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Invercargill District

This section provides people and indicator data for Invercargill District.

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People data for Invercargill 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 Invercargill 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 Invercargill 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 9,039 20.2 2,319 34.7 468 38.0 189 25.5 24 22.9 10,278 20.4
15 - 24 5,904 13.2 1,302 19.5 237 19.2 132 17.8 21 20.0 6,933 13.8
25 - 44 11,919 26.6 1,731 25.9 306 24.8 267 36.0 36 34.3 13,497 26.8
45 - 64 11,130 24.8 1,020 15.2 183 14.8 129 17.4 15 14.3 12,300 24.4
65 - 74 3,462 7.7 240 3.6 33 2.7 21 2.8 0 0 3,765 7.5
75+ 3,387 7.6 87 1.3 9 0.7 9 1.2 3 2.9 3,552 7.1
Total 44,847 100.0 6,690 100.0 1,233 100.0 741 100.0 105 100.0 50,325 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 91.8 13.7 2.5 1.5 0.2 109.7
Sex
Male 21,471 47.9 3,372 50.4 636 51.6 327 44.1 54 51.4 24,345 48.4
Female 23,373 52.1 3,321 49.6 594 48.2 417 56.3 51 48.6 25,980 51.6
    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 54,200  -  - 769 511 258
1997 53,200 -1,000 -1.8 757 430 327
1998 51,900 -1,300 -2.4 700 473 227
1999 50,600 -1,300 -2.5 678 470 208
2000 50,200 -400 -0.8 730 490 240
2001 51,100 900 1.8 678 527 151
2002 51,500 400 0.8 661 530 131
2003 52,100 600 1.2 661 510 151
2004 52,200 100 0.2 690 533 157
2005 52,000 -200 -0.4 664 465 199
2006 51,600 -400 -0.8 692 511 181
2007 51,600 0 0.0 773 509 264
2008 51,600 0 0.0 743 475 268

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   52,900 53,900 54,600 55,000 55,000 3,400 7.0
Medium 51,600 51,100 50,300 49,200 47,800 45,900 -5,700 -11.0
Low   49,300 46,800 43,900 40,700 37,000 -14,600 -28.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 7,845 41.2 6,987 35.7 6,096 31.4 5,235 27.1 5,172 26.3
Couples without children 4,173 21.9 4,527 23.1 4,971 25.6 5,070 26.3 5,499 28.0
Multi-family 168 0.9 219 1.1 270 1.4 171 0.9 243 1.2
One parent family 2,100 11.0 2,514 12.8 2,493 12.8 2,574 13.3 2,442 12.4
One person 3,672 19.3 4,260 21.8 4,611 23.7 5,397 28.0 5,364 27.3
Other multi-person 1,098 5.8 1,062 5.4 996 5.1 846 4.4 936 4.8
Total 19,056 100.0 19,572 100.0 19,440 100.0 19,293 100.0 19,653 100.0
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Indicator data for Invercargill District

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) 73.5 78.4 73.2 79.2 75.2 80.8

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 7,971 38.7 6,687 32.9 14,640 35.6
1996 5,235 28.8 5,322 28.7 10,557 28.7
2006 4,623 28.2 4,854 27.7 9,477 27.9
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 4,125 36.6 5,943 39.6 3,591 35.8 981 18.1
1996 2,424 34.2 4,854 32.0 2,580 26.0 699 11.3
2006 2,229 34.7 4,011 31.8 2,640 23.1 597 9.0
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 3,429 28.0 771 36.8 147 38.6 48 19.8 630 22.8 4,623 28.2
Female 3,804 27.7 990 44.5 135 35.6 18 7.1 546 20.6 4,854 27.8
Total 7,221 27.8 1,761 40.5 291 39.6 60 11.7 1,176 21.7 9,477 27.9
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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 87 103 95 659 741 1,400
2002 91 107 100 618 811 1,429
2003 91 118 104 649 820 1,469
2004 90 112 101 664 809 1,473
2005 89 115 102 625 833 1,458
2006 91 116 103 636 793 1,429
2007 111 116 113 708 769 1,477
2008 103 121 112 727 771 1,498
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 579 97.6 114 96.6 6 66.7 5 100.0 5 100.0 709 97.1
2001 576 97.8 116 96.7 15 100.0 3 100.0 1 100.0 711 97.5
2002 575 97.5 151 97.4 10 90.9 4 66.7 3 100.0 743 97.1
2003 596 98.5 149 98.0 15 100.0 7 87.5 4 100.0 771 98.3
2004 549 99.3 133 97.1 28 100.0 3 100.0 3 100.0 717 98.9
2005 549 98.7 152 98.1 22 100.0 7 100.0 2 66.7 732 98.5
2006 541 99.4 143 97.3 18 100.0 6 100.0 8 100.0 716 99.0
2007 470 99.4 141 95.3 20 95.2 7 100.0 10 100.0 648 98.3
2008 476 97.7 148 95.5 27 96.4 8 100.0 5 100.0 664 97.2

