Quote Originally Posted by Bjauck View Post
..... As the population is increasing that means that the number of occupants per dewelling in recent years has increased. Ergo, for the poorest people in Auckland, the consequence of this state of affairs is that there is overcrowding and a deterioration in well-being. Exactly what has been widely reported...
Occupants per dwelling have increased? Not according to the last census, though it may change in next year's census.

According to Stats:

Most households consist of one or two people
Households with one or two usual residents made up over half of New Zealand households, at 57.0 percent. Households with three or four usual residents were not as common, at 16.4 percent and 15.2 percent, respectively. Households with six or more usual residents made up just 4.5 percent of households. There was little change since 2001.