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Gisborne Region

This section provides people and indicator data for Gisborne.

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People data for Gisborne

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 Gisborne

Health: Life expectancy, Cigarette smoking, Suicide

Knowledge and Skills: Participation in early childhood education, School leavers with higher qualifications, Educational attainment of the adult population

Paid Work: Unemployment rate, Employment rate, Median hourly earnings, 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

Leisure and Recreation: Participation in physical activity

Physical Environment: Drinking water quality

Safety: Recorded criminal offences, Road casualties

Social Connectedness: Telephone and internet access in the home, Contact between young people and their parents

People data for Gisborne

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 6,048 23.2 6,804 34.4 591 45.4 216 29.1 36 37.5 11,652 26.2
15 - 24 2,961 11.3 3,138 15.9 201 15.4 93 12.6 12 12.5 5,754 12.9
25 - 44 6,261 24.0 5,103 25.8 330 25.3 255 34.4 33 34.4 11,208 25.2
45 - 64 6,840 26.2 3,543 17.9 147 11.3 120 16.2 21 21.9 10,542 23.7
65 - 74 2,025 7.8 798 4.0 18 1.4 39 5.3 0 0.0 2,925 6.6
75+ 1,956 7.5 375 1.9 9 0.7 21 2.8 0 0.0 2,421 5.4
Total 26,094 100.0 19,758 100.0 1,302 100.0 741 100.0 96 100.0 44,499 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 62.4 47.3 3.1 1.8 0.2 106.5
Sex
Male 12,717 48.7 9,468 47.9 669 51.4 372 50.2 57 59.4 21,687 48.7
Female 13,377 51.3 10,290 52.1 630 48.4 369 49.8 42 43.8 22,812 51.3
    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 47,200  -  - 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 -0.4 771 436 335
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 45,900 100 0.2 778 376 402
2006 46,000 100 0.2 720 436 284
2007 45,900 -100 -0.2 801 376 425
2008 46,000 100 0.2 828 386 442

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   47,700 49,200 50,600 51,700 52,600 6,600 14.0
Medium 46,000 46,500 46,700 46,800 46,500 46,000 0 0.0
Low   45,200 44,200 43,000 41,400 39,500 -6,500 -14.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 5,928 42.1 5,076 35.1 4,836 33.2 4,209 28.3 4,290 28.3
Couples without children 3,054 21.7 3,132 21.7 3,345 23.0 3,435 23.1 3,510 23.2
Multi-family 426 3.0 417 2.9 600 4.1 396 2.7 546 3.6
One parent family 1,551 11.0 2,283 15.8 2,250 15.4 2,664 17.9 2,586 17.1
One person 2,475 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 4.6 585 4.0 615 4.1 594 3.9
Total 14,085 100.0 14,451 100.0 14,571 100.0 14,874 100.0 15,153 100.0
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Indicator data for Gisborne

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.

Indicator 1990 - 1992 1995 - 1997 2000 - 2002 2005 - 2007
Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Life expectancy at birth (years) 71.3 76.5 70.7 76.4 72.6 78.9 73.8 78.1

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 5,985 38.7 5,493 35.4 11,472 37.0
1996 4,359 31.0 4,728 32.2 9,078 31.5
2006 4,029 31.0 4,695 33.1 8,718 32.0
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 3,345 40.5 4,620 41.1 2,718 34.7 789 19.5
1996 1,878 34.3 4,584 37.9 2,058 26.8 558 12.1
2006 1,788 35.5 3,882 38.4 2,574 27.1 474 10.0
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,818 26.0 2,184 39.2 141 39.2 60 25.1 294 20.8 4,026 31.0
Female 1,920 25.2 3,090 46.2 99 28.5 24 11.7 258 18.7 4,698 33.1
Total 3,738 25.6 5,283 43.1 228 32.7 84 17.8 558 19.9 8,718 32.1

Suicide

The number of suicide deaths per 100,000 population, and the number of hospitalisations for intentional self-harm per 100,000 population, expressed as an age-standardised rate for the population aged 5 years and over.

