Māori Housing Trends 2009 - Housing New Zealand

133 Table 15 shows that across all ethnic group there is a minimal number of primarytenants in the under 20 age group, indicating that the Corporation does notcommonly house younger tenants. When compared with European and Pacificprimary tenants, Māori are much more youthful with a greater proportion being in the20 to 34 age group, and a much smaller proportion being in the 65+ age group.Table 15 Percent of primary tenants by age and selected ethnicity (March 2009)Age Māori European Pacific Islandunder 20 0.6% 0.4% 0.5%20-34 24.3% 19.9% 17.2%35-49 41.9% 41.3% 35.1%50-64 23.0% 24.8% 25.9%65+ 9.6% 12.8% 20.3%Source: HNZC, Administrative Data 31 March 2009Note: Percentages may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.Household Type134 Being a single parent is the most common household type for Māori tenants,accounting for 47.2 percent. This proportion is nearly twice as high as for Europeantenants (24.5 percent), and still considerably higher than for Pacific tenants (34.8percent). Furthermore, the proportion of Māori single parents with two children (30.6percent) is nearly double the proportion of Māori single parents with one child (16.6percent).Figure 25 Primary tenants by household type 46 and selected ethnicity (March 2009)60%50%40%30%20%10%0%Couple withoutchildrenCouple withchildrenSingleSingle parentwith 1 childSingle parent2+ childrenSource: HNZC, Administrative Data 31 March 2009Mäori European Pacific Peoples135 The next most common household type for Māori tenants is a single household(31.9 percent). With 14.9 percent, couples with or without children make up thesmallest proportion of Māori tenants’ household types.46 The household type presented here refers to the Corporation’s Income Related Rent householdtype used to calculate tenants’ rent.37