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Kōrero: Other Western Europeans

People born in Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Malta: Australia 1996/2011 and New Zealand 2001/2013

Resident in: Australia, 1996 Australia, 2011 New Zealand, 2001 New Zealand, 2013
Country of birth
Belgium 4,712 5,761 510 882
Malta 50,879 41,272 363 390
Portugal 17,123 15,327 138 264
Spain 13,589 13,055 336 933

This table shows the very small numbers who have migrated to New Zealand from Portugal, Spain, Belgium and Malta by comparison with the number who have migrated to and settled in Australia.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Sources: Australian census 2011; New Zealand census 2013,

Sources: James Jupp, ed., The Australian people, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001; New Zealand census, 2001

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John Wilson, Other Western Europeans – Other nationalities, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/891/people-born-in-portugal-spain-belgium-and-malta-australia-19962011-and-new-zealand (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.