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Chatham Islands District

This section provides people and indicator data for Chatham Islands District.

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People data for Chatham Islands 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 Chatham Islands 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 Chatham Islands 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 99 24.1 102 27.6 3 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 144 23.6
15 - 24 45 10.9 48 13.0 3 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 63 10.3
25 - 44 147 35.8 117 31.7 3 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 210 34.5
45 - 64 96 23.4 72 19.5 3 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 153 25.1
65 - 74 15 3.6 18 4.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 36 5.9
75+ 12 2.9 9 2.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 15 2.5
Total 411 100.0 369 100.0 6 100.0 3 100.0 0 0 609 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 71.7 64.4 1.0 0.5 0.0 137.7
Sex
Male 225 54.7 210 56.9 3 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 342 56.2
Female 186 45.3 159 43.1 3 50.0 3 100.0 0 0 267 43.8
    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 760  -  - 12 6 6
1997 760 0 0.0 13 4 9
1998 750 -10 -1.3 12 4 8
1999 750 0 0.0 17 2 15
2000 750 0 0.0 10 1 9
2001 750 0 0.0 8 8 0
2002 730 -20 -2.7 8 3 5
2003 710 -20 -2.7 16 4 12
2004 690 -20 -2.8 9 4 5
2005 670 -20 -2.9 7 3 4
2006 650 -20 -3.0 8 1 7
2007 640 -10 -1.5 15 2 13
2008 640 0 0.0 7 7 0

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   700 700 700 700 700 100 17.0
Medium 600 600 600 600 600 600 -100 -17.0
Low   600 600 500 400 400 -300 -50.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 117 52.7 102 43.6 87 35.4 81 32.9 75 31.6
Couples without children 30 13.5 36 15.4 60 24.4 54 22.0 63 26.6
Multi-family 9 4.1 6 2.6 3 1.2 3 1.2 3 1.3
One parent family 9 4.1 21 9.0 24 9.8 27 11.0 18 7.6
One person 36 16.2 51 21.8 54 22.0 69 28.0 66 27.8
Other multi-person 15 6.8 21 9.0 18 7.3 12 4.9 9 3.8
Total 222 100.0 234 100.0 246 100.0 246 100.0 237 100.0
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Indicator data for Chatham Islands District

Health

Life expectancy - TA data not available so regional figure provided (Canterbury Region)

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) ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s

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 141 14.6 114 0.0 252 16.6
1996 108 37.2 84 37.8 189 37.4
2006 90 43.6 84 47.6 171 42.5
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 60 47.6 126 50.0 57 0.0 9 0.0
1996 36 44.4 90 40.5 57 39.6 6 16.7
2006 33 57.9 90 47.6 45 34.9 3 7.7
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 42 27.9 51 34.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 90 43.7
Female 24 16.2 36 27.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 84 43.5
Total 93 37.7 120 48.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 171 45.1
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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 15 86 40 2 6 8
2002 42 25 33 5 3 8
2003 46 33 40 6 4 10
2004 36 31 33 5 4 9
2005 25 57 42 3 8 11
2006 50 17 33 6 2 8
2007 20 67 38 3 6 9
2008 56 13 28 5 2 7
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 8 100.0 5 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 100.0
2001 3 100.0 9 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 100.0
2002 2 100.0 9 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 100.0
2003 2 100.0 5 71.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 77.8
2004 0 0.0 7 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 88.9
2005 3 100.0 8 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 12 100.0
2006 4 100.0 8 88.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 92.3
2007 1 100.0 7 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 100.0
2008 1 100.0 6 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 100.0

