In 2019, 7,721 adolescents from 49 Auckland, Northland and Waikato schools and kura kaupapa Māori took part in the Youth19 survey. For the first time in a large-scale New Zealand youth survey, Youth19 asked detailed questions about housing deprivation. 

Key findings:

• 29% of those in years 9–13 had experienced any housing deprivation in the past 12 months
• 10% had lived in inadequate housing in the past 12 months. 
• 2% reported serious housing deprivation in the past 12 months. 
• 15% said that their families often/always worry about paying for housing costs. 
• 10% said that their family had needed to split up because their home was too small to accommodate everyone.
• 7% said that they had moved house 2 or more times in the past 12 months.