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Carterton District

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People data for Carterton 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 Carterton 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 Carterton 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 1,338 20.7 264 38.9 51 45.9 21 26.9 3 14.3 1,491 21.0
15 - 24 648 10.0 93 13.7 18 16.2 12 15.4 0 0 735 10.4
25 - 44 1,527 23.7 177 26.1 27 24.3 15 19.2 12 57.1 1,692 23.8
45 - 64 1,947 30.2 114 16.8 18 16.2 33 42.3 0 0 2,112 29.8
65 - 74 534 8.3 24 3.5 3 2.7 3 3.8 3 14.3 573 8.1
75+ 459 7.1 9 1.3 0 0.0 6 7.7 3 14.3 489 6.9
Total 6,450 100.0 678 100.0 111 100.0 78 100.0 21 100.0 7,098 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 93.9 9.9 1.6 1.1 0.3 106.9
Sex
Male 3,189 49.4 339 50.0 54 48.6 39 50.0 15 71.4 3,504 49.4
Female 3,261 50.6 342 50.4 54 48.6 39 50.0 6 28.6 3,594 50.6
    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 6,940  -  - 87 66 21
1997 6,900 -40 -0.6 98 51 47
1998 6,850 -50 -0.7 85 66 19
1999 6,820 -30 -0.4 90 56 34
2000 6,840 20 0.3 81 57 24
2001 7,000 160 2.3 88 62 26
2002 7,050 50 0.7 75 60 15
2003 7,120 70 1.0 84 51 33
2004 7,170 50 0.7 89 70 19
2005 7,200 30 0.4 82 62 20
2006 7,260 60 0.8 88 66 22
2007 7,300 40 0.6 102 61 41
2008 7,360 60 0.8 89 76 13

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   7,600 7,800 8,100 8,200 8,400 1,100 15.0
Medium 7,300 7,400 7,500 7,500 7,500 7,400 200 3.0
Low   7,200 7,100 7,000 6,800 6,500 -700 -10.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 933 43.7 933 39.2 843 34.4 768 29.7 807 29.8
Couples without children 504 23.6 624 26.2 720 29.4 804 31.1 906 33.5
Multi-family 15 0.7 36 1.5 39 1.6 27 1.0 27 1.0
One parent family 195 9.1 249 10.5 237 9.7 291 11.2 246 9.1
One person 420 19.7 477 20.0 543 22.2 627 24.2 657 24.3
Other multi-person 63 2.9 63 2.6 72 2.9 72 2.8 63 2.3
Total 2,136 100.0 2,382 100.0 2,448 100.0 2,589 100.0 2,706 100.0
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Indicator data for Carterton District

Health

Life expectancy - TLA data not available so regional figure provided

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) 74.8 79.9 76.9 81.6 78.9 83.0

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 843 36.1 693 29.0 1,533 34.7
1996 639 29.1 663 29.3 1,311 29.1
2006 564 25.3 588 25.5 1,155 25.6
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 372 36.0 624 36.9 420 35.8 117 18.8
1996 222 29.6 606 33.7 351 24.8 132 15.3
2006 177 26.5 492 31.0 387 19.6 99 10.2
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 444 24.6 75 39.9 12 24.2 9 25.7 72 24.3 564 25.1
Female 486 25.7 81 44.0 9 23.6 0 0.0 51 15.9 588 25.9
Total 924 25.2 156 39.8 18 17.9 6 8.0 129 21.6 1,155 25.8
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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 69 74 71 71 75 146
2002 95 89 92 94 92 186
2003 104 75 89 96 77 173
2004 69 112 91 61 105 166
2005 81 91 86 81 81 162
2006 79 101 90 79 101 180
2007 80 99 89 86 105 191
2008 73 56 63 61 61 122
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 68 97.1 27 100.0 3 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 100 98.0
2001 61 95.3 28 96.6 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 91 95.8
2002 71 97.3 16 94.1 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 89 96.7
2003 66 93.0 13 92.9 3 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 84 93.3
2004 65 95.6 17 89.5 2 100.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 85 93.4
2005 74 96.1 12 85.7 0 0.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 89 94.7
2006 57 95.0 17 100.0 2 66.7 1 100.0 0 0.0 77 95.1
2007 77 97.5 11 84.6 2 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 91 95.8
2008 73 98.6 16 88.9 3 100.0 3 100.0 1 100.0 96 97.0

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 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s
2007 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s
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 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 ..s ..s
2006 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 ..s ..s
2007 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 ..s ..s
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 ..s ..s
2006 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 ..s ..s
2007 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 ..s ..s

