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Wairoa District

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People data for Wairoa 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 Wairoa 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 Wairoa 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 - 14 957 23.5 1,581 33.0 78 47.3 24 23.5 3 20.0 2,214 26.1
15 - 24 378 9.3 666 13.9 24 14.5 15 14.7 3 20.0 1,008 11.9
25 - 44 852 20.9 1,209 25.2 33 20.0 30 29.4 6 40.0 1,971 23.2
45 - 64 1,230 30.2 963 20.1 27 16.4 33 32.4 3 20.0 2,259 26.6
65 - 74 375 9.2 243 5.1 6 3.6 0 0.0 0 0 615 7.2
75+ 279 6.9 126 2.6 0 0.0 3 2.9 0 0 411 4.8
Total 4,068 100.0 4,797 100.0 165 100.0 102 100.0 15 100.0 8,484 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 51.4 60.7 2.1 1.3 0.2 115.7
Sex
Male 2,076 51.0 2,313 48.2 87 52.7 45 44.1 6 40.0 4,221 49.8
Female 1,992 49.0 2,484 51.8 78 47.3 57 55.9 6 40.0 4,260 50.2
    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 10,200  -  - 202 77 125
1997 10,050 -150 -1.5 181 94 87
1998 9,920 -130 -1.3 159 71 88
1999 9,740 -180 -1.8 169 87 82
2000 9,530 -210 -2.2 145 94 51
2001 9,260 -270 -2.8 152 88 64
2002 9,190 -70 -0.8 147 82 65
2003 9,070 -120 -1.3 123 93 30
2004 8,920 -150 -1.7 129 78 51
2005 8,800 -120 -1.3 131 70 61
2006 8,720 -80 -0.9 134 68 66
2007 8,580 -140 -1.6 149 64 85
2008 8,480 -100 -1.2 177 75 102

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   8,500 8,500 8,400 8,300 8,100 -600 -7.0
Medium 8,700 8,300 8,000 7,700 7,300 6,800 -1,900 -22.0
Low   8,100 7,500 7,000 6,300 5,500 -3,200 -37.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 1,470 47.4 1,248 39.3 1,104 35.1 864 28.6 792 26.2
Couples without children 573 18.5 645 20.3 687 21.9 729 24.1 756 25.0
Multi-family 108 3.5 117 3.7 126 4.0 87 2.9 96 3.2
One parent family 342 11.0 450 14.2 480 15.3 489 16.2 471 15.6
One person 501 16.2 606 19.1 651 20.7 765 25.3 804 26.6
Other multi-person 114 3.7 111 3.5 93 3.0 87 2.9 102 3.4
Total 3,102 100.0 3,174 100.0 3,141 100.0 3,021 100.0 3,018 100.0
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Indicator data for Wairoa 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) 73.3 78.9 75.4 79.8 76.3 80.7

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 1,575 42.8 1,338 38.8 2,913 41.0
1996 1,065 34.8 1,152 38.0 2,211 36.1
2006 915 36.1 1,002 40.4 1,935 38.5
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 897 47.0 1,170 45.0 669 37.4 177 23.5
1996 429 38.3 1,110 43.7 546 30.6 126 14.3
2006 390 44.4 819 46.4 642 31.7 84 9.2
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 30.2 600 42.3 15 29.1 6 0.0 51 23.6 915 36.4
Female 327 31.0 756 49.0 27 77.0 6 20.4 36 17.1 1,002 40.3
Total 657 30.4 1,347 45.4 39 51.2 12 22.2 90 21.8 1,935 38.6
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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 75 66 71 128 104 232
2002 84 81 82 119 136 255
2003 77 75 76 113 108 221
2004 77 80 79 116 119 235
2005 85 92 89 110 135 245
2006 85 102 94 107 131 238
2007 87 84 86 124 103 227
2008 94 84 89 113 118 231
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 30 88.2 122 79.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 152 80.9
2001 33 86.8 127 85.8 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 162 86.2
2002 23 95.8 107 88.4 1 100.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 132 89.2
2003 30 90.9 124 87.3 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 155 88.1
2004 23 95.8 95 88.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 119 89.5
2005 24 96.0 115 91.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 139 92.1
2006 26 89.7 99 87.6 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 127 83.6
2007 14 100.0 99 82.5 3 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 117 84.8
2008 19 82.6 85 95.5 0 0.0 1 50.0 1 100.0 106 91.4

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 34.0 29.2 37 31.4 ..s ..s 6 5.1
2006 19.6 43.9 35 32.4 ..s ..s 12 11.1
2007 47.7 50.8 52 49.5 15.9 14.8 16 15.2
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 ..s ..s 25 25.8 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 31.4
2006 ..s ..s 24 28.9 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 32.4
2007 ..s ..s 34 43.0 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 52 49.5
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 5.1
2006 ..s ..s 7 8.4 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 11.1
2007 ..s ..s 10 12.7 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 15.2

