The two pie charts compare the proprotions of households with different numbers of people in New Zealand in two years, 1990 and 2000.
Overall, small households became more common in 2000, while larger households declined. In particular, the percantages of one-person and two-person per household increased, whereas households with four and five or more people decreased.
In 1990, two-person households accouted for the largest proportions at 31% followed by three-preson households at 21%. One-person and four-person households were equal, each making up 17% of the total. Meanwhile, larger households were less common, with 8% for five people and 6% for six people.
By 2000, the share of small households had risen noiticeably. Three-person households went to 35%, remaining the largest group, the figure for families with 5 peopoe increased steadily (8% to 13%), while two-person households remained unchanged at 31%, . In contrast, the figure for households with one people plummet to 2%. The porprotions of families with 4 people households fell from 17% to 16% and 6 people per households declined from 6% to 3%.
