Household crowding

Regional differences

Levels of household crowding vary greatly across different territorial authorities. 

The territorial authorities with the highest proportions of young people aged 15 to 24 living in crowded households were Manukau City (33.1 percent), Opotiki District (30 percent) and Kawerau District (28.8 percent).  Young people aged 15 to 24 were least likely to be living in crowded households in Waimate District (3.9 percent), Southland District (4.5 percent) and Waitaki District (5.1 percent).

Proportion of young people aged 15 to 24 living in households requiring one or more additional bedrooms, by territorial authority, 2006
Territorial Authority Proportion (%)
Far North District 26.1
Whangarei District 16.8
Kaipara District 13.3
Rodney District 9.1
North Shore City 12.1
Waitakere City 21.9
Auckland City 24.6
Manukau City 33.1
Papakura District 24.6
Franklin District 13.5
Thames-Coromandel District 10.6
Hauraki District 13.8
Waikato District 18.0
Matamata-Piako District 11.1
Hamilton City 17.6
Waipa District 11.2
Otorohanga District 12.8
South Waikato District 17.9
Waitomo District 21.1
Taupo District 16.9
Western Bay of Plenty District 14.2
Tauranga City 13.1
Rotorua District 19.7
Whakatane District 23.4
Kawerau District 28.8
Opotiki District 30.0
Gisborne District 24.8
Wairoa District 26.7
Hastings District 20.6
Napier City 14.8
Central Hawke's Bay District 12.8
New Plymouth District 11.4
Stratford District 9.2
South Taranaki District 11.1
Ruapehu District 17.9
Wanganui District 13.8
Rangitikei District 10.6
Manawatu District 8.5
Palmerston North City 10.3
Tararua District 9.6
Horowhenua District 15.0
Kapiti Coast District 9.7
Porirua City 27.0
Upper Hutt City 11.5
Hutt City 20.1
Wellington City 13.7
Masterton District 12.2
Carterton District 7.4
South Wairarapa District 7.7
Tasman District 9.4
Nelson City 10.4
Marlborough District 11
Kaikoura District 9.7
Buller District 6.1
Grey District 7.7
Westland District 9.1
Hurunui District 8.1
Waimakariri District 8.3
Christchurch City 12.1
Selwyn District 5.9
Ashburton District 7.1
Timaru District 6.6
Mackenzie District 6.1
Waimate District 3.9
Chatham Islands 10
Waitaki District 5.1
Central Otago District 6.6
Queenstown-Lakes District 11.3
Dunedin City 8.4
Clutha District 6.7
Southland District 4.5
Gore District 7.7
Invercargill City 8.7

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census.