Gisborne District

This section provides people and indicator data for Gisborne District.

People data for Gisborne District
Ethnicity by age, proportion in the area and sex: 2006, Estimated population change, births, deaths and natural increase from 1991, Projected population change, Household composition

Indicator data for Gisborne District
Health: Life expectancy 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

Indicator data for Gisborne District

Health: Life expectancy

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 Gisborne 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	6,051	23.2	6,807	34.4	591	45.5	216	29.6	33	34.4	11,652	26.2
15 - 24	2,961	11.4	3,138	15.9	201	15.5	90	12.3	15	15.6	5,751	12.9
25 - 44	6,252	24.0	5,103	25.8	333	25.6	249	34.2	30	31.3	11,196	25.2
45 - 64	6,834	26.2	3,543	17.9	147	11.3	120	16.5	15	15.6	10,524	23.7
65 - 74	2,022	7.8	798	4.0	21	1.6	39	5.3	0	0	2,916	6.6
75+	1,953	7.5	372	1.9	9	0.7	18	2.5	0	0	2,418	5.4
Total	26,076	100.0	19,761	100.0	1,299	100.0	729	100.0	96	100.0	44,463	100.0
Ethnic % in the area	62.4		47.3		3.1		1.7		0.2		114.8
Sex
Male	12,708	48.7	9,468	47.9	669	51.5	363	49.8	54	56.3	21,666	48.7
Female	13,371	51.3	10,290	52.1	630	48.5	366	50.2	42	43.8	22,797	51.3
		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0

Estimated population change, births, deaths and natural increase from 1991

Year	Estimated resident population at June	Population change		Registered births December year	Registered deaths December year	Natural increase December year
Year	Estimated resident population at June	no.	%	Registered births December year	Registered deaths December year	Natural increase December year
1991	44,361	-	-	893	369	524
1992	44,300	-61	-0.1	964	375	589
1993	44,300	0	0.0	981	423	558
1994	44,400	100	0.2	951	389	562
1995	44,500	100	0.2	906	451	455
1996	47,200	2,700	6.1	871	405	466
1997	46,900	-300	-0.6	836	417	419
1998	46,600	-300	-0.6	753	358	395
1999	46,400	-200	-0.4	770	436	334
2000	46,100	-300	-0.6	773	387	386
2001	45,500	-600	-1.3	766	376	390
2002	45,500	0	0.0	759	401	358
2003	45,800	300	0.7	703	411	292
2004	45,800	0	0.0	751	361	390
2005	45,800	0	0.0	778	376	402
2006	45,900	100	0.2	720	436	284
2007	45,900	0	0.0	801	376	425

Projected population change

Variant	Population at 30 June						Change 2006-2031
Variant	2006	2011	2016	2021	2026	2031	Number	Percent
High		47,700	49,200	50,500	51,700	52,500	6,600	14
Medium	45,900	46,400	46,700	46,700	46,500	45,900	0	0
Low		45,200	44,200	43,000	41,400	39,400	-6,500	-14

Household composition

Household composition	1986		1991		1996		2001		2006
Household composition	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Couples with children	5,928	42.1	5,076	35.1	4,836	33.2	4,212	28.3	4,287	28.3
Couples without children	3,054	21.7	3,129	21.7	3,345	23.0	3,435	23.1	3,510	23.2
Multi-family	426	3.0	417	2.9	600	4.1	393	2.6	543	3.6
One parent family	1,551	11.0	2,286	15.8	2,247	15.4	2,664	17.9	2,583	17.0
One person	2,472	17.6	2,877	19.9	2,961	20.3	3,555	23.9	3,630	24.0
Other multi-person	654	4.6	666	4.6	582	4.0	618	4.2	594	3.9
Total	14,085	100.0	14,448	100.0	14,571	100.0	14,877	100.0	15,153	100.0

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Indicator data for Gisborne 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
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Life expectancy at birth (years)	70.7	76.4	72.6	78.9

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Knowledge and Skills

Participation in early childhood education

The number of 3 and 4 year olds enrolled in early childhood 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
Year	3 year	4 year	Total	3 year	4 year	Total
2001	76	81	78	620	647	1,267
2002	83	90	87	640	729	1,369
2003	84	90	87	666	710	1,376
2004	95	87	91	772	696	1,468
2005	90	96	93	670	774	1,444
2006	92	90	91	680	664	1,344
2007	87	93	90	645	712	1,357

Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
2000	316	94.0	456	86.2	10	100.0	1	50.0	1	100.0	784	89.3
2001	274	94.2	423	88.7	12	92.3	3	100.0	1	100.0	713	90.8
2002	255	92.4	417	87.8	11	100.0	8	80.0	2	100.0	693	89.5
2003	262	97.4	432	85.5	12	100.0	6	85.7	3	100.0	715	89.8
2004	239	96.8	439	89.8	14	100.0	9	100.0	3	75.0	704	92.3
2005	240	99.2	425	91.0	10	76.9	7	100.0	4	100.0	686	93.6
2006	254	97.7	434	88.2	17	94.4	8	100.0	1	100.0	714	91.7
2007	217	97.7	430	89.0	9	90.0	10	90.9	1	100.0	667	91.7

