What are household and family estimates, counts and projections?
Household and family estimates, counts and projections provide information on the number of households and families in New Zealand or in an area within New Zealand, including information on different types of households and families.
What are household and family estimates, counts and projections used for?
Family and household statistics provide information on how New Zealand society is structured. The number of families and households, together with their size and composition, provides information on housing needs, requirements for social services, changing social relationships within New Zealand (at both the national and the regional levels) and the relationship between social, environmental and economic dynamics.
Resources
Household estimates by tenure
Latest estimated number of households in New Zealand. Estimated private dwellings is a measure of the private dwelling stock in New Zealand and includes occupied and unoccupied dwellings. Published by Statistics New Zealand.
National family and household projections
Information release of the latest family and household projections. Published by Statistics New Zealand.
Subnational Family and Household Projections
Information release of the projected number of families and households in regions and territorial authorities within New Zealand. Published by Statistics New Zealand.
Families and Households 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings
Reference report on the demographic, social and economic characteristics of the different types of families and households in which New Zealanders live. Published by Statistics New Zealand, 2002.
Families and Households 1996 Census of Population and Dwellings
Reference report on the characteristics of New Zealand's population, households and dwellings. Published by Statistics New Zealand, 1998.
Defining families
Includes issues to be aware of. Created for the Population and Sustainable Development website, 2004.
Experts
For further information email the Demography Division of Statistics New Zealand or write to:
Robert Didham
Demography Division
Statistics New Zealand
Dollan House
401 Madras Street
Private Bag 4741
Christchurch.