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 50.7 63.0 443 57.4 21.9 37.8 236 30.6
2006 47.4 66.4 463 57.4 18.2 36.9 226 28.0
2007 48.4 69.1 486 58.1 19.5 41.2 248 29.6
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 364 61.0 55 40.2 10 47.6 8 80.0 6 85.7 443 57.4
2006 383 61.1 62 40.0 5 50.0 9 90.0 4 100.0 463 57.4
2007 409 63.5 56 35.2 9 45.0 8 88.9 4 80.0 486 58.1
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 203 34.0 22 16.1 1 4.8 6 60.0 4 57.1 236 30.6
2006 194 30.9 21 13.5 3 30.0 6 60.0 2 50.0 226 28.0
2007 222 34.5 17 10.7 1 5.0 7 77.8 1 20.0 248 29.6

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 4,398 73.4 3,381 60.7 7,779 67.3
Female 5,250 79.1 3,387 59.7 8,637 70.2
Total 9,648 76.4 6,768 60.2 16,419 68.8
At least tertiary
Male 675 11.3 519 9.3 1,194 10.3
Female 1,131 17.1 486 8.6 1,614 13.1
Total 1,806 14.3 1,005 8.9 2,811 11.8
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 11,552 52.1 600 33.1 129 31.6 81 69.2 18 85.7 12,203 50.5
1991 12,948 55.5 867 39.3 165 31.8 129 69.4 15 71.4 13,829 53.8
1996 13,514 56.7 1,110 42.1 141 33.6 129 55.8 18 60.0 14,192 55.1
2001 13,707 65.6 1,206 54.8 192 56.6 204 81.9 27 100.0 14,598 64.6
2006 15,282 69.7 1,503 60.0 246 59.0 306 86.4 45 93.8 16,419 68.8
At least tertiary
1986 1,011 4.6 24 1.3 6 1.5 39 33.3 0 0.0 1,067 4.4
1991 1,145 4.9 30 1.4 9 1.7 63 33.9 3 14.3 1,238 4.8
1996 1,483 6.2 42 1.6 9 2.1 75 32.5 9 30.0 1,581 6.1
2001 1,765 8.4 90 4.1 18 5.3 87 34.9 9 33.3 1,895 8.4
2006 2,589 11.8 192 7.7 36 8.6 135 38.1 15 31.3 2,811 11.8
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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 1,671 782 2,453 68.1 31.9
2003 1,761 765 2,526 69.7 30.3
2004 1,980 866 2,846 69.6 30.4
2005 1,820 845 2,665 68.3 31.7
2006 1,795 915 2,710 66.2 33.8
2007 1,705 790 2,495 68.3 31.7
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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 6,423 15.7 1,014 25.3 189 26.7 21 9.3 0 0.0 7,395 16.5
1991 11,019 26.8 1,902 41.8 489 49.2 96 30.2 18 46.2 12,858 28.3
1996 10,005 24.4 1,944 36.3 387 43.3 132 31.0 21 33.3 11,352 25.5
2001 8,592 24.0 1,608 35.3 252 36.8 111 29.1 15 31.3 9,645 24.8
2006 7,416 19.9 1,263 25.0 240 27.1 144 25.8 12 15.4 8,265 20.4
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,373 20.5 651 8.8 1,311 10.2 1,056 13.0 2,001 42.3 7,395 16.5
1991 3,882 35.0 1,323 19.4 2,670 19.3 1,983 23.4 3,003 56.6 12,858 28.3
1996 3,474 33.0 1,104 18.5 2,325 17.0 1,716 19.3 2,733 49.4 11,352 25.5
2001 2,808 31.3 1,026 23.0 1,956 17.2 1,608 18.0 2,250 43.1 9,645 24.8
2006 2,073 23.9 855 16.7 1,449 13.1 1,413 14.0 2,472 44.2 8,265 20.4
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,006 13.6 4,389 19.4
1991 5,385 24.2 7,473 32.1
1996 4,734 21.8 6,618 29.0
2001 4,029 21.5 5,616 27.8
2006 3,564 18.2 4,698 22.4

