Social » Quality Lifestyle
Living in the Wellington region is enjoyable, and people feel safe. A variety of healthy and affordable lifestyles can be pursued. Our art, sport, recreation and entertainment scenes are enjoyed by all community members – and attract visitors.
What is Quality Lifestyle?
A peaceful, harmonious and secure society is a vital and profound social asset that directly benefits the economy and the quality of life of its citizens. Therefore, if people’s perceptions of their overall quality of life are high then this tends to relate positively to their personal well-being. Lack of affordable housing can result in parts of the population living in crowded and inadequate housing which can impact on health and other social outcomes.
Quality lifestyle is made up of 13 indicators that were selected to measure progress towards the quality lifestlye community outcome definition (shown above). Data relating to each individual indicator (for the 2001 to 2016 period) is provided via the menu below. The index that measures change in the quality lifestyle outcome (pictured below) shows the composite average of the individual indicators.
Quality lifestyle GPI, 2001-2016
What this means
The quality lifestyle GPI has fluctuated over time, and the 2016 result is only 0.6% higher than the result in 2001. Shifts have been observed for some of the individual values within the indicators. Between 2001 and 2016 across the Wellington region, five indicators in the quality lifestyle index improved, six declined, and two remained fairly stable.
Did you know?
The GPI counts our health-care costs created by smoking, not exercising, eating poorly and becoming obese, as costs, not gains, to the economy.
13 Indicators are being used to track Quality Lifestyle in the Wellington region
Click on each indicator below to access further information
Download Territorial Authority data for these Indicators
Self-reported happiness
Why is this indicator important?
Self-perceptions of happiness provide a measure of individuals’ mental well-being and are related to people’s overall quality of life.
Percentage of resident’s saying that, in general, they are happy or very happy, 2008-2014
Findings
- In 2014, 77.3% of Wellington region respondents said that, in general, they were happy or very happy, a slight decrease from 78% in 2008.
- In 2014, 73% of respondents from the NZ cities surveyed said that, in general, they were happy or very happy.
Self-reported happiness
Definition and data details
Indicator Definition
The percentage of respondents in the Wellington region that said, in general, they are happy or very happy.
Data Source
Quality of life survey
Last updated March 2016
Data points available only from 2008
Data for NZ cities only collected from 2012.
New Zealand cities surveyed: Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, Porirua and Hutt.
Indicators are updated in May and November each year; for those indicators where new data or survey results have become available.
While care has been taken in processing, analysing and extracting information, we cannot guarantee that the information is free from error and we shall not be liable for any loss suffered through the use, directly or indirectly, of any information, product or service.
