New Faces, New Futures: New Zealand

Migrants' Income and Assets

Table 6.4: Total assets owned by migrants at current market value by immigration approval category

Asset value	Immigration approval category (%)							Total (%)
	Skilled principal	Skilled secondary	Business category	Family Partner	Family Parent	Pacific category	Other
Total %	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Total weighted	12,490	8,470	2,190	7,020	2,300	1,620	2,140	36,220
Under $25,001	16.3	12.8	8.2	13.7	10.4	17.9	16.4	14.1
$25,001-$50,000	5.1	5.3	S	4.4	2.2	1.9	1.4	4.2
$50,001-$75,000	3.0	2.0	S	2.4	2.2	1.9	S	2.3
$75,001-$100,000	2.7	1.8	2.7	2.3	4.3	S	2.8	2.4
$100,001-$200,000	11.9	12.8	5.5	10.5	5.7	1.9	5.6	10.2
$200,001-$500,000	20.2	20.7	12.3	13.8	11.7	1.9	7.5	16.5
$500,001-$1,000,000	6.2	5.9	12.3	6.0	4.3	S	2.8	5.9
Over $1,000,000	3.4	2.6	12.8	3.3	2.6	S	2.8	3.5
No assets	24.7	30.5	37.9	39.6	53.0	69.8	56.5	35.5
Not specified/refused1	6.5	5.7	6.8	4.3	3.5	3.1	3.3	5.4

Note: ¹ Includes respondents who did not specify whether they owned assets or did not provide a value for their assets.

Symbol: S = suppressed for confidentiality reasons.

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