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Kaipara District

This section provides people and indicator data for Kaipara District.

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People data for Kaipara 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 Kaipara 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 Kaipara 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 3,267 22.2 1,356 35.6 234 52.3 66 37.9 9 30.0 4,215 23.2
15 - 24 1,449 9.9 582 15.3 48 10.7 21 12.1 6 20.0 1,890 10.4
25 - 44 3,339 22.7 918 24.1 96 21.5 51 29.3 15 50.0 4,239 23.4
45 - 64 4,302 29.2 696 18.3 63 14.1 36 20.7 6 20.0 5,067 27.9
65 - 74 1,374 9.3 195 5.1 6 1.3 3 1.7 0 0 1,599 8.8
75+ 981 6.7 66 1.7 6 1.3 3 1.7 0 0 1,116 6.2
Total 14,709 100.0 3,810 100.0 447 100.0 174 100.0 30 100.0 18,132 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 85.9 22.2 2.6 1.0 0.2 111.9
Sex
Male 7,311 49.7 1,848 48.5 243 54.4 81 46.6 12 40.0 9,006 49.7
Female 7,395 50.3 1,962 51.5 204 45.6 93 53.4 18 60.0 9,126 50.3
    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 17,800  -  - 274 122 152
1997 17,850 50 0.3 277 147 130
1998 17,850 0 0.0 267 135 132
1999 17,900 50 0.3 249 149 100
2000 17,950 50 0.3 274 146 128
2001 17,950 0 0.0 247 153 94
2002 18,100 150 0.8 260 166 94
2003 18,250 150 0.8 262 142 120
2004 18,350 100 0.5 240 159 81
2005 18,450 100 0.5 235 135 100
2006 18,550 100 0.5 258 136 122
2007 18,600 50 0.3 239 165 74
2008 18,600 0 0.0 251 143 108

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   19,100 19,500 19,800 19,900 19,900 1,300 7.0
Medium 18,600 18,700 18,700 18,600 18,300 17,900 -700 -4.0
Low   18,300 18,000 17,500 16,800 16,000 -2,600 -14.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 2,490 46.4 2,271 39.4 2,019 33.3 1,866 29.7 1,839 27.4
Couples without children 1,284 23.9 1,455 25.3 1,827 30.1 1,899 30.3 2,112 31.5
Multi-family 66 1.2 81 1.4 111 1.8 81 1.3 108 1.6
One parent family 435 8.1 618 10.7 648 10.7 696 11.1 705 10.5
One person 918 17.1 1,134 19.7 1,293 21.3 1,548 24.7 1,773 26.5
Other multi-person 177 3.3 195 3.4 177 2.9 183 2.9 165 2.5
Total 5,367 100.0 5,757 100.0 6,072 100.0 6,273 100.0 6,702 100.0
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Indicator data for Kaipara 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) 72.8 78.6 74.0 80.1 76.3 81.2

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 1,932 34.1 1,470 28.0 3,399 31.2
1996 1,635 28.6 1,536 27.6 3,174 28.1
2006 1,641 29.4 1,587 28.0 3,222 28.6
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 825 32.7 1,407 32.8 864 30.8 303 21.9
1996 537 30.0 1,545 34.1 825 22.6 267 13.3
2006 462 27.5 1,329 34.9 1,143 24.6 288 11.8
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,143 26.6 444 40.7 60 58.7 3 5.6 141 22.1 1,641 29.4
Female 1,062 24.1 597 48.6 36 40.9 6 9.0 102 15.3 1,587 28.1
Total 2,208 25.3 1,035 44.7 90 45.2 6 7.0 258 20.3 3,222 28.6
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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 56 76 66 150 210 360
2002 52 69 61 125 189 314
2003 50 71 60 143 177 320
2004 59 67 63 147 193 340
2005 62 84 73 161 210 371
2006 57 94 75 149 245 394
2007 75 81 78 199 207 406
2008 57 78 67 159 208 367
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 177 87.2 76 89.4 3 75.0 4 80.0 0 0.0 260 87.5
2001 160 79.6 56 70.0 4 80.0 2 100.0 2 100.0 224 77.2
2002 126 84.6 87 75.0 2 100.0 3 100.0 1 33.3 219 80.2
2003 138 82.1 75 75.8 3 100.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 218 79.9
2004 127 88.8 81 85.3 4 80.0 1 50.0 1 100.0 214 87.0
2005 166 86.0 87 91.6 11 91.7 3 100.0 2 66.7 269 87.9
2006 127 86.4 93 80.2 11 100.0 1 100.0 2 100.0 234 84.5
2007 166 90.2 80 93.0 7 100.0 1 50.0 1 100.0 255 91.1
2008 139 89.7 85 92.4 8 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 234 91.1

