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Whangarei District

This section provides people and indicator data for Whangarei District.

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People data for Whangarei 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 Whangarei 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 Whangarei 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 12,042 20.9 6,480 36.8 795 47.4 465 28.7 63 30.4 16,956 22.8
15 - 24 6,414 11.1 3,063 17.4 297 17.7 255 15.7 24 11.6 9,099 12.2
25 - 44 13,722 23.8 4,545 25.8 375 22.4 552 34.0 69 33.3 18,450 24.8
45 - 64 15,582 27.1 2,733 15.5 183 10.9 297 18.3 33 15.9 18,906 25.4
65 - 74 5,241 9.1 570 3.2 24 1.4 51 3.1 6 2.9 6,024 8.1
75+ 4,602 8.0 216 1.2 6 0.4 15 0.9 3 1.4 5,034 6.8
Total 57,597 100.0 17,607 100.0 1,677 100.0 1,623 100.0 207 100.0 74,460 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 82.5 25.2 2.4 2.3 0.3 112.7
Sex
Male 27,876 48.4 8,514 48.4 846 50.4 756 46.6 96 46.4 36,222 48.6
Female 29,721 51.6 9,090 51.6 834 49.7 870 53.6 111 53.6 38,238 51.4
    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 68,400  -  - 1,081 572 509
1997 69,000 600 0.9 1,066 562 504
1998 69,700 700 1.0 1,039 537 502
1999 69,800 100 0.1 1,028 558 470
2000 70,000 200 0.3 965 514 451
2001 70,000 0 0.0 915 616 299
2002 71,300 1,300 1.9 936 652 284
2003 72,700 1,400 2.0 998 616 382
2004 74,100 1,400 1.9 1,049 581 468
2005 75,300 1,200 1.6 1,038 590 448
2006 76,500 1,200 1.6 1,119 573 546
2007 77,500 1,000 1.3 1,175 631 544
2008 78,200 700 0.9 1,191 657 534

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   82,200 87,400 92,400 97,100 101,500 25,000 33.0
Medium 76,500 80,300 83,600 86,600 89,300 91,600 15,100 20.0
Low   78,400 79,800 80,900 81,700 82,000 5,500 7.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 8,517 42.8 7,623 35.4 7,158 31.1 6,657 27.2 7,236 26.9
Couples without children 5,061 25.4 5,829 27.1 6,663 29.0 7,128 29.1 8,115 30.2
Multi-family 384 1.9 324 1.5 564 2.5 435 1.8 648 2.4
One parent family 1,707 8.6 2,712 12.6 2,973 12.9 3,369 13.8 3,543 13.2
One person 3,291 16.5 4,110 19.1 4,776 20.8 5,994 24.5 6,387 23.8
Other multi-person 930 4.7 942 4.4 876 3.8 873 3.6 933 3.5
Total 19,890 100.0 21,543 100.0 23,007 100.0 24,456 100.0 26,859 100.0
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Indicator data for Whangarei District

Health

Life expectancy

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) 73.5 79.2 74.8 80.3 77.3 81.6

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 6,354 34.4 5,838 30.8 12,192 32.5
1996 5,739 27.6 6,051 27.4 11,796 27.5
2006 5,916 26.8 6,252 26.1 12,168 26.4
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 3,102 34.3 5,001 36.0 3,114 30.7 975 19.0
1996 2,301 30.7 5,778 33.2 2,910 22.6 807 10.3
2006 2,418 30.0 5,262 31.6 3,654 21.3 834 8.4
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 3,777 24.5 1,923 38.6 144 33.3 102 21.5 606 19.8 5,916 26.7
Female 3,918 22.6 2,571 44.0 165 37.5 51 8.0 498 18.0 6,252 26.1
Total 7,716 23.5 4,488 41.5 309 35.1 147 13.1 1,107 18.8 12,168 26.4
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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 70 85 78 710 886 1,596
2002 83 89 86 852 917 1,769
2003 78 92 85 806 981 1,787
2004 82 94 89 813 999 1,812
2005 82 101 91 822 1,013 1,835
2006 88 92 90 890 934 1,824
2007 88 89 89 910 958 1,868
2008 87 97 92 964 1,017 1,981
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 609 90.1 327 73.5 9 81.8 11 91.7 6 75.0 962 83.5
2001 639 94.0 337 77.1 9 81.8 16 84.2 6 100.0 1,007 87.3
2002 547 94.3 353 75.6 15 93.8 27 96.4 2 66.7 945 86.3
2003 563 95.6 367 78.4 19 90.5 17 94.4 11 91.7 979 88.2
2004 563 95.9 369 84.2 12 92.3 22 88.0 9 100.0 976 91.0
2005 580 94.8 391 85.7 15 83.3 21 87.5 9 100.0 1,016 90.8
2006 543 95.4 364 85.6 12 85.7 13 100.0 13 100.0 945 91.4
2007 529 97.8 379 88.6 21 91.3 12 100.0 11 100.0 952 93.8
2008 523 97.2 362 87.7 8 88.9 28 93.3 19 100.0 940 93.2

