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South Waikato District

This section provides people and indicator data for South Waikato District.

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People data for South Waikato 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 South Waikato 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 South Waikato 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 3,783 24.8 2,619 39.0 1,044 40.7 129 29.3 21 43.8 6,036 26.7
15 - 24 1,701 11.2 1,077 16.0 432 16.8 54 12.2 6 12.5 2,802 12.4
25 - 44 3,723 24.4 1,722 25.6 549 21.4 150 34.0 18 37.5 5,745 25.4
45 - 64 3,744 24.5 1,035 15.4 366 14.3 84 19.0 6 12.5 5,211 23.0
65 - 74 1,401 9.2 213 3.2 141 5.5 15 3.4 0 0 1,803 8.0
75+ 906 5.9 54 0.8 33 1.3 6 1.4 0 0 1,047 4.6
Total 15,255 100.0 6,714 100.0 2,565 100.0 441 100.0 48 100.0 22,644 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 71.6 31.5 12.0 2.1 0.2 117.5
Sex
Male 7,632 50.0 3,216 47.9 1,278 49.8 186 42.2 27 56.3 11,256 49.7
Female 7,623 50.0 3,495 52.1 1,287 50.2 255 57.8 21 43.8 11,388 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 25,800  -  - 520 147 373
1997 25,700 -100 -0.4 512 151 361
1998 25,600 -100 -0.4 486 130 356
1999 25,100 -500 -2.0 475 169 306
2000 24,700 -400 -1.6 381 158 223
2001 24,200 -500 -2.0 392 150 242
2002 24,000 -200 -0.8 358 132 226
2003 23,900 -100 -0.4 363 149 214
2004 23,800 -100 -0.4 403 173 230
2005 23,600 -200 -0.8 376 161 215
2006 23,200 -400 -1.7 320 171 149
2007 22,900 -300 -1.3 363 185 178
2008 22,800 -100 -0.4 412 168 244

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   23,300 23,100 22,800 22,300 21,700 -1,600 -7.0
Medium 23,200 22,700 21,900 20,900 19,800 18,400 -4,800 -21.0
Low   22,000 20,600 19,000 17,300 15,300 -8,000 -34.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 4,374 52.7 3,540 43.2 2,949 36.7 2,544 32.7 2,319 29.8
Couples without children 1,665 20.1 1,809 22.1 1,974 24.5 1,992 25.6 2,106 27.0
Multi-family 192 2.3 168 2.0 252 3.1 174 2.2 210 2.7
One parent family 720 8.7 1,131 13.8 1,191 14.8 1,152 14.8 1,098 14.1
One person 1,041 12.5 1,188 14.5 1,425 17.7 1,683 21.6 1,809 23.2
Other multi-person 309 3.7 363 4.4 258 3.2 243 3.1 249 3.2
Total 8,301 100.0 8,199 100.0 8,046 100.0 7,788 100.0 7,791 100.0
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Indicator data for South Waikato 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 4,059 39.5 3,261 35.0 7,323 37.3
1996 2,502 30.7 2,613 32.4 5,124 31.6
2006 2,130 31.6 2,352 33.5 4,485 32.6
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 2,142 38.3 3,414 41.7 1,560 37.2 207 21.4
1996 1,152 35.6 2,538 37.0 1,164 27.0 270 15.5
2006 789 31.8 2,094 40.4 1,284 27.2 318 12.6
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,221 29.5 717 39.9 228 34.0 27 26.5 177 21.9 2,130 31.6
Female 1,269 29.3 1,080 49.7 285 39.0 6 2.3 141 19.6 2,352 33.7
Total 2,490 29.4 1,803 45.5 516 37.4 36 10.8 327 21.3 4,485 32.6
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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 78 80 79 377 387 764
2002 77 93 85 346 443 789
2003 81 88 85 332 399 731
2004 86 89 87 305 365 670
2005 84 96 89 321 334 655
2006 77 91 84 290 348 638
2007 83 94 88 318 331 649
2008 93 90 91 315 343 658
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 205 95.3 170 89.5 38 86.4 3 100.0 0 0.0 416 92.0
2001 192 94.6 170 85.4 38 65.5 1 100.0 0 0.0 401 87.0
2002 188 96.9 156 81.7 37 82.2 8 100.0 2 100.0 391 88.9
2003 210 96.3 186 88.2 47 81.0 5 83.3 1 100.0 449 90.9
2004 158 96.9 183 91.0 49 90.7 2 100.0 1 100.0 393 93.3
2005 150 94.9 124 84.4 35 74.5 12 85.7 2 66.7 323 87.5
2006 129 95.6 145 95.4 34 94.4 5 100.0 2 100.0 315 95.5
2007 127 96.2 137 88.4 32 88.9 5 100.0 2 100.0 303 91.8
2008 112 96.6 153 89.0 39 86.7 9 100.0 2 100.0 315 91.6