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 37.1 53.5 96 44.7 13.8 30.3 46 21.4
2006 47.4 63.6 108 55.7 15.8 28.3 43 22.2
2007 54.5 66.1 139 60.4 25.9 39.8 76 33.0
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 67 52.3 26 31.7 0 0.0 1 100.0 2 100.0 96 44.7
2006 83 61.9 21 40.4 1 25.0 0 0.0 3 75.0 108 55.7
2007 105 69.1 31 44.3 1 25.0 2 50.0 0 0.0 139 60.4
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 34 26.6 11 13.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 46 21.4
2006 35 26.1 7 13.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 43 22.2
2007 62 40.8 11 15.7 1 25.0 2 50.0 0 0.0 76 33.0

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 1,272 69.9 1,425 62.5 2,700 65.8
Female 1,566 78.9 1,506 65.1 3,075 71.5
Total 2,838 74.5 2,931 63.9 5,772 68.7
At least tertiary
Male 111 6.1 138 6.1 249 6.1
Female 216 10.9 177 7.7 390 9.1
Total 324 8.5 315 6.9 639 7.6
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 3,615 54.3 333 33.4 15 50.0 12 80.0 3 50.0 3,885 51.6
1991 4,011 58.1 462 38.8 24 44.4 27 75.0 6 100.0 4,371 55.2
1996 4,170 56.9 579 38.8 39 40.6 48 66.7 12 66.7 4,527 54.0
2001 4,440 66.2 624 49.2 57 59.4 51 73.9 15 100.0 4,893 63.7
2006 5,220 71.4 780 53.7 87 64.4 69 79.3 15 83.3 5,772 68.7
At least tertiary
1986 225 3.4 6 0.6 0 0.0 3 20.0 3 50.0 231 3.1
1991 219 3.2 6 0.5 0 0.0 12 33.3 0 0.0 234 3.0
1996 282 3.8 9 0.6 6 6.3 15 20.8 3 16.7 309 3.7
2001 354 5.3 30 2.4 3 3.1 12 17.4 3 20.0 381 5.0
2006 588 8.0 60 4.1 3 2.2 21 24.1 3 16.7 639 7.6
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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 1,009 280 1,289 78.3 21.7
2003 1,098 291 1,389 79.0 21.0
2004 907 240 1,147 79.1 20.9
2005 900 237 1,137 79.2 20.8
2006 762 230 992 76.8 23.2
2007 701 189 890 78.8 21.2
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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 3,354 27.6 705 33.6 27 30.0 9 42.9 0 0.0 3,927 28.4
1991 4,632 38.9 1,281 55.7 57 61.3 18 37.5 3 33.3 5,724 41.6
1996 4,353 33.4 1,566 49.6 111 48.7 42 35.0 15 50.0 5,373 35.8
2001 2,961 26.3 999 40.7 120 49.4 63 56.8 15 45.5 3,684 28.4
2006 3,090 25.4 870 32.7 123 41.4 66 51.2 3 12.5 3,747 26.9
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,473 36.2 294 15.8 1,017 26.2 570 21.6 579 41.4 3,927 28.4
1991 1,884 49.6 531 32.2 1,497 38.6 939 33.1 876 54.5 5,724 41.6
1996 1,815 44.9 453 29.2 1,329 31.9 915 27.2 864 45.7 5,373 35.8
2001 1,224 36.8 228 19.7 843 25.2 750 22.0 636 36.7 3,684 28.4
2006 1,029 31.6 213 16.6 699 21.4 954 23.6 849 40.5 3,747 26.9
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,905 26.7 2,022 30.1
1991 2,748 39.3 2,973 43.8
1996 2,526 33.6 2,850 38.0
2001 1,725 26.4 1,959 30.4
2006 1,779 25.6 1,968 28.1

