Story: Hawke’s Bay region
Page 15 – Facts and figures
Land area
- Hawke’s Bay: 14,641 sq km
- New Zealand: 268,690 sq km
Climate
(National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research data, 1971–2000)
Napier
- Mean temperature, January: 19.5°C
- Mean temperature, July: 9.3°C
- Mean annual rainfall: 803 mm
- Mean annual sunshine: 2,188 hours
Total population, 2006
- Hawke’s Bay: 159,063
- New Zealand: 4,027,947
Ethnic affiliation, 2006
(Multiple responses allowed)
European
- Hawke’s Bay: 74.3%
- New Zealand: 67.6%
New Zealander1
- Hawke’s Bay: 11.1%
- New Zealand: 11.1%
Māori
- Hawke’s Bay: 25.3%
- New Zealand: 14.6%
Pacific Island
- Hawke’s Bay: 2.2%
- New Zealand: 6.9%
Asian (including Indian)
- Hawke’s Bay: 1.3%
- New Zealand: 9.2%
Principal tribes and sub-tribes
Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine
Population of major urban areas, 2006
- Hastings (including Havelock North): 62,121
- Napier: 56,286
Age distribution, 2006
Under 15
- Hawke’s Bay: 22.3%
- New Zealand: 21.5%
15–64
- Hawke’s Bay: 63.3%
- New Zealand: 66.2%
65 and over
- Hawke’s Bay: 13.8%
- New Zealand: 12.3%
Employment by industry, 2006
(Figures are for workers aged 15 and over, in selected industries in which the region’s employment pattern is most distinctive)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
- Hawke’s Bay: 13.5%
- New Zealand: 6.8%
Manufacturing
- Hawke’s Bay: 13.8%
- New Zealand: 11.0%
Professional services
- Hawke’s Bay: 4.6%
- New Zealand: 7.8%
Unemployment, 2006
- Hawke’s Bay: 4.6%
- New Zealand: 5.1%
Livestock numbers, 2007
Sheep
- Hawke’s Bay: 3,624,018
- New Zealand: 38,460,477
Dairy cattle
- Hawke’s Bay: 80,200
- New Zealand: 5,260,850
Beef cattle
- Hawke’s Bay: 438,366
- New Zealand: 4,393,617