Story: Volcanic Plateau region
Page 15 – Facts and figures
Land area
- Volcanic Plateau: 9,572 sq km
- New Zealand: 268,690 sq km
Climate
(National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research data, 1971–2000)
Rotorua
- Mean temperature, January: 17.8°C
- Mean temperature, July: 7.6°C
- Mean annual rainfall: 1,401 mm
- Mean annual sunshine: 2,117 hours
Taupō
- Mean temperature, January: 17.4°C
- Mean temperature, July: 6.7°C
- Mean annual rainfall: 1,102 mm
- Mean annual sunshine: 1,965 hours
Total population, 2006
- Volcanic Plateau: 98,322
- New Zealand: 4,027,947
Ethnic affiliation, 2006
(Multiple responses allowed)
European
- Volcanic Plateau: 63.4%
- New Zealand: 67.6%
New Zealander 1
- Volcanic Plateau: 11.1%
- New Zealand: 11.1%
Māori
- Volcanic Plateau: 33.7%
- New Zealand: 14.6%
Pacific Island
- Volcanic Plateau: 3.9%
- New Zealand: 6.9%
Asian (including Indian)
- Volcanic Plateau: 3.5%
- New Zealand: 9.2%
Principal tribes
Te Arawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Rangiteaorere, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Rangiwewehi, Tūhourangi, Ngāti Tahu
Population of major urban areas, 2006
- Rotorua: 53,766
- Taupō: 21,288
Age distribution, 2006
Under 15
- Volcanic Plateau: 24.3%
- New Zealand: 21.5%
15–64
- Volcanic Plateau: 63.8%
- New Zealand: 66.2%
65 and over
- Volcanic Plateau: 11.9%
- New Zealand: 12.3%
Employment by industry, 2001
(Figures are for workers aged 15 and over, in selected industries in which the region’s employment pattern is most distinctive)
Accommodation, cafés and restaurants
- Volcanic Plateau: 9.4%
- New Zealand: 4.7 %
Property and business services
- Volcanic Plateau: 8.6%
- New Zealand: 11.3%
Unemployment, 2006
- Volcanic Plateau: 6.1%
- New Zealand: 5.1%
Livestock numbers, 2002
(Agricultural Production Survey, Statistics New Zealand)
Sheep
- Volcanic Plateau: 662,955
- New Zealand: 39,571,837
Dairy cattle
- Volcanic Plateau: 245,366
- New Zealand: 5,161,589
Beef cattle
- Volcanic Plateau: 117,466
- New Zealand: 4,491,281
