Disability data updates
In this section you’ll find updates on key disability data, insights, and evidence from across the New Zealand data system. This includes summaries of existing reports, insights for disabled people drawn from published data and new disability specific analyses.
2025
- Labour market statistics for disabled people - June 2025 quarter
- Data Insights in education, employment, health, housing and justice
- Disabled people experiencing poorer health and wellbeing than non-disabled people
- Recording of the Stats NZ and Whaikaha webinar is now available
- 17 percent of New Zealanders are disabled
- Key insights into disabled people in education
- Many disabled people doing well
- Disabled children still more likely to live in material hardship
2024
- Mental health and wellbeing outcomes for young disabled people - new data
- Labour market statistics for disabled people - June 2024 quarter
- Child disability health data available for the first time
2023
- Understanding student wellbeing in the educational setting
- Labour market statistics (disability) as at the June 2022 quarter
- New data for Outcome Area 2 of the New Zealand Disability Strategy
- Release of Identify Survey helps us to understand Rainbow young people
- Data on disabled people from the latest NZ Crime and Victims Survey
- Results from the June 2023 Crime and Victims survey
- Examining the Growing Up in New Zealand data
- Data on the financial capabilities of disabled New Zealanders
- Report finds disabled people among those who experience persistent disadvantage
- MidCentral Repeat Survey and Flexible Disability Supports study published
- COVID-19 Disability Data review
2022
- Report into transport experiences of disabled people
- COVID-19 Data analysis
- Looking at MSD's What About Me? Youth Health and Wellbeing Survey 2021
- Missing out – why aren’t our children going to school
- Tāngata whaikaha Māori data
- New research into disabled learners in early childhood education and schools released
- New disabled-person-led reports released by the Donald Beasley Institute
2021
- Key findings from the third cycle of the NZ Crime and Victimisation Survey
- Updated numbers on Disability from Statistics NZ
- Violence against disabled people in New Zealand - new research
- Some statistics on disabled people and vaccines
- Key updates from NZ Health Survey results 2020/21
- Healthcare of disabled people during the 2020 lockdown
- What Makes a Good Life for Disabled Children and Young People?
2020
- Household Labour Force Survey results - June 2020
- Findings of the National Local Authority Survey on Accessibility
- World Children's Day 2020
- Reporting back on our 'How's Life Going for the Disability Community' survey