New Zealand

• New Zealand public library statistics 2008/09. Indicators and selected variables

Sample data from large libraries 08/09

Indicators

1. Cost per transaction – 2.67
2. Issues per capita – 13.61
3. Transactions per capita – 25.04
4. Members as percentage of population – 52%
5. Expenditure per capita on libraries – 67
6. Expenditure per capita on materials – 10.0
7. Enquiries per capita – 1.55
8. Stock turnover – 3.53
9. Issues per member – 26.38
10. Visits per capita – 8.97
11. New holdings per hundred capita – 32
12. Issues per staff member – 23.000
13. Transactions per staff member – 42.400
14. Holdings per capita – 2.97
15. Staff per 1000 population – 0.59

• Currency: New Zealand dollar
• Transactions is the sum of Issues [Loans], Visits, Members and Enquiries

The values indicated apply to libraries serving communities with more than 50 thousand inhabitants (as a group)

Large communities

• Auckland City - 438 thousand inhabitants
• Christchurch City - 369
• Manukau City - 362
• North Shore City - 223
• Waitakere City - 201

• Wellington City - 193
• Hamilton City - 139
• Dunedin City - 123
• Tauranga City - 111
• Lower Hutt City - 102

• Rodney District - 96
• Palmerston North City - 79
• Whangarei District - 78
• Hastings District - 74
• New Plymouth District - 72
• Rotorua District - 68
• Franklin District - 63
• Napier City - 57
• Invercargill City - 52
• Porirua City - 51
  • Sum - 2.951 thousand

Resources

• Statistics & Minutes. Link collection from LIANZA