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Hastings District

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People data for Hastings 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 Hastings 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 Hastings 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 11,754 22.2 5,868 36.1 1,455 42.1 528 27.7 93 27.2 17,103 24.1
15 - 24 5,940 11.2 2,826 17.4 594 17.2 273 14.3 72 21.1 8,859 12.5
25 - 44 13,155 24.8 4,221 26.0 864 25.0 669 35.1 141 41.2 18,318 25.9
45 - 64 14,058 26.5 2,658 16.4 426 12.3 354 18.6 33 9.6 17,457 24.6
65 - 74 4,158 7.8 471 2.9 84 2.4 63 3.3 3 0.9 4,812 6.8
75+ 3,924 7.4 189 1.2 33 1.0 27 1.4 0 0 4,287 6.1
Total 52,998 100.0 16,233 100.0 3,459 100.0 1,908 100.0 342 100.0 70,839 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 77.9 23.8 5.1 2.8 0.5 110.1
Sex
Male 25,494 48.1 7,833 48.3 1,779 51.4 969 50.8 189 55.3 34,437 48.6
Female 27,501 51.9 8,400 51.7 1,677 48.5 939 49.2 153 44.7 36,402 51.4
    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 68,100  -  - 1,166 557 609
1997 68,600 500 0.7 1,111 548 563
1998 68,900 300 0.4 1,047 528 519
1999 69,000 100 0.1 1,068 580 488
2000 69,300 300 0.4 1,115 529 586
2001 69,600 300 0.4 1,068 556 512
2002 70,400 800 1.1 1,030 540 490
2003 71,100 700 1.0 1,019 617 402
2004 71,900 800 1.1 1,096 584 512
2005 72,400 500 0.7 1,044 592 452
2006 73,200 800 1.1 1,110 559 551
2007 73,600 400 0.5 1,161 593 568
2008 73,900 300 0.4 1,138 558 580

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   76,800 80,000 82,900 85,700 88,200 15,100 21.0
Medium 73,200 75,400 77,300 78,800 80,200 81,100 7,900 11.0
Low   74,100 74,500 74,700 74,700 74,200 1,000 1.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 8,349 40.7 7,590 34.8 7,128 31.8 6,774 29.2 7,212 29.2
Couples without children 4,734 23.1 5,256 24.1 5,823 26.0 6,117 26.4 6,720 27.2
Multi-family 384 1.9 432 2.0 564 2.5 555 2.4 738 3.0
One parent family 2,316 11.3 3,180 14.6 3,225 14.4 3,417 14.7 3,303 13.4
One person 3,717 18.1 4,332 19.9 4,743 21.1 5,463 23.5 5,835 23.6
Other multi-person 999 4.9 999 4.6 951 4.2 888 3.8 921 3.7
Total 20,499 100.0 21,789 100.0 22,431 100.0 23,214 100.0 24,729 100.0
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Indicator data for Hastings 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) 73.5 78.5 75.9 80.5 75.8 80.6

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 7,509 36.3 6,774 31.5 14,277 33.8
1996 5,907 28.4 6,090 27.9 12,003 28.1
2006 5,703 27.0 6,144 27.0 11,847 27.0
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 4,017 37.7 5,919 37.6 3,294 31.3 1,047 17.6
1996 2,658 32.9 5,736 33.1 2,844 23.0 765 10.8
2006 2,397 30.4 5,268 31.5 3,507 21.9 675 8.2
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 3,381 24.7 1,797 40.3 282 30.3 120 20.3 642 21.0 5,703 27.0
Female 3,588 23.7 2,535 47.6 240 27.5 39 7.0 513 17.7 6,144 27.0
Total 6,960 24.1 4,323 44.1 525 28.5 171 15.0 1,152 19.5 11,847 27.0
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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 95 99 97 1,101 1,161 2,262
2002 100 103 102 1,075 1,207 2,282
2003 106 102 104 1,174 1,146 2,320
2004 117 112 114 1,244 1,274 2,518
2005 112 110 111 1,192 1,175 2,367
2006 95 109 102 1,019 1,164 2,183
2007 102 97 100 1,121 1,045 2,166
2008 97 105 101 1,034 1,157 2,191
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 578 96.2 382 87.6 42 72.4 9 90.0 3 100.0 1,014 91.5
2001 611 97.3 406 89.2 37 82.2 19 86.4 1 50.0 1,074 93.2
2002 587 96.5 414 88.5 60 89.6 18 100.0 3 75.0 1,083 92.9
2003 613 98.4 411 92.8 54 88.5 24 100.0 9 100.0 1,111 95.8
2004 572 97.6 367 89.5 65 89.0 20 83.3 10 100.0 1,034 93.7
2005 574 98.1 406 91.4 60 84.5 26 92.9 8 100.0 1,074 94.5
2006 570 99.3 367 93.4 74 100.0 29 96.7 11 91.7 1,051 97.0
2007 601 99.5 341 92.7 59 85.5 32 100.0 7 87.5 1,040 96.2
2008 514 99.4 361 93.5 80 92.0 32 94.1 8 100.0 995 96.4