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 41.6 51.0 141 46.4 9.4 18.1 42 13.8
2006 41.0 46.9 152 44.1 12.7 17.9 53 15.4
2007 45.5 56.3 159 51.3 7.7 25.2 53 17.1
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 68 48.2 47 39.2 20 60.6 3 42.9 3 100.0 141 46.4
2006 74 55.2 58 39.2 18 30.5 2 100.0 0 0.0 152 44.1
2007 83 59.3 60 42.6 13 52.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 159 51.3
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 27 19.1 9 7.5 2 6.1 1 14.3 3 100.0 42 13.8
2006 36 26.9 14 9.5 3 5.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 53 15.4
2007 34 24.3 16 11.3 1 4.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 53 17.1

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 1,566 64.8 1,326 58.2 2,892 61.6
Female 1,920 71.1 1,347 58.6 3,270 65.4
Total 3,489 68.2 2,673 58.5 6,162 63.6
At least tertiary
Male 132 5.5 123 5.4 258 5.5
Female 264 9.8 150 6.5 417 8.3
Total 396 7.7 276 6.0 675 7.0
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 5,472 57.8 651 29.5 237 26.3 54 50.0 9 75.0 6,242 50.6
1991 5,316 60.1 846 33.9 291 31.0 75 59.5 6 66.7 6,339 52.7
1996 4,950 57.7 1,038 37.4 333 31.2 69 48.9 9 42.9 5,874 51.0
2001 4,824 66.7 1,017 43.9 405 46.2 129 79.6 12 66.7 5,928 60.4
2006 4,890 68.5 1,260 50.9 408 50.7 177 79.7 21 87.5 6,162 63.6
At least tertiary
1986 456 4.8 12 0.5 9 1.0 15 13.9 0 0.0 483 3.9
1991 414 4.7 15 0.6 6 0.6 27 21.4 0 0.0 462 3.8
1996 399 4.7 24 0.9 15 1.4 24 17.0 0 0.0 444 3.9
2001 438 6.1 54 2.3 21 2.4 36 22.2 3 16.7 519 5.3
2006 537 7.5 96 3.9 33 4.1 54 24.3 6 25.0 675 7.0
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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 1,637 490 2,127 77.0 23.0
2003 1,401 437 1,838 76.2 23.8
2004 1,023 306 1,329 77.0 23.0
2005 925 297 1,222 75.7 24.3
2006 864 331 1,195 72.3 27.7
2007 832 287 1,119 74.4 25.6
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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 2,301 14.2 759 18.5 249 15.8 21 11.5 6 20.0 3,141 15.0
1991 3,549 23.7 2,043 41.7 855 45.2 36 16.4 0 0.0 6,069 29.1
1996 3,399 23.3 1,977 39.1 846 44.4 45 20.3 12 40.0 5,232 27.6
2001 2,883 22.8 1,512 32.9 642 36.6 78 29.5 12 50.0 4,356 25.5
2006 3,012 23.7 1,515 31.3 561 32.8 90 26.1 12 28.6 4,401 25.9
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,167 18.2 342 9.5 729 11.5 480 13.3 423 41.5 3,141 15.0
1991 2,289 37.4 765 23.3 1,392 22.1 933 24.4 693 53.6 6,069 29.1
1996 1,962 34.9 558 22.9 1,227 21.4 774 21.2 708 46.4 5,232 27.6
2001 1,674 33.5 387 22.1 939 19.3 645 17.4 711 41.1 4,356 25.5
2006 1,401 30.3 351 19.3 822 18.6 810 20.3 1,014 46.8 4,401 25.9
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,413 13.0 1,731 17.2
1991 2,778 26.2 3,291 32.2
1996 2,385 24.8 2,847 30.5
2001 1,974 22.9 2,382 28.2
2006 2,022 23.8 2,379 28.0