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

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 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s
Female ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0
Total 126 70.0 78 63.4 204 67.3
At least tertiary
Male ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s
Female ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0
Total 18 10.0 9 7.3 27 8.9
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 180 61.2 60 40.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 216 54.1
1991 147 61.3 66 47.8 3 100.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 195 56.0
1996 156 57.1 90 44.8 3 50.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 192 51.6
2001 159 68.8 90 57.7 3 50.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 210 65.4
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 204 67.3
At least tertiary
1986 6 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 2.3
1991 6 2.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 9 2.6
1996 6 2.2 3 1.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 2.4
2001 21 9.1 3 1.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 7.5
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 27 8.9
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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 77 17 94 81.9 18.1
2003 85 11 96 88.5 11.5
2004 66 14 80 82.5 17.5
2005 69 12 81 85.2 14.8
2006 75 18 96 78.1 18.8
2007          
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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 60 15.2 36 15.8 0 0.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 87 15.8
1991 75 24.5 42 23.0 3 50.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 111 24.0
1996 120 31.7 117 40.2 3 33.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 192 35.0
2001 75 26.6 66 28.6 3 25.0 3 50.0 0 0.0 114 27.3
2006 45 14.7 48 17.2 0 0.0 3 50.0 0 0.0 75 17.4
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 36 20.3 6 7.7 27 13.0 15 19.2 3 25.0 87 15.8
1991 45 34.1 6 9.5 42 24.1 12 16.7 3 12.5 111 24.0
1996 63 42.9 18 27.3 57 30.6 42 35.0 15 45.5 192 35.0
2001 33 29.7 12 28.6 33 22.4 30 31.3 6 33.3 114 27.3
2006 18 16.7 6 15.4 18 11.5 21 21.2 12 40.0 75 17.4
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 45 14.9 42 16.7
1991 54 20.9 57 27.9
1996 102 33.3 90 37.0
2001 63 26.3 51 28.3
2006 42 17.1 33 17.5

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 129 25.7 99 33.0 3 50.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 201 26.7
1991 54 13.4 60 22.7 0 0.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 123 17.7
1996 45 10.6 59 17.1 2 20.0 1 14.3 0 0.0 75 11.2
2001 36 9.9 57 18.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 81 13.6
2006 9 2.5 18 5.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 3.3
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 54 32.1 18 25.0 45 35.7 54 19.4 24 25.0 3 16.7 201 26.7
1991 24 16.7 18 31.6 30 27.0 39 15.5 12 12.5 0 0.0 123 17.7
1996 17 13.0 15 26.8 13 15.3 20 8.9 7 5.0 3 8.6 75 11.2
2001 21 20.0 9 18.8 6 8.3 33 15.9 12 8.9 0 0.0 81 13.6
2006 6 6.9 6 16.7 6 10.0 6 3.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 3.3
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 108 26.5 93 27.0
1991 63 16.9 60 18.7
1996 39 10.3 36 12.3
2001 45 13.4 36 14.0
2006 12 3.8 9 3.8
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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 (%) 56.0 79.0 75.8 80.0 ..s 68.0 ..s

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 50.0 1 25.0 5 42.0 0 0.0 3 38.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 4 50.0 0 n/a 4 50.0 0 n/a 3 38.0 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 15 11.9 9 8.6 12 11.1 12 25.0 9 37.5 57 13.8
Total population 21 11.1 9 5.5 15 6.1 12 12.9 6 15.4 66 9.0
2001 Māori 15 13.2 9 9.4 6 6.1 18 28.6 3 20.0 48 12.3
Total population 12 6.9 9 6.7 9 3.7 18 14.0 3 7.1 54 7.5
2006 Māori ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 69 18.9
  Total population 18 12.8 9 10.0 24 11.0 15 13.9 9 17.6 78 12.8

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  (%) ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s
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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 0.0 0.0
2003 0.0 0.0
2004 8.7 0.0
2005 0.0 0.0
2006/2007 0.0 0.0
2007/2008 9.4 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 1 135.1 0.0
2002 6 800.0 0.0
2003 6 800.0 0.0
2004 5 666.7 0.0
2005 6 800.0 0.0
2006 8 1081.1 0.0
2007 5 781.3 0.0
2008 3 468.8 156.3
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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 (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
1996 93.0 93.8 100.0 100.0 0.0 94.4 94.8 95.2 92.9 92.0 ..s ..s 94.6
2001 95.0 94.2 100.0 100.0 0.0 96.4 94.3 96.1 95.8 94.2 93.2 ..s 95.5
2006 96.6 95.3 ..s ..s ..s 95.2 98.8 97.6 100.0 ..s 93.3 ..s 95.7
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 28.1 20.4 0.0 100.0 0.0 29.5 25.3 31.4 25.0 ..s ..s ..s 26.8
2006 66.4 66.4 ..s ..s ..s 59.6 66.3 71.4 60.0 ..s 55.6 ..s 63.0
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