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Otorohanga District

This section provides people and indicator data for Otorohanga District.

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People data for Otorohanga 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 Otorohanga 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 Otorohanga 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 1,719 24.4 729 30.9 51 36.2 36 24.0 3 16.7 2,193 24.2
15 - 24 864 12.2 444 18.8 33 23.4 36 24.0 3 16.7 1,251 13.8
25 - 44 1,881 26.6 657 27.9 39 27.7 39 26.0 6 33.3 2,502 27.6
45 - 64 1,785 25.3 390 16.5 12 8.5 36 24.0 3 16.7 2,193 24.2
65 - 74 459 6.5 90 3.8 0 0.0 9 6.0 0 0 546 6.0
75+ 342 4.8 48 2.0 0 0.0 3 2.0 0 0 390 4.3
Total 7,059 100.0 2,358 100.0 141 100.0 150 100.0 18 100.0 9,075 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 80.8 27.0 1.6 1.7 0.2 111.3
Sex
Male 3,645 51.6 1,275 54.1 96 68.1 84 56.0 12 66.7 4,848 53.4
Female 3,414 48.4 1,083 45.9 42 29.8 69 46.0 6 33.3 4,227 46.6
    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 9,960  -  - 145 49 96
1997 9,920 -40 -0.4 149 59 90
1998 9,870 -50 -0.5 120 62 58
1999 9,780 -90 -0.9 145 52 93
2000 9,700 -80 -0.8 136 63 73
2001 9,590 -110 -1.1 123 46 77
2002 9,560 -30 -0.3 133 45 88
2003 9,490 -70 -0.7 122 58 64
2004 9,410 -80 -0.8 128 51 77
2005 9,360 -50 -0.5 125 42 83
2006 9,310 -50 -0.5 110 49 61
2007 9,250 -60 -0.6 154 49 105
2008 9,220 -30 -0.3 131 54 77

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   9,500 9,600 9,600 9,700 9,700 300 3.0
Medium 9,300 9,200 9,100 8,900 8,700 8,400 -1,000 -11.0
Low   9,000 8,600 8,200 7,700 7,100 -2,200 -24.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 1,383 49.5 1,236 43.1 1,188 40.0 1,014 35.2 1,017 33.9
Couples without children 645 23.1 681 23.7 813 27.4 801 27.8 885 29.5
Multi-family 30 1.1 39 1.4 57 1.9 33 1.1 60 2.0
One parent family 198 7.1 300 10.4 294 9.9 324 11.3 306 10.2
One person 420 15.0 501 17.5 534 18.0 609 21.2 642 21.4
Other multi-person 117 4.2 114 4.0 87 2.9 96 3.3 93 3.1
Total 2,796 100.0 2,871 100.0 2,970 100.0 2,877 100.0 3,003 100.0
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Indicator data for Otorohanga 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) 74.3 80.0 75.9 81.0 77.2 81.8

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 1,437 38.9 879 30.6 2,325 35.7
1996 1,104 31.4 759 26.3 1,866 29.2
2006 909 29.1 744 27.5 1,659 28.5
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 834 45.1 876 35.6 483 33.1 132 22.8
1996 450 36.1 936 34.0 387 22.3 93 11.8
2006 366 32.4 789 35.2 426 21.1 78 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 573 27.3 342 42.1 27 32.1 9 17.9 72 19.5 909 29.4
Female 450 23.1 333 48.1 3 0.0 6 6.0 60 20.6 744 27.4
Total 1,014 25.1 672 44.6 33 33.1 18 21.1 129 19.2 1,659 28.5
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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 48 56 52 80 89 169
2002 55 68 62 78 112 190
2003 77 57 67 102 81 183
2004 54 83 68 76 110 186
2005 77 61 69 108 85 193
2006 66 78 72 95 111 206
2007 74 65 70 105 88 193
2008 61 86 74 90 121 211
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 84 87.5 29 69.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 114 82.0
2001 79 87.8 36 76.6 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 117 84.2
2002 85 90.4 30 73.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 115 85.2
2003 83 93.3 34 79.1 1 100.0 2 100.0 2 100.0 122 89.1
2004 68 90.7 26 81.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 96 88.1
2005 74 90.2 47 92.2 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 122 91.0
2006 64 97.0 24 85.7 2 66.7 1 50.0 1 100.0 92 92.0
2007 67 95.7 32 82.1 4 80.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 104 90.4
2008 70 100.0 34 87.2 0 0.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 107 95.5

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 22.5 46.3 30 33.3 12.2 14.6 12 13.3
2006 41.7 46.4 28 43.8 ..s ..s 7 10.9
2007 34.6 57.1 34 42.5 ..s ..s 9 11.3
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 21 37.5 ..s ..s 0 0.0 ..s ..s 0 0.0 30 33.3
2006 17 53.1 7 26.9 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 28 43.8
2007 24 55.8 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 ..s ..s 34 42.5
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 10 17.9 ..s ..s 0 0.0 ..s ..s 0 0.0 12 13.3
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 7 10.9
2007 8 18.6 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 ..s ..s 9 11.3

