The charts below detail the levels of stress that residents of New Zealand’s eight largest cities have
experienced over the last twelve months.
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Seventy seven percent of residents experienced stress in the last twelve months that had some form of negative affect on them.
Residents of Manukau City were significantly less likely to have experienced negative stress in the last twelve months (71%), compared with residents of New Zealand’s eight largest cities overall (77%).
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Compared with other ethnic groups, Pacific Island residents experienced significantly less negative stress (63%).
Those aged 26 to 64 were more likely to experience negative affect from stress, compared with other age groups. In particular, 14% of residents aged 65 and over experienced no stress at all in the last twelve months.
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Females were more likely to be affected by negative stress (80%) than males (73%).
Residents with a household income of $70,001 and over were also more likely to suffer from negative stress (80%), compared to residents in other income groups.
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The charts below detail the availability of support to residents when feeling stressed.
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Of those residents who experienced some form of stress, most said there was someone they could turn to or rely on for support.
Eleven percent ‘hardly ever’ or‘never’ had support.
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Compared with other ethnic groups, residents of European ethnicity were significantly more likely to say there was someone they could rely on for support (90%), while those of Pacific Island and Asian/Indian ethnicity were significantly less likely to feel they had support (82% and 81% respectively).
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Males were less likely to feel that there was someone they could rely on for support than females, who were more likely to feel they had support.
Residents of higher income households ($70,000 and over) were significantly more likely to‘always’ have support available (51%). On the other hand, residents of lower income households (less than $40,001) were less likely to feel they had support.
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