1996 Census classification counts – family variables
Results from the 1996 Census of Population and Dwellings, published by Statistics
New Zealand
For more information about the 1996 Census go to www.stats.govt.nz/Census/1996census-data.aspx.
Contents page and publication details added January 2013
Contents
Counts for Family Variables ....................................................................................... 2
Family Record Type................................................................................................ 2
Family Type ............................................................................................................ 2
Family Indicator ...................................................................................................... 3
Type of Couple ....................................................................................................... 3
Number of People in Family ................................................................................... 3
Age Youngest Child in Family ................................................................................. 3
Age of Oldest Child in Family ................................................................................. 6
Total Family Income ............................................................................................... 9
Family Income Sources Specified........................................................................... 9
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Counts for Family Variables
Family Record Type
Family Person
Non-Family Person
All cells in this table have been randomly rounded to base 3
Families
949,497
-
People
2,888,265
703,167
Families
113,391
1,038
People
312,192
3,942
11,922
45,525
234
1,167
276
921
40,764
633
89,664
1,305
300,726
3,546
1,233,681
17,343
41,541
840
202,629
4,977
77,616
915
257,448
3,909
1,383
354,588
87
949,497
4,284
709,173
898,836
3,786,993
Family Type
One Parent Family with Dependent Children Only
One Parent Family with Dependent Children and Other
Children, Dependency Status Not Classifiable
One Parent Family with Dependent Children and Adult
Children
One Parent Family with Dependent Children, Adult Children
and Other Children, Dependency Status Not Classifiable
One Parent Family with Adult Children and Other Children,
Dependency Status Not Classifiable
One Parent Family with Adult Children Only
One Parent Family with Children, Dependency Status Not
Classifiable
Couple with Dependent Children Only
Couple with Dependent Children and Other Children,
Dependency Status Not Classifiable
Couple with Dependent Children and Adult Children
Couple with Dependent Children and Adult Children and Other
Children, Dependency Status Not Classifiable
Couple with Adult Children Only
Couple with Adult Children and Other Children, Dependency
Status Not Classifiable
Couple with Children, Dependency Status Not Classifiable
Couple Only
Family Type Not Classifiable
Total
All cells in this table have been randomly rounded to base 3
Family Indicator
Couple Only
Two Parent Family
One Parent Family
Family Not Classifiable
All cells in this table have been randomly rounded to base 3
Family
People
354,588
709,176
426,567
1,724,268
168,255
454,713
87
108
Type of Couple
Opposite Sex Couple
Male Couple
Female Couple
Not in the Subject Population
All cells in this table have been randomly rounded to base 3
Number of People in Family
1 Person
2 Person
3 Person
4 Person
5 Person
6 Person
7 Person
8 Person
9 Person
10 Person
11 Person
12 Person
13 Person
14 Person
15 Person
16 Person
17 Person
18 Person
19 Person
20 or More People
All cells in this table
have been randomly
rounded to base 3
Family
75
446,028
196,227
183,507
85,065
27,555
7,404
2,412
789
294
84
27
9
6
3
3
-
Personal
75
892,062
588,684
734,028
425,319
165,336
51,834
19,296
7,101
2,940
945
324
132
96
60
33
-
Age Youngest Child in Family
Families
People
Families
777,897
1,443
1,815
168,345
People
2,425,668
3,198
4,575
454,824
0 Years
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
4 Years
5 Years
6 Years
7 Years
8 Years
9 Years
10 Years
11 Years
12 Years
13 Years
14 Years
15 Years
16 Years
17 Years
18 Years
19 Years
20 Years
21 Years
22 Years
23 Years
24 Years
25 Years
26 Years
27 Years
28 Years
29 Years
30 Years
31 Years
32 Years
33 Years
34 Years
35 Years
36 Years
37 Years
38 Years
39 Years
40 Years
41 Years
42 Years
43 Years
44 Years
45 Years
46 Years
47 Years
48 Years
49 Years
52,149
48,504
39,996
33,984
31,224
28,920
26,142
23,577
21,999
20,787
19,782
19,692
19,569
19,227
19,056
19,467
19,224
17,775
12,345
11,133
9,648
9,501
8,613
7,563
6,555
5,472
4,548
3,705
3,132
2,706
2,397
2,226
2,064
1,917
1,749
1,620
1,455
1,248
1,188
1,119
1,053
882
849
786
720
729
648
657
624
585
202,554
188,463
156,726
134,910
124,467
115,692
104,616
93,966
87,747
82,077
77,433
75,999
73,830
71,100
68,451
67,191
64,242
57,411
40,278
35,883
30,351
29,352
26,166
22,551
