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Southland Region

This section provides people and indicator data for Southland.

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People data for Southland Region

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 Southland Region

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 Southland

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 17,247 21.0 3,702 35.5 564 38.6 306 26.6 33 20.4 19,281 21.2
15 - 24 10,041 12.2 1,956 18.8 279 19.1 177 15.4 33 20.4 11,544 12.7
25 - 44 21,915 26.6 2,685 25.8 363 24.8 438 38.1 63 38.9 24,417 26.9
45 - 64 21,162 25.7 1,596 15.3 213 14.6 189 16.4 27 16.7 22,992 25.3
65 - 74 6,348 7.7 366 3.5 36 2.5 27 2.3 3 1.9 6,807 7.5
75+ 5,592 6.8 114 1.1 9 0.6 6 0.5 3 1.9 5,835 6.4
Total 82,290 100.0 10,422 100.0 1,461 100.0 1,149 100.0 162 100.0 90,876 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 93.0 11.8 1.7 1.3 0.2 102.8
Sex
Male 40,632 49.4 5,280 50.7 762 52.2 522 45.4 93 57.4 45,171 49.7
Female 41,658 50.6 5,139 49.3 699 47.8 624 54.3 72 44.4 45,702 50.3
    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 99,000  -  - 1,378 847 531
1997 97,400 -1,600 -1.6 1,341 758 583
1998 95,600 -1,800 -1.8 1,252 763 489
1999 93,700 -1,900 -2.0 1,252 764 488
2000 92,800 -900 -1.0 1,270 785 485
2001 93,300 500 0.5 1,189 805 384
2002 93,500 200 0.2 1,194 831 363
2003 94,100 600 0.6 1,229 787 442
2004 94,100 0 0.0 1,258 792 466
2005 93,600 -500 -0.5 1,211 723 488
2006 93,200 -400 -0.4 1,233 766 467
2007 93,000 -200 -0.2 1,351 784 567
2008 93,000 0 0.0 1,339 787 552

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   95,100 96,600 97,500 97,900 97,600 4,400 5.0
Medium 93,200 92,400 91,200 89,400 87,000 83,900 -9,300 -10.0
Low   89,800 85,900 81,400 76,400 70,600 -22,600 -24.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 15,177 44.9 13,458 38.9 12,069 34.7 10,278 29.9 10,116 28.9
Couples without children 7,551 22.3 8,325 24.1 9,369 26.9 9,762 28.4 10,521 30.1
Multi-family 234 0.7 321 0.9 399 1.1 273 0.8 351 1.0
One parent family 3,075 9.1 3,690 10.7 3,648 10.5 3,750 10.9 3,495 10.0
One person 6,165 18.2 7,203 20.8 7,758 22.3 9,036 26.3 9,042 25.9
Other multi-person 1,635 4.8 1,605 4.6 1,524 4.4 1,302 3.8 1,422 4.1
Total 33,834 100.0 34,599 100.0 34,767 100.0 34,401 100.0 34,947 100.0
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Indicator data for Southland

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) 71.4 77.9 73.3 79.0 74.5 80.1 75.9 81.9

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 14,076 36.9 11,046 30.8 25,125 33.8
1996 9,321 27.6 8,814 26.9 18,153 27.3
2006 8,124 27.2 7,977 26.2 16,095 26.7
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 6,708 34.5 10,515 37.4 6,273 34.2 1,629 18.0
1996 3,957 32.4 8,454 30.3 4,554 24.3 1,188 11.1
2006 3,483 32.7 6,924 30.3 4,689 21.9 999 8.7
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 6,126 27.0 1,197 37.5 180 39.7 84 25.7 1,125 21.5 8,118 27.1
Female 6,261 26.1 1,503 44.4 156 35.3 39 10.1 930 19.3 7,977 26.2
Total 12,390 26.5 2,703 40.9 330 37.4 114 14.8 2,052 20.5 16,095 26.7

