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Population with low incomes Household crowding

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).

This image is a visual representation of the data for this indicator. See the table below this image for the information.

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.

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