19,233
15,861
13,032
10,452
8,787
7,605
6,645
6,087
5,592
5,127
4,632
4,293
3,810
3,240
3,003
2,805
2,613
2,160
2,088
1,905
1,740
1,734
1,509
1,530
1,431
1,329
50 Years
51 Years
52 Years
53 Years
54 Years
55 Years
56 Years
57 Years
58 Years
59 Years
60 Years
61 Years
62 Years
63 Years
64 Years
65 Years
66 Years
67 Years
68 Years
69 Years
70 Years
71 Years
72 Years
73 Years
74 Years
75 Years
76 Years
77 Years
78 Years
79 Years
80 Years
81 Years
82 Years
83 Years
84 Years
85 Years
86 Years
87 Years
88 Years
89 Years
90 Years
91 Years
92 Years
93 Years
94 Years
95 Years
96 Years
97 Years
98 Years
99 Years
462
390
417
348
393
351
306
246
195
204
156
147
117
111
96
81
69
54
45
30
30
21
18
15
9
3
3
3
3
-
1,053
882
903
756
858
756
651
531
411
420
330
300
249
231
195
165
141
114
90
60
60
48
33
30
21
6
6
3
3
3
3
12
-
100 Years
101 Years
102 Years
103 Years
104 Years
105 Years
106 Years
107 Years
108 Years
109 Years
110 Years
111 Years
112 Years
113 Years
114 Years
115 Years
116 Years
117 Years
118 Years
119 Years
120+ Years
No Children in Family
All cells in this table have
been randomly rounded
to base 3
354,657
709,245
Families
19,767
19,875
20,310
20,958
22,470
23,472
23,109
23,088
22,494
22,329
22,635
22,707
23,604
24,240
26,223
29,664
31,470
29,994
21,018
18,279
People
54,495
56,421
63,018
69,735
77,910
84,564
86,022
88,758
88,635
88,974
91,911
92,226
95,940
98,316
106,086
118,554
124,422
116,811
82,155
70,455
Age of Oldest Child in Family
0 Years
1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
4 Years
5 Years
6 Years
7 Years
8 Years
9 Years
10 Years
11 Years
12 Years
13 Years
14 Years
15 Years
16 Years
17 Years
18 Years
19 Years
20 Years
21 Years
22 Years
23 Years
24 Years
25 Years
26 Years
27 Years
28 Years
29 Years
30 Years
31 Years
32 Years
33 Years
34 Years
35 Years
36 Years
37 Years
38 Years
39 Years
40 Years
41 Years
42 Years
43 Years
44 Years
45 Years
46 Years
47 Years
48 Years
49 Years
50 Years
51 Years
52 Years
53 Years
54 Years
55 Years
56 Years
57 Years
58 Years
59 Years
60 Years
61 Years
62 Years
63 Years
64 Years
65 Years
66 Years
67 Years
68 Years
69 Years
16,170
15,390
13,515
11,436
9,903
8,043
6,474
5,127
4,218
3,579
3,063
2,736
2,598
2,283
2,076
1,881
1,686
1,443
1,356
1,260
1,146
981
939
879
795
804
714
717
681
633
510
405
438
375
411
360
324
255
213
219
165
162
126
114
105
87
72
60
48
33
61,353
56,871
48,879
40,167
34,392
27,384
21,576
16,797
13,596
11,412
9,534
8,352
7,905
6,723
6,030
5,373
4,800
4,044
3,702
3,387
3,033
2,547
2,442
2,259
2,031
2,016
1,767
1,728
1,641
1,497
1,230
942
981
840
921
786
717
564
465
474
360
348
273
243
222
192
153
132
99
69
70 Years
71 Years
72 Years
73 Years
74 Years
75 Years
76 Years
77 Years
78 Years
79 Years
80 Years
81 Years
82 Years
83 Years
84 Years
85 Years
86 Years
87 Years
88 Years
89 Years
90 Years
91 Years
92 Years
93 Years
94 Years
95 Years
96 Years
97 Years
98 Years
99 Years
100 Years
101 Years
102 Years
103 Years
104 Years
105 Years
106 Years
107 Years
108 Years
109 Years
110 Years
111 Years
112 Years
113 Years
114 Years
115 Years
116 Years
117 Years
118 Years
119 Years
30
27
18
15
9
3
3
6
6
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
-
63
69
42
36
18
6
18
15
24
9
3
6
9
3
12
9
6
6
6
6
-
120+ Years
No Children in Family
All cells in this table have
been randomly rounded
to base 3
354,657
709,245
Total Family Income
Loss
Zero Income
$1 - $5,000
$5,001 - $10,000
$10,001 - $15,000
$15,001 - $20,000
$20,001 - $25,000
$25,001 - $30,000
$30,001 - $40,000
$40,001 - $50,000
$50,001 - $70,000
$70,001 - $100,00
$100,001 or More
Unidentifiable
Not Specified
All cells in this table
have been randomly
rounded to base 3
Families
2,283
2,517
13,695
15,723
51,351
81,357
44,955
89,112
111,297
94,449
150,537
84,471
65,136
142,614
People
7,386
7,320
38,688
43,167
142,461
207,774
128,034
246,384
339,435
294,552
464,193
268,719
219,030
481,119
Family Income Sources Specified
Wages, Salary, Commissions, Bonuses Etc Paid by Yes
Employer
No
Self-Employment, or Business You Own and Work Yes
In
No
Interest, Dividends, Rent, Other Investments
Yes
No
ACC Regular Payments
Yes
No
NZ Superannuation
Yes
No
Other Superannuation, Pensions, Annuities
Yes
No
Unemployment Benefit
Yes
No
Domestic Purposes Benefit
Yes
Families
671,958
People
2,137,056
277,539
287,568
751,209
936,015
661,929
341,625
607,872
45,972
903,525
155,610
793,887
56,049
893,448
103,647
845,850
92,760
1,952,250
999,705
1,888,560
143,325
2,744,940
338,019
2,550,246
127,686
2,760,582
354,393
2,533,872
285,318
Sickness Benefit
Invalid's Benefit
Student Allowance
Other Government Benefits, Income Support
Payments or War Pensions
Other Sources of Income
All cells in this table have been randomly rounded
to base 3
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
856,737
28,902
920,598
19,002
930,495
36,021
913,476
54,045
2,602,947
90,945
2,797,320
57,681
2,830,587
124,113
2,764,152
192,162
No
Yes
No
895,455
28,797
920,700
2,696,103
100,188
2,788,077