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Fiscal impacts of immigration 2005/06

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Summary Tables 2006

Summary Table 1: Fiscal impact of migrant population ($m)
Region of birth Years in NZ All
less than 5 between 5 and 14 15 or more
Australia 119 74 104 96 350 179 573 349
45 8 171 225
Pacific Islands 148 140 223 199 595 357 966 697
8 24 238 270
UK & Ireland 516 206 437 215 2004 1239 2957 1660
310 222 765 1298
Europe & North America 234 100 241 113 517 331 992 544
134 128 185 448
Asia 630 463 680 405 459 279 1770 1147
167 276 180 623
Other 288 155 347 150 166 87 801 393
133 197 79 408
Not specified 9 7 11 6 22 12 42 24
2 5 10 18
All Migrants 1945 1145 2043 1184 4113 2485 8101 4813
801 859 1628 3288
New Zealand born 24755 21917
2838

Summary Table 2: Per capita fiscal impact ($pc)
Region of birth Years in NZ All
  less than 5 between 5 and 14 15 or more
Australia 6989 4335 6239 5770 11029 5628 8756 5328
2654 469 5401 3429
Pacific Islands 4722 4466 6305 5636 8665 5202 7135 5145
256 668 3463 1991
UK & Ireland 9277 3698 11769 5786 11462 7087 11050 6202
5579 5983 4376 4849
Europe & North America 8292 3538 9844 4606 11019 7068 9957 5462
4754 5238 3951 4495
Asia 5082 3732 7009 4169 10568 6426 6690 4335
1350 2839 4142 2355
Other 7032 3787 9800 4246 13790 7250 9059 4442
3245 5554 6540 4617
Not specified 5080 3723 6877 3503 7986 4353 6849 3937
1357 3374 3633 2911
All Migrants 6504 3826 8248 4779 10813 6532 8737 5191
2677 3469 4281 3547
New Zealand born 7984 7068
915

Summary Table 3: WAP per capita fiscal impact ($pc age 18-64)
Region of birth Years in NZ All
  less than 5 between 5 and 14 15 or more
Australia 14421 8945 14026 12973 14394 7345 14331 8720
5476 1054 7048 5612
Pacific Islands 7095 6710 8305 7425 9960 5980 8990 6482
385 880 3980 2508
UK & Ireland 14021 5590 16372 8049 19086 11800 17550 9849
8432 8323 7286 7700
Europe & North America 11238 4795 13321 6232 18331 11758 14777 8106
6443 7088 6573 6672
Asia 6725 4939 8798 5234 12684 7712 8539 5533
1786 3564 4971 3006
Other 10309 5552 13243 5738 16689 8774 12496 6127
4757 7505 7915 6369
Not specified 7782 5703 9565 4872 13336 7270 10598 6093
2079 4693 6066 4505
All Migrants 9279 5459 11122 6444 15517 9374 12305 6163
3820 4678 6143 6142

Summary Table 4: Fiscal impact by region of residence ($m)

Region of residence   Years in NZ All
  less than 5 between 5 and 14 15 or more
Auckland Overseas born 976 560 1151 613 1628 1135 3755 2307
417 538 493 1448
NZ born 6147 5068
1079
Wellington Overseas born 212 107 201 111 552 245 965 463
105 90 307 502
NZ born 2747 1804
943
Rest of North Island Overseas born 426 294 411 278 1235 687 2072 1259
131 133 549 813
NZ born 9620 9346
275
Christchurch Overseas born 157 89 143 87 310 187 609 363
67 56 122 246
NZ born 2240 2020
220
Rest of South Island Overseas born 175 100 137 92 388 228 700 420
75 45 160 280
NZ born 4002 3441
562

Summary Table 5: Per capita fiscal impact by region of residence ($pc)

Region of residence   Years in NZ All Migrants
  less than 5 between 5 and 14 15 or more
Auckland Overseas born 6693 3837 8631 4593 11745 8187 8988 5521
2856 4038 3558 3466
NZ born 9102 7505
1597
Wellington Overseas born 8590 4344 10221 5639 12866 5715 11059 5310
4245 4582 7150 5749
NZ born 9945 6530
3415
Rest of North Island Overseas born 5757 3980 7375 4991 9235 5132 7865 4779
1777 2384 4102 3086
NZ born 7255 7048
207
Christchurch Overseas born 6366 3626 7984 4869 10887 6581 8586 5124
2740 3116 4306 3463
NZ born 8014 7228
786
Rest of South Island Overseas born 6162 3519 7494 5031 9450 5557 7978 4787
2643 2463 3892 3190
NZ born 7360 6718
642

Summary Table 6: WAP per capita fiscal impact by region of residence ($pc age 18-64)

Region of residence   Years in NZ All Migrants
  less than 5 between 5 and 14 15 or more
Auckland Overseas born 9007 5163 10864 5781 14168 9876 11406 7007
3844 5083 4292 4399
NZ born 16063 12832
3231
Wellington Overseas born 11289 5710 13002 7174 16365 7270 14197 6817
5579 5829 9095 7380
NZ born 15926 10457
5469
Rest of North Island Overseas born 9944 6874 12192 8252 16168 8986 13549 8233
3070 3941 7183 5317
NZ born 12588 12229
359
Christchurch Overseas born 8747 4982 10335 6302 15543 9396 11793 7038
3764 4033 6148 4756
NZ born 13067 11785
1282
Rest of South Island Overseas born 9411 5374 11374 7636 14930 8780 12361 7418
4037 3738 6150 4943
NZ born 12145 11910
235

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