Birthplace

Birthplace refers to the country where a person was born and uses the name of the country at the time of the census. Country is the current, short, or official name of a country, dependency, or other area of particular geopolitical interest. The term is defined to include:

• independent countries recognised by the New Zealand Government
• units that are recognised geographic areas
• administrative subdivisions of the United Kingdom
• overseas dependencies, or external territories of independent countries.

Note: the category 'at sea' is included in the 'supplementary codes' but is a valid response.

For full classification with levels 1-3 see Aria.