I thought I should reproduce this chart for New Zealand to show the extent to which a Generation Rent has emerged in New Zealand in the last 10 years.
Source: 2013 Census QuickStats about housing.
Might be more interesting to breakdown the pie charts as a single time series for 25 to 29 and 30 to 34 year-olds as the latter are more likely to be settling down and buying a house.
Source: 2013 Census QuickStats about housing.
The number of New Zealanders who own or partly owned their residence in the really 30s has dropped from almost one in two falling towards one in three since 2001. Generation Rent is very much the majority of New Zealanders aged 30 to 34.
For those New Zealanders aged 25 to 29, instead of one in four at least partly owning their residences, as was the case in 2001, the…
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