Statistics and numeric data

Key databases

New Zealand

• NZ.Stat
  Statistics New Zealand data that you can use to create customised tables from official statistics.
• Infoshare
  A wide range of official New Zealand time series data from Stats NZ.
• New Zealand Community Profile
  Uses New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings data to build information about the community, how it is changing and how it compares to other areas.
• New Zealand Time Series
  Economic, financial and social statistics data drawn from Statistics New Zealand, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Treasury.

See also the list of International databases below. 

International

• MarketLine Advantage
  The country statistics dataset provides macro/socio-economic and demographic data for 193 countries and 21 territories worldwide.
• OECD iLibrary
  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) books, journal articles, papers and statistics, and the gateway to OECD's analysis and data.
• World Development Indicators
  WDI is the World Bank's premier compilation of development indicators for 208 countries and 18 country groups.
• ILOSTAT
  Labour statistics from the International Labour Office (ILO) Department of Statistics.
• Datastream
  Historical financial and economic information and worldwide coverage.
• Passport
  Information and data on consumer lifestyles, consumer market sizes, companies and brands, major market profiles, country data, industry reports and market analysis.
• EMED Emerging Asia
  Economic and financial data for 20 Asian countries (Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam).
• UNdata
  United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) data from 1970.
• WTO Data
  Time series data from the World Trade Organisation covering of bilateral flows by broad commodity from 1980.
• WRDS
  Wharton Research Data Services has financial, accounting and economic data.

Full list of library databases for Statistics and numeric data.

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New Zealand | International | Print resources | Search tips

New Zealand

• New Zealand Community Profile
  Demographic information for the Districts and Cities of New Zealand based on results from the 2001, 2006, 2013 and 2018 Censuses of Population and Dwellings.
• OECD Country statistical profile - New Zealand
• Statistics New Zealand Tatauranga Aotearoa
  Browse for data by topic or use the website tools to create your own tables or graphs.
  • Business
    Industry, markets and customer information.
  • Population
    Births, census, deaths, estimates and projections, life expectancy, migration and guides on how to interpret the data.
  • All topics
    Data resources are listed by subject.
  • Māori
    Statistical information relevant to Māori, including Statistics New Zealand survey of Māori well-being - Te Kupenga
  • Data tools and services
    Online interactive data tools provided by StatsNZ
• New Zealand Government datasets online (also known as data.govt.nz)
  Directory of publicly-available, non-personal New Zealand Government held datasets. This site does not host data, instead it links to datasets held on other government websites.
• Stats NZ Store House
  Contains Statistics New Zealand's electronic and digitised publications that are no longer on their website. Specific contents include publications from historical census, finding aids for data in Statistics NZ's print publications, infographics, conference papers and reports, questionnaires, research papers and images.
• The Social Report
  Ministry of Social Development.
• Quality of Life
  Ministry of Social Development. Initially covering the six largest cities it has been expanded to include twelve territorial authorities.
• Review of New Zealand Longitudinal Studies
  Overview of the range and quality of New Zealand longitudinal data by the Families Commission.
• figure.nz
  Collaborative website making data about New Zealand visually accessible.

Resources to customise data

• Statistics New Zealand provides specialised research services
• Statistical Consulting Service
  Provided by the University of Auckland Statistics Department on either a fee per service or retainer basis to internal and external clients.
• Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences (COMPASS)
  University of Auckland.
• New Zealand Social Statistics Network
  University of Auckland.

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International

Websites

• .id
  Suburb-based community profiles of Australia and New Zealand. Results include population, age structure, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, income, qualifications, occupations, employment, unemployment, disability, disadvantage, volunteering, childcare, family structure, household structure, housing tenure, mortgage and rental payments, and the size and type of dwellings.
• Cranet
  Cranfield Network on Comparative Human Resource Management. Contact Erling Rasmussen for access.
• Current Population Survey
  United States Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly survey of about 50,000 households.
• Eurostat
  The leading provider of high quality statistics on Europe. It includes EU policy indicators, population and social conditions, and economy, finance, general and regional statistics.
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics
  Statistical branch of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) delivers comparative data for countries on education, science and technology, culture, and communication.

