Housing

Statistics about housing provide information on physical dwellings and the people living in them.

Reports and articles

• Progress report for the 2009 Review of Housing Statistics: December 2011
• Review of Housing Statistics Report 2009
• Apartment Dwellers: 2006 Census 
• Downtown Dwellers 2005 (2001 Census)
• Crowding Analytical Report (based on 2001 Census data)
• Statistics on Housing Affordability (based on 2003/04 data) 
• House price measurement in New Zealand and Australia.

Data/statistics

• Housing Indicators (based on 2006 Census data and previous censuses)
• Housing Quality Statistics: Table builder tables (based on 2001 Census data and other sources)
• Housing Affordability tables (based on 2003/04 HES data)

Information about data

• Homelessness definition
• Tenure of household classification

Related topics

Construction

• Building Consents Issued 
  This monthly release contains statistics about the number, floor area, and value of new dwellings, and the value of alterations to existing dwellings. Data for consents valued at $5,000 or more is obtained each month from all territorial authorities, and measures the intention to build.
• Value of Building Work Put in Place 
  This quarterly release provides estimates of the actual dollar value of work put in place on construction jobs in New Zealand

Census

•  QuickStats About Housing
  These QuickStats examine New Zealand's household and dwelling population from the 2006 Census including the size of households and dwellings, ownership of dwellings, rental costs, and fuel types used for heating. Some comparisons over time are also included.
• About households, families, and dwellings
  These classification counts from the 2006 Census show national totals of the finer details about population and dwellings. They contain information about key variables, including dwelling type, tenure of household, and weekly rent paid by household.

Housing data in the consumer price index

• Consumers price index (CPI)
  The CPI includes a range of data related to housing. The Price Index News has articles about the CPI including:
  • Home ownership in the Consumers Price Index
  • Rented dwellings in the CPI.

Dwelling and household estimates

• Dwelling and Household Estimates 
  Estimates of all private dwellings in New Zealand at a given date and estimates of the number of households in New Zealand at a given date.

Household Economic Survey

• Household Economic Survey and Household Economic Survey (Income) 
  These releases provide information on income and expenditure for households in New Zealand.

New Zealand General Social Survey

• New Zealand General Social Survey
  The New Zealand General Social Survey (NZGSS) provides information on the well-being of New Zealanders aged 15 years and over.  It covers a wide range of social and economic outcomes, including housing quality, and shows how outcomes are distributed across different groups within the New Zealand population, including owner-occupiers and renters.