Earlier this month I did a brief
analysis of state housing stock based on
MSD data publicly available (released Feb 2015).
Of 63,988 households, 18,539 are described as "one-person". 29 percent.
Talking about the Housing NZ stock not matching the need in parliament yesterday, Bill English
said:
Hon BILL ENGLISH : Around
one-third of Housing New Zealand houses—$18.7 billion
worth of them—are the wrong size and in the wrong place.
Just, for instance, 45 percent of current tenancies are for
one single person—45 percent of our houses are occupied by
one person—but only 9 percent of the housing stock has one
bedroom.
I immediately thought the first figure was too high so went back and double-checked my figures.
The data is split initially into five main regions, then broken down further. The following is the largest region in terms of tenancies, East and South Auckland:
|
Total |
% |
Couple only |
794 |
4.7% |
Couple only
and other person(s) |
70 |
0.4% |
Couple with
child(ren) |
3,873 |
22.8% |
Couple with
child(ren) and other person(s) |
533 |
3.1% |
Household of
related and unrelated people |
223 |
1.3% |
Household of
related people |
1,746 |
10.3% |
Household of
unrelated people |
111 |
0.7% |
One parent
with child(ren) |
5,878 |
34.7% |
One parent
with child(ren) and other person(s) |
1,183 |
7.0% |
One-person
household |
2,501 |
14.7% |
Other
multi-person household nfd |
51 |
0.3% |
Total |
16,963 |
| |
The next one is Northland, Western and Central Auckland (though the percentages do not add up and neither do they in the remaining areas.)
|
Total |
% |
Couple only |
979 |
5.8% |
Couple only
and other person(s) |
50 |
0.3% |
Couple with
child(ren) |
2,623 |
15.5% |
Couple with
child(ren) and other person(s) |
332 |
2.0% |
Household of
related and unrelated people |
139 |
0.8% |
Household of
related people |
1,019 |
6.0% |
Household of
unrelated people |
214 |
1.3% |
One parent
with child(ren) |
4,290 |
25.3% |
One parent
with child(ren) and other person(s) |
717 |
4.2% |
One-person
household |
4,618 |
27.2% |
Other
multi-person household nfd |
41 |
0.2% |
Total |
15,022 |
|
You can check the rest of the data yourself if interested. Time constraints at this end. Perhaps the error lies with me but I can't see it.