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Last reviewed: Thu, 23 May 2013

Housing

Source: Statistics New Zealand census of population and dwellings 2006

City wide

Occupied dwellings

1986

1991

1996

2001

2006

Christchurch City

104,181

110,490

119,760

126,648

135,261

Numeric change (over 5 years)

 

6309

9270

6888

8613

% Change (over 5 years)

 

6.1

8.4

5.8

6.8

New Zealand

1,095,750

1,185,396

1,283,991

1,368,204

1,478,709

Numeric change (over 5 years)

 

89,646

98,595

84,213

110,505

% Change (over 5 years)

 

8.2

8.3

6.6

8.1

  • Note: Some totals may differ between tables due to rounding.
  • The number of occupied dwellings in Christchurch City has steadily increased since 1986 with a peak in growth between 1991 and 1996. This is similar to trends at a national level.

Tenure type or partly owned

Christchurch

New Zealand 

Number

%

Number

%

Dwelling owned or partly owned by usual resident(s)

73,200

54.7

743,952

51.2

Dwelling not owned by usual resident(s)

41,235

30.8

451,965

31.1

Family trust

12,717

9.5

167,922

11.5

Not stated

6594

4.9

90,336

6.2

Total

133,743

100

1,454,175

100

  • Excludes visitor only households.
  • Note: Some totals may differ between tables due to rounding.

Landlord Type

Christchurch

New Zealand

Number

%

Number

%

Private person or trust

28,299

76.8

299,607

77.2

Local authority

1986

5.4

11,007

2.8

HNZC

4392

11.9

19,119

12.7

Other government

159

0.4

6162

1.6

Not stated

1986

5.4

22,077

5.7

Total

36,825

100

388,275

100

  • Excludes visitor only households.
  • Note: Some totals may differ between tables due to rounding.
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Ward and area unit

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Last reviewed: Thursday, May 23, 2013

Next review: Saturday, November 23, 2013

Keywords: census, house, housing, statistic, statistics, statistics demographics