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 58 24.5 117 50.8
Female 14 6.2 243 107.0
Total 72 15.4 360 78.3
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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 73 94 83 985 1,194 2,179
2002 76 94 86 950 1,284 2,234
2003 77 104 91 998 1,328 2,326
2004 77 103 90 971 1,351 2,322
2005 77 105 91 989 1,321 2,310
2006 80 101 91 1,033 1,291 2,324
2007 93 107 100 1,139 1,285 2,424
2008 89 109 99 1,170 1,332 2,502
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 1,045 94.3 162 89.5 10 76.9 8 88.9 5 100.0 1,230 93.5
2001 1,057 96.0 175 89.7 18 100.0 5 100.0 1 100.0 1,256 95.1
2002 1,033 96.6 206 89.6 10 90.9 7 77.8 4 100.0 1,260 95.2
2003 1,088 96.4 212 95.1 19 100.0 14 93.3 5 100.0 1,338 96.2
2004 1,063 98.3 211 93.8 30 100.0 8 100.0 7 100.0 1,320 97.6
2005 1,052 97.5 228 93.8 25 96.2 8 100.0 4 80.0 1,317 96.8
2006 983 97.6 216 95.6 20 100.0 8 88.9 14 100.0 1,241 97.3
2007 910 97.4 210 95.9 23 95.8 13 100.0 12 100.0 1,168 97.2
2008 922 97.7 211 95.0 30 93.8 11 100.0 12 100.0 1,186 97.1

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 48.9 64.3 718 57.0 19.0 36.6 355 28.2
2006 50.3 67.3 765 58.8 21.7 38.1 389 29.9
2007 51.9 72.6 821 61.4 22.5 42.7 425 31.8
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 610 60.7 82 38.7 11 47.8 8 72.7 7 77.8 718 57.0
2006 656 63.2 86 37.1 7 53.8 10 83.3 6 100.0 765 58.8
2007 702 65.9 91 39.7 11 47.8 13 92.9 4 80.0 821 61.4
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 314 31.2 28 13.2 2 8.7 6 54.5 5 55.6 355 28.2
2006 346 33.3 29 12.5 5 38.5 7 58.3 2 33.3 389 29.9
2007 384 36.0 29 12.7 1 4.3 10 71.4 1 20.0 425 31.8

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.

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 11,000 49.0 8,900 39.5 13,100 49.2 6,800 37.0 19,900 44.2
1991 16,100 59.1 12,700 52.3 21,100 60.2 7,700 46.8 28,800 55.9
1996 16,900 63.0 15,000 56.5 22,300 69.9 9,600 44.7 32,000 59.8
2001 15,700 66.1 15,600 61.7 20,000 72.5 11,300 52.6 31,300 63.8
2002 16,800 68.3 16,900 65.1 21,000 76.1 12,700 55.3 33,700 66.6
2003 17,500 68.6 17,900 69.5 22,600 77.7 12,800 57.7 35,500 69.0
2004 18,100 69.0 17,600 68.0 21,400 74.7 14,300 60.9 35,700 68.5
2005 19,100 70.7 19,500 71.2 21,300 77.4 17,200 64.4 38,500 71.0
2006 18,300 71.6 18,600 71.8 20,900 77.4 16,000 65.3 36,900 71.7
2007 18,500 70.7 17,800 73.4 20,200 77.5 16,100 66.1 36,300 72.0
2008 19,400 73.2 18,100 73.5 21,100 79.6 16,400 66.6 37,600 73.3
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 1,000 4.5 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,200 2.7
1991 ..s ..s 1,000 4.2 1,400 3.9 ..s ..s 1,900 3.6
1996 2,100 7.9 1,500 5.5 2,600 8.2 ..s ..s 3,600 6.7
2001 1,600 6.7 1,100 4.3 1,700 6.1 1,000 4.7 2,700 5.5
2002 1,300 5.2 1,200 4.7 1,500 5.6 ..s ..s 2,500 5.0
2003 ..s ..s 1,800 7.0 1,900 6.5 ..s ..s 2,700 5.3
2004 1,400 5.4 1,600 6.4 1,900 6.7 1,100 4.8 3,100 5.9
2005 2,200 8.1 2,700 9.8 3,000 10.7 1,900 7.2 4,900 9.0
2006 2,500 9.8 3,300 12.6 3,700 13.9 2,000 8.2 5,800 11.2
2007 3,100 11.9 4,000 16.7 4,400 17.0 2,700 11.2 7,200 14.2
2008 2,800 10.7 3,800 15.6 3,800 14.5 2,800 11.5 6,700 13.0
At least upper secondary, by ethnicity ("..s" indicates numbers below 1,000) 
Year European Māori Pacific Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 11,800 48.8 ..s ..s ..s ..s 6,400 39.0 19,900 44.2
1991 26,500 57.8 1,200 34.1 ..s ..s ..s ..s 28,800 55.9
1996 29,400 60.7 1,600 44.2 ..s ..s ..s ..s 32,000 59.8
2001 27,900 64.9 2,600 55.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s 31,300 63.8
2002 30,800 68.3 2,400 53.4 ..s ..s ..s ..s 33,700 66.6
2003 32,000 70.3 2,400 54.5 ..s ..s ..s ..s 35,500 69.0
2004 32,800 71.1 2,200 48.8 ..s ..s ..s ..s 35,700 68.5
2005 34,200 72.0 3,000 61.8 ..s ..s ..s ..s 38,500 71.0
2006 32,800 72.9 2,700 58.4 ..s ..s ..s ..s 36,900 71.7
2007 32,300 74.1 2,400 55.1 ..s ..s 1,000 68.2 36,300 72.0
2008 32,700 74.3 3,300 64.9 ..s ..s 1,100 75.1 37,600 73.3
At least tertiary, by ethnicity ("..s" indicates numbers below 1,000) 
Year European Māori Pacific Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,000 4.3 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,200 2.7
1991 1,800 3.9 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,900 3.6
1996 3,100 6.5 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 3,600 6.7
2001 2,400 5.6 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 2,700 5.5
2002 2,300 5.1 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 2,500 5.0
2003 2,600 5.6 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 2,700 5.3
2004 2,800 6.2 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 3,100 5.9
2005 4,300 9.1 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 4,900 9.0
2006 5,200 11.5 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 5,800 11.2
2007 6,500 14.9 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 7,200 14.2
2008 5,900 13.4 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 6,700 13.0
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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 1,200 8.3 ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,400 4.7 1,100 5.6 2,500 5.0
1991 2,200 19.2 1,900 6.7 ..s ..s 3,000 9.9 1,700 8.2 4,700 9.2
1996 1,300 12.2 ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,300 4.2 1,300 5.9 2,600 4.9
2001 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,600 3.5
2002 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,800 3.6
2003 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,800 3.6
2004 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,100 4.6 2,000 3.8
2005 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,500 2.7
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,600 3.0
2007 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,300 2.4
2008 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,400 2.6