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 564 74.9 657 66.8 1,221 70.2
Female 693 82.5 672 69.1 1,365 75.5
Total 1,257 78.9 1,329 67.9 2,586 72.9
At least tertiary
Male 93 12.4 99 10.1 192 11.0
Female 138 16.4 105 10.8 246 13.6
Total 231 14.5 210 10.7 441 12.4
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 1,419 52.7 60 32.8 6 50.0 3 33.3 3 100.0 1,473 51.5
1991 1,662 57.4 72 36.9 15 71.4 6 33.3 0 0.0 1,743 56.2
1996 1,710 55.5 120 42.6 18 42.9 15 50.0 3 100.0 1,788 54.3
2001 2,094 68.7 138 55.4 18 50.0 18 75.0 3 50.0 2,190 67.5
2006 2,463 73.7 156 60.5 21 58.3 24 72.7 9 100.0 2,586 72.9
At least tertiary
1986 102 3.8 3 1.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 105 3.7
1991 108 3.7 3 1.5 0 0.0 3 16.7 0 0.0 114 3.7
1996 132 4.3 3 1.1 0 0.0 9 30.0 0 0.0 141 4.3
2001 246 8.1 12 4.8 3 8.3 6 25.0 3 50.0 258 8.0
2006 417 12.5 18 7.0 6 16.7 6 18.2 3 33.3 441 12.4
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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 282 66 348 81.0 19.0
2003 278 77 355 78.3 21.7
2004 236 61 297 79.5 20.5
2005 217 68 285 76.1 23.9
2006 233 71 304 76.6 23.4
2007 192 56 248 77.4 22.6
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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 1,356 27.4 135 35.2 9 42.9 15 83.3 3 50.0 1,482 28.0
1991 1,674 33.7 198 52.0 21 53.8 12 44.4 0 0.0 1,854 34.8
1996 1,500 29.1 198 36.9 42 42.4 18 33.3 0 0.0 1,638 29.8
2001 1,128 22.1 156 29.9 36 38.7 18 35.3 3 33.3 1,245 22.8
2006 1,029 19.0 117 23.2 21 24.1 24 40.0 6 50.0 1,128 19.5
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 525 36.0 96 14.2 360 23.1 207 21.1 291 47.3 1,482 28.0
1991 567 40.6 123 19.9 438 27.7 318 30.5 408 59.6 1,854 34.8
1996 507 36.9 111 19.4 387 24.2 303 24.9 327 44.9 1,638 29.8
2001 381 29.9 84 17.6 243 16.6 228 15.6 303 38.7 1,245 22.8
2006 276 21.8 78 15.3 180 12.6 273 15.4 321 39.9 1,128 19.5
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 675 25.3 810 30.9
1991 837 31.9 1,017 37.7
1996 741 27.4 897 32.0
2001 525 19.6 720 25.9
2006 504 17.5 624 21.6

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 381 6.9 105 21.6 12 44.4 3 12.5 0 0.0 495 8.1
1991 381 6.4 93 16.4 9 21.4 9 27.3 0 0.0 474 7.2
1996 298 5.1 85 12.6 14 13.1 2 3.3 1 12.5 382 6.0
2001 225 3.8 102 15.8 30 27.0 6 10.0 0 0.0 321 5.0
2006 156 2.6 90 14.7 21 20.0 9 11.5 6 33.3 264 4.0
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 111 10.3 84 13.6 120 13.7 135 7.5 33 3.0 9 1.5 495 8.1
1991 132 11.3 60 9.6 108 12.5 132 6.6 39 3.1 6 0.8 474 7.2
1996 102 9.8 61 11.4 74 9.6 102 5.6 36 2.5 7 0.9 382 6.0
2001 93 9.8 48 8.3 60 9.4 93 5.4 27 1.6 0 0.0 321 5.0
2006 72 7.7 39 7.9 48 7.4 75 4.7 33 1.6 6 0.7 264 4.0
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 252 8.2 237 7.9
1991 249 7.6 222 6.6
1996 185 5.9 197 6.0
2001 153 4.8 162 4.9
2006 126 3.9 138 4.1
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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 (%) 66.0 69.0 77.1 60.0 67.0 61.0 60.0

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 4 31.0 0 0.0 4 40.0 0 0.0 5 42.0 2 50.0
Women voted in 3 38.0 0 n/a 3 38.0 0 n/a 4 50.0 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 33 11.8 42 22.2 30 18.2 18 28.6 12 44.4 141 19.3
Total population 48 2.9 60 5.1 45 2.2 30 3.0 15 1.6 183 2.7
2001 Māori 51 17.2 21 14.3 30 16.9 18 28.6 3 14.3 120 17.2
Total population 66 4.2 27 2.6 39 1.9 21 1.7 3 0.3 162 2.4
2006 Māori 30 11.4 24 18.6 33 19.0 12 14.8 6 18.2 108 15.9
  Total population 39 2.6 33 3.3 36 1.8 24 1.6 6 0.6 138 1.9

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  (%) 20.0 16.3 78.9 76.1 47.0 48.3
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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 0.0 0.0
2002 59.6 0.0
2003 59.0 0.0
2004 58.6 0.0
2005 58.3 0.0
2006/2007 57.5 0.0
2007/2008 57.1 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
Number Rate per 100,000 Rate per 100,000
2001 22 326.4 14.8
2002 32 454.5 42.6
2003 25 352.1 28.2
2004 23 322.1 14.0
2005 30 419.0 27.9
2006 18 249.7 13.9
2007 45 616.4 27.4
2008 22 298.9 0.0
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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 96.7 83.8 94.4 95.0 100.0 95.2 95.7 94.3 94.1 94.9 97.0 97.4 95.4
2001 98.0 91.6 94.4 100.0 75.0 97.4 97.6 96.8 95.3 97.2 98.9 98.3 97.4
2006 99.1 97.1 97.1 100.0 100.0 98.4 99.0 98.7 98.1 98.7 98.5 99.3 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 38.0 24.8 19.4 52.4 25.0 38.6 36.2 42.2 42.2 41.9 39.8 ..s 37.3
2006 66.5 51.7 62.9 64.0 100.0 65.4 65.1 74.7 66.5 70.2 67.9 35.7 65.3
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