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Opotiki District

This section provides people and indicator data for Opotiki District.

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People data for Opotiki 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 Opotiki 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 Opotiki 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 1,008 22.3 1,752 35.9 108 51.4 30 37.0 9 60.0 2,472 27.5
15 - 24 420 9.3 660 13.5 39 18.6 9 11.1 3 20.0 993 11.1
25 - 44 915 20.3 1,176 24.1 36 17.1 30 37.0 6 40.0 2,016 22.5
45 - 64 1,335 29.6 909 18.6 15 7.1 12 14.8 0 0 2,250 25.1
65 - 74 459 10.2 276 5.7 3 1.4 0 0.0 3 20.0 735 8.2
75+ 375 8.3 120 2.5 0 0.0 3 3.7 0 0 510 5.7
Total 4,512 100.0 4,884 100.0 210 100.0 81 100.0 15 100.0 8,976 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 54.8 59.3 2.5 1.0 0.2 117.7
Sex
Male 2,247 49.8 2,355 48.2 102 48.6 42 51.9 9 60.0 4,431 49.4
Female 2,265 50.2 2,526 51.7 111 52.9 39 48.1 9 60.0 4,545 50.6
    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 9,680  -  - 168 96 72
1997 9,660 -20 -0.2 186 85 101
1998 9,670 10 0.1 155 77 78
1999 9,660 -10 -0.1 174 81 93
2000 9,670 10 0.1 154 84 70
2001 9,490 -180 -1.9 162 84 78
2002 9,470 -20 -0.2 149 72 77
2003 9,460 -10 -0.1 150 77 73
2004 9,440 -20 -0.2 145 93 52
2005 9,330 -110 -1.2 136 82 54
2006 9,200 -130 -1.4 134 93 41
2007 9,140 -60 -0.7 153 71 82
2008 9,060 -80 -0.9 140 79 61

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   9,500 9,800 10,100 10,300 10,500 1,300 14.0
Medium 9,200 9,200 9,100 9,000 8,900 8,600 -600 -7.0
Low   8,800 8,400 7,900 7,400 6,800 -2,400 -26.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 1,002 42.0 975 35.1 963 32.0 846 27.6 786 25.4
Couples without children 534 22.4 630 22.7 678 22.6 738 24.0 792 25.6
Multi-family 102 4.3 78 2.8 132 4.4 96 3.1 99 3.2
One parent family 276 11.6 501 18.0 504 16.8 558 18.2 552 17.8
One person 381 16.0 498 17.9 621 20.7 735 23.9 762 24.6
Other multi-person 96 4.0 99 3.6 102 3.4 96 3.1 99 3.2
Total 2,388 100.0 2,778 100.0 3,006 100.0 3,069 100.0 3,093 100.0
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Indicator data for Opotiki 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) 73.0 79.2 75.4 80.5 77.1 81.9

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 843 36.6 828 36.1 1,662 36.3
1996 1,020 36.6 1,080 37.3 2,100 37.1
2006 867 35.4 1,029 39.6 1,893 37.7
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 435 39.0 663 38.9 414 34.1 150 23.4
1996 399 40.5 1,053 44.6 519 30.9 129 13.8
2006 351 40.8 801 45.7 600 29.6 141 12.9
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 339 28.5 543 41.5 18 33.0 9 10.7 48 17.4 867 35.1
Female 372 30.9 753 48.6 21 49.0 0 0.0 51 15.6 1,029 40.1
Total 708 29.7 1,302 45.2 36 36.1 12 25.0 102 20.4 1,893 37.9
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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 77 85 81 116 141 257
2002 88 95 92 135 145 280
2003 63 80 71 107 126 233
2004 76 72 74 118 125 243
2005 65 87 76 101 135 236
2006 71 90 81 110 139 249
2007 91 73 81 127 117 244
2008 89 98 94 114 140 254
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 31 91.2 162 89.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 193 89.4
2001 33 100.0 146 89.0 5 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 184 91.1
2002 27 100.0 136 95.1 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 164 95.9
2003 25 96.2 135 95.1 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 162 95.3
2004 23 95.8 125 88.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 149 89.2
2005 26 100.0 123 91.8 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 151 93.2
2006 17 100.0 111 96.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 128 97.0
2007 18 94.7 117 94.4 2 100.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 139 93.9
2008 19 100.0 98 90.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 118 92.2

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 47.7 54.6 55 50.5 9.2 40.9 24 22.0
2006 40.7 40.8 31 40.8 14.8 32.7 20 26.3
2007 62.1 51.9 82 56.6 6.1 20.3 20 13.8
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 16 69.6 39 58.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 55 50.5
2006 11 64.7 19 33.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 31 40.8
2007 28 82.4 54 49.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 82 56.6
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 9 39.1 15 22.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 22.0
2006 8 47.1 11 19.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 20 26.3
2007 10 29.4 10 9.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 13.8

