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Franklin District

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People data for Franklin 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 Franklin 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

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

Safety: Road casualties

Social Connectedness: Telephone and internet access in the home

People data for Franklin 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 11,280 23.9 3,321 39.0 873 44.0 774 27.3 42 29.2 14,481 24.6
15 - 24 5,097 10.8 1,287 15.1 330 16.6 411 14.5 24 16.7 6,705 11.4
25 - 44 12,903 27.4 2,247 26.4 504 25.4 831 29.3 51 35.4 16,518 28.0
45 - 64 12,384 26.3 1,407 16.5 243 12.2 690 24.4 30 20.8 15,075 25.6
65 - 74 3,168 6.7 207 2.4 27 1.4 90 3.2 0 0 3,615 6.1
75+ 2,319 4.9 63 0.7 15 0.8 36 1.3 0 0 2,541 4.3
Total 47,148 100.0 8,526 100.0 1,986 100.0 2,832 100.0 144 100.0 58,935 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 84.9 15.4 3.6 5.1 0.3 109.2
Sex
Male 23,427 49.7 4,176 49.0 1,005 50.6 1,398 49.4 69 47.9 29,289 49.7
Female 23,724 50.3 4,350 51.0 981 49.4 1,434 50.6 75 52.1 29,643 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 49,200  -  - 806 295 511
1997 50,300 1,100 2.2 846 302 544
1998 51,200 900 1.8 741 297 444
1999 51,900 700 1.4 810 301 509
2000 52,700 800 1.5 786 320 466
2001 53,300 600 1.1 797 306 491
2002 54,800 1,500 2.8 788 291 497
2003 56,400 1,600 2.9 824 318 506
2004 57,900 1,500 2.7 847 312 535
2005 59,300 1,400 2.4 911 300 611
2006 60,900 1,600 2.7 898 299 599
2007 62,200 1,300 2.1 961 323 638
2008 63,200 1,000 1.6 921 378 543

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   68,100 75,100 82,000 89,000 95,900 35,100 58.0
Medium 60,900 66,300 71,500 76,500 81,400 86,200 25,300 42.0
Low   64,500 67,800 70,900 73,900 76,600 15,700 26.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 5,415 48.1 5,805 43.2 6,087 39.7 6,111 36.4 7,113 36.3
Couples without children 2,709 24.1 3,417 25.4 4,260 27.8 4,803 28.6 5,703 29.1
Multi-family 240 2.1 288 2.1 507 3.3 411 2.4 621 3.2
One parent family 846 7.5 1,326 9.9 1,524 9.9 1,869 11.1 2,061 10.5
One person 1,596 14.2 2,034 15.1 2,457 16.0 3,066 18.3 3,585 18.3
Other multi-person 456 4.1 567 4.2 495 3.2 528 3.1 519 2.6
Total 11,259 100.0 13,437 100.0 15,333 100.0 16,788 100.0 19,599 100.0
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Indicator data for Franklin 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) 74.4 79.3 77.0 80.7 78.0 84.1

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 3,705 32.1 3,060 27.5 6,768 29.8
1996 4,116 25.6 3,774 23.6 7,887 24.5
2006 4,221 22.9 4,062 21.5 8,271 22.1
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,656 29.8 2,823 32.2 1,761 30.3 528 18.6
1996 1,422 26.0 4,083 29.2 1,944 21.5 438 10.7
2006 1,485 24.6 3,744 25.2 2,628 19.3 414 7.5
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 3,003 22.3 894 37.3 156 29.9 150 15.5 378 15.5 4,221 22.9
Female 2,790 19.8 1,191 43.5 111 19.0 51 5.1 360 15.4 4,062 21.3
Total 5,799 21.0 2,097 41.0 282 25.7 189 9.6 741 15.5 8,271 22.1
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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 60 68 64 509 613 1,122
2002 63 74 68 522 640 1,162
2003 59 76 67 536 658 1,194
2004 67 77 72 563 724 1,287
2005 65 84 75 558 719 1,277
2006 70 84 77 608 730 1,338
2007 65 75 70 603 757 1,360
2008 72 79 75 704 741 1,445
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 608 93.8 139 63.5 13 54.2 29 85.3 2 100.0 791 85.3
2001 603 97.1 147 71.0 22 68.8 25 86.2 2 100.0 799 89.7
2002 614 95.5 117 62.2 17 63.0 39 92.9 9 100.0 796 87.6
2003 635 96.8 145 70.0 29 78.4 39 90.7 4 80.0 852 89.9
2004 626 94.8 132 68.0 25 78.1 31 86.1 5 83.3 819 88.3
2005 627 96.3 166 76.5 32 80.0 49 94.2 13 92.9 887 91.1
2006 633 97.2 171 85.9 36 81.8 34 89.5 12 100.0 886 93.9
2007 625 96.7 162 86.6 35 81.4 33 94.3 9 81.8 864 93.7
2008 622 98.1 183 76.3 44 91.7 41 91.1 11 100.0 901 92.1

