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Gisborne District

This section provides people and indicator data for Gisborne District.

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People data for Gisborne 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 Gisborne 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 Gisborne 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 6,051 23.2 6,807 34.4 591 45.5 216 29.6 33 34.4 11,652 26.2
15 - 24 2,961 11.4 3,138 15.9 201 15.5 90 12.3 15 15.6 5,751 12.9
25 - 44 6,252 24.0 5,103 25.8 333 25.6 249 34.2 30 31.3 11,196 25.2
45 - 64 6,834 26.2 3,543 17.9 147 11.3 120 16.5 15 15.6 10,524 23.7
65 - 74 2,022 7.8 798 4.0 21 1.6 39 5.3 0 0 2,916 6.6
75+ 1,953 7.5 372 1.9 9 0.7 18 2.5 0 0 2,418 5.4
Total 26,076 100.0 19,761 100.0 1,299 100.0 729 100.0 96 100.0 44,463 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 62.4 47.3 3.1 1.7 0.2 114.8
Sex
Male 12,708 48.7 9,468 47.9 669 51.5 363 49.8 54 56.3 21,666 48.7
Female 13,371 51.3 10,290 52.1 630 48.5 366 50.2 42 43.8 22,797 51.3
    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 47,200  -  - 871 405 466
1997 46,900 -300 -0.6 836 417 419
1998 46,600 -300 -0.6 753 358 395
1999 46,400 -200 -0.4 770 436 334
2000 46,100 -300 -0.6 773 387 386
2001 45,500 -600 -1.3 766 376 390
2002 45,500 0 0.0 759 401 358
2003 45,800 300 0.7 703 411 292
2004 45,800 0 0.0 751 361 390
2005 45,800 0 0.0 778 376 402
2006 45,900 100 0.2 720 436 284
2007 45,900 0 0.0 801 376 425
2008 45,900 0 0.0 828 386 442

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   47,700 49,200 50,500 51,700 52,500 6,600 14.0
Medium 45,900 46,400 46,700 46,700 46,500 45,900 0 0.0
Low   45,200 44,200 43,000 41,400 39,400 -6,500 -14.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 5,928 42.1 5,076 35.1 4,836 33.2 4,212 28.3 4,287 28.3
Couples without children 3,054 21.7 3,129 21.7 3,345 23.0 3,435 23.1 3,510 23.2
Multi-family 426 3.0 417 2.9 600 4.1 393 2.6 543 3.6
One parent family 1,551 11.0 2,286 15.8 2,247 15.4 2,664 17.9 2,583 17.0
One person 2,472 17.6 2,877 19.9 2,961 20.3 3,555 23.9 3,630 24.0
Other multi-person 654 4.6 666 4.6 582 4.0 618 4.2 594 3.9
Total 14,085 100.0 14,448 100.0 14,571 100.0 14,877 100.0 15,153 100.0
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Indicator data for Gisborne 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) 70.7 76.4 72.6 78.9 73.8 78.0

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 5,973 38.7 5,490 35.4 11,466 36.9
1996 4,341 30.9 4,725 32.1 9,078 31.5
2006 4,023 31.0 4,695 33.1 8,718 32.1
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 3,339 40.5 4,617 41.1 2,715 34.6 795 19.7
1996 1,878 34.3 4,581 37.9 2,064 26.8 555 12.0
2006 1,791 35.5 3,882 38.4 2,574 27.1 471 9.9
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,818 26.1 2,178 38.9 132 35.8 57 25.1 297 20.8 4,023 30.9
Female 1,926 25.2 3,090 46.2 102 28.7 21 9.0 258 18.8 4,695 33.1
Total 3,747 25.6 5,277 43.0 231 32.6 78 15.9 546 19.5 8,718 32.1
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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 68 76 72 559 609 1,168
2002 77 85 81 594 692 1,286
2003 77 86 82 611 677 1,288
2004 86 81 84 695 653 1,348
2005 83 91 87 613 731 1,344
2006 89 88 88 654 651 1,305
2007 83 89 86 613 684 1,297
2008 84 84 84 628 625 1,253
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 316 94.0 456 86.2 10 100.0 1 50.0 1 100.0 784 89.3
2001 274 94.2 423 88.7 12 92.3 3 100.0 1 100.0 713 90.8
2002 255 92.4 417 87.8 11 100.0 8 80.0 2 100.0 693 89.5
2003 262 97.4 432 85.5 12 100.0 6 85.7 3 100.0 715 89.8
2004 239 96.8 439 89.8 14 100.0 9 100.0 3 75.0 704 92.3
2005 240 99.2 425 91.0 10 76.9 7 100.0 4 100.0 686 93.6
2006 254 97.7 434 88.2 17 94.4 8 100.0 1 100.0 714 91.7
2007 217 97.7 430 89.0 9 90.0 10 90.9 1 100.0 667 91.7
2008 234 95.5 424 90.0 12 85.7 6 85.7 3 75.0 679 91.6

