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Clutha District

This section provides people and indicator data for Clutha District.

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People data for Clutha 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 Clutha 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 Clutha 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 3,555 22.8 534 36.0 57 42.2 24 19.0 9 30.0 3,843 22.8
15 - 24 1,563 10.0 282 19.0 18 13.3 42 33.3 6 20.0 1,782 10.6
25 - 44 4,044 25.9 399 26.9 45 33.3 36 28.6 9 30.0 4,419 26.2
45 - 64 4,263 27.3 228 15.4 18 13.3 21 16.7 0 0 4,530 26.9
65 - 74 1,191 7.6 33 2.2 3 2.2 3 2.4 0 0 1,242 7.4
75+ 987 6.3 12 0.8 0 0.0 3 2.4 0 0 1,020 6.1
Total 15,606 100.0 1,485 100.0 135 100.0 126 100.0 30 100.0 16,839 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 94.8 9.0 0.8 0.8 0.2 105.6
Sex
Male 7,917 50.7 780 52.5 78 57.8 51 40.5 15 50.0 8,580 51.0
Female 7,689 49.3 702 47.3 57 42.2 72 57.1 15 50.0 8,259 49.0
    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 18,400  -  - 253 114 139
1997 18,300 -100 -0.5 251 120 131
1998 18,150 -150 -0.8 222 130 92
1999 17,950 -200 -1.1 268 122 146
2000 17,750 -200 -1.1 208 137 71
2001 17,550 -200 -1.1 230 129 101
2002 17,500 -50 -0.3 237 117 120
2003 17,450 -50 -0.3 202 135 67
2004 17,400 -50 -0.3 275 125 150
2005 17,300 -100 -0.6 203 142 61
2006 17,200 -100 -0.6 210 115 95
2007 17,200 0 0.0 228 119 109
2008 17,350 150 0.9 225 133 92

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   17,500 17,600 17,700 17,700 17,700 400 2.0
Medium 17,200 17,100 16,800 16,500 16,200 15,700 -1,500 -9.0
Low   16,700 16,100 15,400 14,700 13,800 -3,400 -20.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 3,078 49.0 2,607 40.9 2,406 37.2 2,079 32.2 1,995 30.9
Couples without children 1,410 22.5 1,680 26.3 1,926 29.8 2,055 31.9 2,118 32.8
Multi-family 27 0.4 33 0.5 48 0.7 39 0.6 45 0.7
One parent family 393 6.3 543 8.5 486 7.5 492 7.6 480 7.4
One person 1,119 17.8 1,293 20.3 1,398 21.6 1,608 24.9 1,635 25.3
Other multi-person 249 4.0 222 3.5 204 3.2 174 2.7 198 3.1
Total 6,276 100.0 6,381 100.0 6,468 100.0 6,447 100.0 6,465 100.0
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Indicator data for Clutha 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) 74.7 80.4 76.8 81.7 78.7 82.7

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 2,760 37.3 1,995 29.6 4,752 33.5
1996 1,785 27.7 1,524 26.4 3,306 26.9
2006 1,605 28.7 1,422 27.5 3,036 28.2
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,152 32.8 2,088 37.5 1,230 34.9 282 17.5
1996 699 32.0 1,539 30.1 819 22.5 249 12.7
2006 558 33.6 1,332 32.2 936 22.0 210 10.1
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,254 28.6 234 48.4 15 35.4 15 20.0 207 22.5 1,605 28.7
Female 1,149 27.7 225 48.9 15 25.4 9 10.7 162 19.3 1,422 27.7
Total 2,388 28.1 456 47.0 30 35.3 24 21.8 369 21.0 3,036 28.2
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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 82 97 90 186 251 437
2002 69 96 81 184 216 400
2003 80 83 82 206 225 431
2004 88 102 95 212 267 479
2005 90 102 96 236 245 481
2006 87 80 84 225 212 437
2007 83 91 87 214 237 451
2008 89 90 90 205 233 438
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 227 97.0 27 79.4 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 256 94.8
2001 244 97.2 20 83.3 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 266 96.0
2002 214 99.1 21 100.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 238 99.2
2003 185 96.4 39 97.5 1 100.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 228 96.6
2004 210 93.8 36 97.3 4 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 251 94.4
2005 231 99.1 33 97.1 3 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 267 98.9
2006 196 94.2 33 84.6 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 231 92.8
2007 175 93.6 36 90.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 212 93.0
2008 203 97.6 33 97.1 2 100.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 240 97.6

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 41.8 63.8 106 52.0 17.3 28.7 46 22.5
2006 64.8 75.0 149 70.0 21.0 48.1 74 34.7
2007 59.0 68.5 125 63.5 21.9 32.6 53 26.9
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 94 55.3 10 32.3 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 106 52.0
2006 133 72.3 16 57.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 149 70.0
2007 113 66.9 7 33.3 0 0.0 2 66.7 3 100.0 125 63.5
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 42 24.7 3 9.7 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 46 22.5
2006 68 37.0 6 21.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 74 34.7
2007 49 29.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 66.7 2 66.7 53 26.9

