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Rongotai - Moa Point

What type of households do we live in?

Derived from the Census question, "How is each person in the household related to you?"

The Family and Household structure of Rongotai - Moa Point is an indicator of the area’s residential role and function (relating to the types of housing markets attracted to the area). It is usually indicative of the area’s era of settlement and what stage the area is in a cycle of change. It provides key insights into the level of demand for services and facilities (as most services and facilities are age- and household type-specific), and how that demand is changing.

To get a more complete picture of its demographic characteristics, Rongotai - Moa Point's Family and Household type data should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Structure data.

Family and Household typesRongotai - Moa Point
20062001Change
Usual residence
Family types
number%Wellington City %number%Wellington City %2001 to 2006
Couple with dependent children10237.036.111138.136.2-9
Couple with adult children only248.77.1217.27.53
Couple with children - dependency status unknown00.00.100.00.10
Total couples with children12645.743.213245.443.9-6
One parent family with dependent children4817.49.85117.510.4-3
One parent family with adult children only155.44.5217.24.6-6
One parent family with children - dependency status unknown00.00.100.00.10
Total one parent families6322.814.47224.715.0-9
Couple without children8731.542.48729.941.20
Family type unknown00.00.000.00.00
Total families276100.0100.0291100.0100.0-15
One family households24064.062.025264.161.4-12
Multi-family households184.81.8184.61.50
Related individuals, non family30.80.830.80.90
Group household (unrelated)246.49.0246.18.90
Sole person household8422.424.68722.125.1-3
Non-classifiable household61.61.792.32.2-3
Total households375100.0100.0393100.0100.0-18

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

Please refer to the specific data notes for more information.

These data describe the type of family and non-family households within a dwelling.

The first section of the table counts family units in family households, and breaks them down by the presence of couples, single parents, and dependent and adult children. This classification of a family includes persons who are temporarily absent from the family on Census night.

The second section counts households. Households can contain up to three families, or a sole person, group of unrelated individuals (flatmates etc.) or other household.

The 'Non-classifiable household' category includes all those households where not enough information was provided on the Census form to identify the composition of that household.

'Couple with dependent children' and 'One parent family with dependent children' includes all families with children under the age of 18 years who were not employed full time.

'Couple with adult children only' and 'One parent family with adult children only' includes all families with no dependent children, but with children aged over 18 present, or children under 18 and in full time employment.

'Related individuals, non-family' includes all households of individuals who are related but do not form a couple or parent-child relationship. Eg. brother-sister, uncle-nephew etc.

Dataset includes same sex couple families.

As the data are counting households, only enumerated counts are applicable. Households where all members were absent on Census night are excluded from the count because their dwellings are unoccupied.

Analysis of the family types in Rongotai - Moa Point in 2006 compared to Wellington City shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families.

Overall, 45.7% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 22.8% were one-parent families, compared with 43.2% and 14.4% respectively for Wellington City.

Between 2001 and 2006 there were no numerically significant changes in Rongotai - Moa Point's families and households data.

Comparing Household types between Rongotai - Moa Point and Wellington City in 2006 reveals a higher proportion of one family households, but a lower proportion of sole person households. One family households in Rongotai - Moa Point accounted for 64.0% of total households, while sole person households comprised 22.4%, (62.0% and 24.6% respectively for Wellington City).

Between 2001 and 2006 in Rongotai - Moa Point, there was a slight decrease in the number of One family households (-12), a slight decrease in sole person households (-3) and no change in group households (+0).

62.0% One family households,
 Wellington City 1.8% Multi-family households,
 Wellington City 0.8% Related individuals, non family,
 Wellington City 9.0% Group household (unrelated),
 Wellington City 24.6% Sole person household,
 Wellington City 1.7% Non-classifiable household,
 Wellington City 64.0% One family households,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 4.8% Multi-family households,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 0.8% Related individuals, non family,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 6.4% Group household (unrelated),
 Rongotai - Moa Point 22.4% Sole person household,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 1.6% Non-classifiable household,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 36.1% Couple with dependent children,
 Wellington City 7.1% Couple with adult children only,
 Wellington City 43.2% Total couples with children,
 Wellington City 9.8% One parent family with dependent children,
 Wellington City 4.5% One parent family with adult children only,
 Wellington City 14.4% Total one parent families,
 Wellington City 42.4% Couple without children,
 Wellington City 37.0% Couple with dependent children,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 8.7% Couple with adult children only,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 45.7% Total couples with children,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 17.4% One parent family with dependent children,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 5.4% One parent family with adult children only,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 22.8% Total one parent families,
 Rongotai - Moa Point 31.5% Couple without children,
 Rongotai - Moa Point
-12 One family households +0 Multi-family households +0 Related individuals, non family +0 Group household (unrelated) -3 Sole person household -3 Non-classifiable household -9 Couple with dependent children +3 Couple with adult children only -6 Total couples with children -3 One parent family with dependent children -6 One parent family with adult children only -9 Total one parent families +0 Couple without children
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Area: Rongotai - Moa Point
Data: Usual residence
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