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

Waitangirua

2018 2013
Smoking behaviour Number % Porirua City % Number % Porirua City % 2013 - 2018
Regular smoker 981 31.9 16.7 801 33.8 18.5 +180
Ex smoker 456 14.8 21.4 381 16.1 22.2 +75
Never smoked regularly 1,638 53.3 61.8 1,188 50.1 59.3 +450
Not elsewhere included - - - 408 17.2 11.5 -408
Total 3,072 100.0 100.0 2,370 100.0 100.0 +702

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