PHOTO: JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF Statistics NZ says Colliers International’s comparison of the June 2018 national population estimate with the Census 2013 population count to calculate population growth was wrong.
Statistics New Zealand is challenging a Colliers International report about population data which raised questions about whether housing demand was less than thought.
Colliers’ report looked at the growth in the population numbers in Census 2018 from Census 2013, an increase of 457,700 people, about 10.8 per cent.
Colliers then looked at the Stats NZ June 2018 provisional population estimate and compared that with the Census 2013 population count and said the predicted increase was 643,500, substantially higher than the 457,700 growth from the census counts. It then questioned if housing demand was overstated. It suggested 69,000 fewer houses might be needed.
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