1851 New Zealand census

First national population census April 2024 May 2024 First census of the Colony of New Zealand Government Blue Book New Zealand Table of Contents 1851.jpg 200px 1851 census "Blue Book" statistics for "New Munster" (South Island). Crown colony of New Zealand yes 1851 11 01 26,707The census, which only surveyed people of European descent district Auckland (9,430) New Plymouth (1,532) 1858 New Zealand census 1858 The 1851 colony of New Zealand census was the first national population census held in the Crown colony of New Zealand. The day used for the census was Saturday 1 November 1851. The enumeration was left to the governments of New Ulster and New Munster, the two provinces into which the country was then divided and was ordered by the Census Ordinance of 1851.Government Gazette 1851 An Ordinance for taking a Census of the Colony of New Zealand paperspast https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZ18510830.2.16 16 July 2022Census Act 1851 (15 Victoriae 1851 No 8) http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/ca185115v1851n8216/ New Zealand Acts As Enacted New Zealand Legal Information Institute 10 May 2023 The census, which only surveyed European New Zealanders, revealed a population of 26,707.A history of census-taking in New Zealand Early population counts stats.govt.nz http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/info-about-the-census/intro-to-nz-census/history/history-summary.aspx#early 16 July 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20161113115022/http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/info-about-the-census/intro-to-nz-census/history/history-summary.aspx#early 13 November 2016 Summary General census of 1851 December 1851. (Reports appeared in Auckland Provincial Government Gazettes, 1853 and 1854.)http://www.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/browse-categories/corporate/statistical-publications/Stat-Pubs-chapter2.pdf Chapter 2 Early Statistical Sources 19th Century https://web.archive.org/web/20161009152229/http://m.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/browse-categories/corporate/statistical-publications/Stat-Pubs-chapter2.pdf 9 October 2016 Statistical Publications 16 July 2022 Data availability The Blue Books were statistical information from New Zealand's early Colonial period (1840–1855). They have information about population, revenue, military, trade, shipping, public works, legislation, civil servants, foreign consuls, land transactions, churches, schools, and prisons.http://archives.govt.nz/events/blue-books-statistics-information-1840-1855 Blue Books: Statistics Information 1840–1855 Archives New Zealand. Download: New Munster Population 133 https://web.archive.org/web/20190325053729/http://archives.govt.nz/events/blue-books-statistics-information-1840-1855 25 March 2019 16 July 2022 Population and dwellings thumb|right|177px|Map of New Zealand settlements (1857) thumb|right|177px|New Ulster & New Munster (1848 onwards). Population counts for the New Zealand districts. The original six were Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago, though in 1858 New Plymouth was renamed Taranaki. Birthplace Population of New Zealand colony in 1851.https://books.google.com/books?id=YFF8ynVL4wIC&q=new+zealand+foundational+culture+was+english&pg=PA151 Locating the English Diaspora 1500–2010 Tanja Bueltmann David T. Gleeson Donald M. MacRaild 2010 9781846318191 27 March 2020https://books.google.com/books?id=nNTCAwAAQBAJ&q=1851+zealand+census+place+of+birth&pg=PA244 Loyalism and the Formation of the British World, 1775–1914 Allan Blackstock Frank O'Gorman 2014 9781843839125 31 March 2020 Birthplace Population Percentage UK 1801 New Zealand - 12.3 Totals, Overseas-born - 87.7England England 13,485 50.5 Scotland Scotland – 12.7UK 1801 Ireland – 16.5Wales Wales – 0.4     Totals, British Isles – 84.4 Other – 3.3 Colony of New Zealand 26,707 100.0 Religion Members of Christian denominations formed 93.35 per cent. of those who made answer to the inquiry at the census; non-Christian sects were 0.24 per cent.; whilst "other" religions constituted 6.41 per cent.Early New Zealand Books | 1851Religion in New Zealand Census data Denomination 1851 Census Number Percent (%) Christian 24,930 93.35     Church of England 14,179 53.09     Presbyterians 4,124 15.44     Methodists 2,755 10.31     Baptist 400 1.50 Totals, Protestants21,458 80.34     Roman; Catholic 3,472 13.00 Jews 65 0.24 Other specified religions 1,712 6.41 Totals, New Zealand 26,707 100.0 Numbers of livestock Showing the numbers of livestock in the possession of Europeans in the several settlements in 1851.https://books.google.com/books?id=N0RRAQAAMAAJ&q=1851+new+zealand+census+1861&pg=PA482 Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand 1851–1861 Census of New Zealand 12 30 August 2023 Settlement Horses Mules and Asses Horned Cattle Sheep Goats Pigs Auckland 1,035 11 10,943 11,075 2,604 5,679 New Plymouth68 -1,395 2,700 83 1,165 Wellington (incl Hawkes Bay)788 28 11,407 64,009 2,654 3,135 Nelson 532 13 5,838 92,014 5,842 2,609 Canterbury224 7 2,043 28,416 356 1,255 Otago 243 1 3,161 34,829 582 2,371 Totals2,890 60 34,787233,043 12,12116,214 References 30em Category:Censuses in New Zealand Category:1851 in New Zealand Category:November 1851 New Zealand