Story: Wairarapa region
Page 15 – Facts and figures
Land area
- Wairarapa: 8,423 sq km
- New Zealand: 268,690 sq km
Climate (Masterton)
(National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research data, 1971–2000)
- Mean temperature, January: 17.8°C
- Mean temperature, July: 7.5°C
- Mean annual rainfall: 979 mm
- Mean annual sunshine: 1,915 hours
Total population, 2006
Wairarapa: 44,817
New Zealand: 4,027,947
Ethnic affiliation, 2001
(Multiple responses allowed)
European
- Wairarapa: 88.2%
- New Zealand: 80.1%
Māori
- Wairarapa: 14.2%
- New Zealand: 14.7%
Pacific Island
- Wairarapa: 1.9%
- New Zealand: 6.6%
Asian (including Indian)
- Wairarapa: 1.3%
- New Zealand: 6.4%
Principal tribes
Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne
Population of major urban area, 2006
- Masterton: 19,500
Age distribution, 2001
Under 15
- Wairarapa: 23.5%
- New Zealand: 22.7%
15–64
- Wairarapa: 61.9%
- New Zealand: 65.2%
65 and over
- Wairarapa: 14.6%
- New Zealand: 12.1%
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)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
- Wairarapa: 23.1%
- New Zealand: 8.3%
Wholesale trade
- Wairarapa: 3.0%
- New Zealand: 5.8%
Property and business services
- Wairarapa: 6.7%
- New Zealand: 11.2%
Unemployment, 2001
- Wairarapa: 6.3%
- New Zealand: 7.5%
Livestock numbers, 2002
(Agricultural Production Survey, Statistics New Zealand)
Sheep
- Wairarapa: 3,507,138
- New Zealand: 39,571,837
Dairy cattle
- Wairarapa: 219,170
- New Zealand: 5,161,589
Beef cattle
- Wairarapa: 344,141
- New Zealand: 4,491,281