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 45.0 57.1 540 51.1 18.3 25.8 233 22.1
2006 49.0 55.4 522 52.4 18.0 30.7 246 24.7
2007 56.1 67.7 634 61.6 19.9 38.1 293 28.4
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 390 61.1 118 32.2 6 35.3 18 72.0 8 80.0 540 51.1
2006 379 61.0 107 33.3 8 66.7 25 73.5 3 37.5 522 52.4
2007 448 70.0 161 46.4 7 43.8 15 75.0 3 42.9 634 61.6
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 182 28.5 33 9.0 2 11.8 13 52.0 3 30.0 233 22.1
2006 192 30.9 33 10.3 2 16.7 17 50.0 2 25.0 246 24.7
2007 211 33.0 70 20.2 2 12.5 10 50.0 0 0.0 293 28.4

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 5,802 76.2 5,826 70.5 11,628 73.2
Female 7,440 82.7 6,210 71.2 13,650 77.1
Total 13,245 79.8 12,036 70.9 25,278 75.3
At least tertiary
Male 897 11.8 861 10.4 1,758 11.1
Female 1,584 17.6 1,029 11.8 2,613 14.8
Total 2,481 14.9 1,890 11.1 4,371 13.0
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 14,922 62.3 1,413 38.7 123 57.8 126 68.9 18 66.7 16,191 59.2
1991 15,900 65.6 1,869 40.6 147 57.7 183 71.8 15 71.4 17,645 61.7
1996 16,867 63.4 2,625 43.0 225 51.7 240 57.6 51 77.3 18,629 59.7
2001 18,453 74.0 2,847 52.8 252 65.6 441 86.5 57 86.4 20,860 70.7
2006 22,047 78.4 3,924 59.5 348 69.9 693 88.8 90 90.9 25,278 75.3
At least tertiary
1986 1,230 5.1 36 1.0 3 1.4 36 19.7 0 0.0 1,296 4.7
1991 1,305 5.4 54 1.2 9 3.5 60 23.5 3 14.3 1,407 4.9
1996 1,670 6.3 90 1.5 15 3.5 96 23.0 15 22.7 1,833 5.9
2001 2,359 9.5 210 3.9 18 4.7 138 27.1 12 18.2 2,628 8.9
2006 3,843 13.7 477 7.2 48 9.6 237 30.4 30 30.3 4,371 13.0
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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 3,694 1,081 4,775 77.4 22.6
2003 3,761 1,202 4,963 75.8 24.2
2004 4,060 1,210 5,270 77.0 23.0
2005 3,892 1,176 5,068 76.8 23.2
2006 3,714 1,386 5,100 72.8 27.2
2007 3,592 1,346 4,938 72.7 27.3
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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 6,660 15.9 1,929 26.0 78 17.9 51 16.3 15 29.4 8,376 17.3
1991 12,552 29.8 4,851 52.0 252 45.2 135 32.6 9 27.3 16,824 33.5
1996 12,114 27.1 5,358 47.9 429 45.0 234 31.7 42 43.8 15,900 30.5
2001 9,771 23.2 4,032 40.8 384 44.9 273 33.1 39 36.1 13,026 26.1
2006 9,294 19.5 3,624 29.7 297 26.1 378 30.4 39 23.6 12,291 21.7
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,610 21.2 633 8.3 1,689 12.0 1,398 15.0 2,049 40.6 8,376 17.3
1991 5,202 41.2 1,626 24.0 3,762 25.8 2,865 28.3 3,372 55.2 16,824 33.5
1996 5,334 39.7 1,380 24.0 3,591 24.0 2,412 21.8 3,186 46.4 15,900 30.5
2001 4,296 35.0 1,107 22.6 2,817 21.0 2,139 17.8 2,667 36.9 13,026 26.1
2006 3,495 26.7 963 15.8 2,169 15.2 2,382 16.1 3,276 38.5 12,291 21.7
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,699 15.2 4,677 19.4
1991 7,635 30.8 9,189 36.1
1996 7,077 27.9 8,823 33.1
2001 5,649 23.2 7,377 28.9
2006 5,616 20.3 6,672 23.0

