The net inflow of migrants has soared to a new record in Statistics NZ’s latest count, out yesterday, at least in part because many more visitors than usual have been counted as immigrants.
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Confusion lifts migrant inflow estimate to unlikely record
Statistics NZ said yesterday the latest international migration estimates up to February are more uncertain than usual, due to Covid-19 travel restrictions in New Zealand & other countries.
Read more →Migration to Australia – standing back to look at the statistics
I’ve been grappling with Statistics NZ’s revised calculations of migration between New Zealand & Australia to see how to present a useful picture without too many complicating figures that are, in the end, unhelpful.
Read more →Migration – where from, and changes
The overall migration picture is not straightforward.
Read more →Net migrant inflow down 11.4% in year
New Zealand’s net migrant inflow in 2019 fell 11.4% from the previous 12 months, from 49,380 to 43,765, according to Statistics NZ’s calculation out today.
Read more →Migrant inflow slashed, plus background detail
Statistics NZ issued 2 much lower estimates of net immigration on Thursday, a revised figure for the year to last May and the first estimate for the year to November.
Read more →Migrant inflow slashed
Statistics NZ issued 2 much lower estimates of net immigration today, a revised figure for the year to last May and the first estimate for the year to November.
Read more →Migrant inflow hovers around 55,000/year, September figure drops
New Zealand’s net inflow of migrants in September, 4245, was the lowest for that month since 2013.
Read more →Immigration on rise again
The net inflow of migrants has risen from 49,200 for the year to August 2018 to a first estimate of 53,800 in the year to August 2019, Statistics NZ said yesterday.
Read more →Immigration continues to boost Australian population
The Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday the country’s population grew by 388,800 people to 25,287,400 in the year to March.
Read more →Migrant inflow on the up side of average
Statistics NZ has provisionally estimated the net inflow of migrants in the year to July at 52,722, plus or minus a margin of 1600 up or down.
Read more →Net migrant inflow now just under 50,000/year
Statistics NZ said on Friday its first estimate of the net migrant inflow for the 12 months to June is 49,400.
Read more →Migrant inflow count just over 50,000
Statistics NZ’s migration count for the year to May shows a marginal increase over the previous year, and the net inflow down by 9-13,000 compared to 2016-17.
Read more →Migration estimate looks upward again
Statistics NZ has provisionally estimated the net migrant inflow for the 12 months to April at 55,834 (± 1,600).
Read more →Immigration trends upward
Statistics NZ’s monthly migration figures, out today, show a rise in net immigration in March compared to March last year – 4468 (3396) – and an annual net inflow of 56,137 (50,628).
Read more →Migrant influx rising again, Auckland up where it was 2½ years ago
Destroying your knowledge base before replacing it fully with a new model has to be one of the sillier ventures our national statisticians have embarked upon, and the consequent guesswork can lead to all sorts of wrong conclusions…. Nevertheless, the new model is starting to become useful.
Read more →Latest count shows migrant inflow rising
Statistics NZ estimates the net inflow of migrants in the 12 months to February was 61,600 – a figure which will be changed every month for a few months as the Government agency adjusts its figures based on actual migrant movements.
Read more →Now the migrant inflow is rising again
Statistics NZ’s estimate of the net inflow of migrants has risen 35% – 15,000 more immigrants – from its first count for the 12 months to November through to its rolling 12-month count to January.
Read more →Migrant inflow up as exit count adjusted down
Statistics NZ has created a highly confusing, and moving, picture of migration with its new formula, which became the official formula last month. But the long & short of it is that emigration has risen sharply and immigration continues to decline.
Read more →Countdown to 5 million population is on
Statistics NZ expects New Zealand’s resident population to reach 5 million late this year or in 2020, based on recent trends, after hitting 4.9 million at the end of September.
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