South Wairarapa District
Family types
In the South Wairarapa District, 35.8% of households were made up of family type 'couples with children' compared with 42.0% in the Wellington 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 South Wairarapa 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 | |||||||||
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| South Wairarapa District | 2013 | 2006 | Change | ||||||
| Family by type | Number | % | Wellington Region % | Number | % | Wellington Region % | 2006 to 2013 | ||
| Couples with children | 984 | 35.8 | 42.0 | 933 | 37.2 | 42.4 | +51 | 569 | 1425 |
| Couple with dependent children | 846 | 30.8 | 34.4 | 798 | 31.8 | 35.2 | +48 | 570 | 1425 |
| Couple with adult children only | 132 | 4.8 | 7.5 | 129 | 5.1 | 7.1 | +3 | 571 | 1425 |
| Couple with children - dependency status unknown | 6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 572 | 1425 |
| One parent families | 354 | 12.9 | 17.0 | 309 | 12.3 | 17.6 | +45 | 573 | 1425 |
| One parent family with dependent children | 276 | 10.0 | 11.9 | 249 | 9.9 | 12.9 | +27 | 574 | 1425 |
| One parent family with adult children only | 78 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 60 | 2.4 | 4.6 | +18 | 575 | 1425 |
| One parent family with children - dependency status unknown | -- | -- | 0.1 | -- | -- | 0.1 | -- | 576 | 1425 |
| Couple without children | 1,413 | 51.4 | 41.0 | 1,269 | 50.5 | 40.0 | +144 | 578 | 1425 |
| Total families | 2,751 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 2,511 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +240 | ||
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 South Wairarapa District in 2013 compared to the Wellington Region shows that there was a lower proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 35.8% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 12.9% were one-parent families, compared with 42.0% and 17.0% respectively for the Wellington Region.
There were a higher proportion of couples without children in South Wairarapa District, 51.4% compared to 41.0% in the Wellington Region.
Emerging groups
The number of families in South Wairarapa District increased by 240 between 2006 and 2013.
The largest change in family types in the South Wairarapa District between 2006 and 2013 was:
- Couple without children (+144 households)