Average weekly household expenditure on communication in New Zealand regions
Year ended June 2016, NZD
Notes
The expenditure classification used is the New Zealand Household Expenditure Classification (NZHEC).
All group level expenditure is reported as gross expenditure, and all expenditure includes GST.
Each statistic from this survey is based on a sample and is subject to a sampling error.
Definitions
Household: a group of people who share a private dwelling and normally spend four or more nights a week in the household. They must share consumption of food, or contribute some portion of income towards essentials for living as a group.
Household income: before-tax (gross) income. Income is not equivalised. That is, it is not adjusted to remove the effects of household size or type (eg the number of dependent children).
Personal income: it represents the before-tax income of each household member aged 15 years and over in the twelve months ended 30 June.
For more information
http://stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/people_and_communities/Households/HouseholdExpenditureStatistics_HOTPYeJun16/Data%20Quality.aspx
Limitations of the data
Two types of error are possible in estimates based on a sample survey: sampling error and non-sampling error. The sample size for this survey is approximately 5,000 households, therefore the error for subnational estimates may be significant.
Changes to data collection/processing
The New Zealand Household Expenditure Classification (NZHEC) was reviewed between 2012/13 and 2015/16.
Data provided by
Dataset name
Household Economic Survey: Expenditure Statistics, Year ended June 2016
Webpage:
Import & extraction details
File as imported: Household Economic Survey: Expenditure Statistics, Year ended June 2016
From the dataset Household Economic Survey: Expenditure Statistics, Year ended June 2016, this data was extracted:
- Sheet: Table 9
- Range:
C12:M28 - Provided: 90 data points
This data forms the table Expenditure - Average weekly household expenditure by region 2016.
Dataset originally released on:
December 02, 2016
About this dataset
This survey is conducted every three years, and collects information on household expenditure and income, material well-being, as well as a wide range of demographic information. A shorter version of the survey, HES (Income), is collected in the two years between the full HES.
Method of collection/Data provider
The sample size for HES is approximately 5,000 households.
The main differences between the full version and the Income version of the survey include the extent to which expenditure data is collected. The full HES collects expenditure information, including purchases of food, clothing, and household items. An expenditure diary is used to collect some of this detailed information in addition to the questionnaire. In HES (Income), the only expenditure data collected relates to specific housing costs, including rent, mortgages, property rates, and building-related insurance. The diary is not used.
The target population for HES is the usually resident population of New Zealand living in private dwellings, aged 15 years and over.