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 4,134 8.6 3,585 35.7 144 26.1 60 17.1 12 20.0 7,545 13.0
1991 3,207 6.8 3,627 31.1 162 23.7 108 20.5 15 29.4 6,825 11.5
1996 3,389 6.7 3,921 26.7 326 26.2 152 16.9 21 16.3 6,686 10.8
2001 2,589 5.3 3,351 24.2 246 21.0 159 14.3 18 13.0 5,805 9.3
2006 2,820 5.4 3,855 24.2 384 25.4 168 11.4 21 10.9 6,591 9.8
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 1,743 18.0 927 16.8 2,079 21.4 1,911 11.3 732 6.8 147 2.8 7,545 13.0
1991 1,929 18.6 801 16.6 1,605 18.5 1,806 10.4 564 4.9 114 1.8 6,825 11.5
1996 2,114 19.2 839 16.3 1,300 16.7 1,794 10.1 529 4.1 110 1.5 6,686 10.8
2001 1,791 17.6 765 13.9 1,068 15.2 1,530 9.2 516 3.5 138 1.7 5,805 9.3
2006 1,905 19.1 852 14.9 1,365 16.8 1,599 9.6 723 4.2 147 1.6 6,591 9.8
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,831 13.1 3,717 12.9
1991 3,432 11.7 3,393 11.4
1996 3,241 10.7 3,445 10.9
2001 2,835 9.3 2,970 9.3
2006 3,144 9.6 3,444 10.1
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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 (%) 65.0 61.0 60.1 58.0 50.0 52.0 52.0

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 29.0 0 0.0 9 24.0 2 50.0 11 25.0 1 13.0
Women voted in 3 23.0 0 n/a 5 38.0 1 n/a 4 31.0 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 1,104 17.2 846 22.3 1,047 27.2 579 48.0 300 57.5 3,885 24.6
Total population 1,212 7.2 963 7.6 1,182 6.2 639 6.7 330 3.9 4,329 6.5
2001 Māori 1,053 17.5 837 23.7 1,059 27.2 543 41.3 330 54.2 3,819 24.8
Total population 1,179 7.2 954 8.3 1,200 6.2 627 5.6 384 4.0 4,356 6.4
2006 Māori 1,029 15.9 882 21.6 1,149 25.4 612 35.4 360 46.0 4,038 22.9
  Total population 1,134 6.7 999 8.1 1,311 6.3 720 5.4 417 3.8 4,578 6.1

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  (%) 9.9 10.4 69.0 71.8 36.1 36.8
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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 90.0 2.0
2002 21.5 2.0
2003 85.5 2.0
2004 84.9 1.8
2005 18.8 0.1
2006/2007 82.4 82.0
2007/2008 81.3 73.2

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 180 255.3 18.4
2002 181 256.4 25.5
2003 270 378.2 29.4
2004 281 389.2 8.3
2005 286 392.9 8.2
2006 259 353.3 16.4
2007 233 300.6 14.2
2008 292 373.4 19.2
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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 96.6 81.6 84.9 93.6 90.5 93.3 93.7 90.2 90.5 93.4 96.8 98.1 93.5
2001 97.6 87.2 89.4 96.7 95.7 95.2 95.6 93.3 93.5 95.0 97.3 98.6 95.5
2006 98.8 94.0 96.3 98.4 96.9 97.4 97.8 96.9 96.8 97.1 98.3 99.2 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 38.7 21.3 26.5 55.4 47.8 37.2 34.6 38.0 37.6 39.5 40.2 15.3 35.9
2006 64.6 40.5 43.0 69.1 68.8 60.4 59.0 61.7 58.0 64.0 66.5 38.0 59.7
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