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 48.4 58.3 603 53.3 24.2 28.3 297 26.3
2006 54.3 63.2 609 58.7 28.7 37.6 343 33.0
2007 60.8 72.9 714 66.4 32.1 45.9 414 38.5
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 471 66.5 103 30.8 12 20.3 15 57.7 2 66.7 603 53.3
2006 447 66.8 130 43.5 19 38.8 11 61.1 2 66.7 609 58.7
2007 534 73.9 134 50.6 28 47.5 16 69.6 2 40.0 714 66.4
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 255 36.0 29 8.7 1 1.7 11 42.3 1 33.3 297 26.3
2006 292 43.6 40 13.4 3 6.1 6 33.3 2 66.7 343 33.0
2007 329 45.5 62 23.4 10 16.9 11 47.8 2 40.0 414 38.5

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 5,739 75.0 5,220 68.2 10,959 71.6
Female 7,104 80.3 5,520 68.2 12,627 74.5
Total 12,843 77.8 10,743 68.3 23,586 73.1
At least tertiary
Male 1,035 13.5 888 11.6 1,923 12.6
Female 1,536 17.4 900 11.1 2,439 14.4
Total 2,571 15.6 1,791 11.4 4,362 13.5
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 13,452 57.7 1,227 29.1 162 30.7 105 53.0 18 85.7 14,638 53.0
1991 14,876 62.1 1,659 34.2 180 30.9 219 57.0 18 100.0 16,572 57.0
1996 15,772 62.4 2,211 37.9 282 33.0 213 43.8 42 58.3 17,567 57.3
2001 17,330 73.3 2,583 48.7 513 53.4 420 71.4 42 77.8 19,918 68.5
2006 20,244 77.6 3,276 55.1 594 56.6 621 75.3 129 87.8 23,586 73.1
At least tertiary
1986 1,160 5.0 36 0.9 3 0.6 24 12.1 6 28.6 1,213 4.4
1991 1,324 5.5 63 1.3 6 1.0 39 10.2 3 16.7 1,414 4.9
1996 1,791 7.1 108 1.9 15 1.8 51 10.5 15 20.8 1,905 6.2
2001 2,357 10.0 180 3.4 15 1.6 81 13.8 12 22.2 2,561 8.8
2006 3,918 15.0 363 6.1 33 3.1 171 20.7 42 28.6 4,362 13.5
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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 3,963 1,432 5,395 73.5 26.5
2003 4,175 1,503 5,678 73.5 26.5
2004 4,369 1,521 5,890 74.2 25.8
2005 4,435 1,623 6,058 73.2 26.8
2006 4,151 1,723 5,874 70.7 29.3
2007 3,946 1,687 5,633 70.1 29.9
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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 7,959 18.9 2,850 31.9 264 24.2 60 18.7 12 33.3 10,701 21.1
1991 11,199 26.8 4,665 48.1 594 47.8 204 37.4 6 15.4 15,867 30.8
1996 10,863 25.8 4,788 46.2 705 46.4 285 42.0 36 38.7 15,084 29.7
2001 8,301 20.8 3,852 39.7 774 44.8 342 38.4 24 29.6 12,192 24.9
2006 7,734 17.7 3,036 28.9 645 33.4 357 30.4 51 26.2 10,701 20.0
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 3,858 28.0 912 11.6 2,232 15.6 1,482 15.9 2,211 39.9 10,701 21.1
1991 5,190 39.0 1,554 22.0 3,501 23.4 2,370 23.8 3,252 52.4 15,867 30.8
1996 5,205 39.6 1,533 25.1 3,399 23.2 2,151 20.5 2,796 43.8 15,084 29.7
2001 4,269 33.5 1,080 21.6 2,700 19.9 1,959 17.0 2,184 35.2 12,192 24.9
2006 3,348 25.8 882 15.6 2,034 14.6 1,845 13.4 2,589 36.7 10,701 20.0
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 4,599 18.6 6,102 23.5
1991 6,885 27.5 8,985 34.0
1996 6,612 26.8 8,475 32.5
2001 5,277 22.2 6,915 27.4
2006 4,788 18.5 5,910 21.5

