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Hamilton City

This section provides people and indicator data for Hamilton City.

People data for Hamilton City

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 Hamilton City

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: Satisfaction with work/life balance, Workplace Injury

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

Leisure and Recreation: Satisfaction with leisure time, Participation in physical activity

Physical Environment: Drinking water quality

Safety: Perceptions of safety, Road casualties

Social Connectedness: Telephone and internet access in the home, Trust in others, Proportion of the population experiencing loneliness

People data for Hamilton City

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 18,894 20.4 8,640 35.2 2,088 40.6 2,784 21.3 696 36.4 28,257 21.9
15 - 24 15,720 17.0 5,262 21.4 1,068 20.8 3,642 27.9 414 21.7 24,219 18.7
25 - 44 25,599 27.7 6,903 28.1 1,371 26.7 4,218 32.3 564 29.5 37,122 28.7
45 - 64 20,724 22.4 3,072 12.5 507 9.9 1,938 14.9 204 10.7 26,562 20.6
65 - 74 5,721 6.2 498 2.0 72 1.4 330 2.5 24 1.3 6,783 5.2
75+ 5,754 6.2 198 0.8 33 0.6 135 1.0 9 0.5 6,312 4.9
Total 92,403 100.0 24,579 100.0 5,139 100.0 13,044 100.0 1,911 100.0 129,249 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 74.9 19.9 4.2 10.6 1.5 111.1
Sex
Male 43,884 47.5 11,838 48.2 2,574 50.1 6,315 48.4 981 51.3 62,082 48.0
Female 48,522 52.5 12,738 51.8 2,562 49.9 6,732 51.6 930 48.7 67,167 52.0
    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 111,700  -  - 1,723 757 966
1997 114,200 2,500 2.2 1,881 709 1,172
1998 116,200 2,000 1.8 1,860 698 1,162
1999 117,600 1,400 1.2 1,934 745 1,189
2000 118,600 1,000 0.9 1,806 664 1,142
2001 120,900 2,300 1.9 1,929 707 1,222
2002 123,600 2,700 2.2 1,785 746 1,039
2003 126,700 3,100 2.5 1,943 713 1,230
2004 129,700 3,000 2.4 1,947 767 1,180
2005 131,900 2,200 1.7 2,053 767 1,286
2006 134,400 2,500 1.9 2,077 793 1,284
2007 136,600 2,200 1.6 2,286 814 1,472
2008 138,500 1,900 1.4 2,469 819 1,650

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   147,100 159,400 171,400 183,200 195,000 60,600 45.0
Medium 134,400 143,800 152,700 161,200 169,500 177,400 43,000 32.0
Low   140,400 146,000 151,200 155,900 160,200 25,800 19.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 11,850 37.7 11,364 32.9 11,142 30.2 11,010 27.3 12,399 27.8
Couples without children 7,419 23.6 8,190 23.7 9,375 25.4 10,110 25.1 11,499 25.8
Multi-family 393 1.2 543 1.6 948 2.6 876 2.2 1,272 2.9
One parent family 3,708 11.8 4,566 13.2 4,941 13.4 5,733 14.2 6,090 13.7
One person 5,547 17.6 6,747 19.6 7,317 19.8 9,147 22.7 9,957 22.3
Other multi-person 2,544 8.1 3,090 9.0 3,204 8.7 3,435 8.5 3,399 7.6
Total 31,455 100.0 34,500 100.0 36,927 100.0 40,311 100.0 44,613 100.0

Indicator data for Hamilton City

Health

Life expectancy

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) 74.7 80.2 76.7 81.9 77.5 82.0

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 10,539 33.8 10,047 29.4 20,583 31.4
1996 8,574 22.7 9,138 21.8 17,718 22.3
2006 9,321 21.5 9,555 20.0 18,873 20.7
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 6,276 33.2 8,415 35.0 4,635 30.7 1,257 17.2
1996 5,007 24.2 8,202 26.8 3,564 19.6 945 9.5
2006 5,148 23.4 8,400 24.7 4,485 18.3 840 7.1
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 5,631 20.7 2,442 33.3 363 26.3 810 15.6 999 17.2 9,321 21.5
Female 6,084 19.5 3,423 39.8 360 23.4 219 3.8 864 15.8 9,555 20.0
Total 11,700 20.0 5,859 36.8 702 23.2 1,026 9.4 1,848 16.5 18,873 20.8

