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Grey District

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People data for Grey District

Ethnicity by age, proportion in the area and sex: Census 2006, Estimated population change, births, deaths and natural increase from 1996, Projected population change, Household composition
Indicator data for Grey District

Health: Life expectancy, Cigarette smoking

Knowledge and Skills: Participation in early childhood education, School leavers with higher qualifications, Educational attainment of the adult population

Paid Work: Workplace injury claims

Economic Standard of Living: Population with low incomes, Household crowding

Civil and Political Rights: Voter turnout - local authority elections, Representation of women in local government

Cultural Identity: Māori language speakers, Language retention

Physical Environment: Drinking water quality

Safety: Road casualties

Social Connectedness: Telephone and internet access in the home

People data for Grey District

Ethnicity by age, proportion in the area and sex: Census 2006

Ethnicity European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Age Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
0 - 14 2,652 21.5 447 40.7 57 38.8 36 24.0 9 37.5 2,859 21.6
15 - 24 1,380 11.2 189 17.2 21 14.3 24 16.0 3 12.5 1,512 11.4
25 - 44 3,273 26.5 282 25.7 51 34.7 51 34.0 9 37.5 3,546 26.8
45 - 64 3,333 27.0 141 12.8 15 10.2 33 22.0 0 0 3,522 26.6
65 - 74 963 7.8 24 2.2 0 0.0 6 4.0 0 0 1,011 7.6
75+ 741 6.0 6 0.5 0 0.0 6 4.0 0 0 777 5.9
Total 12,351 100.0 1,098 100.0 147 100.0 150 100.0 24 100.0 13,221 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 95.9 8.5 1.1 1.2 0.2 106.9
Sex
Male 6,231 50.4 540 49.2 81 55.1 63 42.0 9 37.5 6,681 50.5
Female 6,117 49.5 555 50.5 66 44.9 87 58.0 15 62.5 6,543 49.5
    100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0

Estimated population change, births, deaths and natural increase from 1996

Year Estimated resident
population at June 		Population change Registered births
December year		 Registered deaths
December year		 Natural increase
December year
Number %
1996 14,000  -  - 219 118 101
1997 13,950 -50 -0.4 192 116 76
1998 13,750 -200 -1.4 181 152 29
1999 13,550 -200 -1.5 184 109 75
2000 13,400 -150 -1.1 172 89 83
2001 13,200 -200 -1.5 183 131 52
2002 13,200 0 0.0 154 110 44
2003 13,250 50 0.4 142 122 20
2004 13,300 50 0.4 192 92 100
2005 13,400 100 0.8 130 100 30
2006 13,550 150 1.1 190 107 83
2007 13,600 50 0.4 168 92 76
2008 13,650 50 0.4 213 131 82

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   13,800 14,000 14,200 14,300 14,200 700 5.0
Medium 13,500 13,600 13,500 13,400 13,200 12,900 -600 -4.0
Low   13,300 13,000 12,600 12,200 11,600 -1,900 -14.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 1,935 41.4 1,737 36.4 1,605 32.9 1,365 28.3 1,392 27.6
Couples without children 1,077 23.1 1,146 24.0 1,335 27.4 1,374 28.4 1,446 28.7
Multi-family 36 0.8 33 0.7 48 1.0 30 0.6 54 1.1
One parent family 459 9.8 534 11.2 573 11.8 537 11.1 540 10.7
One person 900 19.3 1,068 22.4 1,119 23.0 1,353 28.0 1,419 28.1
Other multi-person 267 5.7 249 5.2 198 4.1 171 3.5 189 3.7
Total 4,671 100.0 4,770 100.0 4,875 100.0 4,830 100.0 5,043 100.0
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Indicator data for Grey District

Health

Life expectancy - TLA data not available so regional figure provided

Life expectancy at birth indicates the total number of years a person could expect to live, based on the mortality rates of the population at each age in a given year or period.

  1995 - 1997 2000 - 2002 2005 - 2007
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Life expectancy at birth (years) 72.3 78.4 74.2 81.4 76.9 81.6

Cigarette smoking

The proportion (%) of the population in the area aged 15 years and over who currently smoke cigarettes.

