Background
This report focuses on crowding as a major housing issue and is the first of a series of housing analytical reports based on the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings. The objective of this report is to provide an analysis of crowding in New Zealand. The concept of crowding is a problematic one, as it can be culturally dependent and relies partly on personal responses to space. Thus the report discusses cultural and international concepts of housing and attempts to use definitions that apply most directly to the New Zealand context. The report:
- Discusses changes in New Zealand housing and occupancy over time
- Applies a number of crowding indices to New Zealand households and examines the economic, social and ethnic characteristics of crowded households
- Discusses the social, educational and health implications of crowded housing, acknowledging that for some people crowded housing may have benefits as well as disadvantages
- Acknowledges the limitations of any crowding index that cannot take the physical condition and size of housing into account when determining the possible effects of crowded housing.
Report
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Detailed tables
Many of the figures contained in the Crowding Analytical Report were produced from more detailed tables, which output data by regional council (RC), territorial authority (TA) and urban area (UA). Click here to access the tables.