific Peoples.
Overall, 84.6% of the population identified themselves as European, 12.1% as Maori and 4.2% as Pacific Peoples, compared with 86.6%, 9.3% and 3.2% for Dunedin City respectively.
The major differences between the ethnic groups responses of the population in Mornington and Dunedin City were:
Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population
The largest changes in the ethnic group responses of population in this area between 2006 and 2018 were:
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