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Hurunui District

This section provides people and indicator data for Hurunui District.

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People data for Hurunui 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 Hurunui 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 Hurunui 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 2,112 21.6 231 39.1 9 23.1 15 20.0 9 27.3 2,235 21.3
15 - 24 900 9.2 81 13.7 6 15.4 12 16.0 3 9.1 987 9.4
25 - 44 2,421 24.7 159 26.9 21 53.8 30 40.0 12 36.4 2,643 25.2
45 - 64 2,925 29.9 105 17.8 9 23.1 9 12.0 3 9.1 3,117 29.8
65 - 74 843 8.6 18 3.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 888 8.5
75+ 588 6.0 3 0.5 0 0.0 3 4.0 0 0 606 5.8
Total 9,792 100.0 591 100.0 39 100.0 75 100.0 33 100.0 10,476 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 97.1 5.9 0.4 0.7 0.3 104.4
Sex
Male 4,920 50.2 300 50.8 15 38.5 30 40.0 18 54.5 5,277 50.4
Female 4,872 49.8 294 49.7 27 69.2 42 56.0 15 45.5 5,199 49.6
    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 9,620  -  - 144 72 72
1997 9,670 50 0.5 132 63 69
1998 9,820 150 1.6 121 61 60
1999 9,900 80 0.8 127 61 66
2000 9,970 70 0.7 119 49 70
2001 10,150 180 1.8 120 63 57
2002 10,250 100 1.0 120 65 55
2003 10,350 100 1.0 145 49 96
2004 10,550 200 1.9 140 65 75
2005 10,650 100 0.9 139 63 76
2006 10,750 100 0.9 130 88 42
2007 10,800 50 0.5 125 68 57
2008 10,900 100 0.9 131 68 63

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   11,500 12,200 12,800 13,400 13,900 3,100 29.0
Medium 10,800 11,300 11,700 12,100 12,400 12,600 1,900 18.0
Low   11,000 11,200 11,300 11,400 11,400 600 6.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 1,332 45.5 1,206 38.0 1,176 33.8 1,116 29.9 1,233 30.2
Couples without children 816 27.9 1,005 31.6 1,191 34.3 1,305 34.9 1,461 35.8
Multi-family 9 0.3 24 0.8 27 0.8 15 0.4 21 0.5
One parent family 156 5.3 216 6.8 231 6.6 294 7.9 255 6.3
One person 528 18.0 642 20.2 768 22.1 903 24.2 987 24.2
Other multi-person 90 3.1 90 2.8 84 2.4 102 2.7 120 2.9
Total 2,928 100.0 3,177 100.0 3,477 100.0 3,735 100.0 4,077 100.0
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Indicator data for Hurunui 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) 75.0 80.4 77.0 82.2 79.0 82.6

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 1,146 34.2 771 24.5 1,914 31.0
1996 828 25.3 657 21.8 1,473 23.3
2006 765 22.3 669 20.4 1,446 21.6
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 420 31.1 906 35.0 477 30.2 111 17.7
1996 222 26.2 693 26.0 435 20.3 123 11.4
2006 192 21.1 669 27.5 477 16.5 108 7.8
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 630 22.4 66 39.3 0 0.0 3 3.6 90 17.7 765 22.6
Female 576 20.9 84 45.2 3 11.5 0 0.0 66 14.5 669 20.6
Total 1,206 21.6 150 44.8 9 24.9 9 9.1 159 15.5 1,446 21.6
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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 83 91 87 115 150 265
2002 87 80 83 117 114 231
2003 65 85 75 90 119 209
2004 84 79 81 110 113 223
2005 85 85 85 128 112 240
2006 74 88 81 114 136 250
2007 108 102 105 146 145 291
2008 86 111 98 127 152 279
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 112 93.3 4 80.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 116 92.8
2001 132 95.0 14 87.5 3 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 149 94.3
2002 121 91.0 8 72.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 130 89.0
2003 111 88.8 5 83.3 0 0.0 1 100.0 1 100.0 118 88.7
2004 103 92.0 8 88.9 0 0.0 1 100.0 2 100.0 114 91.9
2005 107 98.2 14 93.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 122 97.6
2006 111 97.4 5 71.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 118 95.9
2007 134 98.5 8 88.9 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 143 97.9
2008 120 97.6 16 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 138 97.9

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 37.8 47.8 25 41.7 8.1 21.7 8 13.3
2006 58.3 68.8 25 62.5 0.0 12.5 2 5.0
2007 51.9 47.1 30 49.2 14.8 14.7 9 14.8
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 24 46.2 1 12.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 41.7
2006 21 65.6 3 50.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 62.5
2007 28 57.1 2 16.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 30 49.2
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 8 15.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 13.3
2006 2 6.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 5.0
2007 7 14.3 2 16.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 14.8

