StatsNZ,,,,
Census 2018,,,,
Table 1,,,,
Language spoken (total responses) by English speaker indicator,,,,
" for Person, Census usually resident population count",,,,
,English speaker,Not English speaker,Total,
West Germanic not further defined,..C,..C,3,
Afrikaans,"36,198",768,"36,966",
Dutch,"22,875",465,"23,343",
English,"4,482,132",..C,"4,482,132",
German,"40,728",657,"41,385",
Friesian,324,..C,327,
Yiddish,36,..C,39,
Scots,168,6,174,
West Germanic not elsewhere classified,"3,129",84,"3,210",
North Germanic not further defined,..C,..C,3,
Danish,"2,307",36,"2,343",
Norwegian,"1,224",21,"1,245",
Swedish,"3,267",60,"3,330",
Icelandic,150,..C,153,
North Germanic not elsewhere classified,15,..C,15,
Romance not further defined,..C,..C,3,
French,"54,201",912,"55,116",
Catalan,372,9,381,
Portuguese,"10,017",552,"10,569",
Spanish,"37,287","1,536","38,823",
Italian,"9,705",198,"9,903",
Romanian,"1,890",111,"1,998",
Romance not elsewhere classified,576,9,585,
Greek,"2,784",141,"2,925",
Baltic not further defined,..C,..C,3,
Latvian,324,9,333,
Lithuanian,213,..C,216,
Baltic not elsewhere classified,..C,..C,0,
Slavic not further defined,72,..C,78,
Belorussian,69,9,75,
Russian,"11,556",987,"12,543",
Ukrainian,999,81,"1,080",
Bulgarian,813,30,840,
Macedonian,750,54,801,
Serbo-Croatian,"5,223",276,"5,502",
Slovene,312,12,321,
Czech,"2,370",90,"2,460",
Polish,"3,009",105,"3,114",
Slovak,783,21,804,
Slavic not elsewhere classified,18,..C,21,
Albanian,315,30,348,
Armenian,159,9,168,
Indo-Aryan not further defined,"1,983",306,"2,289",
Hindi,"65,298","4,176","69,471",
Urdu,"7,206",618,"7,824",
Fiji Hindi,"24,531","2,271","26,805",
Bengali,"3,222",246,"3,468",
Oriya,126,..C,129,
Nepalese,"2,634",624,"3,261",
Panjabi,"29,703","4,521","34,227",
Sindhi,330,18,348,
Kashmiri,123,12,135,
Sinhala,"6,729",540,"7,266",
Gujarati,"19,926","2,277","22,200",
Konkani,894,21,915,
Marathi,"4,638",129,"4,770",
Romani,18,..C,18,
Indo-Aryan not elsewhere classified,645,72,720,
Celtic not further defined,..C,..C,3,
Welsh,"1,065",18,"1,083",
Scottish Gaelic,537,12,549,
Irish,"1,149",27,"1,176",
Breton,..C,..C,3,
Celtic not elsewhere classified,12,..C,15,
Iranian not further defined,..C,..C,3,
Persian,"5,643","1,356","7,002",
Kurdish,747,177,924,
Pashto,"1,245",366,"1,611",
Iranian not elsewhere classified,33,..C,36,
Turko-Altaic not further defined,..C,..C,0,
Turkish,"1,359",117,"1,476",
Azeri,117,6,123,
Turko-Altaic not elsewhere classified,225,12,237,
Uralic not further defined,..C,..C,0,
Estonian,231,..C,234,
Finnish,837,21,858,
Hungarian,"1,866",84,"1,953",
Uralic not elsewhere classified,..C,..C,0,
Dravidian not further defined,27,..C,27,
Kannada,"1,635",57,"1,692",
Malayalam,"8,328",699,"9,024",
Tamil,"9,201",906,"10,107",
Telugu,"5,430",324,"5,754",
Dravidian not elsewhere classified,..C,..C,3,
Sinitic not further defined,"36,450","15,051","51,501",
Yue,"40,371","12,396","52,767",
Hakka,"1,092",120,"1,215",
Min,"5,277",483,"5,760",
Northern Chinese,"74,688","20,565","95,253",
Wu,822,258,"1,080",
Tieu-Chow,"1,134",192,"1,329",
Sinitic not elsewhere classified,192,30,219,
Tibeto-Lolo-Burman not further defined,9,9,18,
Burmese,"1,629",696,"2,325",
Tibetan,114,..C,120,
Tibeto-Lolo-Burman not elsewhere classified,393,255,651,
Mon-Khmer not further defined,..C,..C,0,
Khmer,"5,607","1,941","7,551",
Mon-Khmer not elsewhere classified,102,12,114,
Viet-Muong not further defined,..C,..C,0,
Vietnamese,"5,937","1,815","7,755",
Viet-Muong not elsewhere classified,..C,..C,0,
Tai-Kadai not further defined,..C,..C,0,
Lao,"1,146",237,"1,380",
Thai,"8,070",993,"9,066",
Shan,12,6,15,
Tai-Kadai not elsewhere classified,231,147,378,
Central Pacific not further defined,..C,..C,9,
M?ori,"177,378","8,580","185,955",
Samoan,"90,813","11,121","101,937",
Tongan,"31,395","4,425","35,820",
Cook Islands Maori,"7,302",531,"7,833",
Niuean,"3,930",249,"4,182",
Tokelauan,"2,205",201,"2,406",
Tuvaluan,"2,583",312,"2,898",
Tahitian,261,12,273,
Pukapukan,162,15,177,
Fijian,"6,741",402,"7,143",
Rotuman,321,9,333,
Central Pacific not elsewhere classified,114,18,132,
Solomon Islands Languages (Non-Central-Pacific),105,12,117,
Micronesian not further defined,..C,..C,3,
Kiribati,"1,902",297,"2,196",
Nauruan,66,..C,69,
Micronesian not elsewhere classified,24,..C,27,
Vanuatu Languages,117,18,135,
Western Malayo-Polynesian not further defined,84,6,90,
Bisayan,"2,145",72,"2,217",
Cebuano,"1,464",42,"1,506",
Ilokano,789,27,816,
Bahasa Indonesia,"5,937",345,"6,282",
Malaysian,"7,878",219,"8,097",
Tagalog,"41,553","1,725","43,278",
Javanese,138,9,144,
Western Malayo-Polynesian not elsewhere classified,"1,248",78,"1,326",
