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Wairoa DistrictCommunity profile

Wairoa District

Family types

In Wairoa District, 33.6% of households were made up of family type 'couples with children' compared with 37.7% in Gisborne Region in 2018.

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, Wairoa District's family data should be viewed in conjunction with Households, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type data.

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Derived from the Census questions:

'How is each person in the household related to you?'

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Family types
Wairoa District20182013Change
Family by typeNumber%Gisborne Region %Number%Gisborne Region %2013 to 2018
Couples with children65133.637.772334.937.2-72
Couple with dependent children54328.030.960929.431.7-66
Couple with adult children only1085.66.6994.85.2+9
Couple with children - dependency status unknown00.00.2150.70.3-15
One parent families51926.825.854626.327.8-27
One parent family with dependent children38119.718.840819.721.4-27
One parent family with adult children only1387.16.91296.26.2+9
One parent family with children - dependency status unknown00.00.290.40.2-9
Couple without children76839.636.580438.835.0-36
Total families1,938100.0100.02,073100.0100.0-135
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (informed decisions).
Stats NZ data quality rating: Moderate
Please refer to specific data notes for more information

Dominant groups

Analysis of the family types in Wairoa District in 2018 compared to Gisborne 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, 33.6% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 26.8% were one-parent families, compared with 37.7% and 25.8% respectively for Gisborne Region.

There were a higher proportion of couples without children in Wairoa District, 39.6% compared to 36.5% in Gisborne Region.

Emerging groups

The number of families in Wairoa District decreased by 135 between 2013 and 2018.

The largest change in family types in Wairoa District between 2013 and 2018 was:

  • Couple with dependent children (-66 households)

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