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 35.1 48.3 310 42.3 15.4 23.4 145 19.8
2006 41.0 56.0 340 48.1 18.3 30.7 171 24.2
2007 53.0 56.4 357 54.7 22.6 33.0 181 27.7
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 164 62.1 133 29.8 5 50.0 5 62.5 3 75.0 310 42.3
2006 178 65.4 144 34.8 8 72.7 7 100.0 3 100.0 340 48.1
2007 185 72.5 162 42.0 5 83.3 4 100.0 1 50.0 357 54.7
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 95 36.0 42 9.4 3 30.0 4 50.0 1 25.0 145 19.8
2006 113 41.5 49 11.8 2 18.2 5 71.4 2 66.7 171 24.2
2007 115 45.1 61 15.8 1 16.7 4 100.0 0 0.0 181 27.7

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 3,237 70.5 3,015 65.1 6,255 67.8
Female 4,221 78.3 3,051 66.3 7,272 72.7
Total 7,458 74.7 6,069 65.7 13,527 70.4
At least tertiary
Male 519 11.3 444 9.6 963 10.4
Female 813 15.1 474 10.3 1,290 12.9
Total 1,332 13.3 921 10.0 2,256 11.7
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 8,379 60.1 1,950 32.4 57 44.2 60 48.8 12 57.1 10,007 51.6
1991 8,394 65.5 2,655 39.1 90 53.6 141 66.2 21 87.5 10,800 56.2
1996 8,985 64.8 3,384 42.8 153 47.2 144 57.1 27 81.8 11,479 56.5
2001 8,756 73.5 3,771 54.0 201 59.3 192 75.3 24 88.9 11,919 66.1
2006 9,801 78.1 4,539 58.7 270 62.1 291 85.1 39 81.3 13,527 70.4
At least tertiary
1986 704 5.1 66 1.1 0 0.0 15 12.2 3 14.3 768 4.0
1991 732 5.7 105 1.6 3 1.8 33 15.5 6 25.0 848 4.4
1996 909 6.6 147 1.9 15 4.6 45 17.9 9 27.3 1,059 5.2
2001 1,137 9.6 273 3.9 12 3.5 54 21.2 3 11.1 1,395 7.7
2006 1,776 14.2 561 7.3 33 7.6 84 24.6 15 31.3 2,256 11.7
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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 2,713 783 3,496 77.6 22.4
2003 2,470 788 3,258 75.8 24.2
2004 2,518 834 3,352 75.1 24.9
2005 2,471 832 3,303 74.8 25.2
2006 2,177 835 3,012 72.3 27.7
2007 2,263 842 3,105 72.9 27.1
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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 4,788 19.5 3,921 34.7 90 32.3 36 15.4 3 11.1 8,298 24.1
1991 6,183 28.0 5,925 50.6 129 43.9 75 24.8 9 27.3 11,634 35.4
1996 6,297 26.8 6,219 46.2 339 50.0 87 21.2 24 34.8 11,217 33.3
2001 4,785 23.1 5,283 42.3 324 46.6 132 29.9 24 42.1 9,387 30.1
2006 3,984 19.0 4,440 33.5 309 35.5 108 18.4 15 20.8 7,869 24.7
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 3,111 32.2 726 14.2 1,893 19.3 1,095 17.6 1,479 41.2 8,298 24.1
1991 4,065 45.2 1,143 26.9 2,787 29.0 1,635 26.5 2,004 52.4 11,634 35.4
1996 4,212 44.0 1,167 29.5 2,745 27.8 1,401 21.9 1,695 43.1 11,217 33.3
2001 3,612 40.7 927 29.6 2,199 25.4 1,293 19.2 1,353 36.3 9,387 30.1
2006 2,766 32.6 750 21.5 1,629 20.0 1,332 17.0 1,392 35.9 7,869 24.7
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,696 21.8 4,605 26.4
1991 5,250 32.7 6,387 38.0
1996 5,166 31.3 6,051 35.2
2001 4,218 27.7 5,172 32.5
2006 3,552 22.9 4,314 26.4