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 426 56.8 540 56.1 969 56.6
Female 660 69.4 651 64.2 1,311 66.6
Total 1,086 63.8 1,191 60.2 2,280 62.0
At least tertiary
Male 39 5.2 75 7.8 111 6.5
Female 99 10.4 87 8.6 183 9.3
Total 135 7.9 162 8.2 294 8.0
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 1,308 59.7 408 34.7 21 87.5 9 100.0 0 0.0 1,659 50.9
1991 1,323 60.4 660 40.5 18 60.0 18 60.0 0 0.0 1,908 51.5
1996 1,410 55.7 792 37.7 33 57.9 18 50.0 3 50.0 1,968 46.8
2001 1,413 65.8 849 48.1 27 60.0 27 81.8 3 50.0 2,073 57.3
2006 1,491 69.6 1,023 53.9 27 52.9 21 63.6 6 100.0 2,280 62.0
At least tertiary
1986 126 5.8 9 0.8 3 12.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 132 4.1
1991 102 4.7 18 1.1 0 0.0 3 10.0 0 0.0 117 3.2
1996 105 4.2 30 1.4 3 5.3 6 16.7 3 50.0 129 3.1
2001 129 6.0 60 3.4 3 6.7 6 18.2 3 50.0 183 5.1
2006 207 9.7 117 6.2 3 5.9 12 36.4 0 0.0 294 8.0
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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 303 119 422 71.8 28.2
2003 256 102 358 71.5 28.5
2004 310 104 414 74.9 25.1
2005 275 91 366 75.1 24.9
2006 295 86 381 77.4 22.6
2007 239 79 318 75.2 24.8
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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 993 26.2 876 38.9 15 41.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,794 31.3
1991 1,431 39.4 1,614 62.9 36 57.1 12 33.3 0 0.0 2,928 49.4
1996 1,662 39.7 2,160 60.7 84 62.2 18 31.6 3 33.3 3,366 48.9
2001 1,176 31.5 1,701 54.4 66 55.0 12 26.7 3 33.3 2,622 42.3
2006 1,056 30.0 1,434 44.3 63 50.0 9 21.4 3 20.0 2,259 37.4
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 678 40.8 162 19.9 438 28.0 249 23.1 267 42.8 1,794 31.3
1991 1,020 57.0 306 47.9 783 45.5 453 40.7 360 53.8 2,928 49.4
1996 1,248 59.5 333 48.5 897 46.6 507 36.8 381 47.9 3,366 48.9
2001 975 53.7 225 40.3 618 38.9 480 33.0 327 42.1 2,622 42.3
2006 774 47.9 180 33.3 447 33.6 483 28.8 375 43.1 2,259 37.4
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 858 30.0 936 32.5
1991 1,440 48.3 1,488 50.4
1996 1,641 47.6 1,725 50.2
2001 1,266 41.0 1,356 43.6
2006 1,107 36.6 1,149 38.2

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 384 8.7 1,308 42.0 12 18.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,662 22.6
1991 450 10.3 1,356 36.1 48 57.1 15 31.3 0 0.0 1,839 22.8
1996 493 10.2 1,432 31.1 47 31.8 17 23.6 1 11.1 1,822 21.0
2001 354 8.1 1,290 29.1 51 28.8 9 13.6 0 0.0 1,614 19.4
2006 366 9.0 1,179 26.7 84 43.8 15 20.0 3 20.0 1,530 19.1
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 426 29.9 246 31.8 378 33.1 384 19.4 180 13.4 51 7.6 1,662 22.6
1991 495 30.0 249 31.9 360 33.5 495 21.5 192 13.1 45 5.7 1,839 22.8
1996 601 32.3 236 29.4 290 28.0 492 20.7 167 9.8 36 4.0 1,822 21.0
2001 525 32.8 234 27.4 240 25.6 405 19.3 168 9.0 42 4.4 1,614 19.4
2006 447 32.0 246 29.3 267 30.0 354 19.6 156 7.7 54 5.1 1,530 19.1
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 858 23.3 801 22.0
1991 942 23.3 894 22.3
1996 899 20.8 923 21.2
2001 798 19.3 816 19.6
2006 735 18.5 792 19.6
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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 (%) 72.0 70.0 60.4 60.0 63.0 43.0 62.0

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 15.0 0 0.0 3 25.0 0 0.0 3 27.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 1 10.0 0 n/a 0 0.0 0 n/a 0 0.0 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 642 33.2 321 30.2 480 37.4 342 67.9 201 79.8 1,983 39.3
Total population 672 24.0 339 20.0 504 19.5 375 29.4 222 21.8 2,106 22.5
2001 Māori 630 34.3 312 33.2 474 36.5 330 57.0 231 70.0 1,953 39.1
Total population 657 25.1 321 22.1 489 19.8 357 23.6 240 21.1 2,085 22.7
2006 Māori 597 34.1 294 32.8 429 34.6 285 47.5 273 69.5 1,866 38.2
  Total population 612 24.8 309 22.4 462 20.2 318 20.0 288 23.1 1,989 22.2

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  (%) 7.2 5.3 62.1 53.6 23.2 19.0
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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 53.7 44.3
2002 6.2 44.4
2003 6.6 44.4
2004 5.9 0.0
2005 0.0 0.0
2006/2007 46.4 0.0
2007/2008 0.0 0.0

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 20 203.0 30.5
2002 59 619.1 21.0
2003 45 469.7 52.2
2004 43 448.9 73.1
2005 40 420.2 42.0
2006 39 414.9 21.3
2007 39 426.7 32.8
2008 36 397.4 55.2
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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 89.4 70.3 77.6 90.9 66.7 79.0 79.8 74.2 73.2 76.6 88.3 93.3 79.5
2001 93.0 78.9 73.3 81.0 100.0 85.4 85.7 80.2 80.4 83.5 92.0 95.0 85.5
2006 96.0 87.3 81.8 90.9 83.3 90.3 90.9 87.8 88.9 88.1 94.0 95.3 90.6
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 29.3 13.1 13.3 23.8 25.0 22.5 20.0 20.5 20.3 24.1 25.4 ..s 21.3
2006 54.2 32.6 30.3 40.9 33.3 42.3 41.2 38.8 39.3 41.6 52.7 28.7 41.8
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