Wairoa District
Family types
In the Wairoa District, 34.8% of households were made up of family type 'couples with children' compared with 36.8% in the Hawke's Bay Region in 2013.
Households with Children require different services and facilities than other household types, and their needs change as both adults and children age. When many families in an area are at the same stage in their individual lifecycles, it creates a suburb lifecycle. Knowing where a suburb is in a cycle of change helps planners make evidence-based decisions about the demand for services both now and in the future.
To continue building the story, the Wairoa District's family data should be viewed in conjunction with Households, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type data.
Derived from the Census questions:
'How is each person in the household related to you?'
Total families
| Family types | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wairoa District | 2013 | 2006 | Change | ||||||
| Family by type | Number | % | Hawke's Bay Region % | Number | % | Hawke's Bay Region % | 2006 to 2013 | ||
| Couples with children | 720 | 34.8 | 36.8 | 825 | 37.4 | 38.6 | -105 | 569 | 1425 |
| Couple with dependent children | 606 | 29.3 | 30.9 | 711 | 32.2 | 32.7 | -105 | 570 | 1425 |
| Couple with adult children only | 105 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 114 | 5.2 | 5.8 | -9 | 571 | 1425 |
| Couple with children - dependency status unknown | 9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -- | -- | 0.1 | -- | 572 | 1425 |
| One parent families | 543 | 26.3 | 21.0 | 570 | 25.8 | 21.0 | -27 | 573 | 1425 |
| One parent family with dependent children | 408 | 19.7 | 16.0 | 462 | 20.9 | 16.6 | -54 | 574 | 1425 |
| One parent family with adult children only | 129 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 108 | 4.9 | 4.3 | +21 | 575 | 1425 |
| One parent family with children - dependency status unknown | 6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -- | -- | 0.1 | -- | 576 | 1425 |
| Couple without children | 804 | 38.9 | 42.2 | 813 | 36.8 | 40.4 | -9 | 578 | 1425 |
| Total families | 2,067 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,208 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -141 | ||
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window) 2006 and 2013. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window) , the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the family types in the Wairoa District in 2013 compared to the Hawke's Bay Region shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a higher proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 34.8% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 26.3% were one-parent families, compared with 36.8% and 21.0% respectively for the Hawke's Bay Region.
There were a lower proportion of couples without children in Wairoa District, 38.9% compared to 42.2% in the Hawke's Bay Region.
Emerging groups
The number of families in Wairoa District decreased by 141 between 2006 and 2013.
The largest changes in family types in the Wairoa District between 2006 and 2013 were:
- Couple with dependent children (-105 households)
- One parent family with dependent children (-54 households)