Wadestown
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 Wadestown 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, Wadestown's Family and Household type data should be viewed in conjunction with Age Structure and Dwelling Structure data.
| Family and Household types | Wadestown |
| 2006 | 2001 | Change |
Usual residence
Family types | number | % | Wellington City % | number | % | Wellington City % | 2001 to 2006 |
| Couple with dependent children | 414 | 41.9 | 36.1 | 351 | 39.8 | 36.2 | 63 |
| Couple with adult children only | 54 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 66 | 7.5 | 7.5 | -12 |
| Couple with children - dependency status unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -3 |
| Total couples with children | 468 | 47.4 | 43.2 | 420 | 47.6 | 43.9 | 48 |
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| One parent family with dependent children | 51 | 5.2 | 9.8 | 51 | 5.8 | 10.4 | 0 |
| One parent family with adult children only | 30 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 24 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 6 |
| One parent family with children - dependency status unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| Total one parent families | 81 | 8.2 | 14.4 | 75 | 8.5 | 15.0 | 6 |
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| Couple without children | 438 | 44.4 | 42.4 | 387 | 43.9 | 41.2 | 51 |
| Family type unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Total families | 987 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 882 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 105 |
| One family households | 966 | 70.3 | 62.0 | 864 | 66.5 | 61.4 | 102 |
| Multi-family households | 12 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 12 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Related individuals, non family | 9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 6 |
| Group household (unrelated) | 78 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 114 | 8.8 | 8.9 | -36 |
| Sole person household | 303 | 22.1 | 24.6 | 294 | 22.6 | 25.1 | 9 |
| Non-classifiable household | 6 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 12 | 0.9 | 2.2 | -6 |
| Total households | 1,374 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 1,299 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 75 |
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 Wadestown in 2006 compared to Wellington City shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) but a lower proportion of one-parent families.
Overall, 47.4% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 8.2% were one-parent families, compared with 43.2% and 14.4% respectively for Wellington City.
The largest changes in family types in Wadestown between 2001 and 2006 were:
- Couple with dependent children (+63 families), and;
- Couple without children (+51 families).
Comparing Household types between Wadestown 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 Wadestown accounted for 70.3% of total households, while sole person households comprised 22.1%, (62.0% and 24.6% respectively for Wellington City).
Between 2001 and 2006 in Wadestown, there was an increase in the number of One family households (+102), an increase in sole person households (+9) and a slight decrease in group households (-36).
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