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 969 7.0 756 29.0 15 15.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,677 10.3
1991 936 6.9 777 26.8 54 38.3 3 4.8 0 0.0 1,743 10.7
1996 894 6.5 759 21.4 69 26.0 24 17.8 7 20.6 1,529 9.3
2001 699 5.3 657 19.8 60 20.8 21 16.3 9 23.1 1,314 8.2
2006 708 5.3 624 18.4 123 31.5 15 9.8 0 0.0 1,359 8.3
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 486 15.7 234 13.2 351 14.8 420 9.2 150 5.0 30 2.1 1,677 10.3
1991 525 17.4 234 14.9 342 15.6 471 10.2 144 4.4 33 1.9 1,743 10.7
1996 468 15.8 219 15.2 263 14.1 415 9.0 138 3.8 26 1.3 1,529 9.3
2001 426 16.0 198 13.1 195 11.9 342 8.2 126 3.1 21 1.0 1,314 8.2
2006 408 16.4 207 14.6 225 13.3 312 8.3 180 3.9 27 1.1 1,359 8.3
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 888 10.6 789 10.0
1991 897 10.8 843 10.5
1996 771 9.3 758 9.2
2001 666 8.2 645 8.1
2006 672 8.3 690 8.4
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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 (%) 68.0 66.0 57.7 61.0 56.0 51.0 43.0

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 8 32.0 0 0.0 4 18.0 2 29.0 4 24.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 2 20.0 0 n/a 2 20.0 0 n/a 2 25.0 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 273 18.2 171 20.5 228 25.4 168 45.9 87 52.7 939 24.9
Total population 324 7.1 192 6.4 270 5.5 186 6.8 93 4.3 1,074 6.2
2001 Māori 222 16.1 165 21.5 213 22.9 129 33.9 96 51.6 828 22.8
Total population 264 6.1 195 7.3 261 5.3 153 4.7 111 4.8 978 5.6
2006 Māori 201 14.8 144 18.6 219 22.1 144 33.1 105 41.2 816 21.4
  Total population 234 5.6 168 6.4 246 5.0 183 5.0 126 4.6 963 5.3

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  (%) 12.1 9.8 72.1 69.7 34.1 33.3
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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 39.5 5.5
2002 33.9 28.7
2003 38.5 0.0
2004 9.7 0.0
2005 29.4 28.2
2006/2007 37.8 28.0
2007/2008 37.8 28.0

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 65 362.1 22.3
2002 64 355.6 33.3
2003 87 482.0 11.1
2004 124 687.0 27.7
2005 125 692.5 27.7
2006 136 753.5 27.7
2007 140 752.7 21.5
2008 101 543.0 21.5
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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 95.2 80.7 81.6 93.3 72.7 91.9 93.0 90.0 89.4 91.5 95.6 97.1 92.4
2001 97.4 86.8 85.9 93.2 92.3 95.0 95.5 94.0 93.3 94.3 96.9 97.5 95.2
2006 98.4 93.2 93.1 98.1 90.0 96.9 97.6 97.2 96.4 96.7 97.4 98.5 97.3
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 19.4 21.7 18.2 23.1 29.5 29.2 32.7 30.9 32.0 32.1 ..s 29.4
2006 57.7 39.9 41.2 58.5 60.0 54.7 54.3 58.0 51.2 58.9 60.6 32.2 54.5
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