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Manawatu-Whanganui Region

This section provides people and indicator data forManawatu-Whanganui.

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People data for Manawatu-Whanganui

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 Manawatu-Whanganui

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 Manawatu-Whanganui

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 37,719 20.8 15,423 36.5 2,442 41.4 1,779 21.9 345 29.5 48,423 21.8
15 - 24 24,657 13.6 7,740 18.3 1,185 20.1 2,004 24.7 234 20.0 32,226 14.5
25 - 44 44,472 24.5 11,040 26.1 1,425 24.2 2,520 31.0 393 33.6 56,661 25.5
45 - 64 45,411 25.1 6,282 14.9 681 11.6 1,392 17.1 177 15.1 53,358 24.0
65 - 74 15,042 8.3 1,278 3.0 111 1.9 294 3.6 18 1.5 16,869 7.6
75+ 13,917 7.7 519 1.2 48 0.8 129 1.6 6 0.5 14,886 6.7
Total 181,224 100.0 42,285 100.0 5,892 100.0 8,121 100.0 1,170 100.0 222,423 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 84.1 19.6 2.7 3.8 0.5 103.2
Sex
Male 87,795 48.4 20,706 49.0 3,006 51.0 3,849 47.4 627 53.6 108,360 48.7
Female 93,429 51.6 21,582 51.0 2,889 49.0 4,272 52.6 543 46.4 114,060 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 234,500  -  - 3,579 1,996 1,583
1997 233,800 -700 -0.3 3,531 1,825 1,706
1998 232,500 -1,300 -0.6 3,235 1,812 1,423
1999 231,200 -1,300 -0.6 3,218 1,972 1,246
2000 229,900 -1,300 -0.6 3,308 1,901 1,407
2001 227,500 -2,400 -1.0 3,071 1,992 1,079
2002 227,800 300 0.1 2,904 1,919 985
2003 228,700 900 0.4 2,914 1,909 1,005
2004 229,200 500 0.2 2,918 1,966 952
2005 228,900 -300 -0.1 3,095 1,837 1,258
2006 229,400 500 0.2 3,165 1,967 1,198
2007 229,000 -400 -0.2 3,297 1,812 1,485
2008 229,200 200 0.1 3,372 1,919 1,453

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   237,700 245,600 252,500 258,500 263,300 33,900 15
Medium 229,400 232,400 234,900 236,400 236,900 235,900 6,500 3
Low   227,100 224,300 220,500 215,700 209,200 -20,100 -9

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 29,049 39.9 27,039 35.0 24,921 31.5 22,041 27.6 22,032 26.6
Couples without children 17,517 24.0 19,413 25.1 21,219 26.8 21,765 27.3 23,424 28.3
Multi-family 804 1.1 999 1.3 1,437 1.8 1,161 1.5 1,401 1.7
One parent family 6,936 9.5 9,054 11.7 9,864 12.5 10,470 13.1 10,350 12.5
One person 14,007 19.2 16,092 20.8 17,436 22.0 20,283 25.4 21,633 26.1
Other multi-person 4,560 6.3 4,596 6.0 4,314 5.4 4,050 5.1 4,017 4.8
Total 72,873 100.0 77,190 100.0 79,191 100.0 79,770 100.0 82,854 100.0
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Indicator data for Manawatu-Whanganui

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) 72.2 77.7 73.8 79 75.2 79.9 76.5 81.4

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 27,108 35.6 23,190 30.6 50,304 33.0
1996 20,172 26.1 20,598 25.8 40,758 26.0
2006 18,774 26.2 19,509 25.7 38,283 25.9
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 14,559 34.5 19,332 35.9 12,429 33.1 3,984 18.4
1996 9,210 27.2 19,326 31.3 9,327 23.0 2,895 11.1
2006 8,238 27.8 16,305 31.1 11,175 22.5 2,565 8.9
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 12,600 25.0 4,680 38.3 555 31.8 549 19.0 2,229 21.0 18,780 26.2
Female 13,335 24.1 6,375 46.4 489 28.3 195 5.7 1,893 19.2 19,512 25.7
Total 25,938 24.5 11,061 42.7 1,050 30.8 747 11.9 4,119 20.2 38,280 25.9

