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Far North District

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People data for Far North 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 Far North 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 (2004)

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 Far North 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 7,341 21.6 7,743 35.0 786 50.0 219 28.1 48 29.6 13,611 24.4
15 - 24 3,219 9.5 3,225 14.6 252 16.0 102 13.1 27 16.7 6,174 11.1
25 - 44 7,476 22.0 5,376 24.3 318 20.2 273 35.0 54 33.3 12,996 23.3
45 - 64 10,458 30.7 4,143 18.7 180 11.5 168 21.5 27 16.7 15,381 27.5
65 - 74 3,282 9.6 1,161 5.3 21 1.3 21 2.7 9 5.6 4,716 8.4
75+ 2,277 6.7 468 2.1 12 0.8 9 1.2 0 0 2,967 5.3
Total 34,050 100.0 22,113 100.0 1,572 100.0 780 100.0 162 100.0 55,845 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 67.7 44.0 3.1 1.6 0.3 116.6
Sex
Male 16,809 49.4 10,611 48.0 801 51.0 351 45.0 72 44.4 27,594 49.4
Female 17,241 50.6 11,502 52.0 774 49.2 432 55.4 90 55.6 28,251 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 54,500  -  - 885 424 461
1997 55,200 700 1.3 870 445 425
1998 55,800 600 1.1 871 416 455
1999 56,100 300 0.5 880 496 384
2000 56,400 300 0.5 883 445 438
2001 56,400 0 0.0 832 440 392
2002 56,600 200 0.4 722 467 255
2003 56,900 300 0.5 764 496 268
2004 57,000 100 0.2 780 450 330
2005 57,200 200 0.4 796 444 352
2006 57,500 300 0.5 867 453 414
2007 57,800 300 0.5 907 427 480
2008 57,900 100 0.2 861 545 316

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   60,800 63,700 66,300 68,500 70,200 12,600 22.0
Medium 57,500 59,500 61,200 62,400 63,200 63,500 5,900 10.0
Low   58,300 58,600 58,600 58,100 56,900 -600 -1.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 5,757 42.9 5,562 36.0 5,289 31.8 4,863 27.2 4,950 26.0
Couples without children 3,252 24.2 3,789 24.5 4,506 27.1 5,061 28.3 5,547 29.2
Multi-family 459 3.4 441 2.9 579 3.5 408 2.3 549 2.9
One parent family 1,269 9.5 2,211 14.3 2,445 14.7 2,697 15.1 2,748 14.5
One person 2,088 15.6 2,829 18.3 3,246 19.5 4,299 24.0 4,506 23.7
Other multi-person 591 4.4 600 3.9 549 3.3 564 3.2 720 3.8
Total 13,413 100.0 15,438 100.0 16,614 100.0 17,892 100.0 19,017 100.0
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Indicator data for Far North District

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.

  1995 - 1997 2000 - 2002 2005 - 2007
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Life expectancy at birth (years) 71.8 77.4 73.3 80.2 75.5 80.0

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 5,121 38.3 4,443 35.2 9,570 36.9
1996 4,977 32.4 5,370 34.0 10,362 33.2
2006 4,917 31.6 5,511 33.3 10,446 32.5
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 2,538 40.9 3,915 40.2 2,385 34.1 732 22.7
1996 1,731 34.5 5,169 40.7 2,745 27.0 717 14.4
2006 1,701 33.0 4,398 39.4 3,579 26.9 768 11.7
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 2,466 26.5 2,478 41.2 156 41.2 57 26.3 348 20.0 4,917 31.8
Female 2,628 26.7 3,330 46.7 144 39.3 36 13.4 342 20.0 5,511 33.3
Total 5,079 26.5 5,817 44.2 294 38.9 87 16.5 705 20.7 10,446 32.5
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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 74 75 74 671 669 1,340
2002 74 77 75 650 715 1,365
2003 76 75 76 673 687 1,360
2004 83 85 84 650 772 1,422
2005 82 87 85 640 698 1,338
2006 83 84 84 652 670 1,322
2007 77 87 81 655 674 1,329
2008 86 78 82 677 672 1,349
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 301 90.4 484 75.5 13 81.3 9 69.2 1 100.0 808 80.5
2001 282 89.8 482 76.9 11 78.6 6 75.0 6 85.7 787 81.1
2002 265 91.4 483 81.6 10 62.5 10 100.0 3 100.0 771 84.6
2003 273 94.8 525 81.5 14 93.3 3 100.0 3 100.0 819 85.8
2004 298 95.5 481 83.5 8 88.9 9 90.0 4 100.0 801 87.8
2005 274 95.5 528 83.5 10 90.9 7 100.0 6 66.7 825 87.2
2006 271 95.1 464 86.2 8 50.0 13 86.7 1 100.0 757 88.5
2007 224 94.9 456 84.9 12 70.6 7 100.0 6 100.0 705 87.8
2008 230 96.2 462 84.9 9 81.8 12 92.3 2 100.0 715 88.4