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 70.0 76.1 59.4 14.5 85.5 54.2 69.5
1991 56.6 75.0 63.6 4.8 76.2 58.9 67.8
1996 59.2 80.0 69.0 7.0 84.1 59.7 71.9
2001 64.4 81.5 73.9 8.8 86.2 66.4 75.9
2002 56.4 82.5 74.0 8.7 85.5 64.6 74.6
2003 61.6 80.7 76.6 7.8 83.4 67.5 75.5
2004 58.7 82.9 80.2 9.2 86.1 69.1 77.6
2005 65.0 82.9 82.7 13.2 87.6 71.7 79.7
2006 64.2 84.5 82.6 14.2 85.9 73.7 79.9
2007 69.0 86.2 83.2 11.7 88.7 73.6 81.5
2008 65.0 85.9 83.4 17.4 87.3 73.8 80.8

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 16.9 15.2 16.5 15.9 16.5 15.5 16.4 16.5 17.7 17.4 17.6

Workplace injury claims (for Otago and Southland 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 15,365 5,324 20,689 74.3 25.7 170.8
2003 15,075 5,343 20,418 73.8 26.2 243.6
2004 15,114 5,497 20,611 73.3 26.7 154.3
2005 15,331 5,554 20,885 73.4 26.6 160.4
2007 15,055 5,647 20,702 72.7 27.3 162.8
2008 14,900 5,600 20,500 72.7 27.3 160.0
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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 14,784 19.8 1,488 25.7 210 26.4 36 11.3 0 0.0 16,227 20.3
1991 20,997 27.8 2,976 44.0 528 48.2 117 26.7 27 47.4 23,784 29.0
1996 18,615 24.5 3,219 37.4 450 43.0 213 33.6 27 29.0 20,787 25.5
2001 14,103 21.2 2,367 33.1 309 37.7 165 28.2 21 31.8 15,705 22.0
2006 12,873 18.9 1,947 24.7 282 26.6 183 21.6 12 10.5 14,202 19.4
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 5,445 25.7 1,461 11.4 3,687 16.0 2,385 16.0 3,243 40.4 16,227 20.3
1991 7,239 35.4 2,283 20.0 5,439 21.7 3,918 24.7 4,902 53.9 23,784 29.0
1996 6,483 32.5 1,863 18.5 4,647 18.6 3,315 19.8 4,482 46.2 20,787 25.5
2001 4,641 27.6 1,425 18.6 3,249 15.6 2,745 16.2 3,648 39.6 15,705 22.0
2006 3,621 22.4 1,245 14.8 2,544 12.7 2,682 14.2 4,113 41.6 14,202 19.4
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 7,302 18.1 8,925 22.5
1991 10,635 25.9 13,152 32.2
1996 9,186 22.5 11,604 28.5
2001 6,786 19.1 8,919 24.8
2006 6,366 17.4 7,839 21.3