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
Sex 2002 - 2006
Suicide deaths Hospitalisations
Number Rate per 100,000 Number Rate per 100,000
Male 130 21.8 319 56.8
Female 45 6.3 593 100.5
Total 175 14.0 912 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
3 year 4 year Total 3 year 4 year Total
2001 85 95 90 2,888 3,183 6,071
2002 88 91 89 2,702 3,067 5,769
2003 93 93 93 2,929 2,957 5,886
2004 91 99 95 2,860 3,179 6,039
2005 95 98 97 2,759 3,057 5,816
2006 97 104 100 2,801 3,013 5,814
2007 96 101 98 2,884 3,020 5,904
2008 94 101 97 2,830 3,003 5,833
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 2,246 95.8 916 88.5 54 85.7 75 94.9 20 100.0 3,317 93.5
2001 2,140 95.4 874 90.6 63 87.5 64 92.8 18 94.7 3,160 93.8
2002 2,098 95.8 892 91.7 74 93.7 77 95.1 25 96.2 3,174 94.6
2003 2,003 97.2 993 93.0 104 94.5 73 91.3 20 90.9 3,195 95.6
2004 1,800 96.5 899 93.2 88 96.7 76 93.8 25 92.6 2,893 95.4
2005 1,909 97.8 974 94.0 76 90.5 93 95.9 33 94.3 3,086 96.3
2006 1,807 97.0 965 94.8 80 94.1 91 95.8 31 100.0 2,974 96.2
2007 1,663 96.9 882 94.9 119 93.7 89 95.7 31 91.2 2,784 96.0
2008 1,647 98.2 906 95.6 109 98.2 96 99.0 35 97.2 2,793 97.4

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 50.5 59.7 1,870 55.0 24.6 33.2 980 28.8
2006 54.5 63.0 1,900 58.9 27.8 38.4 1,075 33.3
2007 61.0 69.6 2,020 65.2 30.5 42.2 1,122 36.2
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 1,415 61.6 320 36.0 34 43.0 76 76.8 25 71.4 1,870 55.0
2006 1,407 64.5 331 40.6 46 54.8 99 81.1 17 85.0 1,900 58.9
2007 1,461 69.0 365 50.0 62 62.0 88 87.1 44 86.3 2,020 65.2
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 780 34.0 109 12.3 15 19.0 57 57.6 19 54.3 980 28.8
2006 808 37.0 151 18.5 20 23.8 84 68.9 12 60.0 1,075 33.3
2007 848 40.1 150 20.5 29 29.0 74 73.3 21 41.2 1,122 36.2

