Work, education, transport, and population structure: 2023 Census provides information about the final release of Aotearoa Data Explorer tables from the 2023 Census as well as two supporting news stories and geospatial files.
The statistics in this release provide important insights about people living in Aotearoa New Zealand. They are used to understand outcomes, inform planning of services and infrastructure, and show the movement of people within the country.
This release includes 41 Aotearoa Data Explorer tables, two supporting news stories, and two geospatial files.
Find topic tables from the latest 2023 Census releases contains the tables in this release, as well as details about them.
20 new 2023 Census work and income tables in Aotearoa Data Explorer
These include new datasets on the number and sources of personal income, total personal income, work and employment status, hours worked in employment, occupation, sector of ownership, and unpaid activities, combined with a range of other concepts. The tables are available by age, gender, ethnicity, geographical area, and census year.
Working lives are getting longer provides further insights into the age of the working population.
6 new 2023 Census location topic tables in Aotearoa Data Explorer and 2 new geospatial files
These include new datasets on usual residence 5 years ago and 1 year ago, combined with a range of other concepts. The tables are available by age, gender, ethnicity, geographic area, and census year.
New Zealanders on the move provides further insights into internal migration and where in New Zealand people moved to and from, between the 2018 and 2023 Censuses.
Internal migration geospatial files provide usual residence 5 years ago and 1 year ago information in a geospatial format:
- 2023 Census internal migration by TALB (2023 Census maps and data)
- 2023 Census internal migration by TALB (Stats NZ geographic data service).
7 new 2023 Census education and training topic tables in Aotearoa Data Explorer
These include new datasets on highest qualification, post-school qualification, and study participation, combined with a range of other concepts. The tables are available by age, gender, ethnicity, geographic area, industry, occupation, work and labour force status, status in employment, and census year.
2 new 2023 Census transport topic tables in Aotearoa Data Explorer
These include new datasets on main means of travel to education and work, combined with a range of other concepts. The tables are available by age, gender, geographic area, and census year.
2 new 2023 Census population structure topic tables in Aotearoa Data Explorer
These include new datasets on legally registered relationship status and partnership status in current relationship, combined with a range of other concepts. The tables are available by age, gender, ethnicity, geographic area, and census year.
4 new 2023 Census health topic tables in Aotearoa Data Explorer
These include new datasets on cigarette smoking behaviour, combined with a range of other concepts. The tables are available by age, gender, ethnicity, geographic area, highest qualification, total personal income, work and labour force status, and census year.
More data
Place and ethnic group summaries tool allows users to view and compare simple graphs and tables of data for local communities and New Zealand's ethnic groups. Additional data for all the topics in this release is available via this tool.
Aotearoa Data Explorer - 2023 Census provides access to search and customise 2023 Census data tables, and compare data against previous censuses.
Aotearoa Data Explorer user guide contains video tutorials and a user guide.
2023 Census product and release finder has a downloadable tool that contains details of all the tables published in this release, as well as other 2023 Census releases.
After downloading and opening the tool, select the 'Product and release finder' tab then click on the 'Product' filter and select 'Aotearoa Data Explorer' from the drop-down list.
2023 Census totals by topic tables are available in geospatial formats from:
Definitions and metadata
Using a combined census model for the 2023 Census provides information about the methodology used for the 2023 Census.
Data quality in the 2023 Census provides information about the composition and quality of the 2023 Census dataset.
2023 Census of Population and Dwellings - Information by concepts (published) - DataInfo+ provides information about the variables and their quality.
Technical enquiries
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