Meshblock Dataset

Geographies

About people

About families

About households

About dwellings

Geographies

  • Meshblock
  • Area unit
  • Ward (where applicable)
  • Territorial authority
  • Regional council

About people

  • Census usually resident population count
  • Census night population count

Based on census usually resident population count:

  • Sex
  • Age in five-year age groups
  • Median age
  • Years at usual residence
  • Usual residence five years ago indicator
  • Birthplace
  • Years since arrival in New Zealand
  • Ethnic groups – grouped total responses
  • Languages spoken
  • Māori descent
  • Religious affiliation

Based on census usually resident population count aged 15 years and over:

  • Cigarette smoking behaviour
  • Legal marital status
  • Social marital status
  • Tenure holder
  • Number of children born
  • Highest qualification
  • Study participation
  • Sources of personal income – total responses
  • Total personal income
  • Median personal income
  • Work and labour force status
  • Unpaid activities – total responses

Based on census usually resident population count aged 15 years and over and employed:

  • Status in employment
  • Occupation – ANZSCO major group
  • Occupation – ANZSCO major group, workplace address
  • Occupation – NZSCO99 major group
  • Occupation – NZSCO99 major group, workplace address
  • Industry – ANZSIC06 division
  • Industry – ANZSIC06 division
  • Industry – ANZSIC96 v4.1 division industry – ANZSIC06 division
  • Industry – ANZSIC96 v4.1 division 
  • Hours worked in employment per week
  • Main means of travel to work

About families

  • Total families (in private occupied dwellings)

Families in private occupied dwellings:

  • Family type
  • Total family income
  • Median family income
  • Sources of family income – total responses

About households

  • Number of usual residents in household
  • Mean number of usual household members

Households in private occupied dwellings:

  • Total households
  • Household composition
  • Total household income
  • Median household income
  • Sources of household income – total responses
  • Tenure of household
  • Number of motor vehicles to which the household has access
  • Access to telecommunications – total responses 

Households in rented private occupied dwellings:

  • Sector of landlord
  • Weekly rent paid
  • Mean weekly rent paid
  • Median weekly rent paid

About dwellings

  • Total private occupied dwellings
  • Dwelling record type (for occupied dwellings)

Private occupied dwellings:

  • Number of rooms
  • Number of bedrooms
  • Mean number of bedrooms
  • Median number of bedrooms
  • Fuel types used to heat dwelling – total responses

Note: Users should be aware that the Meshblock Dataset is not intended to facilitate the cross-tabulation of data. Cross-tabulation of the information in the various fields will lead to inaccurate results.