Gurdwara Sri Kalgidhar Sahib in Takanini, Auckland Region
Total population
40,908[1] 0.88% of the total New Zealander population (2018)
Languages
New Zealand English • Punjabi Hindi • Urdu • Māori
Related ethnic groups
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Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1991
2,061
—
1996
2,817
+36.7%
2001
5,199
+84.6%
2006
9,507
+82.9%
2013
19,191
+101.9%
2018
40,908
+113.2%
2023
—
[2][3]
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New Zealander Sikhs number over 40,000 people and account for 0.9% of New Zealand's population as of 2018, forming the country's fastest-growing and fifth-largest religious group.
Small numbers of Sikh immigrants from Punjab settled in New Zealand from the late 1800s. Large-scale Sikh immigration began after changes to immigration policies in the 1980s. The New Zealand Sikh Society was established in 1964 and first Sikh Gurdwara opened in 1977.[4]
^"2018 census totals by topic". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
^Table 28, 2006 Census Data – QuickStats About Culture and Identity – Tables Archived 2017-10-11 at the Wayback Machine.
^"2013 Census totals by topic". archive.stats.govt.nz.
^Morris, Paul. "Diverse religions - Sikhs". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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