School leavers with higher qualifications

The proportion of school leavers who had attained a qualification at National Certificate of Educational Attainment (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	no.	%	Male	Female	no.	%
2005	35.1	48.3	310	42.3	15.4	23.4	145	19.8
2006	41.0	56.0	340	48.1	18.3	30.7	171	24.2
2007	53.0	56.4	357	54.7	22.6	33.0	181	27.7

School leavers with higher qualifications, by ethnicity

NCEA Level 2 or higher

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
2005	164	62.1	133	29.8	5	50.0	5	62.5	3	75.0	310	42.3
2006	178	65.4	144	34.8	8	72.7	7	100.0	3	100.0	340	48.1
2007	185	72.5	162	42.0	5	83.3	..s	..s	..s	..s	357	54.7

Bursary or higher

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
2005	95	36.0	42	9.4	3	30.0	4	50.0	1	25.0	145	19.8
2006	113	41.5	49	11.8	2	18.2	5	71.4	2	66.7	171	24.2
2007	115	45.1	61	15.8	..s	..s	..s	..s	..s	..s	181	27.7

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

	25-44		45-64		25-64
	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
At least upper secondary
Male	3,237	70.5	3,015	65.1	6,255	67.8
Female	4,221	78.3	3,051	66.3	7,272	72.7
Total	7,458	74.7	6,069	65.7	13,527	70.4
At least tertiary
Male	519	11.3	444	9.6	963	10.4
Female	813	15.1	474	10.3	1,290	12.9
Total	1,332	13.3	921	10.0	2,256	11.7

Proportion (%) and number aged 25-64 with higher qualifications, by ethnic group and year

	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
At least upper secondary
1986	8,379	60.1	1,950	32.4	57	44.2	60	48.8	12	57.1	10,007	51.6
1991	8,394	65.5	2,655	39.1	90	53.6	141	66.2	21	87.5	10,800	56.2
1996	8,985	64.8	3,384	42.8	153	47.2	144	57.1	27	81.8	11,479	56.5
2001	8,756	73.5	3,771	54.0	201	59.3	192	75.3	24	88.9	11,919	66.1
2006	9,801	78.1	4,539	58.7	270	62.1	291	85.1	39	81.3	13,527	70.4
At least tertiary
1986	704	5.1	66	1.1	0	0.0	15	12.2	3	14.3	768	4.0
1991	732	5.7	105	1.6	3	1.8	33	15.5	6	25.0	848	4.4
1996	909	6.6	147	1.9	15	4.6	45	17.9	9	27.3	1,059	5.2
2001	1,137	9.6	273	3.9	12	3.5	54	21.2	3	11.1	1,395	7.7
2006	1,776	14.2	561	7.3	33	7.6	84	24.6	15	31.3	2,256	11.7

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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
December year	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
2002	2,713	783	3,496	77.6	22.4
2003	2,470	789	3,259	75.8	24.2
2004	2,520	834	3,354	75.1	24.9
2005	2,472	831	3,306	74.8	25.1
2006	2,157	822	2,976	72.5	27.6

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Economic Standard of Living

Population with low incomes

The proportion of people living in households with gross real income less than 60% of the median equivalised national income benchmarked at 2001.

Population with low incomes, by ethnicity

	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
1986	4,788	19.5	3,921	34.7	90	32.3	36	15.4	3	11.1	8,298	24.1
1991	6,183	28.0	5,925	50.6	129	43.9	75	24.8	9	27.3	11,634	35.4
1996	6,297	26.8	6,219	46.2	339	50.0	87	21.2	24	34.8	11,217	33.3
2001	4,785	23.1	5,283	42.3	324	46.6	132	29.9	24	42.1	9,387	30.1
2006	3,984	19.0	4,440	33.5	309	35.5	108	18.4	15	20.8	7,869	24.7

Population with low incomes, by age

	0-14		15-24		25-44		45-64		65+		Total
	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
1986	3,111	32.2	726	14.2	1,893	19.3	1,095	17.6	1,479	41.2	8,298	24.1
1991	4,065	45.2	1,143	26.9	2,787	29.0	1,635	26.5	2,004	52.4	11,634	35.4
1996	4,212	44.0	1,167	29.5	2,745	27.8	1,401	21.9	1,695	43.1	11,217	33.3
2001	3,612	40.7	927	29.6	2,199	25.4	1,293	19.2	1,353	36.3	9,387	30.1
2006	2,766	32.6	750	21.5	1,629	20.0	1,332	17.0	1,392	35.9	7,869	24.7

