Māori Housing Trends 2009 - Housing New Zealand

Table 13 Number of tenants in Corporation housing by selected ethnicity 44 (March 2009)PrimaryTenantsOccupantsMāori 23130 75255European 25042 53825Pacific Peoples 17137 74616Source: HNZC, Administrative Data 31 March 2009Note: Please note that this is total response data, so the sum of counts of people across all ethnic groups will begreater than the sum of tenants/occupants.128 Regarding only the number of primary tenants, the pattern described abovereverses. European are the largest primary tenant group (37.8 percent), followed byMāori (34.9 percent) and Pacific Peoples (25.9 percent). This reversal can beexplained by the younger age structure and the differences in householdcomposition of both Māori and Pacific tenants when compared with European tenanthouseholds. Māori and Pacific tenants live in larger households that include morechildren than European tenants (see Figure 24 and 25).129 Regarding one of the key measures for assistance and affordability, Table 14 showsthe proportion of Māori households 45 that receive Income Related Rent incomparison to European and Pacific households.Table 14 Proportion of primary tenants receiving Income Related Rent, by selectedethnicity (April 2009)PrimarytenantsMāori 92.4%European 92.9%Pacific Peoples 89.2%Source: HNZC, Administrative Data 30 April 2009Changes over time130 Between 2006 and 2009, the total number of Māori occupants has consistentlyincreased (see Figure 23). This is also true for European, and Pacific occupants.However, the Māori occupant group showed the greatest increase (by 8.5 percent)over that time period when compared to the European (by 5.2 percent), or Pacific(7.7 percent) occupant group.44 Please note that this is total response data and some people identify with more than one ethnicgroup so that the sum of the numbers in each ethnic group will be greater than the sum of alltenants/occupants.45 The ethnicity of the primary tenant is used as a proxy for the ethnicity of the household.35