Sources of personal income in Christchurch City, New Zealand

2013 Census, thousands of people aged 15+

The following information applies to all values in the table. Census Year: 2013, Measure: Sources of personal income for the census usually resident population count aged 15 years and over, Territorial Authority: Christchurch City
Source of Income	Number of people
Domestic Purposes Benefit	5,895
Interest Dividends Rent Other Invest.	59,301
Invalids Benefit	8,010
NZ Superannuation or Veterans Pension	45,117
Other Govt Benefits Payments or Pension	10,875
Other Sources of Income	5,439
Other Super. Pensions Annuities	7,875
Payments from a Work Accident Insurer	3,174
Self-employment or Business	34,293
Sickness Benefit	6,000
Student Allowance	8,841
Unemployment Benefit	5,613
Wages Salary Commissions Bonuses etc	163,905

Notes

These values includes all people who stated each source of personal income whether as their only source or as one of several. Where a person reported more than one source of personal income they have been counted in each applicable group.
A person's sources of personal income refer to the 12 months ending 6 March 2001, 7 March 2006, and 5 March 2013.

Definitions

The census usually resident population count of New Zealand is a count of all people who usually live, and are present, in New Zealand on a given census night. This count excludes visitors from overseas and excludes residents who are temporarily overseas on census night.

Data calculation/treatment

This data has been randomly rounded to protect confidentiality. Individual figures may not sum to totals and values for the same data may vary in different tables.
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 - Individual Part 2 (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-Individual-Part-2.csv from the zip file.

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Census: Meshblock Dataset - Individual Part 2 (absolute values) 2013

From the dataset Census: Meshblock Dataset - Individual Part 2 (absolute values) 2013, this data was extracted:

Sheet: Census2013-Ind2
Range: GO2277:IM2345
Provided: 3,519 data points

This data forms the table Census - Population by source of personal income 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.

Sources of personal income in Christchurch City, New Zealand

2013 Census, thousands of people aged 15+

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