Housing creates a concentration of resource use and needs, and waste outputs.
As a result, this indicator helps measure the pressure on the environment caused by dwellings. And as the majority of New Zealand's population lives on or near the coastline, this is the environment that is often under most pressure. Indicators should be used in conjunction with other socio-economic indicators and are intended to complement the Ministry for the Environment's environmental indicators . Click on an icon below for other strands of socio-economic indicators.