3 The reverse diaspora (continued)
| Country | Migrants | |
|---|---|---|
| Country | Migrants | |
| 1 | UK | 216,765 |
| 2 | Australia | 56,142 |
| 3 | Samoa | 47,118 |
| 4 | China | 38,949 |
| 5 | South Africa | 26,061 |
| 6 | Fiji | 25,722 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 22,239 |
| 8 | India | 20,889 |
| 9 | Tonga | 18,054 |
| 10 | Korea | 17,934 |
| 11 | Cook Islands | 15,222 |
| 12 | USA | 13,344 |
| 13 | Taiwan | 12,486 |
| 14 | Malaysia | 11,460 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 11,301 |
| 16 | Philippines | 10,134 |
| 17 | Japan | 8,622 |
| 18 | Germany | 8,382 |
| 19 | Canada | 7,770 |
| 20 | Ireland | 6,726 |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 6,168 |
| 22 | Niue | 5,328 |
| 23 | Thailand | 5,154 |
| 24 | Iraq | 4,848 |
| 25 | Cambodia | 4,770 |
| 26 | Viet Nam | 3,945 |
| 27 | Singapore | 3,909 |
| 28 | Indonesia | 3,792 |
| 29 | Russia | 2,913 |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 2,886 |
Source – Calculated from unpublished Census tabulations from Statistics New Zealand
How does the diversity of New Zealand’s migrant population compare with that of other countries? Table 7 shows some concentration measures for New Zealand, and for six countries that publish the necessary data. New Zealand’s migrant population is more concentrated than the other six, with the exception of Ireland. The difference is fairly muted, however, for the biggest 10, 20, or 50 sources. New Zealand’s migrant population appears to be only slightly less diverse than that of the few countries for which data are available.
| Percent of migrants from the… | Australia | Canada | Denmark | Ireland | Italy | Nether-lands | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggest source | 25.4% | 11.2% | 12.8% | 66.8% | 13.3% | 12.4% | 30.9% |
| 2 biggest sources | 34.1% | 17.3% | 19.2% | 72.6% | 24.5% | 24.6% | 38.9% |
| 5 biggest sources | 46.8% | 33.3% | 33.9% | 79.2% | 37.9% | 51.5% | 54.9% |
| 10 biggest sources | 59.2% | 51.2% | 54.6% | 86.9% | 53.9% | 67.7% | 69.9% |
| 20 biggest sources | 74.5% | 68.3% | 77.3% | 95.4% | 72.6% | 80.7% | 84.9% |
| 50 biggest sources | 92.7% | 87.8% | 93.1% | - | 92.9% | 94.2% | 95.7% |
Note – For the purposes of this table, a “migrant” is a person who was born outside his or her present country of residence.
Source – See Appendix Table 1
To what extent has the rise in numbers of migrants in New Zealand lead to a rise in the number of migrant communities? Table 8 shows changes in the number of countries from which New Zealand has received a given number of migrants, where a “migrant” is defined as a person who was born outside New Zealand. The table uses four minimum sizes for communities. For all four minimum sizes, there has been a substantial increase in the number of migrant communities. There were, for instance, only 5 communities of 10,000 or more in 1981, but there were 16 in 2001.[6]
Notes
- [6]The 5 countries in 1981 were Australia, the Cook Islands, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Samoa.