Economic statistics datasets free on the web

• Atlas of economic complexity
  A research and data visualization tool used to explore global trade dynamics over time and discover new growth opportunities for every country worldwide.
• EconStats
  United States, global economic data and stock market data.
• Eldis
  Links to statistics sites, arranged by topics including education, gender, health, finance, poverty, labour, agriculture, food and nutrition, trade, commodities, and debt.
• International macroeconomic dataset
  From 1971 through 2017 for real (adjusted for inflation) gross domestic product (GDP), population, real exchange rates and other variables for 31 countries and 34 regions.
• Living standards measurement study, World Bank
• Measuring Worth
  Historical data on economic aggregates (e.g., GDP, wages) and calculators for making value comparisons over time (e.g., relative value, purchasing power and exchange rates).
• National accounts main aggregates database
  United Nations annual data for GDP and exchange rates from 1970.
• NationMaster
  Compare and graph countries over a vast array of topics.
• NBER datasets
  United States National Bureau of Economic Research includes: trade, tariff and occupational wages around the world.
• Panel Study of Income Dynamics
  University of Michigan. 
• Penn world tables
  Part of the University of Groningen: purchasing power parity and national income accounts in international prices.
• Data - CISER.
  Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research data.
• World Bank Open Data
• World values surveys
  Information only. Online data access is by subscription. See also the 2005 New Zealand values survey.
• Zanran
  Numerical data search that provides access to Internet statistical data including charts and diagrams.

Data meta sites

• Economic data
  ​Links from Rutgers University Libraries.
• United States Data and Statistics
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Search by country or select Free text search for data.

Data archive centres

• Australian Data Archive
• CAMSIS
  University of Stirling Cambridge Social Interaction and Stratification Scales project is an internationally comparative assessment of the structures of social interaction and stratification across a number of countries
• CESSDA
  Council of European Social Science Data Archives. Includes North America and Australasia.
• COBRA
  Collection of Biostatistics Research Archives.
• IASSIST
  International Association of Social Science Information Service and Technology.
• UK Data Service
  United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council.

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Print resources

Statistical information can be in either print or electronic form. The University of Auckland Library has a fairly comprehensive collection of statistical data both in print and electronic format. 

Use the Catalogue to search for statistics within the library collection.

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Search tips

• Consider What kind of data?
• Include statistics in a Catalogue or database search, e.g., education New Zealand statistics.
• The print equivalent of electronic publications provides more detailed information on how, for example, data has been calculated or the source of the raw data. Some items are reference only.
• Journal and newspaper articles often include statistics, search a selection of databases for likely articles, e.g.,
  • Index New Zealand
  • NewzText Plus
  • Business Source Premier
  • Factiva
• See also Country information for profiles, rankings and rating; Energy information sources, Statistics, Mathematics and Finance.

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New Zealand as a village of 100 people was released by Statistics NZ.

What is a census?

The census in New Zealand is an official count of population and dwellings. It takes place every five years and is carried out by Statistics New Zealand. For further information go to Census, Statistics NZ.

Definitions

• Census
  From the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
• Census geography
  From the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography.

Key resources

• Census data
  Statistics New Zealand Census website including 2018 Census data.
• New Zealand Community Profile
  Provides demographic information for the New Zealand districts and cities based on results from the census taken in 2006 and 2001. 2013 data is being added as it becomes available.
• 2018 Census map gallery
  Compare population and dwellings data for 2018 and 2013 Censuses on interactive maps.
• Census data by Council
• 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings
  Complete data available as downloadable Excel spreadsheets.

Further information

• Use the Catalogue to search for Census print publications in the library collection.
• Early census data
• In-depth statistical data

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Key resources | Collected works on New Zealand | Census from 1851

