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How much do we pay on our housing rental? (Housing rental quartiles)

Rental payments are not comparable over time because of the influences of economic change such as inflation. The rental payment quartile method has been adopted as the most objective method of comparing change in the cost of rental housing of a community over time. The rental payment quartile method assumes an even distribution within each payment group. Quartiles are calculated from New Zealand housing rental statistics.

Rental payment quartilesWeekly payment range
200620011996
Lowest group$0 to $135$0 to $105$0 to $107
Medium lowest$136 to $212$106 to $165$108 to $150
Medium highest$212 to $290$165 to $229$150 to $195
Highest group$290 and over$229 and over$195 and over
Housing rental payment quartiles
(renting households)		Maxwell
20062001Change
Usual residencenumber%Wanganui District %number%Wanganui District %2001 to 2006
Lowest group3756.149.73149.239.96
Medium lowest2537.941.82641.347.2-1
Medium highest46.16.969.511.2-2
Highest group00.01.600.01.80
Total66100.0100.063100.0100.03

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

Please refer to the specific data notes for more information.

Rental payments are not comparable over time because of the influences of economic change such as inflation. The rental payment quartile method has been adopted as the most objective method of comparing change in the cost of rental housing of a community over time.

Rent quartiles look at the distribution of rental payments in Wanganui District Council relative to New Zealand. Quartiles split the total number of households into four equal parts for New Zealand. The table shows the number and proportion of households in Wanganui District Council falling into each segment relative to New Zealand.

The table gives a clear picture of the level of rental payments in Wanganui District Council relative to New Zealand. For New Zealand, 25% of households fall into each category, so by comparison, the table will show if there are more or less households in Wanganui District Council with high (or low) rent than in Wanganui District. If, for example, Wanganui District Council has 30% in the top category and only 20% in the lowest, this indicates that Wanganui District Council has proportionally more households paying 'top-quarter' rents, and less paying 'bottom-quarter' rents.

Rental payment quartiles allow us to compare rents over time. Analysis of the distribution of households by rental payment quartiles in Maxwell compared to Wanganui District shows that there was lower proportion of households in the highest payment quartile, and a higher proportion in the lowest payment quartile.

The most significant change in housing rental statistics in Maxwell between 2001 and 2006 was in the Lowest group quartile which showed an increase of 6 households.

Housing rental payment quartiles, Maxwell and Wanganui District, 2006 (Usual residence) 1.6% Highest group, Wanganui District 6.9% Medium highest, Wanganui District 41.8% Medium lowest, Wanganui District 49.7% Lowest group, Wanganui District 0.0% Highest group, Maxwell 6.1% Medium highest, Maxwell 37.9% Medium lowest, Maxwell 56.1% Lowest group, Maxwell
Change in housing rental payment quartiles, Maxwell, 2001 to 2006 (Usual residence) +0 Highest group -2 Medium highest -1 Medium lowest +6 Lowest group
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