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 34.4 50.3 342 41.9 11.7 18.6 122 15.0
2006 43.9 58.4 412 51.1 19.6 25.1 180 22.3
2007 43.4 61.2 413 52.3 14.6 32.0 184 23.3
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 189 53.9 143 32.3 5 38.5 5 71.4 0 0.0 342 41.9
2006 219 65.0 175 39.7 4 50.0 9 60.0 5 83.3 412 51.1
2007 164 62.8 241 47.2 3 33.3 3 50.0 2 66.7 413 52.3
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 83 23.6 34 7.7 1 7.7 4 57.1 0 0.0 122 15.0
2006 116 34.4 57 12.9 0 0.0 4 26.7 3 50.0 180 22.3
2007 90 34.5 89 17.4 2 22.2 2 33.3 1 33.3 184 23.3

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 3,417 68.1 4,218 65.9 7,638 66.9
Female 4,635 77.7 4,479 68.2 9,114 72.7
Total 8,055 73.3 8,700 67.1 16,752 69.9
At least tertiary
Male 402 8.0 579 9.0 984 8.6
Female 813 13.6 732 11.2 1,545 12.3
Total 1,215 11.1 1,311 10.1 2,526 10.5
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 8,550 62.2 1,893 33.9 69 50.0 48 64.0 18 85.7 10,073 53.8
1991 9,400 65.1 2,829 39.0 87 48.3 99 68.8 24 88.9 11,826 56.2
1996 10,316 61.9 3,561 39.9 159 43.4 123 49.4 42 60.9 12,692 54.0
2001 11,076 72.5 3,810 49.5 201 56.3 228 79.2 45 88.2 14,072 64.9
2006 13,080 76.5 4,719 55.9 267 62.2 306 77.9 72 96.0 16,752 69.9
At least tertiary
1986 771 5.6 54 1.0 6 4.4 15 20.0 3 14.3 830 4.4
1991 851 5.9 66 0.9 6 3.3 30 20.8 6 22.2 933 4.4
1996 1,065 6.4 96 1.1 15 4.1 45 18.1 9 13.0 1,148 4.9
2001 1,240 8.1 234 3.0 18 5.0 66 22.9 6 11.8 1,471 6.8
2006 2,136 12.5 456 5.4 27 6.3 93 23.7 15 20.0 2,526 10.5
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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 2,699 771 3,470 77.8 22.2
2003 2,679 806 3,485 76.9 23.1
2004 2,892 859 3,751 77.1 22.9
2005 2,713 911 3,624 74.9 25.1
2006 2,630 889 3,519 74.7 25.3
2007 2,184 729 2,913 75.0 25.0
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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 6,627 29.6 3,840 39.0 141 47.0 51 39.5 15 45.5 9,915 32.4
1991 9,087 39.2 7,299 58.3 288 62.3 99 39.8 21 41.2 15,576 45.8
1996 9,618 36.2 8,127 55.1 471 57.5 216 46.8 30 27.8 15,798 42.7
2001 7,437 29.7 6,933 49.8 363 48.6 141 35.1 24 27.6 13,086 36.5
2006 7,077 26.0 5,412 37.6 375 38.1 180 31.9 36 30.8 11,376 29.9
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 3,498 39.8 900 23.1 2,460 28.6 1,701 27.5 1,359 43.7 9,915 32.4
1991 5,214 54.3 1,518 40.0 3,906 40.7 2,838 39.2 2,103 55.8 15,576 45.8
1996 5,751 54.6 1,371 38.6 3,996 39.1 2,772 33.1 1,905 44.1 15,798 42.7
2001 4,836 49.1 1,002 33.6 2,985 33.1 2,529 27.0 1,728 36.9 13,086 36.5
2006 3,624 38.6 807 24.2 2,196 24.6 2,616 24.0 2,133 39.1 11,376 29.9
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 4,842 31.2 5,076 33.7
1991 7,665 44.6 7,914 47.1
1996 7,632 41.2 8,166 44.2
2001 6,267 35.2 6,816 37.7
2006 5,439 29.0 5,937 30.8

