Geospatial Team (for geographies), 2018 Census Team (for data)
Organisation Name
Stats NZ
Contact Info
Contact
Phone
Telephone
Voice
0508 525 525 (toll-free within New Zealand)
Voice
+64 4 931 4600 (from outside New Zealand)
Address
Address
Electronic Mail Address
geography@stats.govt.nz
Electronic Mail Address
info@stats.govt.nz
Date Stamp
Date Time
20200616
Metadata Standard Name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata Standard Version
1.0
Spatial Representation Info
Vector Spatial Representation
Integer
29889
Identification Info
Data Identification
Citation
Citation
Title
2018 Census Dwelling total New Zealand by Statistical Area 1
Abstract
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>This dwelling dataset is displayed by statistical area 1 geography and contains information on:</SPAN></P><UL><LI><P><SPAN>Occupied private dwelling type</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Dwelling record type, for occupied dwellings</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Occupied non-private dwelling type</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Number of rooms</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Number of bedrooms</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Main types of heating used to heat dwellings (total responses)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Fuel types used to heat dwelling (total responses)</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Dwelling occupancy status</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Access to basic amenities</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Dwelling dampness indicator</SPAN></P></LI><LI><P><SPAN>Dwelling mould indicator</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></LI></UL><P><SPAN>This dataset contains counts at statistical area 1 for selected variables from the 2018, 2013, and 2006 censuses. The geography corresponds to 2018 boundaries. </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>The data uses fixed random rounding to protect confidentiality. Some counts of less than 6 are suppressed according to </SPAN><A href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/applying-confidentiality-rules-to-2018-census-data-and-summary-of-changes-since-2013"><SPAN><SPAN>2018 confidentiality rules</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN>. Values of ‘-999’ indicate suppressed data.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>For further information on this dataset please refer to the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/statistical-area-1-dataset-for-2018-census-updated-march-2020"><SPAN><SPAN>Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>webpage - footnotes for dwelling, Excel workbooks, and CSV files are available to download. </SPAN></SPAN><A href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/data-quality-ratings-for-2018-census-variables"><SPAN><SPAN>Data quality ratings for 2018 Census variables</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>, summarising the quality rating and priority levels for 2018 Census variables, are available.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P /><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>For information on the statistical area 1 geography please refer to the </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://archive.stats.govt.nz/methods/classifications-and-standards/classification-related-stats-standards/geographic-areas.aspx"><SPAN><SPAN>Statistical standard for geographic areas 2018</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Purpose
This dataset contains counts at statistical area 1 for selected variables from the 2018, 2013, and 2006 censuses. The geography corresponds to 2018 boundaries.
Credit
Stats NZ
Point Of Contact
Responsible Party
Individual Name
Geospatial Team (for geographies), 2018 Census Team (for data)
Organisation Name
Stats NZ
Contact Info
Contact
Phone
Telephone
Voice
0508 525 525 (toll-free within New Zealand)
Voice
+64 4 931 4600 (from outside New Zealand)
Address
Address
Electronic Mail Address
geography@stats.govt.nz
Electronic Mail Address
info@stats.govt.nz
Resource Maintenance
Maintenance Information
User Defined Maintenance Frequency
TM _ Period Duration
--T ::
Resource Constraints
Constraints
Use Limitation
<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Language
eng
Topic Category Code
boundaries
Topic Category Code
society
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959
StatsNZ combined data from the census forms with administrative data to create the 2018 Census dataset, which meets Stats NZ’s quality criteria for population structure information.
StatsNZ added real data about real people to the dataset where we were confident the people should be counted but hadn’t completed a census form. We also used data from the 2013 Census and administrative sources and statistical imputation methods to fill in some missing characteristics of people and dwellings.
An independent panel of experts has assessed the quality of the 2018 Census dataset. The panel has endorsed Stats NZ’s overall methods and concluded that the use of government administrative records has improved the coverage of key variables such as age, sex, ethnicity, and place. The panel’s Initial report of the 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel (September 2019) assessed the methodologies used by Stats NZ to produce the final dataset, as well as the quality of some of the key variables. https://www.stats.govt.nz/reports/initial-report-of-the-2018-census-external-data-quality-panel
Its second report, 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel: Assessment of variables (December 2019) assessed an additional 31 variables. https://www.stats.govt.nz/reports/2018-census-external-data-quality-panel-assessment-of-variables.
In its third report, Final report of the 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel (February 2020), the panel made 24 recommendations, several relating to preparations for the 2023 Census. https://www.stats.govt.nz/reports/final-report-of-the-2018-census-external-data-quality-panel
Along with this report, the panel, supported by Stats NZ, produced a series of graphs summarising the sources of data for key 2018 Census individual variables, 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel: Data sources for key 2018 Census individual variables. https://www.stats.govt.nz/reports/2018-census-external-data-quality-panel-data-sources-for-key-2018-census-individual-variables
2018 Census data user guide provides information about collecting, processing, interpreting, and ways of using 2018 Census data. https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/2018-census-data-user-guide
Statistical Area 1s are based on the meshblock pattern. Non-alignment of meshblock and cadastral boundaries are one of a number of reasons for meshblock boundary adjustments. Other reasons include requests from local authorities, Local Government Commission, Electoral Representation Commission and to make census enumeration processes easier.
From the meshblock pattern, higher geographies, including the 2018 Statistical Area 1 pattern, were dissolved using the dissolve tool in the Arc GIS suite.
