Trust in others
The proportion of the population aged 15 years and over reporting that people can "almost always" or "usually" be trusted, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.
Trust in others, 2008 (%)
| Big city |
People can almost
always be trusted |
People can usually
be trusted |
You usually can't be too
careful in dealing with people |
You almost always can't be too
careful in dealing with people |
| Rodney District |
18.7 |
60.5 |
15.4 |
5.4 |
| North Shore |
14.5 |
65.1 |
15.6 |
4.8 |
| Waitakere |
15.0 |
60.0 |
18.8 |
6.2 |
| Auckland |
16.9 |
59.6 |
15.9 |
7.6 |
| Manukau |
18.7 |
49.1 |
20.1 |
12.1 |
| Hamilton |
14.1 |
61.9 |
17.8 |
6.2 |
| Tauranga |
14.6 |
63.9 |
16.7 |
4.8 |
| Porirua |
19.6 |
59.2 |
15.9 |
5.2 |
| Hutt |
16.3 |
62.1 |
17.0 |
4.5 |
| Wellington |
15.9 |
71.0 |
9.7 |
3.3 |
| Christchurch |
17.0 |
64.0 |
14.2 |
4.9 |
| Dunedin |
18.6 |
62.5 |
13.8 |
5.1 |
Trust in others, by sex and age, 2008 (people can almost always or usually be trusted (%))
| Big city |
Sex |
Age |
Total |
| Male |
Female |
15 - 24 |
25 - 49 |
50 - 64 |
65+ |
| Rodney District |
81.4 |
77.2 |
67.5 |
78.3 |
85.8 |
82.0 |
79.3 |
| North Shore |
79.3 |
79.8 |
82.5 |
77.9 |
80.2 |
80.0 |
79.6 |
| Waitakere |
75.7 |
74.4 |
77.4 |
72.7 |
80.4 |
72.9 |
75.0 |
| Auckland |
75.3 |
77.7 |
73.6 |
80.3 |
65.7 |
82.2 |
76.5 |
| Manukau |
65.6 |
69.7 |
69.2 |
64.9 |
70.3 |
73.2 |
67.8 |
| Hamilton |
77.6 |
74.7 |
73.8 |
75.1 |
75.8 |
84.0 |
76.0 |
| Tauranga |
77.2 |
79.6 |
78.4 |
74.9 |
80.2 |
83.7 |
78.5 |
| Porirua |
79.4 |
78.3 |
71.4 |
77.5 |
86.0 |
84.7 |
78.9 |
| Hutt |
77.7 |
79.2 |
74.2 |
79.3 |
79.1 |
80.4 |
78.5 |
| Wellington |
87.0 |
86.9 |
78.0 |
90.4 |
92.1 |
80.0 |
86.9 |
| Christchurch |
83.3 |
78.8 |
77.1 |
83.1 |
81.0 |
79.4 |
80.9 |
| Dunedin |
83.9 |
78.6 |
80.1 |
82.4 |
85.7 |
74.0 |
81.1 |
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