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Socioeconomic Determinants of Health > Deprivation


NZDep2001 is a small-area deprivation index based on nine socioeconomic variables from the 2001 Census. NZDep scores are usually categorised into tenths (deciles) numbered from 1 (least deprived) to 10 (most deprived).

Table 5: Māori and non-Māori populations, by deprivation decile, 2001

Decile
Māori
non-Māori
Unknown1
15,669 (3%)
130,218 (4%)
1
16,629 (3%)
338,700 (11%)
2
21,027 (4%)
329,952 (10%)
3
26,508 (5%)
347,385 (11%)
4
30,552 (6%)
324,507 (10%)
5
41,478 (8%)
326,130 (10%)
6
48,591 (9%)
317,841 (10%)
7
53,148 (10%)
306,519 (10%)
8
66,216 (13%)
294,441 (9%)
9
85,191 (16%)
268,932 (8%)
10
121,227 (23%)
225,408 (7%)
Total
526,236 (100%)
3,210,033 (100%)
Source: Statistics New Zealand

Higher proportions of Māori live in areas that have the most deprived NZDep scores; that is, the Māori population is highly skewed towards the most deprived deciles. In 2001, 23 percent of Māori lived in decile 10 areas (compared with 7 percent of non-Māori), while only 3 percent of Māori lived in decile 1 areas (compared with 11 percent of non-Māori).


Figure 3: Deprivation distribution, Māori and non-Māori, 2001


Source: Statistics New Zealand
Text description: This graph shows the deprivation distribution for Māori and non-Māori based on data from the 2001 Census. The Māori population is highly skewed towards the most deprived deciles.

NZDep2001 is a small-area deprivation index based on nine socioeconomic variables from the 2001 Census. NZDep scores are usually categorised into tenths (deciles) numbered from 1 (least deprived) to 10 (most deprived).

Notes:
1 The population for whom an NZDep score was not ascertained.

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