Suicide deaths and hospitalisation for intentional self-harm (for Hawke's Bay/Gisborne Region combined)
Sex 2002 - 2006
Suicide deaths Hospitalisations
Number Rate per 100,000 Number Rate per 100,000
Male 122 24.3 195 43.4
Female 38 7.7 454 95.4
Total 160 15.8 649 69.7
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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
3 year 4 year Total 3 year 4 year Total
2001 69 78 73 564 621 1,185
2002 77 85 81 594 692 1,286
2003 77 86 82 611 677 1,288
2004 86 81 84 695 653 1,348
2005 83 91 87 613 731 1,344
2006 89 88 88 654 651 1,305
2007 83 89 86 613 684 1,297
2008 84 84 84 628 625 1,253
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
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
2008 234 95.5 424 90.0 12 85.7 6 85.7 3 75.0 679 91.6

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 Number % Male Female Number %
2005 35.0 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
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
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 4 100.0 1 50.0 357 54.7
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
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 1 16.7 4 100.0 0 0.0 181 27.7

Educational attainment of the adult population 25-64 (for Gisborne and Hawke's Bay combined)

The proportion of adults aged 25–64 years with an educational attainment of at least upper secondary school level and the proportion of adults with at least tertiary qualifications.

At least upper secondary, by age and sex ("..s" indicates numbers below 1,000)
Year Male Female 25 - 44 45 - 64 Total 25 - 64
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 25,000 58.4 24,300 51.7 33,900 60.0 15,400 46.2 49,300 54.9
1991 28,500 61.2 25,600 51.4 36,600 61.3 17,500 47.8 54,100 56.2
1996 31,600 67.6 31,300 62.0 40,100 71.1 22,800 56.0 62,900 64.7
2001 32,600 66.4 35,300 68.2 40,400 70.2 27,400 63.5 67,800 67.3
2002 33,100 67.5 35,000 69.5 39,900 71.2 28,200 65.2 68,100 68.5
2003 33,600 69.6 37,600 70.4 43,100 74.6 28,000 63.9 71,100 70.0
2004 34,100 66.5 38,600 68.7 43,700 74.4 29,000 59.5 72,700 67.6
2005 35,100 67.8 38,900 69.2 41,700 73.4 32,300 63.1 74,000 68.5
2006 36,700 73.8 38,900 72.9 40,500 78.2 35,100 68.4 75,600 73.3
2007 34,700 73.2 36,300 71.6 36,900 75.0 34,100 69.7 71,100 72.4
2008 36,200 72.2 39,500 73.2 39,300 75.3 36,300 70.2 75,600 72.7
At least tertiary, by age and sex ("..s" indicates numbers below 1,000)
Year Male Female 25 - 44 45 - 64 Total 25 - 64
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,600 3.6 ..s ..s 2,000 3.5 ..s ..s 2,400 2.7
1991 2,000 4.2 1,200 2.4 2,300 3.9 ..s ..s 3,200 3.3
1996 2,500 5.4 1,900 3.7 3,000 5.2 1,400 3.5 4,400 4.5
2001 3,900 7.9 3,400 6.5 4,400 7.7 2,800 6.4 7,200 7.2
2002 4,400 8.9 4,400 8.7 6,000 10.7 2,800 6.4 8,800 8.8
2003 4,400 9.1 5,400 10.2 6,500 11.2 3,300 7.6 9,800 9.7
2004 5,000 9.8 6,100 10.9 7,400 12.6 3,700 7.6 11,100 10.3
2005 5,300 10.1 6,100 10.9 7,200 12.6 4,200 8.2 11,400 10.5
2006 5,700 11.5 6,300 11.7 7,100 13.8 4,900 9.5 12,000 11.6
2007 5,400 11.4 7,100 14.0 6,900 14.0 5,600 11.5 12,600 12.8
2008 5,900 11.8 7,500 13.8 7,900 15.1 5,500 10.6 13,400 12.9
At least upper secondary, by ethnicity ("..s" indicates numbers below 1,000) 
Year European Māori Pacific Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 45,000 60.9 3,500 24.5 ..s ..s ..s ..s 49,300 54.9
1991 45,200 62.5 7,900 35.9 ..s ..s ..s ..s 54,100 56.2
1996 53,200 69.7 8,100 44.5 ..s ..s 1,100 73.2 62,900 64.7
2001 53,300 74.6 11,700 47.0 ..s ..s 1,900 73.5 67,800 67.3
2002 53,400 74.8 11,600 49.2 1,300 64.1 1,800 75.5 68,100 68.5
2003 54,200 74.2 13,800 57.4 ..s ..s 2,400 84.3 71,100 70.0
2004 53,700 74.1 15,400 54.1 ..s ..s 2,600 68.1 72,700 67.6
2005 52,000 73.8 17,200 57.6 1,500 44.0 3,400 77.2 74,000 68.5
2006 54,400 77.4 16,200 62.7 1,200 50.6 3,800 81.0 75,600 73.3
2007 52,600 75.9 15,600 65.1 1,100 49.0 1,600 63.8 71,100 72.4
2008 56,500 78.1 16,800 63.6 1,200 41.7 1,000 44.5 75,600 72.7
At least tertiary, by ethnicity ("..s" indicates numbers below 1,000) 
  European Māori Pacific Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,400 3.2 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 2,400 2.7
1991 2,900 4.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 3,200 3.3
1996 3,900 5.1 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 4,400 4.5
2001 6,500 9.1 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 7,200 7.2
2002 7,600 10.6 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 8,800 8.8
2003 8,000 11.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 9,800 9.7
2004 8,400 11.6 1,500 5.3 ..s ..s 1,200 30.3 11,100 10.3
2005 8,100 11.4 2,000 6.7 ..s ..s 1,300 29.1 11,400 10.5
2006 8,700 12.4 1,800 7.0 ..s ..s 1,400 30.2 12,000 11.6
2007 10,100 14.5 1,800 7.5 ..s ..s ..s ..s 12,600 12.8
2008 11,000 15.2 1,900 7.2 ..s ..s ..s ..s 13,400 12.9
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Paid Work

