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Rangitikei District

This section provides people and indicator data for Rangitikei District.

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People data for Rangitikei 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 Rangitikei 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 Rangitikei 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 2,610 22.1 1,191 34.5 96 42.1 42 33.3 15 41.7 3,354 22.8
15 - 24 1,350 11.5 597 17.3 54 23.7 18 14.3 6 16.7 1,821 12.4
25 - 44 2,799 23.8 852 24.7 51 22.4 36 28.6 15 41.7 3,606 24.5
45 - 64 3,168 26.9 600 17.4 24 10.5 24 19.0 9 25.0 3,819 26.0
65 - 74 1,023 8.7 159 4.6 6 2.6 9 7.1 0 0 1,209 8.2
75+ 828 7.0 60 1.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 8.3 909 6.2
Total 11,784 100.0 3,456 100.0 228 100.0 126 100.0 36 100.0 14,712 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 83.5 24.5 1.6 0.9 0.3 110.8
Sex
Male 5,853 49.7 1,620 46.9 99 43.4 63 50.0 24 66.7 7,257 49.3
Female 5,931 50.3 1,833 53.0 126 55.3 63 50.0 15 41.7 7,455 50.7
    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 16,750  -  - 253 144 109
1997 16,550 -200 -1.2 264 145 119
1998 16,350 -200 -1.2 243 120 123
1999 16,050 -300 -1.8 235 117 118
2000 15,800 -250 -1.6 245 139 106
2001 15,500 -300 -1.9 221 137 84
2002 15,450 -50 -0.3 197 134 63
2003 15,450 0 0.0 201 129 72
2004 15,350 -100 -0.6 195 125 70
2005 15,250 -100 -0.7 173 96 77
2006 15,150 -100 -0.7 184 130 54
2007 15,050 -100 -0.7 216 110 106
2008 14,950 -100 -0.7 218 112 106

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   14,900 14,800 14,700 14,400 14,000 -1,100 -7.0
Medium 15,100 14,600 14,100 13,600 12,900 12,100 -3,000 -20.0
Low   14,200 13,400 12,400 11,400 10,300 -4,900 -32.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 2,469 44.1 2,130 37.8 1,968 34.5 1,659 30.3 1,566 28.4
Couples without children 1,332 23.8 1,458 25.9 1,584 27.8 1,557 28.4 1,659 30.1
Multi-family 66 1.2 90 1.6 102 1.8 72 1.3 90 1.6
One parent family 450 8.0 546 9.7 630 11.1 669 12.2 585 10.6
One person 1,020 18.2 1,176 20.9 1,242 21.8 1,341 24.5 1,407 25.6
Other multi-person 258 4.6 237 4.2 174 3.1 177 3.2 201 3.7
Total 5,598 100.0 5,637 100.0 5,700 100.0 5,475 100.0 5,505 100.0
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Indicator data for Rangitikei 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) 73.8 79.0 75.2 79.9 76.5 81.4

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 2,511 38.9 1,998 34.2 4,521 36.7
1996 1,554 29.1 1,542 29.2 3,090 29.1
2006 1,362 29.0 1,404 29.6 2,763 29.3
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,218 38.4 1,854 40.0 1,125 36.5 324 21.6
1996 597 33.2 1,500 33.1 780 26.1 213 12.3
2006 522 31.8 1,122 33.8 930 26.7 189 9.8
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 900 27.4 387 39.9 24 32.6 0 0.0 162 22.6 1,362 29.0
Female 873 26.5 555 48.1 33 38.7 3 4.8 132 19.0 1,404 29.4
Total 1,770 26.8 951 44.5 57 40.0 6 8.5 297 20.6 2,763 29.3
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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 88 102 95 228 248 476
2002 93 98 96 212 250 462
2003 99 103 101 236 237 473
2004 100 103 101 225 248 473
2005 101 101 101 208 224 432
2006 94 109 102 189 223 412
2007 95 108 101 207 203 410
2008 97 105 101 193 225 418
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 173 98.3 71 92.2 1 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 247 96.5
2001 161 96.4 74 88.1 1 100.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 237 93.3
2002 149 95.5 64 86.5 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 215 92.7
2003 148 99.3 83 96.5 1 50.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 235 97.9
2004 141 97.2 58 98.3 4 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 203 97.6
2005 135 99.3 75 93.8 2 66.7 3 100.0 3 100.0 218 96.9
2006 126 96.2 65 100.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 193 97.5
2007 116 97.5 62 93.9 3 75.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 181 95.8
2008 120 99.2 42 93.3 4 100.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 168 97.7

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 66.9 108 57.1 8.1 52.0 71 37.6
2006 27.3 69.0 104 56.5 9.1 52.7 73 39.7
2007 54.2 75.4 118 68.2 15.3 52.6 69 39.9
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 75 69.4 29 38.7 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 108 57.1
2006 66 62.9 36 48.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 104 56.5
2007 82 73.9 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 118 68.2
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 56 51.9 13 17.3 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 71 37.6
2006 48 45.7 24 32.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 73 39.7
2007 50 45.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 69 39.9

