The first data from Census 2023 was released at the end of May. Did you know Tauranga’s population has grown by 11.5% since the last census in 2018 (with the population now reaching 152,844)? This makes Tauranga New Zealand’s fastest growing main centre over that 5 year period. The Western Bay of Plenty district council area now has a population of 56,184 (an increase of 10.4% on 2018). Tauranga can no longer simply be seen as a retirement centre, with our largest age cohort being the 30 – 39 year age group.
The BOP Times gives a great summary of this new population data. The May data release, is the first of many Census data releases that will take place over the next year, shedding light on our people, and issues impacting our communities.
Want to delve deeper? Community Insights has links to all this data and is happy to help you track down and make sense of new population information relevant to your organisation. Get in touch – we’re happy to help!
This is just ONE of the FIFTY (!) resources available on CI's Data Resources page