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 495 60.2 549 56.8 1,041 58.3
Female 636 71.6 567 60.2 1,203 65.6
Total 1,131 66.0 1,113 58.3 2,244 62.0
At least tertiary
Male 33 4.0 36 3.7 72 4.0
Female 78 8.8 75 8.0 153 8.3
Total 114 6.7 111 5.8 225 6.2
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 1,476 58.0 525 29.0 6 28.6 6 66.7 3 100.0 1,929 45.7
1991 1,581 60.4 732 35.6 9 50.0 24 61.5 0 0.0 2,238 49.2
1996 1,500 57.3 804 35.7 21 41.2 18 46.2 6 66.7 2,073 46.8
2001 1,326 67.2 816 45.8 24 66.7 24 72.7 0 0.0 1,983 56.4
2006 1,416 72.2 1,026 53.0 33 64.7 42 82.4 6 66.7 2,244 62.0
At least tertiary
1986 78 3.1 12 0.7 3 14.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 84 2.0
1991 87 3.3 12 0.6 3 16.7 15 38.5 0 0.0 111 2.4
1996 102 3.9 21 0.9 0 0.0 6 15.4 3 33.3 123 2.8
2001 105 5.3 45 2.5 3 8.3 6 18.2 0 0.0 150 4.3
2006 162 8.3 72 3.7 6 11.8 15 29.4 3 33.3 225 6.2
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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 462 105 567 81.5 18.5
2003 526 131 657 80.1 19.9
2004 469 137 606 77.4 22.6
2005 606 151 757 80.1 19.9
2006 484 157 641 75.5 24.5
2007 575 146 721 79.8 20.2
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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 1,020 23.7 1,227 39.3 21 46.7 3 16.7 0 0.0 2,166 30.6
1991 1,314 32.1 1,875 49.6 24 47.1 12 25.0 0 0.0 3,048 40.3
1996 1,329 31.4 1,812 47.1 75 61.0 21 41.2 0 0.0 2,811 38.8
2001 879 27.0 1,308 43.3 36 52.2 15 31.3 0 0.0 2,010 34.3
2006 714 22.3 1,074 32.6 42 37.8 15 21.7 3 33.3 1,626 27.7
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 900 39.0 201 23.1 516 25.7 270 21.3 282 44.8 2,166 30.6
1991 1,071 47.2 375 39.2 714 33.0 450 31.6 441 58.1 3,048 40.3
1996 1,113 50.6 270 34.4 687 33.9 414 28.4 327 42.7 2,811 38.8
2001 786 47.5 174 33.7 468 31.0 306 21.2 276 38.0 2,010 34.3
2006 537 34.2 126 22.6 318 23.0 336 20.8 306 41.0 1,626 27.7
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,050 29.2 1,116 32.0
1991 1,443 37.9 1,605 42.7
1996 1,317 36.6 1,494 41.1
2001 942 32.0 1,065 36.6
2006 756 25.6 870 29.9

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 483 9.2 1,782 37.4 27 34.6 6 28.6 3 50.0 2,241 22.5
1991 471 9.6 1,635 34.0 24 38.1 6 10.0 0 0.0 2,121 21.9
1996 482 9.9 1,390 28.0 47 29.4 1 1.5 3 27.3 1,747 19.0
2001 270 6.9 1,053 24.6 36 31.6 6 9.1 0 0.0 1,302 16.4
2006 294 8.0 933 22.0 24 16.7 6 6.5 3 25.0 1,206 15.9
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 645 30.8 315 27.3 498 31.7 507 18.7 228 13.3 48 6.8 2,241 22.5
1991 609 30.8 279 29.2 432 30.4 561 20.1 180 10.6 60 7.3 2,121 21.9
1996 561 30.0 236 26.0 292 24.9 471 18.4 146 8.2 41 4.7 1,747 19.0
2001 429 27.7 189 24.1 213 24.4 333 16.1 111 6.2 24 2.8 1,302 16.4
2006 336 25.9 177 24.9 237 26.7 279 15.9 135 6.7 39 4.3 1,206 15.9
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,137 22.5 1,107 22.6
1991 1,023 21.0 1,101 23.0
1996 830 18.2 917 19.8
2001 609 15.4 690 17.3
2006 567 15.1 633 16.6
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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 (%) 66.0 73.0 71.3 73.0 67.0 56.0 57.0

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 28.0 0 0.0 3 15.0 0 0.0 6 32.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 2 22.0 0 n/a 1 17.0 0 n/a 2 33.0 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 510 25.8 309 25.8 366 26.3 297 55.6 225 70.8 1,704 31.4
Total population 555 19.0 327 17.4 384 13.7 312 23.9 234 23.7 1,815 18.3
2001 Māori 495 28.6 291 28.8 363 27.4 204 37.8 219 65.2 1,569 31.8
Total population 537 21.5 300 19.6 402 16.4 219 15.6 228 22.2 1,680 18.8
2006 Māori 429 27.1 249 26.6 348 27.2 210 33.5 231 62.6 1,467 30.6
  Total population 450 20.3 267 18.8 378 16.9 237 15.0 237 23.1 1,575 18.6

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  (%) ..s ..s 71.4 60.7 21.7 20.5
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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 51.7 50.2
2002 51.0 50.6
2003 54.9 51.3
2004 55.8 0.0
2005 52.8 52.8
2006/2007 54.2 53.3
2007/2008 8.0 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 58 608.0 62.9
2002 72 793.8 11.0
2003 59 664.4 45.0
2004 43 498.3 0.0
2005 71 844.2 35.7
2006 44 534.6 48.6
2007 59 687.6 69.9
2008 36 424.5 70.8
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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 93.0 79.5 67.9 95.5 100.0 85.9 86.7 83.1 81.6 86.1 91.4 93.5 86.3
2001 95.5 85.8 75.7 100.0 0.0 89.7 90.5 87.4 86.4 88.4 94.2 95.9 90.1
2006 97.4 88.9 91.8 100.0 60.0 91.7 92.7 90.3 89.2 91.7 93.7 97.4 92.2
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 28.6 13.1 10.8 52.4 0.0 21.1 20.6 21.3 18.8 22.6 24.1 ..s 20.9
2006 55.0 34.6 40.8 61.3 0.0 42.7 43.8 43.7 40.1 45.8 48.7 28.0 43.2
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