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Kawerau District

This section provides people and indicator data for Kawerau District.

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People data for Kawerau 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 Kawerau 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 Kawerau 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 - 14 828 23.9 1,515 37.4 117 47.0 36 30.0 0 0 1,947 28.1
15 - 24 321 9.2 609 15.0 36 14.5 18 15.0 3 0.0 825 11.9
25 - 44 750 21.6 1,041 25.7 54 21.7 27 22.5 0 0 1,713 24.7
45 - 64 876 25.2 726 17.9 36 14.5 33 27.5 0 0 1,575 22.7
65 - 74 420 12.1 126 3.1 9 3.6 6 5.0 0 0 543 7.8
75+ 276 8.0 30 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 315 4.5
Total 3,471 100.0 4,050 100.0 249 100.0 120 100.0 0 0 6,924 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 52.4 61.1 3.8 1.8 0.0 119.0
Sex
Male 1,746 50.3 1,941 47.9 138 55.4 45 37.5 0 0 3,417 49.4
Female 1,725 49.7 2,109 52.1 114 45.8 75 62.5 3 0.0 3,507 50.6
    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 8,120  -  - 169 49 120
1997 8,010 -110 -1.4 171 56 115
1998 7,860 -150 -1.9 145 58 87
1999 7,670 -190 -2.4 136 55 81
2000 7,460 -210 -2.7 123 45 78
2001 7,290 -170 -2.3 129 44 85
2002 7,310 20 0.3 140 50 90
2003 7,290 -20 -0.3 142 52 90
2004 7,230 -60 -0.8 111 49 62
2005 7,200 -30 -0.4 125 40 85
2006 7,150 -50 -0.7 113 60 53
2007 7,070 -80 -1.1 123 61 62
2008 7,050 -20 -0.3 133 65 68

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   7,200 7,200 7,100 6,900 6,700 -500 -7.0
Medium 7,100 7,000 6,700 6,300 5,900 5,400 -1,800 -25.0
Low   6,700 6,200 5,600 4,900 4,200 -3,000 -42.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 1,380 59.7 1,149 46.7 864 36.3 630 28.3 600 25.2
Couples without children 387 16.7 450 18.3 486 20.4 525 23.6 588 24.7
Multi-family 66 2.9 63 2.6 102 4.3 69 3.1 96 4.0
One parent family 213 9.2 411 16.7 495 20.8 486 21.8 465 19.5
One person 198 8.6 297 12.1 369 15.5 459 20.6 558 23.5
Other multi-person 75 3.2 87 3.5 60 2.5 60 2.7 72 3.0
Total 2,313 100.0 2,460 100.0 2,379 100.0 2,229 100.0 2,379 100.0
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Indicator data for Kawerau 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) 73.0 79.2 75.4 80.5 77.1 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 1,164 38.1 1,059 38.5 2,226 39.3
1996 864 35.4 972 38.5 1,827 36.8
2006 756 38.7 930 43.9 1,680 41.3
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 681 44.7 1,080 43.2 426 39.1 39 25.5
1996 447 42.3 924 44.1 384 30.3 72 16.4
2006 351 46.4 735 48.8 492 34.2 102 13.0
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 333 35.8 459 41.1 21 34.0 6 9.8 36 17.2 756 38.2
Female 357 37.8 675 51.0 27 44.0 6 8.1 36 23.1 930 43.5
Total 675 36.4 1,131 46.4 48 36.1 9 9.0 69 34.3 1,680 41.3
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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 77 80 78 105 132 237
2002 75 87 81 106 117 223
2003 52 62 57 62 89 151
2004 71 85 78 79 102 181
2005 64 91 76 87 99 186
2006 73 78 76 97 104 201
2007 71 80 76 82 102 184
2008 82 78 80 97 91 188
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 27 93.1 126 94.7 0 0.0 4 100.0 1 100.0 158 94.6
2001 22 100.0 99 84.6 1 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 124 87.3
2002 21 100.0 115 92.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 137 93.2
2003 28 96.6 106 90.6 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 136 91.9
2004 18 94.7 92 89.3 2 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 113 90.4
2005 19 95.0 89 92.7 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 109 93.2
2006 14 82.4 85 93.4 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 100 90.9
2007 30 96.8 95 94.1 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 126 94.7
2008 10 83.3 108 91.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 118 90.8

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 ..s 19.7 14 16.7 ..s ..s ..s ..s
2006 30.0 37.7 44 34.1 10.0 ..s 10 7.8
2007 24.1 39.0 37 31.6 ..s ..s 9 7.7
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 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 ..s ..s 0 0.0 14 16.7
2006 ..s ..s 25 27.8 0 0.0 ..s ..s 0 0.0 44 34.1
2007 ..s ..s 22 26.8 ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 37 31.6
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 ..s ..s 0 0.0 ..s ..s
2006 ..s ..s 6 6.7 0 0.0 ..s ..s 0 0.0 10 7.8
2007 6 18.2 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 7.7

