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The estimated households of New Zealand is an estimate of all households usually living in New Zealand at a given date. Households whose members are all away temporarily elsewhere in New Zealand and/or temporarily overseas are included. A household consists of one person usually residing alone, or two or more people usually residing together in a private dwelling, therefore visitors are excluded.
The estimated households of New Zealand at a given date after a census is derived by updating the census household count for:
- Estimated net census undercount
- Estimated number of households temporarily elsewhere in New Zealand or temporarily overseas on census night
- Change in the number of households between census night and the date of the estimate.
These adjustments are not derived separately, but are implicitly calculated by applying 'living arrangement type rates' to the estimated resident population, by age and sex, to give the estimated resident population in different living arrangement types. These population estimates are subsequently aggregated to give estimates of families and households.
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