Households in rented homes in New Zealand

By type of landlord, 2018 & 2023 Census, % of renting households where information available

The following information applies to all values in the table. Subject population: Households in rented occupied private dwellings, Unit: Percentage of total stated
Census Year	Sector of landlord	% of renting households where information available
2018	Private person, trust, or business	83.48701660918%
2023	Private person, trust, or business	84.60098653513%
2018	Local authority or city council	2.123105995925%
2023	Local authority or city council	1.699506732436%
2018	Kāinga Ora/Housing NZ	11.97306558291%
2023	Kāinga Ora/Housing NZ	11.22730302626%
2018	Iwi, hapū, or Māori land trust	0.3176121034118%
2023	Iwi, hapū, or Māori land trust	0.2644980669244%
2018	Other community housing provider	1.212959484535%
2023	Other community housing provider	1.456872417011%
2018	Other state-owned corporation or state-owned enterprise, or government department or ministry	0.8856710267181%
2023	Other state-owned corporation or state-owned enterprise, or government department or ministry	0.750833222237%

Data Quality

Using this data

You can use this data confidently. Stats NZ rated it as high quality. For more information, read about response rates below.

Stats NZ gives data an overall rating based on sources and coverage, consistency, and data quality.

Why am I seeing this?

This data is from the Census. The past two censuses had relatively low response rates, particularly for some areas of New Zealand and groups of people.

Where information was missing or unreadable, Stats NZ attempted to use data from a range of places such as previous censuses or administrative data that is collected by other government agencies. If that isn't available, Stats NZ use statistical models to predict what the missing data would have been. This is called imputation.

Things to be aware of

Time series data for the categories ‘Iwi, hapū, or Māori land trust’ and ‘Other community housing provider’ should be viewed with some care due to changes in the use of imputation. Kāinga Ora data was used to identify dwellings under their ownership and prioritised over census responses that conflicted with their data. This change was made for the first time in 2023 Census.

Read the response rates and final data sources section for more information.

Subject matter

This data refers to the type of organisation or person from whom households rent or lease their home. It can be the private sector (private person, trust, or business) or the state sector (for example, Housing New Zealand Corporation). This variable applies only to households in rented occupied private dwellings.

Response rates and final data sources

The response rate from 2023 Census forms was 78.0%. 13.8% were sourced from administrative data (Tenancy Bonds and Housing New Zealand). 7.7% were imputed. There was no information for the remaining 0.5%.

Definitions

Dwelling: A dwelling is any building or structure that is used, or intended to be used, for human habitation. There can be more than one dwelling within a building. For example, each apartment in an apartment building is a dwelling.
Household: either one person who usually resides alone, or two or more people who usually reside together and share facilities 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 on the dwelling form or the household set-up form.
Response 'stated': Members of the subject population for which the data was obtained through a census form, administrative sources, or imputed.

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. Individual percentages may not sum to 100% and values for the same data may vary in different tables.

For more information

https://datainfoplus.stats.govt.nz/item/nz.govt.stats/7c1335e0-c2c7-4217-ac48-bfc7a68aea48
https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2023-census-population-dwelling-and-housing-highlights/

Inclusions

Geographically the census includes the North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, and the Chatham Islands, plus largely uninhabited islands including the Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, Mayor Island, Motiti Island, White Island, Moutohora Island, Bounty Islands, Snares Islands, Antipodes Islands, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Island.

Data provided by

Stats NZ

Dataset name

Census: Totals by topic for households, (NZ total), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses

Webpage:

https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=2023%20Census&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_003&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=.2013%2B2018%2B2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_HOH_001&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001&to[TIME]=false

How to find the data

At the URL provided, download unfiltered data.
Figure.nz calculated the percentages for processing purposes.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Census: Totals by topic for households, (NZ total), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses

From the dataset Census: Totals by topic for households, (NZ total), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses, this data was extracted:

Sheet: Census Households totals 2023
Range: I326:M352
Provided: 54 data points

This data forms the table Census - Households by sector of landlord 2013, 2018, 2023.

Dataset originally released on:

November 07, 2024

About this dataset

The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings is the official count of how many people and dwellings there are in New Zealand. It provides a snapshot of our society at a point in time and helps to tell the story of its social and economic change. The 2023 Census, held on Tuesday 7 March, was the 35th New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings. The first official census was run in 1851, and since 1877 there has been a census every five years, with only four exceptions.

Purpose of collection

Census information is used by government agencies, local authorities, businesses, community organisations, and the public for developing and implementing new policies, research, planning, and decision-making. It helps with making decisions about how to best use public funding, especially in areas of health, education, housing, and transport.
The census is also the primary source of information used for deciding the number of general and Māori electorates, along with data from the corresponding Māori Electoral Option.