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 420 63.1 345 50.9 765 56.9
Female 558 69.1 366 52.6 924 61.5
Total 981 66.7 708 51.4 1,689 59.3
At least tertiary
Male 18 2.7 24 3.5 48 3.6
Female 45 5.6 39 5.6 84 5.6
Total 66 4.5 66 4.8 132 4.6
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 1,467 60.5 480 36.0 27 39.1 33 78.6 3 50.0 1,917 51.9
1991 1,317 62.3 678 42.4 39 48.2 33 78.6 3 100.0 1,938 53.2
1996 1,098 54.8 690 39.5 36 38.7 36 66.7 3 50.0 1,623 46.8
2001 924 64.0 702 48.8 48 64.0 24 80.0 6 100.0 1,515 55.9
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,689 59.3
At least tertiary
1986 111 4.6 12 0.9 0 0.0 12 28.6 0 0.0 126 3.4
1991 96 4.5 6 0.4 0 0.0 12 28.6 3 100.0 111 3.1
1996 63 3.1 12 0.7 3 3.2 18 33.3 0 0.0 87 2.5
2001 63 4.4 30 2.1 6 8.0 9 30.0 3 50.0 96 3.5
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 132 4.6
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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 339 71 410 82.7 17.3
2003 308 73 381 80.8 19.2
2004 342 74 416 82.2 17.8
2005 442 78 520 85.0 15.0
2006 408 85 493 82.8 17.2
2007 346 86 432 80.1 19.9
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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 417 9.7 408 14.3 21 15.2 9 12.0 0 0.0 759 11.1
1991 753 21.2 1,107 36.4 75 44.6 12 16.0 0 0.0 1,806 28.4
1996 840 25.7 1,269 40.7 87 39.7 15 16.1 0 0.0 1,908 33.6
2001 780 29.7 1,017 40.1 57 33.9 15 21.7 3 25.0 1,629 34.8
2006 852 30.2 918 33.8 45 25.9 15 16.1 0 0.0 1,581 32.1
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 324 13.5 93 8.6 147 6.9 105 10.2 87 42.6 759 11.1
1991 762 36.3 258 26.6 423 21.4 198 19.0 165 59.8 1,806 28.4
1996 816 43.1 225 30.4 456 27.8 234 22.8 174 46.4 1,908 33.6
2001 672 44.9 168 36.4 345 27.8 255 25.0 189 40.9 1,629 34.8
2006 531 38.3 123 26.3 309 25.4 276 23.4 342 50.9 1,581 32.1
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 336 9.6 423 12.7
1991 834 25.7 972 31.1
1996 900 31.2 1,011 36.2
2001 735 31.5 897 38.1
2006 744 30.5 837 33.7

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 492 10.1 1,062 30.2 45 25.0 6 8.0 0 0.0 1,530 18.6
1991 330 7.9 981 25.0 30 13.9 15 15.6 0 0.0 1,317 16.4
1996 391 10.0 1,268 30.0 83 28.7 24 20.2 0 0.0 1,500 20.1
2001 225 7.1 813 23.0 42 18.2 9 11.1 0 0.0 1,032 16.4
2006 321 10.0 885 24.2 33 14.9 12 10.8 0 0.0 1,134 17.8
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 408 22.0 261 25.8 372 26.0 366 14.5 108 9.1 15 6.8 1,530 18.6
1991 372 20.4 192 22.1 321 24.3 324 13.2 99 7.9 12 4.0 1,317 16.4
1996 526 29.8 185 25.8 294 26.3 380 17.9 106 8.2 9 2.1 1,500 20.1
2001 348 25.7 162 23.7 168 22.7 258 15.3 90 7.0 15 2.8 1,032 16.4
2006 333 28.5 165 25.6 222 28.8 276 17.9 120 8.1 24 3.1 1,134 17.8
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 771 18.3 759 19.0
1991 669 16.4 648 16.5
1996 740 19.7 760 20.6
2001 510 16.3 525 16.6
2006 555 17.6 582 18.1
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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 52.0 54.9 62.0 57.0 32.0 47.0

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 5 36.0 1 33.0 1 9.0 0 0.0 4 25.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 2 29.0 0 n/a 1 14.0 0 n/a 3 38.0 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 471 25.4 324 28.0 453 39.6 213 67.6 39 65.0 1,509 33.2
Total population 489 19.0 342 19.9 483 22.5 228 25.2 45 9.3 1,587 20.3
2001 Māori 387 25.2 252 29.0 327 31.9 210 53.8 63 70.0 1,236 31.6
Total population 420 19.2 261 20.7 351 18.6 219 21.7 69 10.9 1,323 19.0
2006 Māori 378 24.9 240 27.6 327 32.2 243 50.0 99 63.5 1,287 31.8
  Total population 384 19.7 240 20.0 342 19.5 261 22.5 105 12.2 1,341 19.4

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  (%) 7.1 5.7 69.4 77.8 26.2 26.2
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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 0.0 109.7
2002 0.0 109.4
2003 109.7 0.0
2004 13.8 0.0
2005 0.0 0.0
2006/2007 0.0 0.0
2007/2008 87.9 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 6 85.1 14.2
2002 5 69.8 0.0
2003 6 85.8 0.0
2004 3 44.2 0.0
2005 4 60.5 0.0
2006 8 124.6 0.0
2007 5 70.7 0.0
2008 4 56.7 14.2
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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 92.3 79.0 76.8 97.4 100.0 85.8 85.1 79.8 83.5 85.6 93.9 95.1 85.4
2001 94.8 84.2 86.7 96.3 100.0 89.4 88.3 84.9 86.0 87.7 94.6 97.2 88.8
2006 97.2 90.7 95.9 94.4 100.0 93.2 93.2 90.5 91.5 93.1 94.6 98.1 93.2
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 35.5 21.4 22.7 40.7 50.0 27.0 28.0 26.5 23.5 29.6 33.2 ..s 27.6
2006 57.7 37.7 50.0 61.1 0.0 46.0 45.1 43.1 37.8 48.6 53.1 ..s 45.6
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