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 3,105 11.4 6,339 42.3 156 36.4 42 24.1 18 35.3 9,135 22.1
1991 2,850 10.3 6,141 35.1 204 33.2 69 20.7 6 10.5 8,865 20.0
1996 3,056 10.0 5,888 29.6 386 34.1 144 24.8 18 14.6 8,328 17.9
2001 2,223 7.6 5,388 28.0 399 34.9 75 14.0 9 8.6 7,386 15.9
2006 2,253 7.3 5,418 27.7 507 36.7 111 16.3 15 10.6 7,728 16.0
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 2,448 31.6 1,332 29.3 2,013 32.7 2,193 19.1 942 12.0 198 5.7 9,135 22.1
1991 2,592 30.2 1,062 25.7 1,809 30.2 2,289 18.4 912 10.2 198 4.7 8,865 20.0
1996 2,742 29.9 1,108 25.5 1,304 25.0 2,215 17.4 787 7.7 172 3.5 8,328 17.9
2001 2,442 29.0 1,086 23.4 1,116 23.6 1,863 15.9 735 6.4 138 2.5 7,386 15.9
2006 2,172 28.5 1,152 25.1 1,383 26.1 1,878 16.9 933 7.1 207 3.2 7,728 16.0
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 4,566 21.9 4,569 22.5
1991 4,470 20.0 4,392 20.0
1996 4,175 17.9 4,153 17.9
2001 3,606 15.7 3,783 16.1
2006 3,771 15.9 3,960 16.2
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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 territorial authority elections.

Election year 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007
Voter turnout (%) 69.0 55.0 55.7 56.0 48.0 45.0 49.0

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 5 21.0 1 33.0 8 26.0 2 50.0 9 28.0 3 43.0
Women voted in 3 30.0 1 n/a 2 20.0 1 n/a 3 33.0 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 2,163 25.4 1,194 26.1 1,713 31.8 1,434 62.5 888 75.3 7,386 33.7
Total population 2,298 15.6 1,278 13.9 1,842 12.3 1,524 18.8 936 15.8 7,881 14.9
2001 Māori 2,133 26.1 1,233 29.2 1,803 32.3 1,305 53.6 933 70.2 7,398 34.0
Total population 2,259 15.7 1,344 16.0 1,974 13.0 1,413 14.4 996 14.6 7,974 14.6
2006 Māori 1,980 25.6 1,239 29.0 1,800 31.3 1,227 45.1 1,044 64.2 7,287 33.0
  Total population 2,097 15.4 1,320 15.6 1,992 13.2 1,374 12.4 1,134 14.8 7,917 14.2

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 (%) 9.0 9.3 62.6 66.0 27.0 28.5
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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 37.5 28.4
2002 37.7 23.9
2003 38.4 0.0
2004 39.8 0.0
2005 38.2 0.0
2006/2007 30.1 7.0
2007/2008 39.1 22.5

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 195 339.7 17.4
2002 244 429.6 21.1
2003 351 614.7 17.5
2004 322 561.0 33.1
2005 267 461.9 20.8
2006 320 548.9 20.6
2007 383 662.6 26.0
2008 262 452.5 17.3
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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 92.4 74.9 69.7 83.3 92.7 85.1 86.0 80.5 81.7 84.4 91.2 94.3 85.5
2001 95.2 82.2 83.3 96.6 91.4 89.6 90.1 85.7 85.8 88.7 94.5 96.1 89.9
2006 97.5 91.5 93.4 97.8 100.0 94.7 95.5 93.3 93.8 94.3 96.8 97.5 95.1
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 35.2 17.1 20.1 41.1 40.0 28.6 28.3 27.9 27.2 30.6 33.7 15.2 28.4
2006 62.5 36.8 32.7 63.8 72.9 52.1 52.2 50.6 46.9 54.7 60.6 37.8 52.1
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