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 4,272 9.0 1,275 23.9 429 38.0 45 16.1 15 31.3 5,865 10.9
1991 3,735 8.0 1,167 21.1 414 31.7 45 12.3 3 7.7 5,190 9.7
1996 2,281 5.1 799 12.9 325 27.9 68 13.6 8 11.6 3,156 6.3
2001 1,446 3.5 579 10.0 186 19.6 60 11.9 3 5.3 2,118 4.6
2006 1,638 3.9 732 11.9 207 18.7 84 12.5 12 12.1 2,361 5.0
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 1,176 12.7 801 15.8 1,839 19.1 1,338 8.6 630 6.6 72 1.5 5,865 10.9
1991 1,203 13.5 696 15.5 1,386 16.4 1,386 8.5 465 4.9 60 1.1 5,190 9.7
1996 833 10.6 370 9.3 801 11.0 811 5.3 296 3.0 45 0.8 3,156 6.3
2001 540 7.8 285 7.5 504 8.4 522 3.9 219 2.1 42 0.7 2,118 4.6
2006 597 9.3 306 8.6 558 8.7 606 4.8 261 2.3 30 0.5 2,361 5.0
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,985 11.2 2,874 10.5
1991 2,598 9.9 2,589 9.6
1996 1,581 6.4 1,575 6.1
2001 1,053 4.7 1,065 4.4
2006 1,128 5.0 1,236 5.1
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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 (%) 74.0 62.0 67.0 73.0 59.0 55.0 52.0

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 9 26.0 0 0.0 5 24.0 0 0.0 7 29.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 2 17.0 0 n/a 2 17.0 0 n/a 2 17.0 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 417 16.5 285 16.9 282 17.2 162 28.3 33 17.7 1,179 17.8
Total population 525 4.3 417 3.6 390 2.5 213 3.0 51 0.8 1,605 3.0
2001 Māori 387 16.3 336 20.9 276 17.7 171 27.8 51 22.1 1,227 19.2
Total population 477 4.3 489 5.1 432 3.0 231 3.0 69 1.0 1,692 3.4
2006 Māori 288 12.4 324 18.4 297 18.0 162 25.4 81 25.0 1,149 17.2
  Total population 345 3.4 438 4.4 405 2.8 228 2.7 99 1.4 1,512 3.0

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  (%) 14.2 13.7 68.5 74.4 38.4 39.9
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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 0.0 0.0
2002 0.0 100.3
2003 99.2 2.5
2004 96.7 2.3
2005 99.8 1.7
2006/2007 99.5 99.5
2007/2008 100.1 99.5

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 245 488.0 10.0
2002 325 632.3 11.7
2003 307 592.7 3.9
2004 279 539.7 3.9
2005 320 623.8 0.0
2006 400 789.0 3.9
2007 287 556.2 9.7
2008 265 513.6 5.8
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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 96.6 89.3 86.9 94.6 90.9 95.3 96.2 94.3 94.3 96.0 96.9 98.3 95.8
2001 97.3 92.3 91.9 97.0 89.5 96.3 97.1 95.9 94.5 96.9 97.7 98.6 96.8
2006 98.8 97.2 96.7 98.6 97.1 98.3 98.8 98.8 97.4 98.4 98.8 98.9 98.5
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 34.7 25.4 17.2 48.2 31.6 35.2 32.9 39.2 34.5 39.1 35.6 9.3 34.0
2006 61.4 51.8 44.5 68.3 82.4 61.8 59.1 68.3 61.4 66.8 64.1 26.9 60.4
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