The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by sex
Year Male Female Total
Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,737 34.3 1,416 30.0 3,156 32.2
1996 1,269 26.9 1,224 26.6 2,502 26.9
2006 1,185 26.2 1,140 25.7 2,331 26.0
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 750 31.2 1,302 35.7 831 33.2 273 19.0
1996 477 29.1 1,230 31.5 615 23.5 180 12.1
2006 387 27.6 1,011 30.4 774 23.6 159 9.8
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 951 27.0 96 30.7 12 20.8 3 5.7 195 22.1 1,185 26.1
Female 939 27.1 123 35.8 6 15.6 6 5.3 135 16.2 1,140 25.8
Total 1,896 27.1 240 37.1 24 22.1 6 5.5 333 19.6 2,331 26.0
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Knowledge and Skills

Participation in early childhood education

The number of 3 and 4 year olds enrolled in early childhood education centres or home-based education programmes as a proportion of all 3 and 4 year olds, and the number and proportion of Year 1 students who indicated they have attended some form of early childhood education.

"Apparent" participation rate, 3 and 4 year olds (numbers can add to more than 100%)
Year Participation rate % Number enrolled
3 year 4 year Total 3 year 4 year Total
2001 103 98 101 187 173 360
2002 94 92 93 159 170 329
2003 103 84 94 180 148 328
2004 88 105 96 168 185 353
2005 101 98 99 165 189 354
2006 93 118 105 153 192 345
2007 92 105 98 171 171 342
2008 92 96 94 158 178 336
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 166 91.2 19 95.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 188 90.8
2001 168 93.3 15 75.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 186 91.6
2002 170 92.9 18 90.0 2 66.7 1 100.0 1 100.0 192 92.3
2003 169 98.3 27 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 198 98.5
2004 155 95.1 26 96.3 1 100.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 185 95.4
2005 146 98.6 39 97.5 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 187 97.9
2006 162 96.4 36 100.0 3 100.0 5 100.0 2 100.0 208 97.2
2007 158 97.5 15 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 3 100.0 178 97.8
2008 125 94.7 21 87.5 1 50.0 1 100.0 5 100.0 153 93.3

School leavers with higher qualifications

The proportion of school leavers who had attained a qualification at National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 2 or above, and the proportion who leave with Bursary and above.

School leavers with higher qualifications, by sex
Year NCEA Level 2 or higher Bursary or higher
Sex (%) Total Sex (%) Total
Male Female Number % Male Female Number %
2005 22.2 40.2 63 32.6 9.9 14.3 24 12.4
2006 31.3 38.4 54 34.6 14.5 24.7 30 19.2
2007 46.4 39.1 75 42.6 16.7 15.2 28 15.9
School leavers with higher qualifications, by ethnicity
NCEA Level 2 or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 59 35.3 1 4.6 0 0.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 63 32.6
2006 45 34.6 3 16.7 3 100.0 1 50.0 2 66.7 54 34.6
2007 67 42.7 6 37.5 1 50.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 75 42.6
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 20 12.0 1 4.5 0 0.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 24 12.4
2006 23 17.7 2 11.1 2 66.7 1 50.0 2 66.7 30 19.2
2007 26 16.6 2 12.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 28 15.9

Educational attainment of the adult population

The proportion of adults aged 25 - 64 years with an educational attainment of at least upper secondary school level.

