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Gore District

This section provides people and indicator data for Gore District.

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People data for Gore 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 Gore 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 Gore 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 2,271 20.6 384 34.4 24 34.8 30 29.4 0 0 2,559 21.1
15 - 24 1,212 11.0 210 18.8 15 21.7 12 11.8 3 33.3 1,389 11.5
25 - 44 2,697 24.5 282 25.3 21 30.4 30 29.4 6 66.7 3,012 24.9
45 - 64 2,877 26.1 192 17.2 6 8.7 21 20.6 0 0 3,111 25.7
65 - 74 975 8.9 30 2.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 1,029 8.5
75+ 978 8.9 12 1.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 1,008 8.3
Total 11,004 100.0 1,116 100.0 69 100.0 102 100.0 9 100.0 12,108 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 93.6 9.5 0.6 0.9 0.1 104.6
Sex
Male 5,376 48.9 552 49.5 33 47.8 45 44.1 6 66.7 5,943 49.1
Female 5,628 51.1 564 50.5 33 47.8 60 58.8 3 33.3 6,165 50.9
    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 13,500  -  - 194 146 48
1997 13,400 -100 -0.7 202 126 76
1998 13,200 -200 -1.5 191 129 62
1999 13,000 -200 -1.5 171 128 43
2000 12,850 -150 -1.2 152 108 44
2001 12,750 -100 -0.8 158 115 43
2002 12,650 -100 -0.8 151 135 16
2003 12,650 0 0.0 177 113 64
2004 12,600 -50 -0.4 169 124 45
2005 12,500 -100 -0.8 152 106 46
2006 12,400 -100 -0.8 155 114 41
2007 12,300 -100 -0.8 153 122 31
2008 12,250 -50 -0.4 172 149 23

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   12,300 12,200 12,100 11,900 11,600 -800 -6.0
Medium 12,400 12,000 11,700 11,300 10,900 10,300 -2,100 -17.0
Low   11,800 11,200 10,500 9,800 9,100 -3,300 -27.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 2,025 43.6 1,833 38.2 1,674 34.8 1,401 29.4 1,371 28.8
Couples without children 1,080 23.3 1,188 24.8 1,317 27.4 1,410 29.6 1,443 30.3
Multi-family 21 0.5 36 0.8 51 1.1 33 0.7 30 0.6
One parent family 402 8.7 459 9.6 450 9.4 465 9.8 411 8.6
One person 912 19.7 1,092 22.8 1,131 23.5 1,302 27.3 1,344 28.3
Other multi-person 204 4.4 195 4.1 180 3.7 153 3.2 153 3.2
Total 4,641 100.0 4,800 100.0 4,806 100.0 4,764 100.0 4,755 100.0
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Indicator data for Gore 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) 73.3 79.0 74.5 80.1 75.9 81.9

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 1,950 37.1 1,449 29.7 3,384 33.3
1996 1,320 29.0 1,161 26.5 2,481 27.7
2006 1,017 27.0 990 25.9 2,031 26.7
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 948 33.9 1,341 37.5 879 33.1 216 15.8
1996 516 32.8 1,161 31.0 618 24.2 186 10.8
2006 387 30.0 882 31.3 621 21.3 141 7.6
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 783 27.7 141 41.3 6 16.9 6 11.5 144 21.5 1,017 27.2
Female 768 25.4 171 46.0 0 0.0 3 5.2 117 19.4 990 26.2
Total 1,551 26.5 312 45.3 9 18.0 6 7.4 246 18.8 2,031 26.6
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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 51 90 69 99 147 246
2002 56 90 74 94 171 265
2003 53 111 84 78 188 266
2004 42 117 77 69 175 244
2005 65 105 85 113 174 287
2006 67 105 86 115 180 295
2007 94 126 108 154 172 326
2008 75 140 107 123 225 348
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 159 97.5 13 68.4 2 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 176 94.6
2001 144 96.6 19 95.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 165 96.5
2002 138 100.0 16 88.9 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 155 98.7
2003 154 90.1 19 90.5 1 100.0 5 100.0 0 0.0 179 90.4
2004 155 96.9 19 90.5 0 0.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 177 96.2
2005 124 99.2 20 95.2 1 100.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 147 98.7
2006 126 95.5 22 88.0 1 100.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 151 93.8
2007 126 95.5 21 100.0 1 100.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 151 96.2
2008 112 96.6 12 92.3 1 50.0 0 0.0 3 100.0 128 95.5

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 58.1 73.3 106 66.3 21.6 43.0 53 33.1
2006 64.6 80.9 140 72.5 35.4 50.0 82 42.5
2007 63.9 82.4 144 72.4 27.8 50.5 76 38.2
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 97 66.9 9 60.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 106 66.3
2006 130 74.7 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 140 72.5
2007 133 73.5 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 144 72.4
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 53 33.1
2006 76 43.7 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 82 42.5
2007 74 40.9 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 76 38.2