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 93 109 101 1,702 1,983 3,685
2002 95 109 102 1,736 2,008 3,744
2003 99 110 105 1,819 2,087 3,906
2004 98 113 106 1,898 2,135 4,033
2005 107 115 111 1,953 2,230 4,183
2006 98 119 108 1,829 2,184 4,013
2007 94 115 104 1,890 2,159 4,049
2008 99 111 105 2,072 2,219 4,291
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 912 98.0 431 86.5 54 87.1 85 88.5 20 69.0 1,508 92.9
2001 868 95.6 427 90.5 55 91.7 99 92.5 25 71.4 1,481 93.0
2002 963 97.2 458 87.4 67 91.8 97 86.6 28 87.5 1,623 93.0
2003 943 97.6 506 90.2 82 94.3 122 89.1 41 75.9 1,703 93.7
2004 915 99.3 555 91.4 87 96.7 139 96.5 45 83.3 1,743 95.8
2005 907 98.3 555 91.3 66 90.4 149 97.4 52 96.3 1,732 95.4
2006 900 98.9 581 93.4 63 91.3 144 97.3 48 96.0 1,736 96.5
2007 914 99.5 525 92.8 80 87.9 143 94.7 54 91.5 1,716 96.1
2008 794 99.1 558 91.3 75 97.4 181 95.3 61 91.0 1,669 95.6

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 50.4 61.8 1,366 56.0 26.4 37.0 771 31.6
2006 54.4 62.3 1,374 58.4 24.6 35.8 713 30.3
2007 61.5 69.5 1,726 65.7 31.1 40.9 951 36.2
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 1,054 63.6 122 26.0 27 38.0 134 77.0 29 43.9 1,366 56.0
2006 989 65.5 151 32.2 36 42.4 159 75.0 39 50.6 1,374 58.4
2007 1,150 72.5 287 48.4 56 46.7 184 77.6 49 53.3 1,726 65.7
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 619 37.4 47 10.0 8 11.3 88 50.6 9 13.6 771 31.6
2006 538 35.6 36 7.7 12 14.1 105 49.5 22 28.6 713 30.3
2007 661 41.7 117 19.7 26 21.7 127 53.6 20 21.7 951 36.2

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 13,440 83.1 8,682 75.2 22,122 79.8
Female 15,624 86.8 9,216 72.2 24,843 80.8
Total 29,064 85.0 17,898 73.7 46,965 80.3
At least tertiary
Male 4,071 25.2 2,304 20.0 6,375 23.0
Female 5,223 29.0 2,340 18.3 7,560 24.6
Total 9,291 27.2 4,644 19.1 13,938 23.8
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 23,248 63.9 1,563 36.5 195 46.4 444 66.4 33 68.8 25,016 60.9
1991 26,431 69.0 2,223 43.9 288 46.4 966 67.7 78 70.3 29,382 65.9
1996 28,771 69.2 3,405 48.3 492 49.0 1,458 58.1 159 57.0 32,586 65.6
2001 32,654 79.1 4,386 58.8 834 70.4 2,889 86.6 339 74.3 39,113 76.6
2006 36,936 82.3 6,159 66.8 1,254 73.2 5,190 88.7 537 77.8 46,965 80.3
At least tertiary
1986 3,217 8.8 102 2.4 18 4.3 192 28.7 9 18.8 3,479 8.5
1991 4,069 10.6 201 4.0 39 6.3 393 27.5 30 27.0 4,664 10.5
1996 5,533 13.3 417 5.9 93 9.3 807 32.1 72 25.8 6,655 13.4
2001 7,240 17.5 813 10.9 144 12.2 1,119 33.5 132 29.0 9,030 17.7
2006 10,341 23.1 1,455 15.8 297 17.3 2,475 42.3 207 30.0 13,938 23.8

