New Zealand

• New Zealand public library statistics 2008/09. Indicators and selected variables. Spreadsheet (TH)
• Public Library Statistics 2011/2012.  LIANZA web page.

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

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