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 1,125 71.3 1,095 63.6 2,223 67.4
Female 1,344 77.5 1,098 63.2 2,445 70.5
Total 2,469 74.5 2,196 63.5 4,665 68.9
At least tertiary
Male 114 7.2 135 7.8 249 7.6
Female 231 13.3 174 10.0 405 11.7
Total 348 10.5 309 8.9 657 9.7
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 3,669 57.7 348 30.7 9 27.3 24 57.1 3 100.0 3,981 53.6
1991 3,843 59.9 489 35.8 27 50.0 39 59.1 3 100.0 4,290 55.5
1996 3,990 60.2 573 37.8 42 51.9 27 45.0 6 66.7 4,362 56.1
2001 3,939 69.1 561 46.5 30 55.6 42 82.4 9 75.0 4,401 65.8
2006 4,125 72.1 696 53.3 42 60.9 45 78.9 18 100.0 4,665 68.9
At least tertiary
1986 255 4.0 9 0.8 0 0.0 6 14.3 0 0.0 267 3.6
1991 312 4.9 9 0.7 0 0.0 9 13.6 0 0.0 330 4.3
1996 354 5.3 24 1.6 3 3.7 12 20.0 0 0.0 375 4.8
2001 423 7.4 48 4.0 3 5.6 12 23.5 3 25.0 474 7.1
2006 597 10.4 69 5.3 6 8.7 12 21.1 6 33.3 657 9.7
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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 242 66 308 78.6 21.4
2003 302 58 360 83.9 16.1
2004 314 83 397 79.1 20.9
2005 573 126 699 82.0 18.0
2006 671 178 849 79.0 21.0
2007 706 222 928 76.1 23.9
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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 2,250 21.4 561 28.6 21 28.0 12 17.4 0 0.0 2,709 22.1
1991 3,138 30.1 1,086 45.3 33 36.7 15 13.5 0 0.0 4,116 32.6
1996 3,051 29.0 1,020 40.8 60 37.0 27 31.0 9 37.5 3,801 31.0
2001 2,334 24.5 837 37.0 51 44.7 33 35.5 3 20.0 3,042 26.8
2006 2,169 22.5 645 26.7 42 28.0 45 42.9 6 20.0 2,655 23.3
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 909 27.6 195 10.8 648 18.5 411 17.3 546 42.0 2,709 22.1
1991 1,299 39.3 345 22.1 945 25.4 723 28.2 804 54.9 4,116 32.6
1996 1,323 39.9 306 24.6 948 25.6 531 21.4 687 45.7 3,801 31.0
2001 990 33.8 249 23.3 687 21.7 543 20.2 576 38.8 3,042 26.8
2006 750 27.9 177 15.1 483 16.9 558 18.6 690 40.4 2,655 23.3
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,251 20.1 1,461 24.1
1991 1,905 29.9 2,211 35.4
1996 1,710 28.0 2,088 34.1
2001 1,395 24.5 1,647 29.2
2006 1,239 21.7 1,416 24.8

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 831 6.5 816 26.4 18 17.1 12 13.8 3 50.0 1,641 10.1
1991 684 5.6 762 24.1 33 28.2 24 18.2 0 0.0 1,437 9.2
1996 586 4.7 700 20.2 40 18.6 19 17.3 1 3.7 1,211 7.9
2001 399 3.6 531 17.4 18 10.7 12 11.1 0 0.0 876 6.2
2006 408 3.7 582 18.9 51 25.8 21 17.9 6 18.2 924 6.8
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 390 13.2 243 15.3 441 16.3 369 8.0 180 6.1 24 1.7 1,641 10.1
1991 387 13.2 165 13.1 333 15.2 360 7.8 171 5.6 21 1.3 1,437 9.2
1996 382 13.1 179 13.7 200 11.1 327 7.1 97 3.2 26 1.5 1,211 7.9
2001 261 10.9 111 8.7 201 12.6 213 5.5 75 2.3 18 1.1 876 6.2
2006 255 12.5 141 12.1 174 10.6 228 6.8 111 3.1 21 1.1 924 6.8
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 825 10.0 816 10.2
1991 729 9.2 711 9.2
1996 564 7.4 647 8.4
2001 420 6.0 456 6.5
2006 453 6.7 471 6.9
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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 (%) 73.0 71.0 67.7 65.0 61.0 58.0 56.0

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 5 29.0 0 0.0 6 29.0 1 25.0 6 32.0 2 29.0
Women voted in 3 27.0 0 n/a 3 27.0 0 n/a 6 55.0 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 342 22.4 267 28.1 216 23.8 126 36.2 72 54.5 1,029 26.6
Total population 390 8.9 303 9.8 279 5.9 147 6.4 81 4.3 1,191 7.3
2001 Māori 282 21.9 213 26.8 216 25.4 114 31.9 84 47.5 918 26.6
Total population 333 8.7 252 9.9 273 6.3 129 5.2 90 4.6 1,065 7.1
2006 Māori 243 20.4 267 33.2 228 26.7 108 28.3 93 41.9 936 27.1
  Total population 264 7.9 288 11.4 267 6.6 135 5.0 99 4.7 1,062 7.2

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  (%) 15.2 10.0 63.9 63.6 29.3 27.2
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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 62.6 14.2
2002 61.2 2.9
2003 6.7 17.2
2004 0.0 0.0
2005 33.0 0.0
2006/2007 63.7 0.0
2007/2008 67.1 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 93 598.1 83.6
2002 94 614.4 39.2
2003 92 609.3 33.1
2004 61 409.4 60.4
2005 119 815.1 27.4
2006 90 627.2 20.9
2007 84 558.1 46.5
2008 80 535.1 20.1
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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 83.5 87.7 100.0 100.0 93.4 94.5 92.7 89.2 94.6 95.7 97.2 93.9
2001 97.3 88.1 94.6 91.7 85.7 95.4 95.8 94.6 93.4 95.4 96.9 98.1 95.6
2006 98.6 95.2 98.5 100.0 90.9 97.6 98.2 97.8 97.6 97.6 98.1 98.3 97.9
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 37.2 21.9 23.2 55.6 57.1 35.5 34.2 40.5 33.6 41.6 33.5 ..s 34.8
2006 63.2 43.0 50.7 69.2 63.6 60.0 59.1 66.0 60.0 65.0 63.5 31.5 59.5
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