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Monday, October 21, 2024

David Farrar: Which ethnicities are over and under represented in the public service?

The PSC reported that the ethnicity of the public service is:

  • Maori 16.7%
  • Asian 15.9%
  • Pacific 11.0%
  • MELAA 2.3%
  • European (by calculation) 54.1%
How does this compare the the share of the adult population in the 2023 census?
  • Pacific 11.0% vs 6.6% = 1.7
  • MELAA 2.3% vs 1.6% = 1.4
  • Maori 16.7% vs 13.2% = 1.3
  • Asian 15.9% vs 15.5% = 1.0
  • European 54.1% vs 62.9% = 0.9
So we have a greater share of Pacific, MELAA and Maori public servants than in the overall adult population. The Asian share is pretty spot on, ands we have fewer European public servants than the share of the adult population.

David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
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2 comments:

Robert Arthur said...

I have colleagues and had work colleagues, some of whom even looked maori, who could have legitimately identified as maori but certainly chose not to. How they feature in the census or any survey who knows?

October 21, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Anonymous said...

An interesting statistic would be the number of men, women and "others" employed in the public service.

October 21, 2024 at 11:12 AM

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