Heatmaps of housing outcomes

How to use the heatmaps

The heatmaps should be used as a starting point for further analysis, alongside other information, such as local context, knowledge and relationships. Used alone, they can’t help to make decisions about what needs to be done, or where and how it needs to happen.

The heatmaps compare places based on measures of:

severe housing deprivation, which includes rough sleeping, overcrowding and temporary accommodation
rental stress
home ownership affordability.

Rate of severe housing deprivation per 10,000 people

This map illustrates the proportion of people experiencing severe housing deprivation by city or district council.

Areas in red shades have higher proportions of deprivation and areas in blue shades show have lower proportions of deprivation. Data is from Census 2018.

Download data as a table.

Percentage of the median household income required to afford a median market rent

This map illustrates what proportion of the median household income would need to be spent in different city or district councils to afford a median-priced rental.

The median household income is based on a variety of sources provided by Statistics New Zealand. Market rent is based on the cost of recently lodged rental bonds, rather than the full rental stock.

This chart is based on an experimental data series used to indicate rent stress. Because of the experimental nature of these statistics there will be differences between the median rent and sales price calculated by Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and other published sources.

Red shades indicate lower levels of affordability, and blue shades higher. Data is from June 2023.

Data Table: Percentage of the median household income required to afford a median market rent

Territorial Authority Name	Percentage of the median household income required to afford a median market rent
Far North District	40.8
Whangarei District	41.9
Kaipara District	40
Thames-Coromandel District	48.7
Hauraki District	41.7
Waikato District	28.2
Matamata-Piako District	33.1
Hamilton City	32.7
Waipa District	32.1
Otorohanga District	29.2
South Waikato District	37
Waitomo District	34.8
Taupo District	35.3
Western Bay of Plenty District	31.4
Tauranga City	43.3
Rotorua District	36.9
Whakatane District	42
Kawerau District	54.6
Opotiki District	37.8
Gisborne District	43.7
Wairoa District	33.6
Hastings District	36.8
Napier City	45
Central Hawke's Bay District	40.5
New Plymouth District	39.2
Stratford District	39.3
South Taranaki District	41
Ruapehu District	36.3
Wanganui District	42.4
Rangitikei District	38.9
Manawatu District	38.6
Palmerston North City	35
Tararua District	33.3
Horowhenua District	46.4
Kapiti Coast District	39.4
Porirua City	32.1
Upper Hutt City	33.9
Lower Hutt City	35.3
Wellington City	25.5
Masterton District	40.2
Carterton District	40.4
South Wairarapa District	36.7
Tasman District	39.9
Nelson City	37
Marlborough District	36
Kaikoura District	26.4
Buller District	38.8
Grey District	32.3
Westland District	30.5
Hurunui District	34.9
Waimakariri District	33.7
Christchurch City	32.9
Selwyn District	28.3
Ashburton District	27.8
Timaru District	30.1
Mackenzie District	22.7
Waimate District	30
Waitaki District	32.2
Central Otago District	32.9
Queenstown-Lakes District	33.5
Dunedin City	34.2
Clutha District	28.2
Southland District	26.4
Gore District	26.5
Invercargill City	31.1
Auckland	31.4

Number of years of savings on the median household income to purchase a median-priced house

This map illustrates how many times the annual median household income a median priced house would cost in different territorial authorities.

This chart is based on an experimental data series used to indicate purchase affordability. It uses data from a variety of Statistics New Zealand sources, as well as house sale price data from CoreLogic.

Because of the experimental nature of these statistics there will be differences between the median rent and sales price calculated by HUD and other published sources.