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 3,993 8.4 4,323 37.4 549 40.0 51 13.4 9 23.1 8,601 14.3
1991 3,630 7.7 4,011 32.8 633 40.3 264 38.1 6 15.4 8,238 13.5
1996 3,014 6.3 3,962 29.0 825 37.4 226 25.6 58 44.6 7,267 11.9
2001 2,610 5.6 3,909 28.7 1,095 39.6 405 32.1 30 24.4 7,407 12.1
2006 2,775 5.6 4,386 30.4 1,218 40.5 471 28.7 48 17.6 8,037 12.4
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 2,028 19.5 1,206 19.5 2,409 24.0 2,061 12.2 777 7.3 120 2.1 8,601 14.3
1991 2,121 19.6 933 17.7 2,061 22.2 2,259 12.6 732 6.4 129 2.0 8,238 13.5
1996 2,185 20.0 840 16.8 1,552 18.6 1,965 11.2 607 4.8 118 1.7 7,267 11.9
2001 2,109 19.8 972 17.2 1,473 20.3 1,995 11.8 720 5.2 138 2.0 7,407 12.1
2006 2,226 21.4 1,023 17.9 1,635 20.6 2,007 11.9 981 6.0 165 2.1 8,037 12.4
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 4,233 14.4 4,371 14.3
1991 4,137 13.9 4,101 13.1
1996 3,565 11.9 3,702 11.8
2001 3,675 12.3 3,735 11.8
2006 3,885 12.3 4,155 12.4
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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 (%) 57.0 58.0 54.2 69.0 55.0 41.0 42.0

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 9 38.0 1 33.0 9 33.0 0 0.0 8 29.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 7 47.0 0 n/a 5 33.0 0 n/a 6 43.0 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 1,389 23.7 1,035 26.4 969 26.6 480 42.0 267 57.8 4,149 27.6
Total population 1,515 9.0 1,164 8.7 1,110 5.8 555 6.2 294 3.7 4,641 7.0
2001 Māori 1,341 22.7 1,035 27.4 1,020 26.7 504 37.8 282 53.4 4,188 27.2
Total population 1,482 8.7 1,197 9.9 1,215 6.3 603 5.7 324 3.9 4,827 7.2
2006 Māori 1,185 20.2 1,047 27.4 1,155 27.9 549 31.6 297 45.0 4,233 26.1
  Total population 1,293 7.6 1,185 9.6 1,311 6.6 669 5.5 339 3.7 4,800 6.8

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  (%) 18.8 19.1 72.4 74.5 45.4 45.3
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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 87.2 86.6
2002 88.0 88.6
2003 89.3 88.7
2004 88.7 39.4
2005 88.2 41.9
2006/2007 81.1 85.9
2007/2008 86.1 85.9

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 243 356.3 8.8
2002 344 490.0 11.4
2003 335 475.2 14.2
2004 346 486.6 12.7
2005 395 553.2 32.2
2006 408 568.2 15.3
2007 367 498.6 21.7
2008 295 399.2 9.5
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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 97.4 83.9 80.5 91.7 81.0 93.8 94.5 91.5 91.8 94.2 97.0 98.1 94.2
2001 98.1 87.1 84.4 92.6 92.9 95.0 95.3 93.2 93.1 94.7 97.3 98.5 95.2
2006 99.0 93.3 93.3 98.7 97.8 97.4 97.7 96.6 96.9 97.4 98.3 99.1 97.6
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 41.7 21.1 14.1 31.2 35.7 37.6 35.4 38.4 37.8 39.5 41.1 14.8 36.5
2006 68.2 40.2 35.8 56.5 63.3 62.3 60.2 63.2 60.8 65.3 67.2 36.8 61.2
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