It’s exciting to see Stats NZ starting to release information from the 2023 Census. To align with this release, we’ve updated our Addressfinder data to include 2023 Census identifiers (Meshblock, SA1 ID, SA2 ID, and SA2 Name).
Currently, by default, we provide 2018 Census metadata in our Address Metadata and Address Verification responses. This will continue until December 2024, after which the 2023 data will be returned by default.
If you wish to access the 2023 Census data immediately or retain access to the 2018 Census data beyond December, simply include the desired census year in your Address Metadata or Verification queries, and the response will contain data from that year. - Metadata API example to collect 2023 census data.
https://api.addressfinder.io/api/nz/address/metadata/?key=XXX&secret=YYY&format=json&pxid=ABCD&census=2023
- Verification API example to collect 2023 census data.
https://api.staging.addressfinder.io/api/nz/address/verification/?key=XXX&secret=YYY&q=1 Test Street, City&format=json&census=2023.
- Javascript widget code example showing changes to enable collection of 2023 census data.
https://codepen.io/addressfinder/pen/qBGxPqy
The 2023 Census data is also available through the Bulk Verification page in the Addressfinder portal. Simply select the Census 2023 option before starting the job.
Discontinuation of 2013 Census Data With the release of the 2023 Census data, we have discontinued access to the 2013 Census data. If your integrations with Addressfinder are currently requesting 2013 data (e.g., including census=2013 in your Metadata APIs), these queries will still be processed successfully, but the response will now return 2018 data instead of 2013.
As always, feel free to reach out to the Addressfinder team if you have any questions.
