German New Zealanders

German New Zealanders (German: Deutsch-Neuseeländer) are New Zealand residents of ethnic German ancestry. They comprise a very large amount of New Zealanders in terms of heritage, with some 200,000 people from the country having German ancestry (some 5% of the population). New Zealand's community of ethnic German immigrants constitute one of the largest recent European migrant groups in New Zealand, numbering 12,810 in the 2013 census.

German New Zealanders
Deutsch-Neuseeländer
Total population
German
12,810 Immigrants (2013)[1] +200,000 of German descent
Regions with significant populations
Auckland, Manawatū-Whanganui, Tasman District, Tauranga, Wellington
Languages
New Zealand English, German
Religion
Predominantly Lutheranism and Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Germans, German Australians, German Americans, German Canadians, French Germans

Demography

The 2013 census counted 12,810 New Zealand residents who had ancestry from Germany.[1] This number does not include people of German ancestry who selected their ancestry as simply "New Zealander". Today the number of New Zealanders with German ancestry is estimated to be approximately 200,000 (5% of the population). Many German New Zealanders anglicized their names during the 20th century due to the negative perception of Germans fostered by World War I and World War II.

There were 16,818 people identifying as being part of the German ethnic group at the 2018 New Zealand census, making up 0.36% of New Zealand's population. This is an increase of 4,008 people (31.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 5,901 people (54.1%) since the 2006 census. Some of the increase between the 2013 and 2018 census was due to Statistics New Zealand adding ethnicity data from other sources (previous censuses, administrative data, and imputation) to the 2018 census data to reduce the number of non-responses.[2]

There were 7,125 males and 9,693 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.735 males per female. The median age was 33.0 years, compared to 37.4 years for New Zealand as a whole; 3,273 people (19.5%) were aged under 15 years, 4,209 (25.0%) were 15 to 29, 8,067 (48.0%) were 30 to 64, and 1,269 (8.5%) were 65 or older.[3]

Tourism

New Zealand has long been a popular destination for German backpacker tourists and students.

German New Zealand culture

The Goethe-Institut is active in New Zealand and there is a branch in Wellington.[4]

Notable German New Zealanders

See also
  •  New Zealand portal
  •  Germany portal

References
  1. "2013 Census ethnic group profiles".
  2. "New Zealand's population reflects growing diversity | Stats NZ". www.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. "Ethnic group (detailed total response - level 3) by age and sex, for the census usually resident population count, 2006, 2013, and 2018 Censuses (RC, TA, SA2, DHB)". nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. "Goethe-Institut Neuseeland".
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  10. McGregor, Robert. "Johann Gerhard Husheer". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  11. Lash, Max D. "Carl Friederich Christian Kelling". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  12. Lash, Max D. "Kelling, Johann Friederich August". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
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