Estimated Private Dwellings (as at, quarterly), (mean quarter ended, quarterly), (mean year ended, quarterly)

The estimated private dwellings is an estimate of all private dwellings in New Zealand at a given date. A private dwelling accommodates a person or a group of people, but is not available to the public. A private dwelling may be permanent or temporary. Permanent private dwellings include houses and flats, residences attached to a business or institution; baches, cribs and huts. Caravans, cabins, tents and other makeshift dwellings that are the principal or usual residence of households are classified as temporary private dwellings.