Cushitic not further defined,..C,..C,0,
Somali,909,333,"1,242",
Cushitic not elsewhere classified,120,33,153,
Semitic not further defined,..C,..C,0,
Assyrian,"1,092",351,"1,443",
Arabic,"10,650","1,752","12,399",
Maltese,111,6,117,
Amharic,711,198,912,
Tigrinya,333,120,453,
Hebrew,"1,623",39,"1,662",
Semitic not elsewhere classified,420,117,537,
Chadic not further defined,..C,..C,3,
Hausa,48,..C,48,
Chadic not elsewhere classified,..C,..C,3,
Bantu not further defined,66,..C,69,
Swahili,"1,020",72,"1,092",
Yoruba,222,9,231,
Zulu,975,18,996,
"Bantu, not elsewhere classified","2,178",90,"2,268",
Other Niger-Congo not further defined,24,9,33,
Fulani,12,..C,12,
Other Niger-Congo not elsewhere classified,273,21,291,
Pidgins and Creoles not further defined,261,9,267,
Creole,162,..C,165,
French Creole,141,..C,141,
Pidgin English,489,15,507,
Neo Melanesian,45,..C,45,
Mauritian Creole,27,..C,30,
Tok Pisin,300,6,309,
Hindi Bat,..C,..C,6,
Solomon Islands Pidgin,315,21,339,
Bislama,705,93,798,
Pidgins and Creoles not elsewhere classified,138,30,168,
Japanese,"23,103","1,779","24,885",
Korean,"23,481","7,842","31,323",
Basque,54,..C,54,
Language Isolates not elsewhere classified,..C,..C,0,
Papuan,117,..C,120,
Nilo-Saharan,33,9,42,
Miaow-Yao,54,9,66,
Caucasian not further defined,..C,..C,0,
Georgian,72,..C,78,
Caucasian not elsewhere classified,..C,..C,0,
Australian,78,9,84,
Amerind,42,..C,42,
Other Miscellaneous Languages,42,6,48,
Artificial Languages not further defined,6,..C,6,
Esperanto,99,..C,102,
Artificial Languages not elsewhere classified,..C,..C,0,
Sign Language not further defined,234,63,297,
New Zealand Sign Language,"21,078","1,908","22,986",
Signed English,15,..C,18,
American Sign Language,129,..C,129,
Australian Sign Language,27,..C,30,
British Sign Language,48,..C,48,
total people including english speakers,"4,482,132","115,836","4,597,968",2.52%
None (eg too young to talk) - Not elsewhere included ,,"101,790","101,790",
Total,"4,482,132","217,620","4,699,755",
About the 2018 Census dataset.,,,,
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"We combined data from the census forms with administrative data to create the 2018 Census dataset, which meets Stats NZ's quality criteria for population structure information.",,,,
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We added real data about real people to the dataset where we were confident the people should be counted but hadn't completed a census form. We also used data from the 2013 Census and administrative sources and statistical imputation methods to fill in some missing characteristics of people and dwellings.,,,,
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"An independent panel of experts has assessed the quality of the 2018 Census dataset. The panel has endorsed Stats NZ's overall methods and concluded that the use of government administrative records has improved the coverage of key variables such as age, sex, ethnicity, and place. The panel's Initial report of the 2018 External Data Quality Panel (September 2019) [https://www.stats.govt.nz/reports/initial-report-of-the-2018-census-external-data-quality-panel] assessed the methodologies used by Stats NZ to produce the final dataset, as well as the quality of some of the key variables.",,,,
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Its second report (December 2019) [https://www.stats.govt.nz/reports/2018-census-external-data-quality-panel-assessment-of-variables] assessed an additional 31 variables.,,,,
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"In its third report, Final report of the 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel (February 2020) [https://www.stats.govt.nz/reports/final-report-of-the-2018-census-external-data-quality-panel], the panel made 24 recommendations, several relating to preparations for the 2023 Census. Along with this report, the panel, supported by Stats NZ, produced a series of graphs summarising the sources of data for key 2018 Census individual variables, 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel: Data sources for key 2018 Census individual variables [https://www.stats.govt.nz/reports/2018-census-external-data-quality-panel-data-sources-for-key-2018-census-individual-variables].",,,,
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This data uses fixed random rounding to protect confidentiality. As a result of rounding individual figures may not add up to totals.,,,,
..C has been inserted in cells that have been suppressed for confidentiality reasons.,,,,
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Source: Stats NZ,,,,