Educational attainment of the adult population 25-64

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 28,800 59.6 24,000 46.2 35,000 60.4 17,900 42.1 52,800 52.7
1991 31,700 64.4 30,800 59.9 42,100 65.7 20,400 55.8 62,500 62.1
1996 36,300 66.9 35,900 65.6 46,200 72.2 26,000 57.8 72,200 66.3
2001 39,100 70.0 39,600 67.2 49,400 75.0 29,400 60.0 78,700 68.6
2002 38,800 67.5 41,400 68.0 49,300 73.6 30,900 60.2 80,200 67.8
2003 39,800 69.5 43,800 69.3 51,000 75.0 32,600 62.2 83,600 69.4
2004 38,100 66.6 41,300 66.0 46,600 73.6 32,800 58.1 79,400 66.3
2005 41,200 68.3 42,200 67.8 43,900 72.9 39,500 63.3 83,400 68.0
2006 40,100 67.8 43,200 69.5 44,800 73.0 38,600 64.3 83,300 68.7
2007 39,900 70.3 40,900 70.0 42,400 72.1 38,400 68.1 80,800 70.2
2008 38,900 70.5 42,500 71.3 41,100 72.8 40,200 69.2 81,300 71.0
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 2,900 5.9 1,500 2.9 2,800 4.8 1,600 3.7 4,400 4.4
1991 4,000 8.0 2,700 5.2 4,500 7.1 2,100 5.8 6,600 6.6
1996 3,500 6.4 2,800 5.2 4,100 6.4 2,200 4.9 6,300 5.8
2001 6,400 11.5 6,100 10.4 7,900 12.0 4,700 9.5 12,600 10.9
2002 6,400 11.1 6,300 10.3 7,800 11.7 4,800 9.4 12,700 10.7
2003 7,000 12.2 7,400 11.7 9,200 13.6 5,100 9.7 14,300 11.9
2004 7,900 13.8 7,600 12.2 9,100 14.4 6,400 11.4 15,500 13.0
2005 9,400 15.5 8,700 13.9 9,400 15.6 8,700 13.9 18,000 14.7
2006 7,700 13.1 8,200 13.3 8,300 13.5 7,700 12.8 16,000 13.2
2007 8,200 14.5 8,800 15.0 8,800 15.0 8,200 14.5 17,000 14.8
2008 7,200 13.1 10,000 16.7 8,600 15.3 8,500 14.7 17,200 15.0
At least upper secondary, by ethnicity ("..s" indicates numbers below 1,000) 
Year European Māori Pacific Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 47,300 55.4 2,600 30.9 ..s ..s 2,200 47.5 52,800 52.7
1991 55,100 66.3 5,500 38.1 ..s ..s 1,300 68.8 62,500 62.1
1996 61,900 68.6 7,100 48.8 ..s ..s 2,000 83.4 72,200 66.3
2001 65,300 70.9 9,500 56.1 1,000 48.9 2,800 79.6 78,700 68.6
2002 64,200 70.3 11,200 56.6 1,200 49.4 3,500 76.1 80,200 67.8
2003 69,100 71.9 9,700 54.4 1,300 54.4 3,500 85.8 83,600 69.4
2004 65,900 68.5 9,900 55.1 1,200 53.7 2,300 69.5 79,400 66.3
2005 68,600 70.0 10,200 55.3 ..s ..s 3,700 81.5 83,400 68.0
2006 67,600 70.8 11,500 57.5 ..s ..s 3,300 73.1 83,300 68.7
2007 65,500 73.9 11,200 55.7 ..s ..s 3,300 73.3 80,800 70.2
2008 65,600 75.4 10,600 53.9 1,300 61.3 3,800 65.0 81,300 71.0
At least tertiary, by ethnicity ("..s" indicates numbers below 1,000) 
Year European Māori Pacific Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 4,200 4.9 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 4,400 4.4
1991 5,900 7.1 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 6,600 6.6
1996 5,100 5.6 ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,000 43.0 6,300 5.8
2001 10,300 11.1 ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,100 31.8 12,600 10.9
2002 9,900 10.8 1,200 6.3 ..s ..s 1,500 32.5 12,700 10.7
2003 11,900 12.4 ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,500 37.1 14,300 11.9
2004 13,000 13.6 1,000 5.8 ..s ..s 1,100 33.0 15,500 13.0
2005 13,600 13.9 1,900 10.3 ..s ..s 2,300 50.3 18,000 14.7
2006 12,700 13.3 1,700 8.4 ..s ..s 1,500 33.3 16,000 13.2
2007 14,000 15.8 1,400 6.8 ..s ..s 1,500 33.1 17,000 14.8
2008 14,400 16.6 ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,500 26.1 17,200 15.0
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Paid Work

