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Horowhenua District

This section provides people and indicator data for Horowhenua District.

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People data for Horowhenua 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 Horowhenua 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 Horowhenua 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 4,848 19.8 2,295 37.8 471 46.4 216 28.2 24 33.3 6,345 21.2
15 - 24 2,391 9.8 966 15.9 153 15.1 90 11.8 18 25.0 3,114 10.4
25 - 44 5,223 21.3 1,515 24.9 237 23.4 189 24.7 18 25.0 6,699 22.4
45 - 64 6,564 26.8 993 16.3 120 11.8 198 25.9 9 12.5 7,731 25.9
65 - 74 2,946 12.0 204 3.4 27 2.7 48 6.3 0 0 3,255 10.9
75+ 2,547 10.4 102 1.7 9 0.9 24 3.1 3 4.2 2,727 9.1
Total 24,519 100.0 6,075 100.0 1,014 100.0 765 100.0 72 100.0 29,865 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 84.7 21.0 3.5 2.6 0.2 112.0
Sex
Male 11,706 47.7 2,910 47.9 495 48.8 354 46.3 33 45.8 14,301 47.9
Female 12,816 52.3 3,168 52.1 516 50.9 414 54.1 36 50.0 15,564 52.1
    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 30,800  -  - 471 390 81
1997 30,800 0 0.0 471 353 118
1998 30,800 0 0.0 430 324 106
1999 30,700 -100 -0.3 425 417 8
2000 30,700 0 0.0 403 381 22
2001 30,600 -100 -0.3 375 398 -23
2002 30,600 0 0.0 341 368 -27
2003 30,600 0 0.0 375 392 -17
2004 30,600 0 0.0 350 393 -43
2005 30,600 0 0.0 368 326 42
2006 30,600 0 0.0 382 361 21
2007 30,500 -100 -0.3 418 320 98
2008 30,600 100 0.3 438 355 83

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   31,300 31,900 32,300 32,500 32,400 1,900 6.0
Medium 30,600 30,700 30,600 30,300 29,900 29,200 -1,400 -5.0
Low   30,000 29,300 28,400 27,400 26,100 -4,500 -15.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 3,627 37.4 3,372 31.9 3,081 28.3 2,733 24.3 2,691 22.9
Couples without children 2,619 27.0 3,057 29.0 3,252 29.8 3,405 30.3 3,678 31.3
Multi-family 126 1.3 159 1.5 225 2.1 174 1.5 198 1.7
One parent family 924 9.5 1,218 11.5 1,440 13.2 1,467 13.0 1,419 12.1
One person 2,019 20.8 2,367 22.4 2,625 24.1 3,141 27.9 3,441 29.3
Other multi-person 381 3.9 387 3.7 285 2.6 333 3.0 327 2.8
Total 9,699 100.0 10,554 100.0 10,905 100.0 11,253 100.0 11,754 100.0
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Indicator data for Horowhenua 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) 72.0 77.2 73.4 77.8 76.0 80.1

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 3,471 37.0 3,066 32.5 6,537 34.6
1996 2,766 28.7 2,979 29.6 5,751 29.2
2006 2,619 30.1 3,006 31.8 5,619 31.0
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,662 36.7 2,316 37.0 1,785 34.1 774 20.5
1996 969 29.6 2,631 35.5 1,512 24.9 639 13.2
2006 930 32.6 2,325 37.3 1,836 25.5 528 9.7
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,806 28.6 639 38.1 90 35.4 66 29.0 309 27.0 2,619 30.0
Female 2,127 30.5 945 48.3 69 26.5 33 13.7 279 23.9 3,006 31.9
Total 3,933 29.7 1,581 43.6 165 33.2 84 18.5 591 26.2 5,619 31.0
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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 73 88 80 333 407 740
2002 81 82 82 323 379 702
2003 87 88 88 373 361 734
2004 88 95 92 333 418 751
2005 90 102 96 329 384 713
2006 90 109 99 329 400 729
2007 83 93 88 328 381 709
2008 88 89 89 322 353 675
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 278 94.9 116 85.3 6 60.0 9 90.0 2 100.0 411 91.1
2001 251 93.3 133 88.1 10 66.7 11 100.0 2 100.0 407 90.8
2002 271 97.1 130 89.0 20 90.9 15 93.8 0 0.0 436 94.2
2003 258 96.6 142 94.0 26 92.9 10 100.0 1 100.0 437 95.6
2004 201 95.3 135 90.0 21 91.3 10 90.9 0 0.0 367 92.9
2005 230 95.8 142 97.3 19 73.1 12 92.3 2 66.7 405 94.6
2006 218 96.9 137 93.2 19 90.5 9 100.0 3 100.0 386 95.3
2007 212 95.5 106 95.5 23 88.5 8 100.0 4 100.0 353 95.1
2008 189 99.0 139 97.2 25 96.2 13 100.0 3 100.0 369 98.1

