Mesh blocks or meshblocks are a small geographic unit used in the census of several countries.
12-412: New Zealand's countrywide meshblock framework was first set up in 1976, although the term dates back to at least the 1916 census . The meshblock pattern is updated each year. It comprised 41,376 meshblocks at the 2006 census , increasing to 46,637 in 2013, 53,589 in 2018 and 57,539 in 2023. Meshblocks are defined by Statistics New Zealand as being "the smallest geographic unit for which statistical data
24-465: A considerable saving of expense. This was the substitution of the machinery of the Post Office for the old system of special Enumerators. Not only was the work performed more economically (the cost of collection was approximately £20,600 in 1911 and £17,500 in 1916), but the schedules were in much better condition than at any previous census, the proportion of incomplete entries being infinitesimal, and
36-595: Is collected and processed by Statistics New Zealand". It is a defined area, varying in size from part of a city block to large areas of rural land. Each of these borders another to form a network covering the whole country including inlets and coasts, and extending out to the 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) economic zone . Meshblocks are added together to "build up" larger geographic areas such as area units and urban areas. They are also used to draw up and define New Zealand electorates and local authority boundaries . Several meshblocks are grouped together to form
48-564: The Dominion of New Zealand revealed a total population of 1,149,225 – an overall increase of 90,981 or 8.59% over the 1911 census figure. In 1916 a new departure was made in connection with the enumeration of Māori . The Māori census counted 49,776 (excludes Māori counted in the European census) for a total of 52,997, fewer than 1,900 reside in the South Island . It was decided to enumerate
60-463: The (South Island) Māori with the enumeration of the European population, the same schedules being used and the work done by the same Enumerators and Sub-Enumerators as for the European population. The North Island Māori census, however, was also taken in October. The census of 1916 witnessed an important innovation in respect of the mode of distribution and collection of the census schedules, resulting in
72-641: The North, South, and Stewart Islands. These contain nearly the whole population of European descent, the Cook and other annexed islands being inhabited almost solely by Natives. The populations of the various provincial districts are as follows: European, (Māori living as Europeans) and others. (excluding Māori and residents of Cook and other Pacific islands). Includes 3,529 half-castes living as Māoris. Notes: † Includes 112 soldiers in camp in New Zealand. Question 8 on
84-493: The basic unit which comprise all other administrative boundaries that are defined by the ABS. Political administrative boundaries ( local , state and federal ), suburbs , postal , and cadastral are approximated by mesh block allocations. This is so that statistics can be easily made available for the many types of uses needed, such as non-standard areas like water catchments etc. Mesh blocks are about four or five times smaller than
96-510: The census form asked the question: (a.) Country where born... (not county, town or subdivision.) If born outside the British Empire or if born at sea, add "P." if a British subject by parentage, add "N". if a British subject by nationalization. The figures show that of the total population of specified birthplace (1,097,841), 1,077,808, or 98.17 per cent., were born on British soil, 1.70 per cent, on foreign soil, and 0.13 per cent, at sea. For
108-715: The necessity for queries being reduced to practically nil. A point in connection with the 1916 census was the increase in the number of Enumerators' districts—ninety-five, as compared with fifty-nine in 1911—and it is probable that the consequential reduction in the average size of the districts made for increased efficiency. The results of the census covered these topics: (Separate Volumes) (published 1920) Appendix A Maori Census Appendix B Population of Cook and Other Annexed Pacific Islands* Appendix C Religious Denominations (Places of Worship etc.) and Libraries Appendix D Census of Industrial Manufacture* Appendix E Poultry and Bees The principal natural divisions in New Zealand are
120-719: The next largest statistical area, SA1. SA1s usually have 100–200 residents, but remote rural areas and urban industrial or business areas may have fewer people and apartment blocks, retirement villages, prisons, boarding schools, etc) may have more than 500. In Australia mesh blocks were developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics from 2006, and released in February 2008, although they were not fully implemented until 2011. The 2016 Australian Statistical Geography Standard contains 358,122 mesh blocks in Australia. They are intended to be
132-492: The overseas-born census usually resident population: The census form asked the question (a.) Country where born... (b.) Race . Members of Christian denominations formed 95.71 per cent. of those who made answer to the inquiry at the last census; non-Christian sects were 0.44 per cent.; and those who described themselves as of no religion 0.39 per cent.; whilst "indefinite" religions constituted 1.12 per cent. Half-caste Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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#1732868882444144-425: The previously used Census Collection Districts. Most of those in residential areas cover an area of around 30–60 dwellings, which is meant to be the smallest size data can be gathered so that people would not be able to be identified. 1916 New Zealand census The 1916 New Zealand census was the sixteenth national population census . The day used for the census was Sunday, 15 October 1916. The census of
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