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Household crowding

The proportion of the population living in crowded housing (ie requiring one or more additional bedrooms, as defined by the Canadian Crowding Index).

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Region Households with fewer bedrooms than needed (%)
1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
1 Northland 15.9 14.5 13.2 11.6 11.9
2 Auckland 16.4 15.7 15.8 15.3 15.7
3 Waikato 12.9 11.8 10.5 9.4 9.6
4 Bay of Plenty 15.5 13.3 12.2 10.4 10.4
5 Gisborne 18.3 16.8 15.6 14.6 15.2
6 Hawke's Bay 13.6 12.5 10.9 10.5 10.5
7 Taranaki 10.1 8.8 6.9 5.8 6.1
8 Manawatu-Whanganui 10.8 9.9 8.1 7.0 7.1
9 Wellington 12.1 11.3 10.1 9.3 9.1
10 Tasman 9.6 7.6 5.9 5.3 4.7
11 Nelson 9.1 8.0 6.6 6.0 5.2
12 Marlborough 8.2 8.0 6.1 5.1 5.4
13 West Coast 9.9 7.6 6.0 4.2 4.2
14 Canterbury 8.5 7.7 6.3 5.0 5.6
15 Otago 8.0 6.9 5.3 4.2 4.3
16 Southland 10.1 8.5 5.7 4.1 4.1

Household crowding, by ethnicity, 2006

Region European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Northland 5,781 6.0 9,891 25.5 1,011 30.8 294 12.7 39 10.7 15,678 11.9
Auckland 38,223 5.2 33,723 26.9 78,012 47.8 47,508 21.5 4,140 23.3 190,017 15.7
Waikato 12,987 4.7 17,238 24.7 3,219 29.7 3,315 19.6 675 28.9 34,017 9.6
Bay of Plenty 8,091 4.5 15,681 25.5 1,731 29.8 1,224 17.2 81 10.4 24,594 10.4
Gisborne 1,530 6.5 4,518 25.7 351 29.8 99 15.0 9 10.3 6,099 15.2
Hawke's Bay 5,508 5.2 7,944 26.4 1,698 36.9 642 20.6 96 19.5 14,349 10.5
Taranaki 3,273 3.9 2,514 17.4 294 23.8 261 14.4 6 2.7 5,871 6.1
Manawatu-Whanganui 6,798 4.1 6,900 18.2 1,479 28.2 1,020 14.0 183 17.0 14,535 7.1
Wellington 14,118 4.4 9,996 19.7 11,340 35.6 5,232 15.4 1,434 28.0 38,424 9.1
Tasman 1,560 4.0 327 11.5 48 16.3 93 18.8 3 2.9 1,959 4.7
Nelson 1,350 3.8 486 14.9 183 27.5 150 15.7 15 9.6 2,103 5.2
Marlborough 1,287 3.7 591 15.3 207 35.9 96 18.3 45 30.6 2,100 5.4
West Coast 903 3.5 276 10.6 48 19.5 24 8.6 3 5.0 1,176 4.2
Canterbury 15,777 3.7 4,731 14.0 3,198 31.9 4,158 15.2 579 17.9 27,489 5.6
Otago 5,097 3.2 1,131 10.3 510 18.4 858 13.0 231 19.8 7,689 4.3
Southland 2,394 3.1 1,053 11.0 234 18.0 120 11.8 12 8.3 3,516 4.1

Household crowding, by age, 2006

Region 0 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Northland 4,482 22.3 2,214 18.9 2,979 19.7 3,792 12.0 1,836 5.3 381 2.1 15,678 11.9
Auckland 43,023 24.0 20,277 21.8 42,642 23.4 52,560 14.2 25,251 9.3 6,270 5.6 190,017 15.7
Waikato 8,742 16.3 4,209 14.5 7,848 15.9 8,550 9.0 3,879 4.6 786 1.9 34,017 9.6
Bay of Plenty 6,738 18.6 3,228 16.2 4,944 17.4 6,321 10.3 2,763 4.7 600 1.8 24,594 10.4
Gisborne 1,653 23.7 804 21.1 1,266 24.8 1,473 14.6 738 7.7 171 3.8 6,099 15.2
Hawke's Bay 3,936 19.1 1,839 16.0 3,000 18.0 3,585 10.2 1,683 4.8 309 1.7 14,349 10.5
Taranaki 1,551 11.3 804 10.2 1,320 11.1 1,449 5.7 633 2.6 108 0.8 5,871 6.1
Manawatu-Whanganui 3,849 12.9 1,851 11.1 3,306 11.5 3,591 6.8 1,617 3.2 327 1.2 14,535 7.1
Wellington 8,397 14.3 4,119 13.6 9,636 15.8 10,482 8.2 4,803 4.9 981 2.2 38,424 9.1
Tasman 480 8.1 231 6.8 411 9.4 537 4.9 270 2.3 36 0.7 1,959 4.7
Nelson 483 9.7 222 7.5 540 10.4 555 5.1 270 2.5 36 0.7 2,103 5.2
Marlborough 444 9.3 252 9.2 444 11.0 618 6.2 288 2.6 54 0.9 2,100 5.4
West Coast 282 7.8 162 7.2 222 7.4 321 4.2 159 2.0 24 0.7 1,176 4.2
Canterbury 5,769 8.9 2,979 8.5 7,299 10.8 7,368 5.3 3,432 2.8 642 1.0 27,489 5.6
Otago 1,458 6.9 687 5.8 2,421 8.3 2,139 4.5 858 1.9 123 0.5 7,689 4.3
Southland 921 7.7 465 6.9 795 7.4 912 4.0 366 1.7 60 0.6 3,516 4.1

Household crowding, by sex, 2006

Region Male Female
Number % Number %
Northland 7,587 11.8 8,097 12.1
Auckland 91,980 15.6 98,034 15.8
Waikato 16,482 9.5 17,535 9.7
Bay of Plenty 11,997 10.4 12,594 10.3
Gisborne 2,934 15.0 3,168 15.4
Hawke's Bay 6,909 10.4 7,440 10.6
Taranaki 2,931 6.2 2,940 6.0
Manawatu-Whanganui 7,095 7.1 7,443 7.0
Wellington 18,645 9.1 19,782 9.1
Tasman 969 4.7 984 4.7
Nelson 1,095 5.6 1,011 4.9
Marlborough 1,047 5.5 1,056 5.4
West Coast 627 4.4 546 3.9
Canterbury 13,596 5.6 13,893 5.5
Otago 3,882 4.5 3,804 4.2
Southland 1,704 4.0 1,812 4.2

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