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 738 63.2 600 56.8 1,338 60.1
Female 837 77.7 624 66.0 1,461 72.3
Total 1,575 70.1 1,221 61.0 2,796 65.8
At least tertiary
Male 69 5.9 60 5.7 132 5.9
Female 141 13.1 75 7.9 216 10.7
Total 213 9.5 135 6.7 348 8.2
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 1,806 54.1 195 29.0 21 63.6 21 63.6 0 0.0 1,986 50.1
1991 2,046 59.4 261 32.8 15 62.5 30 66.7 3 100.0 2,301 54.6
1996 2,181 57.6 399 36.6 27 56.3 27 50.0 3 50.0 2,448 53.0
2001 2,109 65.9 357 40.1 18 54.6 45 83.3 6 100.0 2,418 61.0
2006 2,436 69.6 447 48.9 33 68.8 45 71.4 9 100.0 2,796 65.8
At least tertiary
1986 105 3.2 3 0.5 0 0.0 6 18.2 0 0.0 111 2.8
1991 117 3.4 3 0.4 0 0.0 3 6.7 0 0.0 126 3.0
1996 162 4.3 12 1.1 3 6.3 6 11.1 0 0.0 177 3.8
2001 189 5.9 12 1.4 3 9.1 9 16.7 3 50.0 210 5.3
2006 312 8.9 33 3.6 6 12.5 12 19.0 0 0.0 348 8.2
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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 632 117 749 84.4 15.6
2003 565 127 692 81.6 18.4
2004 479 122 601 79.7 20.3
2005 493 144 637 77.4 22.6
2006 549 143 692 79.3 20.7
2007 525 134 659 79.7 20.3
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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 1,452 24.1 474 37.5 18 27.3 6 11.8 0 0.0 1,869 26.0
1991 1,620 28.3 723 52.3 39 65.0 9 12.5 6 100.0 2,292 32.6
1996 1,458 23.8 666 40.1 33 42.3 15 14.7 6 66.7 1,917 26.4
2001 1,095 20.3 603 41.4 27 52.9 15 16.7 0 0.0 1,572 24.2
2006 906 16.0 471 31.6 15 17.9 33 37.9 3 20.0 1,275 18.9
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 702 33.8 189 16.7 507 24.3 240 18.8 231 38.9 1,869 26.0
1991 813 39.9 225 25.3 624 29.0 318 24.3 315 49.8 2,292 32.6
1996 711 34.1 147 17.8 504 23.2 291 19.9 264 37.3 1,917 26.4
2001 621 33.5 105 15.2 372 20.2 255 17.3 225 34.9 1,572 24.2
2006 441 25.2 102 13.3 267 14.9 219 12.9 246 32.3 1,275 18.9
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 924 24.6 945 27.6
1991 1,137 31.0 1,155 34.4
1996 918 24.7 999 28.3
2001 738 22.2 834 26.3
2006 609 17.6 663 20.1

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 414 6.0 516 31.6 9 12.0 3 4.5 0 0.0 903 10.4
1991 426 6.5 468 26.9 15 20.0 12 13.8 0 0.0 915 10.8
1996 325 4.7 455 22.0 21 22.1 8 7.7 5 50.0 701 8.2
2001 327 5.3 504 25.9 12 18.2 18 17.6 0 0.0 789 9.9
2006 270 4.2 432 22.4 12 12.9 24 18.6 3 20.0 660 8.1
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 234 14.1 135 15.3 219 14.8 201 8.0 99 6.5 18 2.9 903 10.4
1991 237 14.2 135 17.0 195 16.0 237 9.2 93 6.1 15 2.2 915 10.8
1996 211 12.6 107 13.4 118 10.9 185 7.2 65 3.8 15 2.0 701 8.2
2001 267 18.1 105 13.5 117 12.2 216 9.7 63 3.6 18 2.4 789 9.9
2006 207 15.4 93 12.3 132 12.8 147 7.0 72 3.6 15 1.7 660 8.1
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 465 10.2 438 10.7
1991 477 10.9 435 10.7
1996 333 7.6 368 8.8
2001 390 9.7 405 10.4
2006 330 8.0 330 8.3
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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 (%) 69.0 56.0 71.1 62.0 51.0 55.0 40.0

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 4 50.0 0 0.0 6 50.0 2 67.0 5 45.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 3 50.0 0 n/a 3 43.0 0 n/a 2 29.0 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 141 15.7 162 24.1 192 27.5 111 50.7 81 73.0 690 26.6
Total population 159 6.2 192 9.5 222 7.6 129 10.3 93 10.5 780 8.1
2001 Māori 126 14.8 210 31.7 192 28.3 105 46.1 90 71.4 726 28.6
Total population 135 5.6 237 12.5 231 8.5 114 8.3 96 10.9 810 8.7
2006 Māori 117 16.0 174 27.6 162 26.0 87 36.7 84 62.2 621 26.3
  Total population 126 5.8 189 10.7 186 6.9 99 6.6 90 9.6 693 7.6

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  (%) 14.9 11.5 75.7 65.8 35.8 33.7
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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 23.8 0.0
2002 23.3 0.0
2003 6.8 0.0
2004 13.5 0.0
2005 15.2 0.0
2006/2007 42.6 0.0
2007/2008 12.5 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 45 453.2 40.3
2002 43 448.4 20.9
2003 67 702.3 10.5
2004 58 611.2 10.5
2005 51 538.0 31.6
2006 77 815.7 21.2
2007 55 594.6 32.4
2008 58 629.1 0.0
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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 96.3 80.3 84.4 97.1 50.0 93.1 93.2 90.7 91.0 93.2 96.2 96.9 93.1
2001 97.3 84.2 85.7 100.0 75.0 94.3 94.6 93.0 92.1 94.5 95.9 97.6 94.4
2006 98.7 93.1 96.9 97.5 100.0 97.2 98.0 97.3 95.9 97.4 98.2 97.9 97.6
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 35.5 13.5 14.3 41.2 75.0 31.3 31.2 34.5 30.5 34.7 31.7 ..s 31.2
2006 63.4 33.2 34.4 60.0 80.0 57.6 57.8 61.6 51.3 63.3 63.1 29.0 57.7
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