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 2,334 8.3 5,652 36.9 114 31.4 48 17.4 6 18.2 7,845 18.3
1991 1,809 7.1 5,031 31.7 141 31.8 63 18.1 12 26.7 6,987 16.9
1996 2,050 7.7 4,956 27.8 292 32.8 59 11.4 13 16.3 6,555 15.6
2001 1,551 6.4 4,326 25.2 276 27.3 81 14.9 3 4.3 5,847 14.6
2006 1,533 6.5 4,515 25.7 348 29.7 96 14.5 12 14.3 6,102 15.2
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 1,875 23.8 1,116 25.5 2,043 28.6 1,875 15.6 795 10.6 138 3.6 7,845 18.3
1991 1,893 23.7 816 22.8 1,659 27.0 1,767 14.6 699 9.4 156 3.7 6,987 16.9
1996 1,981 24.0 765 20.3 1,302 23.3 1,689 13.9 660 8.5 158 3.6 6,555 15.6
2001 1,785 23.5 762 19.6 1,053 21.6 1,530 14.0 576 6.8 147 3.3 5,847 14.6
2006 1,656 23.8 804 21.1 1,266 24.8 1,473 14.6 735 7.7 174 3.8 6,102 15.2
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,954 18.7 3,888 18.0
1991 3,486 17.2 3,495 16.5
1996 3,183 15.5 3,372 15.8
2001 2,841 14.5 3,006 14.6
2006 2,934 15.0 3,168 15.4
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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 (%) 74.0 72.0 61.4 67.0 63.0 52.0 52.0

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 12 31.0 0 0.0 14 41.0 0 0.0 9 28.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 4 29.0 0 n/a 5 36.0 0 n/a 4 29.0 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 1,944 27.3 1,314 28.3 1,614 32.8 1,098 61.8 696 74.4 6,672 34.4
Total population 2,070 16.3 1,407 15.4 1,755 13.5 1,146 19.8 732 14.3 7,101 15.5
2001 Māori 1,947 27.9 1,263 29.2 1,611 31.9 1,035 52.6 741 71.4 6,591 34.0
Total population 2,055 17.0 1,371 16.9 1,761 14.3 1,107 17.7 783 15.2 7,080 16.1
2006 Māori 1,728 25.4 1,302 30.3 1,566 30.0 909 40.0 771 65.7 6,276 31.8
  Total population 1,836 15.8 1,374 17.1 1,701 14.0 1,011 13.9 819 15.3 6,738 15.2

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  (%) 15.6 14.3 66.4 73.6 34.8 36.8
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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 68.5 0.0
2002 68.6 65.9
2003 67.2 65.5
2004 65.9 66.3
2005 68.0 66.3
2006/2007 69.8 0.0
2007/2008 67.8 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 146 316.7 4.3
2002 181 400.4 8.8
2003 141 311.9 11.1
2004 137 305.1 2.2
2005 161 360.2 20.1
2006 163 366.3 9.0
2007 118 257.1 15.3
2008 207 451.0 17.4
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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 95.6 82.3 76.2 94.2 96.2 89.9 90.7 87.1 86.9 90.4 94.3 96.4 90.3
2001 96.6 84.3 83.5 94.5 95.7 90.9 91.6 88.2 88.0 90.7 94.9 97.0 91.2
2006 98.3 92.9 93.2 97.3 100.0 95.7 96.0 94.8 94.6 95.6 96.7 98.4 95.8
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 35.9 18.2 20.4 40.3 39.1 29.6 28.0 29.9 28.8 32.2 32.7 10.4 28.8
2006 62.5 38.9 36.9 61.2 66.7 52.3 51.0 52.8 50.1 55.3 58.1 28.9 51.6
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