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 909 78.7 1,050 71.1 1,962 74.6
Female 1,116 85.5 1,035 73.7 2,151 79.3
Total 2,025 82.3 2,085 72.3 4,113 77.0
At least tertiary
Male 126 10.9 138 9.3 264 10.0
Female 225 17.2 165 11.8 393 14.5
Total 348 14.1 306 10.6 657 12.3
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 2,463 58.9 42 35.0 6 100.0 6 66.7 6 100.0 2,508 58.3
1991 2,724 62.4 69 45.1 6 50.0 6 66.7 6 100.0 2,784 61.7
1996 2,991 62.8 114 43.7 12 44.4 6 28.6 6 100.0 3,069 62.1
2001 3,372 72.6 105 53.9 6 40.0 18 75.0 12 80.0 3,468 72.0
2006 3,987 77.4 144 62.3 15 71.4 39 92.9 21 100.0 4,113 77.0
At least tertiary
1986 192 4.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 192 4.5
1991 204 4.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 33.3 3 50.0 210 4.7
1996 273 5.7 6 2.3 3 11.1 3 14.3 3 50.0 279 5.6
2001 354 7.6 6 3.1 0 0.0 9 37.5 9 60.0 369 7.7
2006 636 12.3 15 6.5 0 0.0 15 35.7 9 42.9 657 12.3
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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 765 205 970 78.9 21.1
2003 750 255 1,005 74.6 25.4
2004 747 250 997 74.9 25.1
2005 732 249 981 74.6 25.4
2006 731 207 938 77.9 22.1
2007 665 202 867 76.7 23.3
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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 2,130 33.5 90 35.3 0 0.0 9 100.0 0 0.0 2,238 33.6
1991 2,661 39.7 120 43.0 18 66.7 6 50.0 0 0.0 2,796 39.8
1996 2,316 32.3 183 43.0 12 40.0 18 46.2 0 0.0 2,466 32.7
2001 1,845 25.7 141 41.2 6 20.0 18 46.2 3 20.0 1,977 26.0
2006 1,629 20.2 120 26.3 9 25.0 21 33.3 6 25.0 1,707 20.2
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 759 43.2 156 20.2 687 33.9 396 28.1 237 33.8 2,238 33.6
1991 837 46.6 171 27.4 768 35.7 600 37.5 417 48.9 2,796 39.8
1996 759 41.3 144 23.5 657 28.7 525 29.0 384 38.9 2,466 32.7
2001 597 33.1 144 23.5 456 21.8 438 21.2 342 33.5 1,977 26.0
2006 423 22.9 102 15.3 312 14.5 450 17.6 417 33.8 1,707 20.2
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,113 31.9 1,128 35.6
1991 1,377 38.1 1,416 41.5
1996 1,185 31.1 1,281 34.4
2001 945 24.6 1,035 27.7
2006 825 19.3 882 21.1

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 375 4.9 36 11.8 3 16.7 6 33.3 0 0.0 438 5.3
1991 417 5.4 72 20.0 0 0.0 3 25.0 0 0.0 501 5.9
1996 286 3.5 66 12.4 10 22.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 357 4.0
2001 243 2.9 33 7.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 37.5 303 3.3
2006 264 2.9 54 9.8 0 0.0 6 9.1 0 0.0 315 3.2
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 93 6.3 93 12.2 84 7.6 126 4.9 33 2.0 12 1.7 438 5.3
1991 123 8.4 78 10.6 105 11.3 150 5.7 33 1.7 12 1.4 501 5.9
1996 112 7.5 49 7.1 54 6.2 111 4.1 25 1.2 6 0.6 357 4.0
2001 87 6.1 45 5.8 54 6.3 90 3.6 33 1.3 3 0.3 303 3.3
2006 66 4.8 39 5.0 75 8.1 75 3.0 48 1.6 15 1.1 315 3.2
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 219 5.0 219 5.6
1991 270 6.1 237 5.7
1996 180 4.0 177 4.0
2001 147 3.2 159 3.5
2006 171 3.4 147 3.0
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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 (%) 80.0 69.0 64.9 68.0 58.0 61.0 51.0

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 29.0 2 40.0 4 29.0 0 0.0 4 29.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 4 44.0 0 n/a 2 22.0 0 n/a 4 44.0 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 18 8.5 21 15.2 24 14.8 18 31.6 0 0.0 75 12.8
Total population 24 1.1 30 2.1 42 1.4 27 1.8 0 0.0 123 1.3
2001 Māori 15 7.0 15 19.2 27 17.6 12 22.2 6 28.6 75 14.5
Total population 30 1.3 27 2.0 42 1.4 21 1.1 12 0.9 132 1.3
2006 Māori 21 9.1 15 13.9 24 13.6 15 26.3 3 14.3 75 12.6
  Total population 27 1.2 30 2.1 51 1.7 24 1.1 9 0.6 138 1.3

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  (%) ..s ..s 81.8 72.5 57.1 52.5
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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 0.0 0.0
2002 32.2 0.0
2003 24.4 0.0
2004 67.2 0.0
2005 12.9 0.0
2006/2007 45.2 0.0
2007/2008 23.6 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 78 776.1 19.9
2002 80 776.7 68.0
2003 88 842.1 95.7
2004 72 676.1 18.8
2005 95 875.6 92.2
2006 101 918.2 54.5
2007 116 1074.1 46.3
2008 96 880.7 18.3
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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 96.5 88.1 86.7 85.7 100.0 95.6 96.7 96.3 93.5 95.4 98.0 96.3 96.2
2001 97.8 92.8 90.9 100.0 100.0 97.2 98.2 97.8 96.5 97.5 98.2 97.7 97.7
2006 98.6 94.0 100.0 100.0 90.0 98.0 98.8 98.6 97.4 98.1 98.9 97.8 98.4
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 35.6 22.2 36.4 60.0 77.8 35.5 36.0 42.6 35.7 39.7 36.7 12.9 35.7
2006 67.3 53.0 66.7 77.3 100.0 66.4 67.9 78.4 65.1 73.4 67.8 ..s 67.1
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