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What is meant by population change?
Population undergoes continual change. The number of births and deaths fluctuate over time and people move into, out of and around New Zealand. In the process, the nature of living arrangements and families change, affecting the number and type of families and households, and the needs and expectations of people change. The magnitude of these changes affects the shape, composition and behaviour of the population.
How can population change information be used?
Social, economic and environmental changes are closely linked to population changes. Monitoring population change assists in understanding past responses to and cause of change in New Zealand, as well as future needs of the population, both at the national and the regional level.
Because New Zealand is not isolated from the rest of the world, understanding population change can provide insights into the interaction between New Zealand and other countries. Economic performance is often measured in terms of how characteristics of New Zealand's population compares with those of other countries.
Resources
Population change
Demographic Trends
Annual publication, from Statistics New Zealand, containing key information on past, present and future population trends.
Causes of population decline
Information about why population declines, created for the Population and Sustainable Development website, 2004.
A Changing New Zealand
Broad overview of population change in New Zealand, from Statistics New Zealand, 2002.
Demographic change and New Zealand's economic growth
Treasury working paper 03/04, published 2003.
State of the World Population Report 2004
The Cairo Consensus at Ten: Reproduction Health and the Global Effort to End Poverty. Overview of current state of the world population, published by the United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) 2004.
Population ageing
Demographic Aspects of New Zealand's Ageing Population
A detailed discussion on aspects of the process and consequences of population ageing. November 2005
Population ageing
What is population ageing and why it is an issue? Discussion created for the Population and Sustainable Development website, 2004.
New Zealand Institute for Research on Ageing (NZIRA)
The institute's website has a bimonthly newsletter on current research activity related to population ageing. The NZIRA site also hosts the site for the New Zealand Association of Gerontology (NZAG).
The Ageing of the New Zealand Population 1881-2015
Treasury working paper 03/27, published 2003.
The Economics of Population Ageing
Treasury working paper 02/05, published 2002.
Population Ageing - Where will it take us?
Department of Labour paper. A look at ageing as part of the Future of Work project.
Population Ageing and Social Expenditure in New Zealand
Treasury working paper 02/28, published 2002.
The Policy-maker's Guide to Population Ageing: Key Concepts and Issues
Overview written by Natalie Jackson for the Australian Department of Family and Community Services. A useful compendium or 'tool kit' of concepts specifically related to population ageing.
Baby boom
About the Baby Boom
When, why, issues and consequences. Created for the Population and Sustainable Development website, 2004.
Migration
Migration statistics
Links to the migration section of this website.
Disparities
Disparities
Discusses disparities in a population that may result in some sections of a population performing differently. Created for the Population and Sustainable Development website, 2004.
References
Crothers C and Bedford R (1988). The Business of Population: Population Change, Business Implications, and Planning, New Zealand Demographic Society, Wellington.
Davey J (2003). Two Decades of Change in New Zealand - From Birth to Death V, Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington.
Hinde A (1998). Demographic Methods (includes CD), Arnold Publishers, New York.
Kintner H, Merrick T, Morrisson P and Voss P (1993). Demographics: A Case Book for Business and Government, Westview Press, Boulder.
Ministry of Social Development (2004). The Social Report 2004: Indicators of Social Wellbeing in New Zealand, Ministry of Social Development, Wellington.
Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Economic Development, Department of Labour (2003). The Population and Sustainable Development Report, Ministry of Social Development, Wellington.
Pool I (2007). The baby boom in New Zealand and other western developed countries. Journal of Population Research 24(2):141-161.
Rowland D (2003). Demographic Methods and Concepts (includes CD), Oxford University Press, UK.
Ryder N (1965). The Cohort as a Concept in the Study of Social Change. American Sociological Review 30(6): 843-861.
Shyrock H and Siegel J (1971). The Methods and Materials of Demography, US Bureau of the Census, Washington DC.
Experts
For further information email the Demography Division of Statistics New Zealand or write to:
Robert Didham
Demography Division
Statistics New Zealand
Dollan House
401 Madras Street
Private Bag 4741
Christchurch.
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