Proportion (%) and number aged 25 - 64 with higher qualifications, by age and sex, 2006
Sex 25 - 44 45 - 64 25 - 64
Number % Number % Number %
At least upper secondary 
Male 1,149 71.9 1,053 62.3 2,205 67.1
Female 1,356 78.1 924 60.4 2,280 69.8
Total 2,502 75.0 1,977 61.4 4,482 68.3
At least tertiary
Male 141 8.8 126 7.5 267 8.1
Female 219 12.6 114 7.5 333 10.2
Total 363 10.9 240 7.5 600 9.1
Proportion (%) and number aged 25 - 64 with higher qualifications, by ethnic group and year
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
At least upper secondary
1986 3,006 49.1 78 38.2 6 50.0 27 81.8 3 33.3 3,099 48.9
1991 3,315 55.6 108 45.0 15 71.4 33 84.6 3 100.0 3,432 55.4
1996 3,498 54.2 189 48.8 21 63.6 30 62.5 12 100.0 3,621 53.8
2001 3,690 63.4 207 63.3 21 77.8 45 88.2 12 100.0 3,840 63.3
2006 4,296 68.4 252 65.6 39 76.5 63 87.5 9 100.0 4,482 68.3
At least tertiary
1986 210 3.4 3 1.5 0 0.0 15 45.5 3 33.3 231 3.7
1991 219 3.7 6 2.5 0 0.0 15 38.5 0 0.0 240 3.9
1996 258 4.0 6 1.6 6 18.2 15 31.3 3 25.0 279 4.2
2001 351 6.0 12 3.7 3 11.1 18 35.3 6 50.0 381 6.3
2006 573 9.1 24 6.3 6 11.8 24 33.3 6 66.7 600 9.1
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Paid Work

Workplace injury claims

The number of workplace accident insurance claims reported to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), excluding those employees who received accident and emergency treatment only.

December year Number of claims by sex % of claims by sex
Male Female Total Male Female
2002 400 133 533 75.0 25.0
2003 438 186 624 70.2 29.8
2004 444 151 595 74.6 25.4
2005 519 164 683 76.0 24.0
2006 515 166 681 75.6 24.4
2007 489 201 690 70.9 29.1
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Economic Standard of Living

Population with low incomes

The proportion of people living in households with real gross income less than 60 per cent of the median household equivalised national income benchmarked at 2001.

Population with low incomes, by ethnicity
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,250 21.5 144 31.8 12 25.0 6 9.5 6 66.7 2,370 21.7
1991 3,336 34.3 252 50.3 12 26.7 24 38.1 3 50.0 3,570 34.8
1996 3,243 31.5 324 43.4 24 29.6 18 18.8 6 25.0 3,432 31.8
2001 2,616 28.1 273 39.4 15 22.7 27 33.3 9 42.9 2,760 28.3
2006 2,181 22.2 204 25.1 24 23.5 12 11.4 9 42.9 2,292 22.2
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 669 26.3 168 9.7 576 17.1 378 18.6 573 46.4 2,370 21.7
1991 912 39.2 297 21.2 846 26.3 648 32.1 864 67.3 3,570 34.8
1996 1,002 38.7 255 20.7 867 25.7 573 25.1 732 55.8 3,432 31.8
2001 801 34.7 192 21.1 669 23.1 525 21.7 570 47.6 2,760 28.3
2006 531 23.6 153 14.7 450 15.9 519 18.2 639 47.9 2,292 22.2
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,062 19.1 1,308 24.4
1991 1,668 32.2 1,899 37.5
1996 1,563 29.0 1,872 34.7
2001 1,287 26.4 1,470 30.2
2006 1,062 20.5 1,230 24.0

Household crowding

The proportion of the population living in crowded housing (ie requiring one or more additional bedrooms, as defined by the Canadian Crowding Index).

Household crowding, by ethnicity
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,107 9.3 87 15.3 9 15.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,245 9.7
1991 777 6.8 129 21.0 12 21.1 9 13.6 0 0.0 915 7.4
1996 556 4.8 105 11.5 7 7.7 8 7.1 5 16.7 650 5.2
2001 417 3.9 63 7.7 12 16.7 12 13.8 0 0.0 456 3.9
2006 435 4.0 132 13.4 39 28.9 6 4.8 3 14.3 552 4.6
Household crowding, by age
Year 0 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 189 9.7 156 13.8 375 17.1 327 8.3 171 7.3 27 2.1 1,245 9.7
1991 189 9.7 105 11.1 219 12.1 258 6.6 126 5.3 21 1.5 915 7.4
1996 157 7.6 67 7.4 143 8.9 195 5.0 73 2.8 15 1.1 650 5.2
2001 120 6.8 63 6.6 87 7.3 123 3.6 57 2.0 9 0.7 456 3.9
2006 141 8.9 72 7.5 102 7.7 159 4.9 72 2.2 12 0.8 552 4.6
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 663 10.1 579 9.2
1991 483 7.7 438 7.2
1996 327 5.2 323 5.2
2001 240 4.1 216 3.7
2006 303 5.0 249 4.2
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Civil and Political Rights

Voter turnout - local authority elections

The proportion of all enrolled electors (both resident and ratepayer) who cast a vote in territorial authority elections.

