Household access to telecommunications in New Zealand

By type, 2006 & 2013 Census years, number of households

The following information applies to all values in the table. Measure: Access to telecommunications for households in occupied private dwellings, Territorial Authority: Total New Zealand
Census Year	Category	Number of households
2006	Access to a Cellphone/Mobile Phone	1,034,529
2006	Access to a Fax Machine	362,040
2006	Access to a Telephone	1,277,325
2006	Access to the Internet	843,735
2006	No Access to Telecommunication Systems	28,407
2013	Access to a Cellphone/Mobile Phone	1,230,171
2013	Access to a Fax Machine	214,557
2013	Access to a Telephone	1,257,195
2013	Access to the Internet	1,128,738
2013	No Access to Telecommunication Systems	24,135

Definitions

In our maps, 'home ownership' is defined as the sum of households who own or partly own their usual residence, plus the ones whose dwelling is held in a family trust.

A household is either one person who usually resides alone, or two or more people who usually reside together and share facilities (such as for eating, cooking, or a living area; and bathroom and toilet) in a private dwelling. Included are people who were absent on census night but usually live in a particular dwelling and are members of that household, as long as they were reported as being absent by the reference person on the dwelling form.

Data calculation/treatment

This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality.
Figure.NZ calculated percentages based on the 'Total stated' values for each variable.
Please note the meshblock-level data has been removed to reduce file size.

For more information

Please refer to http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/info-about-the-census/data-user-guide.aspx

Changes to data collection/processing

This time series is irregular. Because the 2011 Census was cancelled after the Canterbury earthquake on 22 February 2011 the gap between this census and the last one is seven years. The change in the data between 2006 and 2013 may be greater than in the usual five-year gap between censuses. Be careful when comparing trends.

Data provided by

Stats NZ

Dataset name

Census: Meshblock Dataset - Household (absolute values) 2013

Webpage:

http://archive.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/data-tables/meshblock-dataset.aspx

How to find the data

At URL provided, select 'Total New Zealand', under the '2013 Census meshblock dataset – CSV files' heading.
Extract the 2013-mb-dataset-Total-New-Zealand-Household.csv from the zip file.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Census: Meshblock Dataset - Household (absolute values) 2013

From the dataset Census: Meshblock Dataset - Household (absolute values) 2013, this data was extracted:

Sheet: Census2013-Household
Range: CM2277:IX2345
Provided: 11,385 data points

This data forms the table Census - Households by source of income, tenure, landlord, rent, motor vehicles and telecommunications access by territorial authority 2001, 2006, 2013.

Dataset originally released on:

April 02, 2014

Purpose of collection

The census is the official count of how many people and dwellings there are in New Zealand. It takes a snapshot of the people in New Zealand and the places where we live.
Population information from the census helps determine how billions of dollars of government funding is spent in the community. It is used to make decisions about services such as hospitals, schools, roads, public transport, recreational facilities. Census information is used to decide electorate boundaries. It is also used by councils, community groups and businesses to plan for the future.

Household access to telecommunications in New Zealand

By type, 2006 & 2013 Census years, number of households

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