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 45.7 59.8 356 52.4 22.3 31.5 181 26.6
2006 45.6 65.2 383 54.8 23.2 31.7 190 27.2
2007 48.7 69.2 412 58.8 25.5 38.1 222 31.7
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 259 59.0 41 29.7 26 45.6 27 67.5 3 50.0 356 52.4
2006 274 58.1 44 33.8 32 57.1 27 79.4 6 85.7 383 54.8
2007 273 62.8 55 40.4 38 51.4 41 85.4 5 62.5 412 58.8
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 127 28.9 19 13.8 15 26.3 17 42.5 3 50.0 181 26.6
2006 142 30.1 13 10.0 12 21.4 19 55.9 4 57.1 190 27.2
2007 145 33.3 22 16.2 26 35.1 26 54.2 3 37.5 222 31.7

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 5,484 78.7 4,809 70.3 10,293 74.5
Female 6,666 83.4 4,668 69.8 11,334 77.2
Total 12,150 81.2 9,477 70.0 21,630 75.9
At least tertiary
Male 795 11.4 702 10.3 1,500 10.9
Female 1,302 16.3 687 10.3 1,992 13.6
Total 2,100 14.0 1,392 10.3 3,489 12.2
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 8,142 59.3 459 26.0 66 40.0 216 48.7 15 100.0 8,751 55.3
1991 10,620 63.7 696 32.1 102 44.7 345 49.2 9 75.0 11,582 59.6
1996 12,903 63.4 1,182 38.6 186 43.7 366 40.9 24 72.7 13,998 59.4
2001 15,185 74.5 1,323 48.3 267 62.2 744 76.3 21 77.8 16,881 71.6
2006 19,263 78.8 1,815 54.9 420 61.9 1,125 78.8 69 92.0 21,630 75.9
At least tertiary
1986 672 4.9 27 1.5 6 3.6 39 8.8 6 40.0 726 4.6
1991 873 5.2 30 1.4 9 4.0 57 8.1 3 25.0 957 4.9
1996 1,241 6.1 60 2.0 18 4.2 99 11.1 6 18.2 1,380 5.9
2001 1,743 8.6 90 3.3 24 5.6 150 15.4 3 11.1 1,953 8.3
2006 3,078 12.6 177 5.4 45 6.6 306 21.4 27 36.0 3,489 12.2
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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 1,719 504 2,223 77.3 22.7
2003 1,711 522 2,233 76.6 23.4
2004 1,759 569 2,328 75.6 24.4
2005 2,068 644 2,712 76.3 23.7
2006 1,883 668 2,551 73.8 26.2
2007 1,670 606 2,276 73.4 26.6
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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 3,822 15.9 843 26.4 66 20.4 168 22.9 9 50.0 4,722 17.2
1991 5,217 19.4 1,386 38.9 153 34.2 270 27.0 6 33.3 6,795 21.9
1996 5,832 17.6 1,752 33.1 225 30.9 348 25.8 18 37.5 7,521 19.8
2001 4,800 14.7 1,305 28.2 219 26.7 408 26.4 12 22.2 6,264 16.6
2006 4,824 12.1 1,257 20.7 255 19.2 447 20.7 15 12.8 6,276 13.6
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,587 21.6 351 8.7 1,092 13.1 705 13.8 987 37.1 4,722 17.2
1991 2,070 26.4 573 13.6 1,572 15.9 1,155 18.9 1,425 47.9 6,795 21.9
1996 2,526 25.0 615 14.6 1,755 14.5 1,260 15.9 1,368 37.6 7,521 19.8
2001 2,208 22.6 444 12.0 1,404 12.3 1,038 11.6 1,170 30.9 6,264 16.6
2006 1,851 16.1 420 8.8 1,170 8.9 1,185 9.9 1,647 33.9 6,276 13.6
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,211 15.8 2,511 18.6
1991 3,114 19.8 3,681 24.0
1996 3,417 17.9 4,104 21.7
2001 2,769 14.8 3,495 18.5
2006 2,868 12.4 3,408 14.7