Unemployment rate (for Gisborne and Hawke's Bay combined - '..s' indicates numbers below 1,000)

The number of people aged 15 years and over who are not employed and who are actively seeking and available for paid work, expressed as a percentage of the total labour force.

Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 Male Female Total 15+
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,600 10.9 1,500 3.3 ..s ..s 2,300 4.4 2,400 6.1 4,700 5.1
1991 4,300 22.5 4,100 9.1 1,500 6.7 6,000 11.6 4,000 10.8 10,000 11.3
1996 2,700 15.1 3,100 6.8 1,400 5.1 3,600 7.1 3,600 8.7 7,200 7.8
2001 2,000 14.7 3,100 6.7 1,200 3.7 3,400 6.6 2,900 6.8 6,300 6.7
2002 1,900 13.5 2,300 5.1 ..s ..s 2,400 4.7 2,600 6.0 5,000 5.3
2003 2,100 14.5 2,400 5.0 ..s ..s 2,700 5.2 2,500 5.6 5,200 5.4
2004 2,100 13.5 2,100 4.4 1,100 3.0 2,300 4.2 3,100 6.3 5,400 5.2
2005 2,600 14.1 2,100 4.5 1,100 2.6 2,600 4.5 3,200 6.2 5,800 5.3
2006 2,200 12.9 1,300 3.0 1,000 2.5 2,200 4.0 2,300 4.7 4,600 4.3
2007 2,500 13.8 1,600 3.9 ..s ..s 2,000 3.8 2,900 5.9 4,900 4.8
2008 2,900 17.3 2,100 4.8 1,200 2.9 3,000 5.6 3,300 6.2 6,300 5.9

Employment rate (% for Gisborne and Hawke's Bay combined - '..s' indicates numbers below 1,000)

The proportion of the population aged 15–64 years who are in paid employment for at least one hour per week.

Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Male Female Total
15-64 15-64 15-64
1986 66.1 77.2 63.7 8.4 84.1 58.3 70.6
1991 45.6 69.2 57.6 5.2 70.4 49.8 59.9
1996 56.4 74.5 65.0 7.3 76.9 58.5 67.5
2001 50.8 74.8 72.3 8.7 76.7 62.6 69.5
2002 55.0 76.2 74.8 7.3 79.1 64.9 71.8
2003 53.6 77.9 73.4 9.0 80.1 64.3 71.9
2004 51.4 78.4 73.8 10.1 79.0 64.3 71.4
2005 56.5 78.7 77.1 12.4 79.1 68.3 73.5
2006 55.0 81.3 79.4 13.9 81.4 68.9 75.0
2007 59.9 78.2 82.2 13.3 82.6 69.9 76.0
2008 52.9 78.5 81.1 14.1 79.6 69.7 74.4

Median hourly earnings ($ for Gisborne and Hawke's Bay combined)

Real median hourly earnings from all wages and salaries for employees earning income from wage and salary jobs, as measured by the New Zealand Income Survey.

Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total 15.8 15.5 15.8 16.0 16.0 16.2 16.5 16.5 16.8 16.7 17.3

Workplace injury claims (for Gisborne and Hawke's Bay combined)

The number of workplace accident insurance claims reported to the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) per 1,000 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs), excluding those employees who received accident and emergency treatment only.

December year Number of claims % of claims by sex Rate per
1,000 FTEs
Male Female Total Male Female
2002 11,014 3,558 14,572 75.6 24.4 189.7
2003 11,388 3,767 15,155 75.1 24.9 194.1
2004 11,562 3,806 15,368 75.2 24.8 187.1
2005 11,487 3,865 15,352 74.8 25.2 179.7
2006 10,643 4,001 14,644 72.7 27.3 171.5
2007 10,600 4,100 14,700 72.1 27.9 180.0
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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
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 4,788 19.5 3,924 34.7 90 32.3 39 16.7 3 11.1 8,301 24.1
1991 6,183 28.0 5,925 50.6 129 44.3 75 24.8 9 27.3 11,637 35.4
1996 6,300 26.8 6,219 46.2 342 50.7 87 21.2 24 34.8 11,220 33.3
2001 4,785 23.1 5,283 42.3 324 46.6 132 29.9 24 44.4 9,387 30.1
2006 3,984 19.0 4,440 33.5 309 35.5 111 18.9 15 20.0 7,869 24.7
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 3,111 32.2 726 14.2 1,893 19.3 1,098 17.7 1,479 41.2 8,301 24.1
1991 4,062 45.2 1,143 26.9 2,787 29.0 1,638 26.5 2,001 52.4 11,637 35.4
1996 4,212 44.0 1,167 29.5 2,745 27.8 1,404 21.9 1,695 43.1 11,220 33.3
2001 3,612 40.7 927 29.6 2,199 25.4 1,296 19.2 1,356 36.4 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
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,696 21.8 4,602 26.4
1991 5,250 32.7 6,387 38.0
1996 5,166 31.3 6,054 35.2
2001 4,215 27.7 5,172 32.5
2006 3,552 22.9 4,317 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
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,334 8.3 5,652 36.9 111 30.6 48 17.4 6 18.2 7,842 18.3
1991 1,812 7.1 5,031 31.7 144 32.4 63 17.9 12 26.7 6,984 16.8
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 27.2 78 14.4 6 8.7 5,850 14.6
2006 1,530 6.5 4,518 25.7 351 29.8 99 15.0 9 10.3 6,099 15.2
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 1,875 23.8 1,116 25.5 2,043 28.6 1,875 15.6 795 10.6 138 3.6 7,842 18.3
1991 1,893 23.7 816 22.8 1,659 27.0 1,767 14.6 702 9.4 153 3.7 6,984 16.8
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 23.5 759 19.5 1,053 21.6 1,527 13.9 576 6.8 147 3.3 5,850 14.6
2006 1,653 23.7 804 21.1 1,266 24.8 1,473 14.6 738 7.7 171 3.8 6,099 15.2
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,951 18.7 3,891 18.0
1991 3,489 17.2 3,495 16.5
1996 3,183 15.5 3,372 15.8
2001 2,844 14.5 3,009 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 local authority elections for regional councils.

