HOUSING.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 September 1921, Page 5

HOUSING.

WHAT THE CENSUS SHOWS. TARANAKI FIGURES. A first instalment of the housing figures collected during the census is given in the August Abstract of Statistics issued the other day. The figures show a total of 268,059 inhabited dwellings in the Dominion, as against 243,086 at the census of October, 1916. Included in those figures are 7138 flats and tenements at this census, as against 8643 in 1916. In the explanatory matter accompanying the figures it is stated that the terms “dwelling” and “house” adopted should not be confused: the former term covers private houses, flats, hotels, hospitals, tents, etc., while the latter refers only to private houses. The Dominion totals at the two censuses compare as under, not distinguishing the various kinds of uninhabited houses and bearing in mind that in the total of occupied, dwelligs each flat or tenement counts as one dwelling: 1916. 1921. Inhabited dwellings .. 243 086 268,059 Flats and tenements 8.643 7,138 Uninhabited houses . . 19,640 16,249 Houses in course of erection GB5 2,046 If the buildings in cities and boroughs are taken, the comparison with 1916 is as under:— 1916. 1921. Inhabited dwellings .. 126,812 149,945 Uninhabited houses .. 7,702 5,618 Houses in course of erection 466 1,308 In counties and town districts the comparison between the two periods is;— • 1916. 1921. Inhabited dwellings .. 1.11,254 118,114 Uninhabited houses .. 11,938 10,631 Houses in course of erection 219 73S The numbers of inhabited dwellings in the Taranaki district was as under:— Boroughs.—Waitara, 349; New Plymouth, 2516; Inglewood, 270; Stratford, 660; Eltham, 424; Hawera, 888; Patea, 252.

Counties.—Clifton. 453; Taranaki, 1041; Inglewood, 621; Egmont, G 96; Stratford, 1036; Whangamomona, 343; Eltham, 710; Waimate West, 451; Hawera, 1134; Patea, 711.