Paid Work

Satisfaction with work/life balance

The proportion of employed people who are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their work-life balance, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Very satisfied 25.5 36.6 30.2 25.9 38.0 64.1 31.1
Satisfied 47.1 39.9 46.1 44.7 43.0 17.7 43.4
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 9.1 11.0 9.4 11.4 7.8 8.6 10.1
Dissatisfied 15.7 11.3 13.4 14.7 11.2 9.6 13.5
Very Dissatisfied 2.6 1.2 0.9 3.3 0.0 0.0 1.9

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 6,493 2,497 8,990 72.2 27.8
2003 6,726 2,544 9,270 72.6 27.4
2004 7,157 2,562 9,719 73.6 26.4
2005 6,712 2,499 9,211 72.9 27.1
2006 6,429 2,536 8,965 71.7 28.3
2007 6,431 2,625 9,056 71.0 29.0

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 9,906 14.8 2,703 29.7 309 30.7 225 17.4 42 40.0 12,636 16.6
1991 14,895 21.7 4,095 41.3 534 40.2 654 29.9 81 45.0 19,272 24.2
1996 14,889 20.7 5,199 39.3 783 39.4 1,722 42.9 183 43.6 20,547 24.2
2001 12,516 17.6 5,088 35.5 960 39.7 2,301 43.3 450 54.7 19,278 22.1
2006 11,106 14.2 4,212 24.2 957 27.2 3,426 36.4 534 42.8 18,264 18.2
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 4,050 22.2 1,707 11.6 2,409 10.7 1,629 12.1 2,841 39.7 12,636 16.6
1991 5,409 30.4 3,414 22.1 3,828 15.8 2,550 18.1 4,071 50.4 19,272 24.2
1996 6,105 31.7 4,101 26.8 4,446 17.1 2,313 14.9 3,582 40.6 20,547 24.2
2001 5,940 29.7 3,789 26.2 4,188 15.9 2,496 14.2 2,868 31.9 19,278 22.1
2006 4,923 22.3 3,630 21.5 3,678 12.5 2,556 11.9 3,477 33.9 18,264 18.2
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 5,289 14.4 7,350 18.7
1991 8,064 21.1 11,208 27.1
1996 8,664 21.3 11,880 26.9
2001 8,145 19.5 11,133 24.5
2006 8,043 16.7 10,218 19.6

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 6,711 9.0 4,515 37.5 471 36.8 390 25.1 57 41.3 11,682 13.1
1991 5,793 7.4 4,413 33.6 696 38.7 804 28.4 66 28.9 11,331 12.0
1996 5,110 6.3 5,191 30.0 880 31.9 1,216 23.0 235 37.0 11,522 11.3
2001 4,122 5.1 5,097 26.4 1,098 31.9 1,560 21.2 441 37.7 11,385 10.6
2006 4,542 5.2 6,051 27.0 1,593 33.8 2,550 21.0 621 36.3 14,082 11.8
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 2,367 17.0 1,383 17.3 3,960 22.0 2,808 10.6 1,023 6.7 141 1.9 11,682 13.1
1991 2,493 17.0 1,173 16.3 3,687 19.1 2,847 9.9 978 6.1 156 1.8 11,331 12.0
1996 2,995 18.9 1,164 16.1 3,154 15.7 3,042 9.8 970 5.3 197 2.1 11,522 11.3
2001 2,988 17.9 1,365 16.4 2,739 14.1 2,973 9.3 1,101 5.2 213 2.1 11,385 10.6
2006 3,273 18.5 1,554 17.2 3,858 17.6 3,582 10.4 1,527 6.1 288 2.5 14,082 11.8
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 5,709 13.2 5,973 13.0
1991 5,595 12.2 5,736 11.7
1996 5,491 11.2 6,031 11.4
2001 5,454 10.6 5,928 10.6
2006 6,813 11.8 7,272 11.7

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 (%) 58.0 52.0 50.4 54.0 47.0 45.0 35.0

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 11 28.0 1 13.0 16 36.0 1 11.0 9 38.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 3 23.0 0 n/a 5 38.0 0 n/a 6 50.0 0 n/a