Key resources

• Blue books of statistics 1840-1855
  Digitised by Archives New Zealand.
• Statistics of New Zealand for the Crown Colony period 1840-1852
  Digitised by the University of Auckland Library.
• Statistics of the Colony of New Zealand for the year...
  Covers 1853-1920. From 1921 onwards a series of mostly annual subject reports have been produced.
• Monthly abstract of statistics
  Published 1917-1989, and then 1990-2010 as Key Statistics.
• Official handbook of New Zealand
  For the years 1875, 1889, 1890 and 1892.
• Yearbook collection
  1893 onwards. Digitised by Statistics New Zealand. Print version New Zealand Official Yearbook. The first "official yearbook" was published for 1893 and appeared in print until 2012. Combined volumes are: 1921/22; 1947/49; 1951/52. No yearbooks were published in 1991, 1999, 2001, 2003 or 2005.
• Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR)
  Published annually from 1858. The Appendices are a record of papers tabled in Parliament including annual reports of government departments. Papers in the AJHRs are classified under a system of "shoulder numbers". The early volumes in particular include statistical data.
• Questions for written answer
  New Zealand Parliament. The Replies can be an informative source of statistical data.
• Statistical publications 1840-2000
  A comprehensive overview of more than 150 years of statistical publications.
• Stats NZ Store House
  Statistics New Zealand's electronic and digitised publications that are no longer on their website. Specific contents include publications from historical census, finding aids for data in Statistics NZ's print publications, infographics, conference papers and reports, questionnaires, research papers and images.

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Collected works on New Zealand

• Bloomfield, G.T. (1984). New Zealand, a handbook of historical statistics. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall.
• Briggs, P. (2003). Looking at the numbers: A view of New Zealand's economic history. Wellington: New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.
• Dalziel P. & Lattimore, R. The New Zealand macroeconomy: A briefing on the reforms and their legacy. Auckland: Oxford University Press.
  All editions have a useful data appendix with mostly annual data from 1960 onwards. There is some quarterly data from 1980 onwards.
• McKinnon M. (Ed.), (1997). Bateman New Zealand historical atlas | Ko papatuanuku e takoto nei. Auckland: D. Bateman in association with Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs.
• Pool, D. Ian. (1991). Te iwi Maori: A New Zealand population, past, present & projected. Auckland: Auckland University Press.
• Thorns, D. C. & Sedgwick, C.P. (1997). Understanding Aotearoa/New Zealand: Historical statistics. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press.

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Census from 1851

• 1851: first census. Results: Statistics of New Zealand for the Crown Colony period 1840-1852
• 1858, 1861, 1864, 1867. Results: Statistics of the Colony of New Zealand...
• 1858: first Māori general census. Results: Observations on the state of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand
• 1871 onwards: Individual publications. Print volumes are in the On-Demand Collection (S2/NZ CEN)
  1871, 1874, 1878, 1881, then 5 yearly to 1926. 1931 no census because of the Depression, 1936, 1941 census postponed because of war, 1945, 1951, and 5 yearly since 1951.
• 1874-1926 Māori census data published as an appendix to the main census tables.
• 1951 onwards the Māori and non-Māori census was combined.
• 1996, 2001, 2006, 2013 and 2018 data online at Statistics New Zealand.

See also New Zealand history

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Statistical data packages

Some  data packages are available to the University of Auckland researchers under the CONZUL agreement between Statistics NZ and NZ Universities.

Data packages available online:

• Business Demography
• Census of Population and Dwellings
• Disability Statistics
• International travel and migration
• New Zealand income survey super SURF
• Student debt, income, and repayments
• Time use survey 2009/10 supplementary tables
• Vital statistics: births and deaths

Data packages available on request:

• Household economic survey
• Household labour force survey
• New Zealand income survey supplement

Confidentialised Unit Record Files (CURFs)

CURFs are unit record data that are modified to protect the confidentiality of respondents while maintaining the integrity of the data. To request CURFs access, please follow the instructions on the Statistics NZ’s CURFs page.

Customised data tables

Statistics NZ can create customised data tables for a fee. Under the CONZUL agreement, our University has a set of allocated prepaid data hours to assist our researchers to request customised data tables from Statistics NZ. The number of prepaid data hours is limited. The maximum number of hours that can be allocated to a single request is 10 hours. For more information, please contact the University of Auckland Contact Officer.

Integrated Data Infrastructure

Statistics New Zealand's Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) is a linked longitudinal dataset, which includes economic, education, justice, health and safety, migration, families and households, tenancy, and business data.

Note: IDI data access is not a part of the CONZUL agreement. Researchers need to fund the IDI access. Researchers who wish to access the IDI need to liaise with Statistics NZ directly. For more information on access and pricing please see Statistics NZ's Data Lab page or contact access2microdata@stats.govt.nz.

Support

• Referencing
  Access a range of tools and support material to assist your referencing work.

Examples

• Quick©ite
  Use this interactive tool to view examples of references.
  Covers a range of styles used at the University of Auckland. Includes an example for statistics and numeric data.