Population with low incomes, by sex

	Male		Female
	no.	%	no.	%
1986	3,696	21.8	4,605	26.4
1991	5,250	32.7	6,387	38.0
1996	5,166	31.3	6,051	35.2
2001	4,218	27.7	5,172	32.5
2006	3,552	22.9	4,314	26.4

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

	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
1986	2,334	8.3	5,652	36.9	114	31.4	48	17.4	6	18.2	7,845	18.3
1991	1,809	7.1	5,031	31.7	141	31.8	63	18.1	12	26.7	6,987	16.9
1996	2,050	7.7	4,956	27.8	292	32.8	59	11.4	13	16.3	6,555	15.6
2001	1,551	6.4	4,326	25.2	276	27.3	81	14.9	3	4.3	5,847	14.6
2006	1,533	6.5	4,515	25.7	348	29.7	96	14.5	12	14.3	6,102	15.2

Household crowding, by age

	0 - 9		10 - 14		15 - 24		25 - 44		45 - 64		65+		Total
	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
1986	1,875	23.8	1,116	25.5	2,043	28.6	1,875	15.6	795	10.6	138	3.6	7,845	18.3
1991	1,893	23.7	816	22.8	1,659	27.0	1,767	14.6	699	9.4	156	3.7	6,987	16.9
1996	1,981	24.0	765	20.3	1,302	23.3	1,689	13.9	660	8.5	158	3.6	6,555	15.6
2001	1,785	23.5	762	19.6	1,053	21.6	1,530	14.0	576	6.8	147	3.3	5,847	14.6
2006	1,656	23.8	804	21.1	1,266	24.8	1,473	14.6	735	7.7	174	3.8	6,102	15.2

Household crowding, by sex

	Male		Female
	no.	%	no.	%
1986	3,954	18.7	3,888	18.0
1991	3,486	17.2	3,495	16.5
1996	3,183	15.5	3,372	15.8
2001	2,841	14.5	3,006	14.6
2006	2,934	15.0	3,168	15.4

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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 local authority elections.

Election year	1989	1992	1995	1998	2001	2004	2007
Voter turnout (%)	74.0	72.0	61.4	67.0	63.0	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
	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
Women candidates	12	31	0	0	14	41	0	0	9	28	0	0
Women voted in	4	29	0	n/a	5	36	0	n/a	4	29	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
Speakers of Māori		no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%	no.	%
1996	Māori	1,944	27.3	1,314	28.3	1,614	32.8	1,098	61.8	696	74.4	6,672	34.4
1996	Total population	2,070	16.3	1,407	15.4	1,755	13.5	1,146	19.8	732	14.3	7,101	15.5
2001	Māori	1,947	27.9	1,263	29.2	1,611	31.9	1,035	52.6	741	71.4	6,591	34.0
2001	Total population	2,055	17.0	1,371	16.9	1,761	14.3	1,107	17.7	783	15.2	7,080	16.1
2006	Māori	1,728	25.4	1,302	30.3	1,566	30.0	909	40.0	771	65.7	6,276	31.8
	Total population	1,836	15.8	1,374	17.1	1,701	14.0	1,011	13.9	819	15.3	6,738	15.2

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 (%)	15.6	14.3	66.4	73.6	34.8	36.8

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Physical Environment

Drinking water (can be more than 100% and highly variable)

The percentage 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 (%)
Year	E. coli (%)	Cryptosporidium (%)
2001	68.5	0.0
2002	68.6	65.9
2003	67.2	65.5
2004	65.9	66.3
2005	68.0	66.3
2006/2007	69.8	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
Year	Number	Rate per 100,000	Rate per 100,000
2001	146	316.7	4.3
2002	181	400.4	8.8
2003	141	311.9	11.1
2004	137	305.1	2.2
2005	161	360.2	20.1
2006	163	366.3	9.0
2007	118	257.1	15.3

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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 (%)

	Ethnicity					Sex		Age
	European	Māori	Pacific	Asian	Other	Male	Female	0-14	15-24	25-44	45-64	65+	Total
1996	94.2	80.1	74.4	93.1	96.2	84.5	85.9	83.1	80.8	84.9	88.8	90.8	85.2
2001	94.9	81.4	79.0	91.9	91.3	86.7	87.6	85.1	83.8	86.2	90.8	91.4	87.1
2006	97.5	90.6	90.2	94.4	96.7	91.3	91.8	90.7	89.6	91.0	92.8	94.3	91.6

Internet access (%)

	Ethnicity					Sex		Age
	European	Māori	Pacific	Asian	Other	Male	Female	0-14	15-24	25-44	45-64	65+	Total
2001	35.3	17.6	19.3	38.7	39.1	28.3	26.8	28.9	27.5	30.5	31.3	9.8	27.5
2006	62.0	37.9	35.5	58.9	70.0	49.9	48.7	50.5	47.4	52.7	55.8	27.7	49.3

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