Kia ora Emily,

 

Thank you for your Official Information Act request for relating to 2022
population estimates.

 

Unfortunately, we do not publish data using a 18-21 year group (our age
groups are normally 5 years) and our most recent subnational estimates are
as at 30 June 2021. If the current estimates (30 June 2021) are still
suitable for you, we would be able to create a customised job to extract
data for the 18-21 year group as per your request.

 

There would be a charge for this information ($155 + GST per hour, minimum
2 hour charge) as Stats NZ operates on “cost recovery” basis  – you pay
for the time it takes to extract and supply the information. This is
allowed for under the guidelines for an OIA. The Ministry of Justice
provides [1]charging guidelines for OIAs.

 

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demand for those willing to pay.

 

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within the funding we get.

 

In terms of our already-published data, we do have [2]national population
estimates by single years of age as at 31 December 2021, as well as
[3]regional estimates across all ages as at 30 June 2021, which can then
be used to find out the proportion of the population that lives in each
region (attached .xlsx file). From there you could then work out a rough
estimate of the 18-21 year group as at 30 June 2021.

 

If you have any further questions, or would like for us to create a
customised job for your request, please let me know.

 

Ngâ mihi,

 

 

Cat Anderson (pronouns: she/her/hers)

Statistical & Data Analyst – Population Estimates and Projections |
Kaitâtari Tauanga Me Ngâ Raraunga
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | [4]stats.govt.nz

 

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From: Emily Birch [8][FOI #18916 email]

Sent: Friday, 18 March 2022 10:05 AM

To: Info Mailin - Shared Mailbox [9][email address]

Subject: Official Information request - Statistics NZ best estimate of
people aged 18-21 as at 1 Jan 2022 by region

 

Dear Statistics New Zealand

 

I would like your best estimate of the number of people who were aged
18-21 as a 1 Jan 2022 (i.e. born in the years 2000 - 2003 inclusive) by
their New Zealand region of residence (e.g. Auckland).

 

Thank you

Emily

 

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Hi Emily,

I just have a couple of questions for clarification:

1. You said these calculations are for the 20-24 age group - we do already have the estimates for this age band published here (https://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/wbos/Ind...), so if this group is the age band you actually want to calculate, I would suggest using the estimates we have produced already. It is only if you want the 18-21 age band (as per your original request) that we don't have published data for.
2. In saying this, the table above is based on national estimates as at June 2021, which I know does not cover the original period you requested (as at Dec 2021), so if you need this then you would need to use the proportions I sent you to calculate a more 'updated' estimate from this table: http://infoshare.stats.govt.nz/ViewTable...

Sorry if I'm repeating myself a bit here from my last email or if this is already what you have done, I was just confused as to what period and age group your estimates were from. Regardless of period/age, the assumptions that the national Dec 2021 estimates are based on would be the most 'accurate' for estimates that I am aware of.

I hope this helps - if you need any further assistance let me know.

Ngā mihi nui,

Cat Anderson (pronouns: she/her/hers)
Statistical & Data Analyst – Population Estimates and Projections | Kaitātari Tauanga Me Ngā Raraunga
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz

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Kia ora Emily, it's no worries and glad that helped!

Have a good weekend as well!

Ngā mihi,

Cat Anderson (pronouns: she/her/hers)
Statistical & Data Analyst – Population Estimates and Projections | Kaitātari Tauanga Me Ngā Raraunga
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa | stats.govt.nz

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