Household compositions in New Zealand

2013 Census, number of households

The following information applies to all values in the table. Territorial Authority: Total New Zealand, Census Year: 2013, Measure: Household composition for households in occupied private dwellings
Category	Number of households
One-family household (with or without other people)	1,030,497
One-person household	355,242
Other multi-person household	72,387
Three or more family household (with or without other people)	3,585
Two-family household (with or without other people)	47,433

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: D2277:BH2345
Provided: 3,933 data points

This data forms the table Census - Households by composition and number of usual residents 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 compositions in New Zealand

2013 Census, number of households

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