Census: Do you smoke cigarettes regularly (that is, one or more a day)?, and Have you ever been a regular smoker of one or more cigarettes a day

Smoking behaviour

Elsdon-Takapuwahia

2018 2013
Smoking behaviour Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Regular smoker 390 21.5 16.7 360 25.3 18.5 +30
Ex smoker 387 21.3 21.4 285 20.0 22.2 +102
Never smoked regularly 1,038 57.1 61.8 777 54.6 59.3 +261
Not elsewhere included - - - 213 15.0 11.5 -213
Total 1,818 100.0 100.0 1,422 100.0 100.0 +396

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings 2013 and 2018.
Stats NZ data quality rating: Moderate