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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn Maungataniwha-Raupunga, 43.0% of households were made up of family type 'couples with children' compared with 33.6% in Wairoa District 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, Maungataniwha-Raupunga's family data should be viewed in conjunction with Households, Household Size, Age Structure and Dwelling Type data.
Q:
Derived from the Census questions:
'How is each person in the household related to you?'
| Family types | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maungataniwha-Raupunga | 2018 | 2006 | Change | ||||
| Family by type | Number | % | Wairoa District % | Number | % | Wairoa District % | 2006 to 2018 |
| Couples with children | 111 | 43.0 | 33.6 | 135 | 43.3 | 37.3 | -24 |
| Couple with dependent children | 96 | 37.2 | 28.0 | 117 | 37.5 | 32.0 | -21 |
| Couple with adult children only | 15 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 18 | 5.8 | 5.0 | -3 |
| Couple with children - dependency status unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| One parent families | 57 | 22.1 | 26.8 | 69 | 22.1 | 25.9 | -12 |
| One parent family with dependent children | 45 | 17.4 | 19.7 | 57 | 18.3 | 21.0 | -12 |
| One parent family with adult children only | 12 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 12 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 0 |
| One parent family with children - dependency status unknown | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Couple without children | 90 | 34.9 | 39.6 | 108 | 34.6 | 36.8 | -18 |
| Total families | 258 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 312 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -54 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the family types in Maungataniwha-Raupunga in 2018 compared to Wairoa District shows that there was a higher proportion of couple families with child(ren) as well as a lower proportion of one-parent families. Overall, 43.0% of total families were couple families with child(ren), and 22.1% were one-parent families, compared with 33.6% and 26.8% respectively for Wairoa District.
There were a lower proportion of couples without children in Maungataniwha-Raupunga, 34.9% compared to 39.6% in Wairoa District.
Emerging groups
The number of families in Maungataniwha-Raupunga decreased by 54 between 2006 and 2018.
There were no major differences in Maungataniwha-Raupunga between 2006 and 2018.
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