Editing Wellington (section)

=== Demographics ===
[[File:Classic weatherboards in Wellington, NZ.jpg|thumb|left|A row of classic [[weatherboard|weatherboard houses]] in the [[Mount Victoria (Wellington suburb)|Mount Victoria]] neighbourhood, emblematic of the style of the area]]
A Wellington City Council survey conducted in March 2009 found the typical central city apartment dweller was a New Zealand native aged 24 to 35 with a professional job in the downtown area, with household income higher than surrounding areas.<ref name="Apartment Dwellers">{{cite web|url=http://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/services/environment-and-waste/urban-development/files/apartment-survey-report.pdf|title=Central City Apartment Dwellers Survey – a summary of results|date=March 2009|work=Wellington Government|access-date=11 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111044619/http://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/services/environment-and-waste/urban-development/files/apartment-survey-report.pdf|archive-date=11 January 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Three-quarters (73%) walked to work or university, 13% travelled by car, 6% by bus, 2% bicycled (although 31% own bicycles), and did not travel very far since 73% worked or studied in the central city.<ref name="Apartment Dwellers" /> The large majority (88%) did not have children in their apartments; 39% were couples without children; 32% were single-person households; 15% were groups of people flatting together.<ref name="Apartment Dwellers" /> Most (56%) owned their apartment; 42% rented.<ref name="Apartment Dwellers" /> The report continued: "The four most important reasons for living in an apartment were given as lifestyle and city living (23%), close to work (20%), close to shops and cafes (11%) and low maintenance (11%) ... City noise and noise from neighbours were the main turnoffs for apartment dwellers (27%), followed by a lack of outdoor space (17%), living close to neighbours (9%) and apartment size and a lack of storage space (8%)."<ref name="Apartment Dwellers" /><ref>{{cite news|title=It's a great life downtown ... except for the noise|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=14 April 2009|access-date=29 July 2009|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wellington-city-council/news/article.cfm?o_id=240&objectid=10566448|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105044435/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wellington-city-council/news/article.cfm?o_id=240&objectid=10566448|archive-date=5 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Households are primarily one-family, making up 66.9% of households, followed by single-person households (24.7%); there were fewer multiperson households and even fewer households containing two or more families. These counts are from the 2013 census for the Wellington region (which includes the surrounding area in addition to the four cities).<ref>{{NZ Quickstats2013|14322|Wellington Region}}</ref>