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 1,710 8.8 1,860 30.7 1,080 43.5 51 21.8 9 30.0 4,401 16.2
1991 1,290 7.5 1,662 26.7 882 35.8 39 16.0 3 20.0 3,669 14.5
1996 1,128 6.8 1,634 23.7 983 35.1 44 15.3 9 25.0 3,179 13.4
2001 1,011 6.8 1,449 23.1 783 30.3 24 8.0 9 25.0 2,814 13.0
2006 888 6.2 1,314 21.1 666 28.0 45 10.7 6 12.5 2,436 11.7
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 1,068 19.7 672 21.4 1,173 23.4 1,002 12.4 435 9.9 48 4.3 4,401 16.2
1991 1,017 19.6 495 20.4 852 20.2 939 12.3 318 7.3 51 3.7 3,669 14.5
1996 995 19.7 377 17.6 683 19.9 803 11.4 278 6.3 43 2.5 3,179 13.4
2001 945 21.9 387 18.3 501 19.4 672 11.0 255 5.6 60 3.0 2,814 13.0
2006 708 19.9 408 19.6 453 17.9 579 11.0 234 4.9 48 1.9 2,436 11.7
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,289 16.3 2,109 16.1
1991 1,800 14.0 1,869 15.0
1996 1,552 12.9 1,627 13.8
2001 1,389 12.8 1,425 13.2
2006 1,155 11.2 1,278 12.3
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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 (%) 67.0 45.0 42.6 54.0 44.0 41.0 39.0

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 42.0 1 33.0 8 53.0 1 33.0 9 50.0 1 50.0
Women voted in 5 38.0 0 n/a 5 50.0 0 n/a 7 70.0 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 507 16.4 381 20.1 396 23.0 243 45.8 81 50.9 1,602 21.7
Total population 576 7.7 441 8.2 477 6.8 294 9.2 99 5.0 1,881 7.5
2001 Māori 465 16.6 354 22.3 354 20.8 198 35.5 105 52.2 1,479 21.6
Total population 528 7.8 432 10.1 489 7.3 282 8.2 147 6.4 1,878 8.0
2006 Māori 396 15.1 294 19.9 399 23.9 201 29.4 123 45.6 1,410 21.0
  Total population 432 7.2 327 8.4 480 7.8 267 7.3 153 5.4 1,659 7.3

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  (%) 11.2 10.4 63.5 68.8 30.0 30.6
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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 1.2 0.0
2002 89.6 0.0
2003 0.7 0.0
2004 0.9 0.0
2005 4.0 0.0
2006/2007 1.6 0.0
2007/2008 0.3 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 111 482.6 52.2
2002 133 558.8 42.0
2003 147 622.9 25.4
2004 108 463.5 51.5
2005 114 497.8 39.3
2006 85 381.2 31.4
2007 119 519.7 34.9
2008 94 412.3 52.6
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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 94.0 76.6 75.7 90.5 100.0 88.6 88.2 84.2 84.4 88.9 94.1 96.7 88.3
2001 96.4 85.9 84.5 92.9 100.0 92.3 92.8 89.8 90.4 92.2 95.6 98.1 92.5
2006 97.9 92.7 91.9 96.4 100.0 96.0 96.5 94.6 95.4 95.9 97.5 98.9 96.2
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 35.3 16.5 14.2 35.7 54.5 29.3 29.0 29.5 28.1 31.9 32.6 ..s 29.1
2006 60.2 37.9 32.0 56.8 93.8 52.6 52.4 53.5 48.4 57.0 59.2 32.5 52.5
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