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 2,352 8.3 2,133 41.7 141 31.8 195 19.6 6 25.0 4,650 13.4
1991 2,325 7.1 1,866 34.4 231 37.6 330 24.6 6 20.0 4,650 11.7
1996 2,377 6.4 1,971 27.6 347 31.9 344 19.9 12 23.1 4,696 10.5
2001 1,686 4.4 1,743 25.7 405 32.7 396 19.8 6 8.3 4,044 8.6
2006 1,920 4.3 1,914 24.1 579 31.6 441 16.3 15 10.9 4,518 8.3
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 1,059 17.3 624 17.9 1,263 22.4 1,200 11.5 426 6.9 81 2.8 4,650 13.4
1991 1,110 15.8 531 15.5 1,137 19.2 1,323 10.4 480 6.5 69 2.1 4,650 11.7
1996 1,408 17.1 565 15.1 878 15.7 1,322 9.4 436 4.7 87 2.2 4,696 10.5
2001 1,182 14.3 495 11.9 786 14.9 1,080 7.6 420 3.8 78 1.8 4,044 8.6
2006 1,197 13.5 543 11.2 846 13.5 1,188 7.8 618 4.4 123 2.3 4,518 8.3
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,364 13.4 2,286 13.4
1991 2,367 11.8 2,286 11.6
1996 2,309 10.2 2,387 10.7
2001 1,989 8.4 2,058 8.7
2006 2,187 8.0 2,334 8.5
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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 (%) 59.0 54.0 46.9 49.0 49.0 46.0 35.0

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 18.0 2 67.0 9 31.0 0 0.0 5 29.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 3 21.0 1 n/a 4 40.0 0 n/a 3 25.0 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 582 18.8 465 22.6 558 28.6 285 50.3 135 62.5 2,025 25.7
Total population 627 5.0 540 5.8 645 4.3 327 5.1 156 3.5 2,295 4.8
2001 Māori 567 19.7 390 20.9 498 24.7 282 39.8 129 59.7 1,848 24.1
Total population 651 4.9 453 5.2 582 3.5 327 4.0 153 3.0 2,139 4.1
2006 Māori 498 15.0 360 20.3 498 22.1 312 34.3 153 56.0 1,818 21.3
  Total population 543 3.8 426 4.5 585 3.2 375 3.6 174 2.8 2,100 3.6

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  (%) 29.7 26.5 78.2 77.6 54.6 52.9
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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 37.1 0.0
2002 52.4 1.0
2003 51.4 1.0
2004 52.1 1.0
2005 60.8 1.0
2006/2007 58.7 3.2
2007/2008 58.1 1.0

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 181 335.8 26.0
2002 216 397.8 29.5
2003 276 497.3 18.0
2004 260 460.2 40.7
2005 254 442.5 22.6
2006 293 500.9 17.1
2007 222 356.9 22.5
2008 292 462.0 14.2
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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 97.6 81.5 84.0 96.0 100.0 95.0 95.0 92.8 93.4 95.2 97.4 97.3 95.0
2001 98.4 85.5 81.0 96.7 100.0 96.0 96.4 94.7 94.5 96.3 97.8 98.4 96.2
2006 99.1 93.0 96.9 98.7 100.0 97.9 98.3 97.5 97.6 97.8 98.6 99.1 98.1
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 45.4 22.0 23.9 45.8 62.5 42.3 41.8 45.9 45.9 44.9 43.3 14.7 42.0
2006 72.1 43.6 43.0 65.9 86.7 67.2 67.0 70.1 68.8 70.6 71.0 38.5 67.1
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