The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

All New Zealand households											
	1926	1936	1945	1951	1956	1961	1966	1971	1976	1981	1986
Owned	58.2	50.2	56.7	61.2	66.2	68.7	68.7	67.6	69.3	70.1	72.8
Rented	30.6	38.6	35.4	30.1	25.7	24.3	24.7	25.8	26.9	25.2	23.2
Rent free	10.3	10.6	7.8	8.2	7.7	6.7	6	6	3.4	3.4	2.8
Non-specified	0.9	0.05	0.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.5	0	0.4	0.6	1.1

Maori households											
Owned	68.2	65.5	52.6	51.7	50.6	49.3	50.6	46.1	46.1	44.9	46.1
Rented	17.1	22.1	33.8	22.8	23.6	30.6	36.3	42.3	48.7	49.6	48.3
Rent free	9.5	10.3	12.9	23.5	24.5	19.1	12	10.4	4.6	4.6	4
Non-specified	5.1	2.1	0.7	2	1.3	1	1	1.1	0.6	0.9	1.6

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