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 939 68.8 822 57.1 1,761 62.8
Female 1,146 78.6 783 56.1 1,932 67.7
Total 2,085 73.9 1,605 56.6 3,693 65.3
At least tertiary
Male 90 6.6 102 7.1 195 7.0
Female 183 12.6 90 6.5 273 9.6
Total 273 9.7 189 6.7 465 8.2
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 2,763 47.2 87 28.4 6 66.7 12 57.1 3 50.0 2,838 46.2
1991 3,129 52.4 123 33.9 3 20.0 21 63.6 3 50.0 3,252 51.3
1996 3,291 53.9 198 39.1 9 60.0 15 50.0 3 50.0 3,417 52.7
2001 3,354 63.0 171 41.9 15 62.5 33 91.7 3 100.0 3,486 61.7
2006 3,519 66.6 186 43.7 15 71.4 45 83.3 6 200.0 3,693 65.3
At least tertiary
1986 222 3.8 0 0.0 3 33.3 3 14.3 0 0.0 225 3.7
1991 234 3.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 18.2 0 0.0 240 3.8
1996 279 4.6 6 1.2 0 0.0 3 10.0 3 50.0 288 4.4
2001 321 6.0 6 1.5 6 25.0 3 8.3 0 0.0 333 5.9
2006 441 8.3 15 3.5 6 28.6 12 22.2 3 100.0 465 8.2
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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 1,193 451 1,644 72.6 27.4
2003 931 359 1,290 72.2 27.8
2004 629 250 879 71.6 28.4
2005 694 248 942 73.7 26.3
2006 706 291 997 70.8 29.2
2007 707 297 1,004 70.4 29.6
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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 2,184 21.0 156 24.4 0 0.0 9 23.1 0 0.0 2,316 21.1
1991 3,141 29.7 372 46.6 6 20.0 9 18.8 9 100.0 3,465 30.5
1996 2,667 25.5 441 41.5 24 57.1 21 41.2 6 50.0 3,006 26.7
2001 1,830 20.1 234 28.4 15 31.3 21 38.9 0 0.0 2,046 21.0
2006 1,773 19.9 216 27.0 9 17.6 9 10.7 0 0.0 1,953 20.3
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 741 26.6 189 10.5 528 17.3 348 16.4 510 41.1 2,316 21.1
1991 1,005 36.9 330 21.9 798 23.2 564 25.1 762 53.4 3,465 30.5
1996 933 33.9 240 19.4 678 20.0 438 19.2 717 45.7 3,006 26.7
2001 642 28.1 135 14.2 411 14.7 318 14.2 540 36.6 2,046 21.0
2006 483 23.6 132 13.4 306 12.7 372 14.5 663 41.5 1,953 20.3
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,041 18.9 1,275 23.3
1991 1,542 27.0 1,923 34.1
1996 1,314 23.5 1,692 30.0
2001 846 17.3 1,200 24.6
2006 852 17.9 1,101 22.7

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 1,050 8.6 279 31.8 3 11.1 12 23.5 0 0.0 1,350 10.1
1991 699 5.9 222 22.3 3 7.7 3 5.0 6 40.0 951 7.3
1996 500 4.4 222 18.6 15 25.9 2 3.6 4 28.6 711 5.7
2001 330 3.2 159 14.5 30 41.7 9 12.5 0 0.0 471 4.1
2006 219 2.2 114 11.3 3 5.0 12 12.9 0 0.0 375 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 243 11.2 189 14.6 441 18.9 282 7.6 186 7.4 12 0.9 1,350 10.1
1991 222 10.4 123 11.4 249 13.3 246 6.2 105 4.2 12 0.8 951 7.3
1996 199 9.6 95 9.6 165 10.4 189 5.0 56 2.2 7 0.4 711 5.7
2001 135 7.7 75 7.8 99 7.7 123 3.7 24 0.9 12 0.7 471 4.1
2006 90 5.8 45 4.8 102 7.7 84 2.9 42 1.4 15 0.9 375 3.3
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 723 10.7 624 9.5
1991 501 7.6 447 6.9
1996 353 5.6 358 5.7
2001 240 4.2 231 4.0
2006 177 3.2 198 3.5
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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 (%) 78.0 75.0 73.3 71.0 72.0 66.0 66.0

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 7 41.0 1 25.0 4 33.0 0 0.0 5 19.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 2 20.0 0 n/a 4 36.0 0 n/a 1 9.0 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 105 18.7 60 19.4 81 27.0 48 45.7 6 20.0 291 22.3
Total population 141 4.4 81 3.2 102 2.6 51 2.7 6 0.3 384 2.9
2001 Māori 123 24.7 51 16.3 60 20.6 39 37.1 9 30.0 291 23.6
Total population 138 4.9 99 4.6 102 2.8 48 2.5 15 0.8 402 3.2
2006 Māori 60 15.5 48 17.2 57 20.7 33 25.6 18 42.9 210 18.8
  Total population 66 2.6 66 3.4 81 2.3 39 1.8 18 0.9 276 2.3

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  (%) 13.2 15.2 73.9 76.2 35.5 36.4
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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 32.7 65.6
2002 86.0 16.3
2003 86.0 15.8
2004 82.3 15.9
2005 82.9 16.0
2006/2007 1.7 16.3
2007/2008 86.2 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 66 521.7 0.0
2002 87 687.7 15.8
2003 66 525.9 23.9
2004 75 600.0 16.0
2005 57 461.5 0.0
2006 59 481.6 16.3
2007 37 300.8 16.3
2008 62 506.1 40.8
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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 97.2 88.8 78.9 100.0 100.0 96.3 96.6 95.4 94.7 96.5 97.5 97.9 96.4
2001 98.0 91.3 95.7 95.8 100.0 97.0 97.9 96.8 96.5 97.1 98.1 98.7 97.4
2006 99.2 96.4 100.0 96.8 150.0 98.8 99.1 99.4 98.9 98.7 98.9 ..s 98.9
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 32.1 24.8 21.7 20.8 50.0 32.1 31.3 38.9 34.3 37.2 30.6 ..s 31.7
2006 62.0 42.8 45.0 64.5 100.0 62.0 60.1 71.0 60.9 68.5 65.0 ..s 61.0
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