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 7,581 8.6 1,953 25.2 447 36.0 60 14.8 15 22.7 9,957 10.1
1991 6,045 7.0 1,767 21.4 423 29.4 57 11.0 9 13.6 8,190 8.5
1996 3,800 4.6 1,391 14.0 347 25.8 87 12.0 13 12.4 5,216 5.7
2001 2,439 3.2 1,020 11.3 225 20.1 72 9.6 0 0.0 3,519 4.1
2006 2,394 3.1 1,053 11.0 234 18.0 120 11.8 12 8.3 3,516 4.1
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 2,037 11.8 1,419 14.7 2,982 17.7 2,301 8.1 1,101 6.3 117 1.4 9,957 10.1
1991 1,902 11.8 1,119 13.2 2,127 14.8 2,184 7.4 765 4.3 87 0.9 8,190 8.5
1996 1,413 9.5 652 8.6 1,243 9.9 1,377 4.9 467 2.5 64 0.6 5,216 5.7
2001 954 7.4 486 6.8 780 7.6 909 3.7 336 1.7 60 0.6 3,519 4.1
2006 921 7.7 465 6.9 795 7.4 912 4.0 366 1.7 60 0.6 3,516 4.1
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 5,154 10.4 4,809 9.9
1991 4,170 8.6 4,017 8.4
1996 2,620 5.7 2,596 5.7
2001 1,770 4.2 1,749 4.1
2006 1,704 4.0 1,812 4.2
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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 (%) 71.0 65.0 64.0 68.0 59.0 56.0 51.0

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 5 19.0 4 21.0 5 20.0
Women voted in 2 17.0 2 17.0 3 25.0
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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 645 15.4 441 16.7 468 18.0 270 29.0 63 21.9 1,875 17.6
  Total population 831 3.6 669 3.4 654 2.2 351 2.6 81 0.7 2,589 2.7
2001 Māori 621 16.2 468 19.0 429 17.3 270 28.8 87 25.9 1,875 18.7
  Total population 822 4.0 744 4.5 663 2.4 360 2.5 117 1.0 2,712 3.0
2006 Māori 438 11.8 462 17.6 438 17.0 255 24.9 120 24.7 1,713 16.4
  Total population 540 2.8 633 3.8 624 2.4 357 2.2 150 1.2 2,304 2.5

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 13.4 13.3 69.6 73.7 39.7 40.9
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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 53.0
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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 4.8 9.0
2002 12.6 61.7
2003 68.5 7.8
2004 66.4 6.8
2005 70.7 6.4
2006/2007 66.5 59.8
2007/2008 77.6 57.7
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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 12,433 1,332
2000 11,238 1,217
2001 10,199 1,097
2002 11,115 1,193
2003 11,352 1,211
2004 9,344 997
2005 9,974 1,069
2006 9,595 1,033
2007 9,768 1,054
2008 10,309 1,113

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 619 667.0 16.2
2002 698 747.3 22.5
2003 647 690.5 16.0
2004 557 595.1 8.5
2005 652 701.1 6.5
2006 737 798.5 10.8
2007 602 647.3 11.8
2008 552 593.5 12.9
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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 96.9 89.0 86.1 94.2 88.6 95.7 96.5 95.1 94.4 96.4 97.1 97.9 96.1
2001 97.6 92.0 92.0 96.8 84.6 96.6 97.5 96.5 95.2 97.0 97.8 98.6 97.1
2006 99.0 97.2 96.7 98.2 97.9 98.5 99.0 99.1 97.9 98.6 98.8 98.9 98.7
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 35.0 24.6 18.6 44.6 38.5 35.1 33.9 40.8 35.5 39.3 34.8 9.2 34.5
2006 62.8 50.5 45.7 67.6 81.3 62.7 61.2 70.9 61.5 68.4 64.7 27.9 61.9

Contact between young people and their parents (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 60.0
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