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 32.8 53.5 167 43.5 13.4 26.3 77 20.1
2006 41.7 54.5 182 48.5 12.6 29.0 80 21.3
2007 55.7 64.5 207 60.0 20.5 38.5 101 29.3
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 132 52.6 24 21.6 1 10.0 10 83.3 0 0.0 167 43.5
2006 132 53.9 36 34.0 7 43.8 7 87.5 0 0.0 182 48.5
2007 151 65.4 42 48.3 6 35.3 6 75.0 2 100.0 207 60.0
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 66 26.3 4 3.6 1 10.0 6 50.0 0 0.0 77 20.1
2006 66 26.9 8 7.5 1 6.3 5 62.5 0 0.0 80 21.3
2007 76 32.9 18 20.7 0 0.0 6 75.0 1 50.0 101 29.3

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 1,854 65.7 2,025 59.7 3,879 62.4
Female 2,442 73.2 2,076 57.3 4,521 65.0
Total 4,296 69.8 4,104 58.5 8,400 63.8
At least tertiary
Male 189 6.7 270 8.0 456 7.3
Female 360 10.8 291 8.0 651 9.4
Total 549 8.9 558 8.0 1,107 8.4
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 5,280 50.1 372 26.7 51 40.5 87 39.2 6 66.7 5,681 47.2
1991 6,183 53.9 627 34.8 81 40.9 120 44.4 6 50.0 6,831 50.9
1996 6,159 51.7 855 38.6 78 29.2 126 36.5 3 33.3 6,756 48.8
2001 6,462 60.9 936 47.3 147 57.0 201 70.5 15 83.3 7,365 59.1
2006 7,320 65.7 1,203 53.5 174 59.2 264 72.1 21 70.0 8,400 63.8
At least tertiary
1986 432 4.1 21 1.5 6 4.8 15 6.8 0 0.0 459 3.8
1991 492 4.3 24 1.3 0 0.0 21 7.8 0 0.0 525 3.9
1996 585 4.9 39 1.8 0 0.0 24 7.0 0 0.0 617 4.5
2001 660 6.2 75 3.8 9 3.5 27 9.5 0 0.0 744 6.0
2006 960 8.6 126 5.6 15 5.1 54 14.8 6 20.0 1,107 8.4
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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 1,159 413 1,572 73.7 26.3
2003 1,100 370 1,470 74.8 25.2
2004 1,131 385 1,516 74.6 25.4
2005 1,021 346 1,367 74.7 25.3
2006 941 344 1,285 73.2 26.8
2007 1,026 340 1,366 75.1 24.9
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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 4,914 25.0 933 29.6 81 32.5 102 25.6 12 50.0 5,781 25.5
1991 6,687 32.9 1,641 45.7 180 55.0 120 29.4 6 50.0 8,187 34.6
1996 7,128 33.4 2,046 46.1 303 56.1 171 31.7 9 33.3 8,679 35.4
2001 5,592 29.0 1,521 39.5 252 48.0 135 27.1 6 22.2 6,777 30.4
2006 5,682 28.1 1,437 32.9 240 39.0 186 31.3 24 47.1 6,771 29.0
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,704 30.1 402 12.1 1,029 18.3 987 21.6 1,656 47.7 5,781 25.5
1991 2,214 39.8 708 23.2 1,551 25.4 1,443 28.3 2,268 58.7 8,187 34.6
1996 2,661 44.5 705 26.6 1,701 26.8 1,425 26.7 2,187 51.5 8,679 35.4
2001 2,013 39.1 495 25.4 1,326 24.5 1,284 23.2 1,662 39.2 6,777 30.4
2006 1,578 32.1 483 21.8 1,083 20.8 1,458 23.2 2,169 45.7 6,771 29.0
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,550 23.1 3,231 27.9
1991 3,552 31.0 4,635 38.0
1996 3,831 32.3 4,848 38.2
2001 2,988 27.7 3,786 32.8
2006 3,048 27.2 3,720 30.6

