New Zealand: homeless population in Auckland by gender 2018

According to a survey on regional homelessness conducted in September 2018, at around 83 percent, the majority of people living without a shelter in the Auckland region in New Zealand were male. In the same survey period, around two percent of the homeless population in Auckland identified as neither male nor female.

Distribution of people living without shelter across Auckland, New Zealand in September 2018, by gender

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Male	83%
Female	15%
Rainbow gender identity*	2%

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Release date

May 2019

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Region

New Zealand

Survey time period

September 17, 2018

Number of respondents

52 respondents

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Note: According to the source, the small sample size means the survey population does not provide a statistically reliable description of the homeless population and caution is urged in extrapolating the findings of the survey to the wider population of people living without shelter.
* Rainbow is an inclusive term to identify people who have a diverse sex, gender identity or sexual identity.

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