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What are our household sources of income?

Derived from the Census question, "Show all the ways you yourself got income in the 12 months ending today (excluding loans because they are not income)?" This is a multiple response question.

Relates only to persons aged 15 years or more.

Income sources data is a useful addition to Income data as an indicator of socio-economic status. With other data sources, such as Household Income statistics, Educational Qualifications and Occupation data, it helps to evaluate the economic opportunities and socio-economic status of Wadestown and differentiate between market and non-market source of income. The sources of income that a household relies on are linked to a number of factors:

  • the number and age of people in the household;
  • the type of employment undertaken by the household members.
  • the presence of students in the household; and
  • the percentage of people unemployed or on other income support benefits.
Sources of household incomeWadestown
20062001Change
Usual residencenumber%Wellington City %number%Wellington City %2001 to 2006
Wages, salary, commissions, bonuses etc1,12581.976.51,04180.174.584
Self-employment or business45933.426.146235.625.3-3
Interest, dividends, rent, other invest.87363.542.785265.645.921
Payments from a work accident insurer241.71.8211.62.13
NZ superannuation or veterans pension17112.413.616212.514.39
Other super, pensions, annuities1178.56.11148.86.93
Sickness benefit151.12.7120.92.23
Unemployment benefit302.26.0876.79.6-57
Domestic purposes benefit90.72.890.73.60
Invalids benefit120.92.390.72.03
Student allowance513.75.8634.86.9-12
Other govt benefits, payments or pension574.14.8241.84.433
Other sources of income846.16.2695.35.215
No source of income during that time60.40.660.50.50
Not stated211.53.6211.63.90
Total households1,374100.0100.01,299100.0100.075
Total responses3,0542,952102

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings, 2006, 2001 and 1996.

Please refer to the specific data notes for more information.

Sources of income includes all sources which individuals in the household have identified as having received income from in the 12 months ended March in the Census year.

Sources of income is a multiple response question, and as most households have income from more than one source, the sum of all responses is likely to be significantly in excess of the total population. Percentages are calculated from the total population, so percentages will add to well over 100% in most cases.

'Superannuation, Pensions, Annuities' includes the categories 'NZ Superannuation or Veterans Pension' and 'Other Super., Pensions, Annuities'.

'Government Benefits and Payments' includes 'Sickness Benefit', 'Domestic Purposes Benefit', 'Invalids Benefit' and 'Other Govt Benefits, Payments or Pension'.

Analysis of Wadestown's income sources in 2006 compared to Wellington City's income sources shows that there was a higher proportion of households who identified wages and salaries as an income source, a higher proportion of households who identified self employment or business as an income source, and a lower proportion that identified government benefits as an income source.

Overall, 81.9% of households identified wages and salaries, 33.4% self employment or business, and 12.6% government benefits as an income source, compared with 76.5%, 26.1% and 24.3% for Wellington City respectively.

The major differences between Wadestown's household income sources and Wellington City household income sources were:

  • A larger percentage of Interest, dividends, rent, other invest. (63.5% compared to 42.7%), and;
  • A larger percentage of Self-employment or business (33.4% compared to 26.1%).

The largest changes in Wadestown's household income sources between 2001 and 2006 were:

  • Wages, salary, commissions, bonuses etc (+84 households), and;
  • Unemployment benefit (-57 households).
Sources of household income in Wadestown and Wellington City, 2006 (Usual residence) 76.5% Wages, salary, commissions, bonuses etc, Wellington City 26.1% Self-employment or business, Wellington City 42.7% Interest, dividends, rent, other invest., Wellington City 1.8% Payments from a work accident insurer, Wellington City 13.6% NZ superannuation or veterans pension, Wellington City 6.1% Other super, pensions, annuities, Wellington City 2.7% Sickness benefit, Wellington City 6.0% Unemployment benefit, Wellington City 2.8% Domestic purposes benefit, Wellington City 2.3% Invalids benefit, Wellington City 5.8% Student allowance, Wellington City 4.8% Other govt benefits, payments or pension, Wellington City 6.2% Other sources of income, Wellington City 0.6% No source of income during that time, Wellington City 3.6% Not stated, Wellington City 81.9% Wages, salary, commissions, bonuses etc, Wadestown 33.4% Self-employment or business, Wadestown 63.5% Interest, dividends, rent, other invest., Wadestown 1.7% Payments from a work accident insurer, Wadestown 12.4% NZ superannuation or veterans pension, Wadestown 8.5% Other super, pensions, annuities, Wadestown 1.1% Sickness benefit, Wadestown 2.2% Unemployment benefit, Wadestown 0.7% Domestic purposes benefit, Wadestown 0.9% Invalids benefit, Wadestown 3.7% Student allowance, Wadestown 4.1% Other govt benefits, payments or pension, Wadestown 6.1% Other sources of income, Wadestown 0.4% No source of income during that time, Wadestown 1.5% Not stated, Wadestown
Change in sources of household income in Wadestown, 2001 to 2006 (Usual residence) +84 Wages, salary, commissions, bonuses etc -3 Self-employment or business +21 Interest, dividends, rent, other invest. +3 Payments from a work accident insurer +9 NZ superannuation or veterans pension +3 Other super, pensions, annuities +3 Sickness benefit -57 Unemployment benefit +0 Domestic purposes benefit +3 Invalids benefit -12 Student allowance +33 Other govt benefits, payments or pension +15 Other sources of income +0 No source of income during that time +0 Not stated
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