Private vehicles per household in New Zealand

2023 Census, % of households where information available

The following information applies to all values in the table. Census Year: 2023, Subject population: Households in occupied private dwellings, Region: Total New Zealand, Occupied dwelling type: Total, Unit: Percentage
Number of motor vehicles	% of households where information available
Five or more motor vehicles	2.75%
Four motor vehicles	5.08%
No motor vehicle	6.3%
One motor vehicle	33.53%
Three motor vehicles	13.18%
Two motor vehicles	39.16%

Data Quality

Using this data

Use this data with caution. This data was rated moderate quality by Stats NZ. Read the warnings and response rate metadata below before using.

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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.

Subject matter

NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLES AVAILABLE This variable refers to vehicles that are available for private use by members of a household. They do not include: - farm vehicles not licensed for road use - motorbikes or scooters - vehicles used only for business - vehicles that belong to visitors - vehicles occasionally borrowed from another household. TENURE OF HOUSEHOLD Tenure of household indicates whether a household rents, owns, or holds their home in a family trust, and whether payment is made by the household for the right to reside there. This variable does not refer to the tenure of the land. A home held in a family trust is owned by the family trust, so the household does not directly own it. This variable applies to all households in occupied private dwellings. Home ownership figures given in census publications are often presented as the percentage of households who owned their home or held it in a family trust. Combining these categories provides a summary indication of total households in these situations (which are similar and distinct from not owning) and the overall trend for home ownership. This is different from individual tenure, which provides information on whether one specific person owns their home or not.

Response rates and final data sources

The response rate for number of motor vehicles from 2023 Census forms was 91.4%. There was no information for 8.6% of households. No alternative data source or imputation was used to replace missing responses. The response rate for tenure of household from 2023 Census forms was 90.5%. 3.6% of households were sourced from the 2013 Census. 2.7% were sourced from administrative data. 2.7% were imputed. 0.4% were derived via deterministic derivation. There was no information for less than 0.1% of households.

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 (eg. people or dwelling) 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: Number of motor vehicles, total household income, and tenure of household for households in occupied private dwellings, (RC, TALB, SA2, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses

Webpage:

https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?lc=en&df[ds]=nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_FHH_037&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&av=true&dq=2013%2B2018%2B2023.9999%2B99999%2B999999.99.99.9999&ly[rw]=CEN23_GEO_013&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001&to[TIME]=false

Import & extraction details

File as imported: Census: Number of motor vehicles, total household income, and tenure of household for households in occupied private dwellings, (RC, TALB, SA2, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses

From the dataset Census: Number of motor vehicles, total household income, and tenure of household for households in occupied private dwellings, (RC, TALB, SA2, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses, this data was extracted:

Sheet: Region
Range: P2:T2917
Provided: 5,832 data points

This data forms the table Census - Number of motor vehicles by tenure of household and region 2013, 2018 and 2023.

Dataset originally released on:

December 03, 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 us make 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.