Home Ownership
In 2006, 105,387 Māori owned their own home. 1 This represents a slight increase in the number of Māori home owners, up from 99,324 in 2001. 2 Despite the increase, the growth of the Māori population meant the overall rate of Māori home ownership declined from 31.7 percent in 2001 to 30.1 percent in 2006.
1 Māori home ownership can be calculated for individuals or households. In this factsheet, calculations refer to the proportion of Māori individuals 15 years of age or older that owned or partly owned their own home. Dwellings held in family trusts were grouped with dwellings that were owned or partly owned, consistent with Statistics New Zealand guidelines.
2 In order to protect confidentiality, Statistics New Zealand’s policy is to randomly round figures to base three. As a result, individual figures may differ slightly to those quoted in other publications.