Unemployment ('..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 8.7 1,800 3.7 ..s ..s 2,800 4.5 2,000 4.5 4,800 4.5
1991 4,600 21.1 5,000 9.9 1,600 6.9 7,000 12.7 4,300 10.0 11,300 11.5
1996 2,700 13.4 3,000 6.2 ..s ..s 4,100 7.0 2,700 6.1 6,800 6.6
2001 2,100 11.5 2,400 4.7 1,200 3.2 3,100 5.4 2,500 5.2 5,600 5.3
2002 1,900 10.4 2,500 4.9 1,400 3.6 3,300 5.4 2,500 5.0 5,800 5.2
2003 2,000 10.2 2,600 4.8 ..s ..s 3,200 5.2 2,300 4.4 5,600 4.8
2004 2,200 12.1 1,700 3.3 1,100 2.7 2,500 4.0 2,500 4.8 5,000 4.4
2005 1,800 8.9 2,100 4.2 1,500 3.1 3,000 4.5 2,400 4.3 5,400 4.4
2006 2,500 11.8 2,000 4.1 1,000 2.1 2,800 4.3 2,800 5.0 5,600 4.6
2007 2,800 12.0 2,300 4.9 1,200 2.7 3,400 5.3 2,800 5.3 6,200 5.3
2008 2,100 9.9 1,700 3.7 1,100 2.4 2,200 3.6 2,700 4.9 4,900 4.2

Employment rate (% - '..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 67.1 79.0 62.9 12.5 82.8 59.0 70.7
1991 48.0 70.7 60.9 5.8 70.2 54.3 62.1
1996 52.4 72.4 68.4 5.2 75.6 57.6 66.4
2001 52.7 73.1 72.0 6.7 75.8 61.5 68.4
2002 56.9 73.5 73.3 7.9 77.1 63.6 70.2
2003 53.2 75.8 73.6 7.9 77.2 63.6 70.2
2004 52.0 77.4 72.6 10.4 79.1 62.2 70.4
2005 57.5 77.4 76.8 11.5 80.0 66.3 73.1
2006 56.6 77.2 78.5 12.7 79.8 67.0 73.3
2007 59.2 75.0 75.9 15.2 77.8 65.5 71.7
2008 58.1 76.7 78.4 14.1 80.0 66.9 73.2

Median hourly earnings ($)

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 14.8 15.2 15.3 15.6 15.3 15.6 16.5 17.2 15.9 16.8 17.0

Workplace injury claims

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 10,687 3,629 14,316 74.7 25.3 155.4
2003 10,764 3,660 14,424 74.6 25.4 149.7
2004 10,559 3,627 14,186 74.4 25.6 148.5
2005 10,335 3,383 13,718 75.3 24.7 136.0
2006 9,985 3,476 13,461 74.2 25.8 134.7
2007 9,800 3,500 13,300 73.7 26.3 139.0
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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 30,540 20.1 6,267 30.9 480 28.7 540 22.9 72 39.3 36,516 21.3
1991 43,623 28.2 10,938 45.6 1,041 46.5 942 30.0 84 36.4 54,039 30.3
1996 43,197 27.1 12,312 42.0 1,368 43.3 1,650 37.2 201 37.2 53,268 29.2
2001 33,756 23.7 9,525 37.1 1,263 39.9 1,590 35.6 231 40.5 42,207 25.6
2006 31,524 21.2 8,682 29.7 1,167 30.7 1,896 32.4 240 27.6 39,273 22.6
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 11,643 27.0 3,834 13.3 7,590 16.0 5,226 16.6 8,217 41.2 36,516 21.3
1991 15,927 36.7 6,570 23.7 11,478 22.2 8,277 24.6 11,787 53.7 54,039 30.3
1996 16,497 36.7 7,200 28.2 11,631 21.9 7,362 20.6 10,575 45.8 53,268 29.2
2001 13,329 33.5 5,070 25.8 8,973 19.7 6,648 17.9 8,187 36.3 42,207 25.6
2006 10,572 27.3 4,563 21.0 7,242 16.2 7,119 16.4 9,780 39.4 39,273 22.6
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 16,011 19.0 20,502 23.6
1991 23,733 27.3 30,312 33.2
1996 23,223 26.2 30,045 32.1
2001 18,252 22.8 23,952 28.3
2006 17,589 20.9 21,684 24.3

