India’s New Zealand Diaspora:Some recent statistics
Richard Bedford (AUT) and Robert Didham (SNZ)
New Zealand Indian Diaspora Convention 2014
Auckland University of Technology, 26 July 2014
Some new records Permanent and long-term arrivals in NZ, YE June
2014 – 100,784. A record number for PLT arrivals Permanent and long-term arrivals of citizens of
India – 8,850 – a record and second only to the UK (10,0176). China, 8,500
Total arrivals of citizens of India – 77,992 (44,000 visitors, 25,142 NZ residents, 8,850 PLT arrivals)
Net gains of citizens of India: 7,565 (PLT), 8,003 (total)
PLT arrivals by visa category (YE March 2014)
Visa category Number % Sex ratio
Total 7,892 100.0 2.77
Residence 993 12.6 1.07
Work 1,143 14.5 1.30
Study 5,073 64.2 3.95
LT visitor 596 7.6 0.55
Others 87 1.1 2.78
Numbers of citizens of India approved for temporary work, study and residence, 1998-
2014
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
Temp Work Study Residence
Temporary work, study and residence, citizens of India (%)
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
70.0
% work % study % residence
Indians in NZ, 2006 and 2013
Census Number Sex ratio2013 155,178 1.082006 104,580 1.02Increase% increase
50,59848.4
1.22
Indian (ethnicity not further defined), 2006 and 2013
Census Number Sex ratio2013 142,797 1.092006 95,133 1.03Increase% increase% total Indians 2013
47,66450.192.0
1.24
Indian ethnic mixes, 2006 (%)
Ethnic mix NZ born OS born
Indian only 69.8 97.3
Indian-Euro 10.6 0.9
Indian-Euro-MaoriIndian-MaoriIndian-Pacific Other combinationsTotal
4.33.12.99.3
23,838
0.10.00.71.0
79,866
India-born, 2006 and 2013
Census Number Sex ratio2013 67,176 1.272006 43,342 1.09Increase% increase% total Indians 2013
23,83455.042.0
1.67
Indian population, 15+
Birthplace Number %
India 60,930 49.7
Fiji 39,039 31.8
New ZealandOther countriesTotal
12,60610,047
122,622
10.38.2
100.0
Change in Indian population, 15+, 2006-2013
Birthplace Increase %
India 24,997 69.6
Fiji 12,268 45.8
New ZealandOther countriesTotal
3,9212,413
43,599
45.131.655.1
