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

The percentage of the population living in households requiring at least one additional bedroom1
Region |
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 |
New Zealand |
12.8 |
11.8 |
10.9 |
10.1 |
10.4 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand Note: (1) Crowding as defined by the Canadian Crowding Index. |