Election year 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007
Voter turnout (%) 74.0 72.0 61.0 67.0 63.0 52.0 52.0

Representation of women in government

The proportion of female candidates and elected members of regional councils in local authority elections.

Election activity 2001 2004 2007
For Council For Council For Council
Number % Number % Number %
Women candidates 12 31.0 14 41.0 9 28.0
Women voted in 4 29.0 5 36.0 4 29.0
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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 1,944 27.3 1,314 28.3 1,611 32.7 1,104 62.3 693 74.5 6,669 34.4
  Total population 2,073 16.3 1,401 15.3 1,755 13.5 1,143 19.8 732 14.3 7,104 15.5
2001 Māori 1,941 27.8 1,266 29.3 1,611 31.9 1,032 52.5 735 70.8 6,594 34.1
  Total population 2,049 17.0 1,371 16.9 1,761 14.3 1,107 17.7 780 15.1 7,080 16.1
2006 Māori 1,728 25.4 1,302 30.3 1,569 30.1 909 40.0 768 65.5 6,276 31.8
  Total population 1,836 15.8 1,371 17.1 1,701 13.9 1,014 13.9 822 15.4 6,738 15.1

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.

Indicator Born in NZ Overseas born Total
2001 2006 2001 2006 2001 2006
Language retention 15.6 14.3 66.8 73.4 34.8 36.6
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Leisure and Recreation

Participation in physical activity (for Gisborne and Hawke's Bay combined)

The proportion of the population aged 16 years and over who met physical activity guidelines (ie were physically active for at least 30 minutes a day on five or more days over the last week), as measured by the 2007/2008 Active New Zealand Survey.

Year Participation (%)
2007/2008 49.0
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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 68.5 0.0
2002 68.6 65.9
2003 67.2 65.5
2004 65.9 66.3
2005 67.9 66.1
2006/2007 69.8 0.0
2007/2008 67.7 0.0
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Safety

Recorded criminal offences

The total number of recorded criminal offences and the recorded criminal offence rate per 10,000 population.

Year Number Rate per 10,000
1999 5,654 1,219
2000 5,813 1,259
2001 5,692 1,250
2002 6,198 1,360
2003 5,910 1,289
2004 5,634 1,230
2005 5,677 1,237
2006 5,824 1,268
2007 5,757 1,253
2008 5,901 1,285

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 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
2008 207 450.0 17.4
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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 95.6 82.3 75.9 94.7 100.0 89.9 90.7 87.1 86.8 90.4 94.3 96.5 90.3
2001 96.6 84.3 83.3 94.5 100.0 90.9 91.6 88.2 88.0 90.7 94.9 97.0 91.2
2006 98.3 92.9 93.2 97.3 100.0 95.6 96.0 94.9 94.6 95.5 96.7 98.4 95.8
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 35.9 18.2 20.7 39.6 40.9 29.6 28.0 30.0 28.9 32.2 32.7 10.3 28.8
2006 62.5 38.9 36.6 60.7 69.0 52.2 51.0 52.8 50.0 55.3 58.1 28.9 51.6

Contact between young people and their parents (for Gisborne and Hawke's Bay combined - please read notes before use)

The proportion of secondary school students (in Years 9–14, aged 18 years or younger) reporting that most weeks they spent enough time with their parents (2007).

Indicator Male Female
Spend enough time with parents (%) 63.0 50.0
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