page_title: Demographics of Auckland
section_title: Ethnicity
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of Auckland / Ethnicity
caption_attribution_description: Lion dancers surrounded by onlookers at the Auckland lantern festival. A child peers inside one lion's costume.
context_page_description: Auckland is New Zealand's most populous city. In the 2013 census, 1,415,550 persons declared themselves as residents of the Auckland region — an increase of 110,000 people or 8% since the 2006 census. Auckland accounts for about one-third of New Zealand's total population. Auckland is known for having a large multicultural mix, with the largest Polynesian population in the world.
  While having strong natural population growth, Auckland also has significant external immigration partially offset by internal emigration. During the last decade up to 2011, approximately 50 people per day moved to Auckland, requiring an average of 21 new homes, and occupying in excess of one extra hectare of land a day.
context_section_description: Tāmaki Māori, the group of Māori iwi that are indigenous to Auckland, include Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāi Tai, Te Wai-o-Hua, Ngāti Te Ata and Te Kawerau-a-Maki, and the Ngāti Whatua hapu (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. Auckland also has a large urban Māori population.
  The proportion of Asians and other non-European immigrants has increased during the last decades due to immigration, and the removal of restrictions directly or indirectly based on ethnicity. Immigration to New Zealand is heavily concentrated towards Auckland (partly for job market reasons). This strong focus on Auckland has led the immigration services to award extra points towards immigration visa requirements for people intending to move to other parts of New Zealand.
  The following table shows the ethnic profile of Auckland's population, as recorded in the 2001, 2006, and 2013 New Zealand censuses. The substantial percentage drop of 'Europeans' in 2006 was mainly caused by the increasing numbers of people from this group choosing to define themselves as 'New Zealanders', as a result of a media campaign that encouraged people to give the response 'New Zealander' even though this was not one of the groups listed on the census form. In the 2013 census fewer Europeans identify themselves as 'New Zealander', leading to a significant increase of numbers in 'Europeans'.
caption: Auckland's fastest growing ethnic groups are Asian. Here, lion dancers perform at the Auckland Lantern Festival.
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