Households

Statistics about households come from a whole range of sources including Household Income and Expenditure Surveys and Population and Housing Censuses and include things such as:

Size (number of people)
Type
Income and spending of households
Subsistence activities
Access to technology (mobile phones, internet)

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News

News & Publications

Fewer people, higher incomes: Marshall Islands shares in-depth census results with partner support

January 27, 2025

The Marshall Islands’ first fully digital census shows a declining population but increasing incomes over the past decade, while highlighting differences in wealth, food insecurity, readiness for climate change and the impact of natural disasters.

SPC and Pacific partners to develop disability statistics in three-year project

December 2, 2024

Improving the inclusion of people with disabilities in official data and decision-making is at the heart of a partnership of Pacific organisations, with a multi-year project funded by Australia launched this International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Pacific leaders at UN World Data Forum talk on data modernisation and climate change

November 20, 2024

Pacific statistics and data professionals led panel discussions on data modernisation and a climate-change case study last week, sharing insights and innovations from their region at the United Nations’ World Data Forum in Colombia.

CRGA 54: Dashboard on 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent endorsed

November 14, 2024

A dashboard that tracks transformation and progress towards the Pacific region’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent has been recognised by government representatives at the Pacific Community (SPC)’s chief governance meeting.

Topic Dataflows

PDH.stat datasets

.statHousehold counts, population and average household size
Household counts, population and average household size down to sub-national level 1 (when available) based on reported figures from census.

Key Reports

pdfHardship in Tuvalu: based on analysis of the Household Income and Expenditure Survey data of the 2022/23 long form census
PDF | 5.46 MB

pdfAssessing Inequalities Registration Births: Samoa Brief
PDF | 294.01 KB | Get every one in the picture

pdfAssessing Inequalities on the registration of births in Samoa
PDF | 4.45 MB | Get every one in the picture

pdfTokelau the state of poverty and vulnerability in households: challenges and recommendations - an analysis of the 2015/16 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES)
PDF | 4.62 MB