1851 New Zealand census
| First census of the Colony of New Zealand | ||
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1851 census "Blue Book" statistics for "New Munster" (South Island). | ||
| General information | ||
| Country | Crown colony of New Zealand | |
| Results | ||
| Total population | 26,707 | |
| Most populous | Auckland (9,430) | |
| Least populous | New Plymouth (1,532) | |
The 1851 colony of New Zealand census was the first national population census held in the Crown colony of New Zealand. The day used for the census was Saturday 1 November 1851. The enumeration was left to the governments of New Ulster and New Munster, the two provinces into which the country was then divided and was ordered by the Census Ordinance of 1851. The census, which only surveyed European New Zealanders, revealed a population of 26,707.