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 1,434 70.2 1,200 55.6 2,637 62.8
Female 1,677 79.6 1,254 62.1 2,934 71.1
Total 3,114 75.0 2,454 58.8 5,568 66.9
At least tertiary
Male 126 6.2 129 6.0 258 6.1
Female 294 14.0 159 7.9 453 11.0
Total 420 10.1 288 6.9 711 8.5
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 4,077 48.2 135 37.8 15 45.5 18 54.6 6 66.7 4,209 47.6
1991 4,455 52.3 159 41.4 12 40.0 24 50.0 0 0.0 4,608 51.8
1996 4,554 53.2 237 42.3 18 46.2 27 45.0 0 0.0 4,686 52.3
2001 4,890 63.4 228 50.7 15 50.0 39 76.5 6 66.7 5,067 62.7
2006 5,343 67.6 315 55.6 30 58.8 39 81.3 12 100.0 5,568 66.9
At least tertiary
1986 306 3.6 3 0.8 3 9.1 9 27.3 3 33.3 315 3.6
1991 303 3.6 3 0.8 3 10.0 6 12.5 0 0.0 318 3.6
1996 351 4.1 9 1.6 0 0.0 12 20.0 3 100.0 366 4.1
2001 465 6.0 12 2.7 3 10.0 9 17.7 0 0.0 483 6.0
2006 690 8.7 24 4.2 3 5.9 9 18.8 3 25.0 711 8.5
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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 1,463 359 1,822 80.3 19.7
2003 1,418 377 1,795 79.0 21.0
2004 1,404 392 1,796 78.2 21.8
2005 1,412 363 1,775 79.5 20.5
2006 1,460 410 1,870 78.1 21.9
2007 1,257 401 1,658 75.8 24.2
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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 3,816 26.9 186 24.1 15 17.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 4,014 26.8
1991 4,755 32.8 372 42.6 21 31.8 15 20.8 3 100.0 5,049 33.1
1996 4,173 29.0 435 37.2 30 40.0 33 32.4 9 75.0 4,449 29.2
2001 2,571 20.1 249 27.2 18 30.0 21 20.6 3 25.0 2,751 20.4
2006 2,631 20.3 252 21.7 21 20.0 15 19.2 9 37.5 2,826 20.5
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,380 34.2 318 14.4 1,068 23.9 645 22.7 600 42.5 4,014 26.8
1991 1,422 38.3 501 24.3 1,233 26.6 933 29.3 960 57.3 5,049 33.1
1996 1,338 36.2 363 19.9 1,086 23.5 780 23.8 882 49.2 4,449 29.2
2001 816 25.1 153 12.3 579 14.7 519 15.5 681 40.0 2,751 20.4
2006 777 23.7 135 10.7 546 14.9 585 15.4 780 43.8 2,826 20.5
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,929 25.2 2,085 28.6
1991 2,391 30.5 2,661 35.8
1996 2,100 26.8 2,349 31.8
2001 1,230 17.7 1,521 23.3
2006 1,344 19.1 1,479 21.9

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 1,071 6.3 165 17.0 9 9.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 1,257 6.8
1991 726 4.5 156 15.7 9 11.1 9 11.1 0 0.0 915 5.2
1996 589 3.7 134 10.0 7 7.1 18 14.2 1 7.1 686 4.0
2001 363 2.5 102 8.8 9 13.0 39 27.7 6 50.0 483 3.0
2006 375 2.6 165 12.3 0 0.0 15 13.9 0 0.0 513 3.2
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 195 6.3 183 9.0 417 14.0 282 5.1 156 4.6 27 1.8 1,257 6.8
1991 180 6.6 129 8.2 234 9.2 255 4.7 111 3.1 12 0.7 915 5.2
1996 219 7.8 82 6.1 136 6.1 195 3.8 48 1.3 6 0.3 686 4.0
2001 144 5.5 63 5.0 81 4.9 132 2.8 57 1.4 9 0.5 483 3.0
2006 135 5.6 69 5.1 111 6.7 135 3.2 48 1.1 9 0.5 513 3.2
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 651 6.8 612 6.8
1991 486 5.4 426 5.0
1996 368 4.2 318 3.8
2001 249 3.0 234 3.0
2006 267 3.3 240 3.1
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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 (%) 76.0 66.0 81.9 87.0 65.0 65.0 54.0

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 20.0 1 50.0 3 16.0 0 0.0 5 23.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 2 14.0 0 n/a 3 21.0 0 n/a 2 14.0 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 69 12.1 51 14.2 66 18.0 30 27.0 6 16.7 228 15.8
Total population 114 2.7 81 2.3 90 1.6 42 1.6 9 0.4 333 1.8
2001 Māori 54 10.7 51 15.7 51 15.2 24 20.0 12 40.0 192 14.5
Total population 117 2.9 78 2.7 93 1.8 39 1.3 9 0.4 336 2.0
2006 Māori 51 9.6 66 16.8 69 19.0 33 22.4 6 13.3 228 15.4
  Total population 78 2.0 96 3.7 96 1.9 51 1.6 9 0.4 324 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  (%) 19.6 11.8 74.1 70.4 49.5 41.1
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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 0.1 0.0
2002 0.0 0.0
2003 0.0 0.0
2004 0.0 0.0
2005 0.0 0.0
2006/2007 58.6 0.0
2007/2008 44.2 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 165 940.2 34.2
2002 204 1165.7 11.4
2003 159 913.8 23.0
2004 147 847.3 17.3
2005 166 965.1 11.6
2006 189 1108.5 17.6
2007 168 976.7 29.1
2008 113 651.3 23.1
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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 97.1 90.0 81.8 97.6 80.0 95.9 97.3 96.7 94.2 96.5 97.5 97.7 96.6
2001 97.9 89.3 91.7 94.0 80.0 97.1 97.8 97.2 94.8 97.2 98.5 98.8 97.4
2006 98.8 96.2 97.6 100.0 88.9 98.3 99.1 99.4 97.8 98.3 98.6 98.8 98.6
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 33.3 23.7 20.8 38.0 0.0 33.4 32.5 40.9 32.8 37.2 31.6 9.6 33.0
2006 63.5 47.1 63.4 68.6 77.8 62.7 63.0 74.8 61.4 69.7 63.5 25.9 62.8
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