New Zealand - homeless population in Auckland by ethnicity 2018

According to a survey on regional homelessness conducted in September 2018, at around 43 percent, the majority of people living without a shelter in the Auckland region in New Zealand were of Māori ethnicity. In the same year, an estimated 16 percent of the entire population of the country were Māori.

Distribution of people living without shelter across Auckland, New Zealand in September 2018, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Share of respondents
European	31%
Māori	43%
Pacific Peoples	18%
Asian	2%
Other	7%

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Release date

May 2019

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Region

New Zealand

Survey time period

September 17, 2018

Number of respondents

53 respondents

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Note: According to the source, the small sample size means the survey population does not provide a statistically reliable description of the homeless population and caution is urged in extrapolating the findings of the survey to the wider population of people living without shelter.

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