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 1,932 8.7 1,269 31.3 105 31.0 51 11.3 18 50.0 3,204 12.0
1991 1,836 8.0 1,356 29.8 177 36.4 78 15.2 0 0.0 3,297 11.8
1996 1,390 5.9 1,191 22.8 248 35.3 89 13.8 1 3.0 2,535 9.1
2001 1,272 5.7 1,104 21.1 258 30.5 75 12.3 6 15.4 2,349 8.6
2006 1,041 4.6 1,089 19.5 354 38.1 102 14.2 12 18.2 2,247 8.1
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 762 17.4 462 18.0 891 21.0 759 11.3 276 5.2 51 1.4 3,204 12.0
1991 858 18.9 420 18.8 792 19.9 870 11.8 306 5.3 51 1.2 3,297 11.8
1996 803 17.1 308 14.1 488 14.5 637 8.8 252 4.2 47 1.1 2,535 9.1
2001 711 16.7 321 13.9 462 16.4 591 8.7 210 3.2 51 1.1 2,349 8.6
2006 630 16.3 336 15.2 441 15.0 552 8.9 237 3.3 51 1.0 2,247 8.1
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,638 12.5 1,563 11.5
1991 1,689 12.4 1,608 11.2
1996 1,202 8.9 1,333 9.2
2001 1,134 8.6 1,218 8.6
2006 1,095 8.2 1,155 8.0
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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 (%) 66.0 63.0 59.9 67.0 62.0 53.0 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 7 37.0 0 0.0 5 21.0 0 0.0 3 18.0 1 33.0
Women voted in 2 22.0 0 n/a 3 30.0 0 n/a 2 20.0 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 408 18.3 312 23.0 315 22.9 156 34.2 87 35.8 1,278 22.6
Total population 459 6.5 366 6.8 384 4.9 183 3.9 102 2.0 1,497 5.0
2001 Māori 402 17.9 273 21.8 345 23.0 141 26.3 96 37.2 1,251 21.6
Total population 477 7.0 339 7.6 405 5.2 174 3.3 120 2.2 1,518 5.1
2006 Māori 369 16.1 261 20.4 390 25.3 183 28.0 105 34.7 1,308 21.5
  Total population 408 6.4 309 7.2 471 6.2 225 3.9 126 2.1 1,536 5.1

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  (%) 33.9 28.2 79.3 83.2 55.4 53.2
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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 86.1 0.0
2002 81.2 0.0
2003 86.1 0.0
2004 86.1 0.0
2005 86.1 0.0
2006/2007 87.7 0.0
2007/2008 87.4 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 131 432.3 19.8
2002 131 428.1 9.8
2003 126 411.8 6.5
2004 92 300.7 13.1
2005 115 377.0 13.1
2006 129 423.0 36.1
2007 138 452.5 26.2
2008 133 434.6 16.3
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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 95.3 81.8 69.9 96.2 91.7 92.4 93.3 89.6 89.8 92.1 95.7 97.7 92.8
2001 96.9 89.6 74.7 98.5 92.3 94.8 95.7 93.2 92.5 94.4 97.1 98.7 95.3
2006 98.4 95.2 94.2 98.7 95.2 97.2 98.1 97.0 97.1 97.3 98.0 98.8 97.7
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 30.8 20.8 13.0 34.5 46.2 30.2 28.2 32.1 32.2 33.5 33.1 ..s 29.2
2006 57.0 44.2 30.0 59.4 52.4 55.4 53.7 58.3 55.7 60.2 61.6 32.9 54.5
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