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 1,569 23.0 1,671 26.5 1,281 29.2 549 48.7 228 57.6 5,298 27.8
  Total population 1,752 7.3 2,016 6.5 1,512 5.0 651 5.2 270 2.5 6,198 5.7
2001 Māori 1,797 23.1 1,872 28.7 1,542 29.8 591 41.8 264 57.9 6,054 28.3
  Total population 1,935 7.5 2,238 7.5 1,785 5.5 717 4.7 297 2.6 6,987 6.1
2006 Māori 1,590 18.4 1,932 26.4 1,656 27.5 675 35.4 369 53.0 6,225 25.3
  Total population 1,701 6.0 2,196 6.4 1,923 5.4 813 4.4 420 3.2 7,053 5.5

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  (%) 24.5 25.9 78.4 76.5 57.6 59.9

Leisure and Recreation

Satisfaction with leisure time

The proportion of people aged 15 years and over who are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their leisure time, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Very satisfied 25.0 26.0 21.1 20.5 28.2 47.5 25.5
Satisfied 43.5 43.5 45.8 45.0 40.4 38.1 43.5
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 22.3 17.9 20.9 19.9 24.9 11.5 20.0
Dissatisfied 7.4 10.5 10.2 12.0 4.7 2.8 9.0
Very Dissatisfied 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.7 1.7 0.0 2.0

Participation in physical activity

The proportion of the population aged 15 years and over who met physical activity guidelines (ie were physically active for at least 30 minutes a day on five or more days over the last week), as measured by the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Physically Active 43.4 52.5 51.8 45.5 48.7 49.9 48.2

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 96.9 0.0
2002 0.0 94.7
2003 92.4 92.4
2004 100.7 100.7
2005 99.0 99.0
2006/2007 95.8 97.3
2007/2008 95.5 96.8

Safety

Perceptions of safety - in the local neighbourhood after dark

The proportion of people who reported they felt "a bit unsafe" or "very unsafe" walking alone in their neighbourhood at night, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Very safe 22.5 6.8 11.8 13.0 20.5 13.9 14.2
Fairly safe 48.4 26.2 38.1 41.8 30.7 24.7 36.7
A bit unsafe 22.6 43.5 34.8 32.8 35.1 32.7 33.7
Very unsafe 5.0 21.0 15.3 11.5 12.7 17.5 13.4

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 324 273.0 0.0
2002 359 294.3 2.5
2003 368 294.4 6.4
2004 350 270.5 2.3
2005 319 242.8 9.1
2006 345 258.0 5.2
2007 476 348.5 4.4
2008 460 332.1 0.7

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 97.6 84.5 82.9 96.3 90.3 95.0 95.3 92.2 94.6 95.3 97.4 98.4 95.1
2001 98.1 87.5 91.4 96.4 95.5 95.7 96.2 94.2 94.9 96.0 97.7 98.8 96.0
2006 98.9 95.4 96.0 98.5 98.6 98.0 98.2 97.8 97.5 98.1 98.6 99.1 98.1
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 46.8 28.2 26.8 60.0 38.6 45.9 42.8 46.1 46.1 47.8 48.1 17.6 44.3
2006 71.2 48.8 47.1 76.5 64.9 68.4 66.2 68.8 67.2 71.4 72.1 41.0 67.2

Trust in others

The proportion of the population aged 15 years and over reporting that people can "almost always" or "usually" be trusted, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
People can almost always be trusted 13.8 14.4 15.2 11.3 18.0 16.3 14.1
People can usually be trusted 63.8 60.2 58.6 63.7 57.8 67.7 61.9
You usually can't be too careful in dealing with people 15.8 19.6 20.1 18.5 18.7 9.9 17.8
You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people 6.6 5.8 6.1 6.4 5.5 6.1 6.2

Proportion of the population experiencing loneliness

The proportion of the population aged 15 years and over who reported feeling lonely "sometimes", "most of the time" or "always" during the previous 12 months, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Never 52.0 45.1 31.8 50.7 56.8 59.0 48.4
Rarely 28.7 35.4 45.5 30.1 26.7 22.9 32.2
Sometimes 17.7 18.7 21.8 17.6 15.2 18.0 18.2
Most of the time 1.1 0.4 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.7
Always 0.6 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5