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 13,611 7.8 8,103 28.9 663 30.2 537 19.8 66 26.8 22,230 10.8
1991 11,769 6.7 8,019 26.1 927 31.5 873 22.6 57 19.8 20,994 9.9
1996 9,502 5.4 7,293 20.2 1,195 28.4 1,038 18.6 111 16.4 17,094 8.1
2001 7,278 4.4 6,549 18.8 1,113 25.1 801 13.7 132 17.5 14,244 7.0
2006 6,798 4.1 6,900 18.2 1,479 28.2 1,020 14.0 183 17.0 14,535 7.1
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 4,947 14.3 2,970 15.3 6,894 18.5 5,088 8.8 2,040 5.6 294 1.4 22,230 10.8
1991 5,268 14.7 2,478 14.5 5,652 16.0 5,433 8.7 1,839 4.8 318 1.4 20,994 9.9
1996 4,864 13.6 1,988 12.0 3,911 12.0 4,570 7.4 1,462 3.6 299 1.2 17,094 8.1
2001 4,122 12.9 1,860 10.7 2,961 10.9 3,708 6.6 1,311 2.9 282 1.1 14,244 7.0
2006 3,849 12.9 1,851 11.1 3,306 11.5 3,591 6.8 1,617 3.2 327 1.2 14,535 7.1
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 11,298 11.1 10,932 10.5
1991 10,548 10.1 10,443 9.7
1996 8,374 8.1 8,720 8.0
2001 6,981 7.1 7,260 7.0
2006 7,095 7.1 7,443 7.0
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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 (%) 63 54 58 53 53 54 51

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 4 22 3 13 7 25
Women voted in 2 18 3 27 3 25
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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 3,192 20.7 2,754 25.2 2,415 25.4 1,131 39.7 582 46.1 10,071 25.2
  Total population 3,708 6.8 3,366 6.4 2,883 4.5 1,323 4.5 684 2.4 11,958 5.2
2001 Māori 3,105 20.6 2,499 25.6 2,481 25.4 1,083 33.5 633 45.8 9,792 24.9
  Total population 3,552 6.9 3,120 7.1 3,030 4.9 1,311 3.9 753 2.5 11,778 5.4
2006 Māori 2,820 18.3 2,628 25.1 2,682 25.4 1,176 29.0 735 41.0 10,047 23.8
  Total population 3,093 6.4 3,111 7.0 3,255 5.4 1,482 4.0 879 2.8 11,817 5.3

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.

Indicator Born in NZ Overseas born Total
2001 2006 2001 2006 2001 2006
Language retention 22.8 21.3 76.0 76.1 49.6 49.8
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Leisure and Recreation

Participation in physical activity

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 44
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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 54.9 40.6
2002 79.3 42.2
2003 79.5 49.9
2004 67.1 39.6
2005 80.1 59.3
2006/2007 53.0 54.2
2007/2008 85.0 56.7
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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 29,429 1,273
2000 26,905 1,170
2001 24,898 1,095
2002 24,886 1,092
2003 23,655 1,035
2004 20,860 910
2005 21,444 937
2006 22,406 977
2007 22,161 968
2008 22,562 985

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 775 341.3 19.8
2002 899 395.9 12.3
2003 840 369.6 13.6
2004 798 351.4 17.6
2005 896 396.1 14.1
2006 884 391.5 13.7
2007 865 377.7 17.9
2008 852 371.7 13.5
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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 96.5 82.9 80.4 96.1 92.5 94.1 94.7 92.1 92.6 94.5 96.7 97.8 94.4
2001 97.6 88.2 84.8 97.5 98.0 95.7 96.3 94.5 94.8 95.7 97.4 98.4 96.0
2006 98.6 94.2 95.3 98.3 97.8 97.5 98.1 97.3 97.5 97.6 98.2 98.8 97.8
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 39.4 23.5 22.3 57.5 61.2 39.1 36.5 41.0 43.0 42.4 39.4 12.9 37.8
2006 64.4 45.1 42.0 71.8 73.5 62.4 60.8 65.9 62.9 67.0 66.4 33.8 61.5

Contact between young people and their parents (for Taranaki and Manawatu - Whanganui 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 52
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