Election year 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007
Voter turnout (%) 75.0 74.0 68.6 71.0 63.0 67.0 56.0

Representation of women in local government

The proportion of female council and mayoral candidates, and elected members or mayors, in local authority elections.

Election activity 2001 2004 2007
Council Mayor Council Mayor Council Mayor
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Women candidates 3 21.0 0 0.0 2 14.0 0 0.0 4 21.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 1 13.0 0 n/a 2 25.0 0 n/a 1 13.0 0 n/a
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Cultural Identity

Māori language speakers

The number of Māori who can hold a conversation about everyday things in Māori, as a proportion of the Māori population, and the total number of Māori speakers as a proportion of the total population.

Speakers of Māori 0 - 14 15 - 29 30 - 49 50 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1996 Māori 39 9.2 39 15.1 42 16.7 18 26.1 3 20.0 132 13.1
Total population 60 1.8 72 2.6 63 1.5 36 1.9 6 0.4 237 1.7
2001 Māori 36 8.6 21 10.4 39 16.9 24 32.0 3 12.5 123 12.9
Total population 72 2.4 51 2.4 66 1.7 33 1.5 15 0.9 228 1.8
2006 Māori 36 8.1 24 9.2 36 13.6 9 10.3 9 27.3 117 10.7
  Total population 72 2.5 51 2.3 66 1.7 24 1.0 9 0.5 228 1.7

Language retention

The proportion of people who can speak the "first language" (excluding English) of their ethnic group, for ethnic groups (other than Māori) with an established resident population in New Zealand.

  Born in NZ Overseas born Total
2001 2006 2001 2006 2001 2006
Language retention  (%) 11.1 8.2 63.3 62.2 33.3 34.0
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Physical Environment

Drinking water quality (can be more than 100% and highly variable)

The proportion of the estimated resident population who receive their water from community water supplies whose drinking water complies with either the 2000 or 2005 Drinking-water standards for New Zealand relating to E. coli and Cryptosporidium.

Year E. coli (%) Cryptosporidium (%)
2001 64.9 0.0
2002 76.9 0.0
2003 77.8 0.0
2004 76.2 0.0
2005 76.9 0.0
2006/2007 75.8 1.3
2007/2008 66.2 1.2

Safety

Road casualties

The number of people injured or killed in motor vehicle crashes per 100,000 of the total population.

Year Injuries Deaths
Number Rate per 100,000 Rate per 100,000
2001 48 346.6 28.9
2002 36 274.8 30.5
2003 53 404.6 0.0
2004 50 383.1 15.3
2005 47 358.8 22.9
2006 49 374.0 15.3
2007 53 389.7 0.0
2008 55 402.9 36.6
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Social Connectedness

Telephone and internet access in the home

The proportion of the population with telephone and internet access in the home.

Telephone access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
1996 93.0 84.4 93.5 92.1 90.0 88.6 91.8 90.0 88.1 89.3 92.1 92.1 90.2
2001 95.0 89.4 96.0 90.0 75.0 92.4 93.8 93.1 92.4 91.7 94.5 94.6 93.1
2006 96.8 93.1 93.5 90.7 87.5 94.3 95.6 96.0 93.8 94.4 95.2 95.4 94.9
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 31.6 28.3 28.0 43.3 62.5 31.6 30.7 38.0 34.0 36.1 28.9 7.7 31.1
2006 59.1 49.5 43.5 72.1 75.0 57.2 58.3 69.0 57.6 63.6 58.1 26.0 57.7
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