How many Asian people living in Auckland?

Answer 1

People stating a European ethnicity were the largest ethnic group in most areas over the 1991-2006 period. The maps show that Rodney and Franklin districts both had higher proportions of Europeans than did other territorial authority areas (93 percent and 85 percent, respectively) in 2006.

The highest proportions of people identifying with the Māori ethnic group were in Papakura district (27 percent of the total population in 2006) and Manukau city (15 percent). See figure 5.1 for the area units where higher proportions of Māori live.

Manukau city, and southern parts of Auckland city, had higher proportions of Pacific people than other parts of the Auckland region, and these patterns have been consistent over the whole time period.

The Asian ethnic group has been growing as a percentage of the total population. For the Auckland region as a whole, the percentage of people identifying with an Asian ethnicity increased from 6 percent to 19 percent between 1991 and 2006. Growth in this ethnic group over the 1991-2006 period has mostly been in the Auckland region's four cities (North Shore, Waitakere, Auckland, and Manukau ).

Answer 2

As of the 2018 census, approximately 40% of Auckland's population identified as Asian, making it one of the most diverse cities in New Zealand in terms of ethnicity.