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Mackenzie District

This section provides people and indicator data for Mackenzie District.

People data for Mackenzie 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 Mackenzie 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 Mackenzie 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 - 14 717 20.6 48 29.1 3 14.3 30 21.3 0 0 756 19.9
15 - 24 378 10.8 39 23.6 9 42.9 21 14.9 3 20.0 438 11.5
25 - 44 885 25.4 39 23.6 3 14.3 57 40.4 6 40.0 993 26.1
45 - 64 1,029 29.5 39 23.6 9 42.9 30 21.3 0 0 1,122 29.5
65 - 74 309 8.9 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 2.1 0 0 321 8.4
75+ 159 4.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 168 4.4
Total 3,486 100.0 165 100.0 21 100.0 141 100.0 15 100.0 3,801 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 94.3 4.5 0.6 3.8 0.4 103.6
Sex
Male 1,800 51.6 90 54.5 12 57.1 60 42.6 12 80.0 1,959 51.5
Female 1,686 48.4 78 47.3 9 42.9 84 59.6 3 20.0 1,842 48.5
    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 4,170  -  - 57 16 41
1997 4,140 -30 -0.7 58 21 37
1998 4,070 -70 -1.7 50 21 29
1999 3,990 -80 -2.0 44 27 17
2000 3,880 -110 -2.8 28 13 15
2001 3,790 -90 -2.3 55 34 21
2002 3,790 0 0.0 38 17 21
2003 3,840 50 1.3 47 18 29
2004 3,860 20 0.5 34 26 8
2005 3,880 20 0.5 38 31 7
2006 3,900 20 0.5 48 14 34
2007 3,920 20 0.5 47 13 34
2008 3,950 30 0.8 53 23 30

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   4,000 4,100 4,200 4,200 4,200 300 8.0
Medium 3,900 4,000 4,000 4,000 3,900 3,800 -100 -3.0
Low   3,900 3,800 3,800 3,700 3,500 -400 -10.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 612 48.2 489 38.4 495 33.5 375 27.5 402 28.0
Couples without children 294 23.2 315 24.7 420 28.5 456 33.5 486 33.9
Multi-family 6 0.5 6 0.5 9 0.6 12 0.9 9 0.6
One parent family 81 6.4 120 9.4 102 6.9 93 6.8 93 6.5
One person 225 17.7 297 23.3 375 25.4 375 27.5 387 27.0
Other multi-person 51 4.0 51 4.0 72 4.9 51 3.7 60 4.2
Total 1,269 100.0 1,275 100.0 1,476 100.0 1,362 100.0 1,434 100.0

Indicator data for Mackenzie 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 1,038 37.5 747 30.5 1,779 36.0
1996 423 28.5 336 23.7 756 25.9
2006 285 22.4 267 20.4 558 21.9
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 480 37.1 942 41.4 318 36.2 39 17.6
1996 180 32.8 321 26.2 198 23.8 57 17.4
2006 114 29.2 201 21.9 192 18.9 51 11.3
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 228 23.1 24 39.2 3 5.6 9 17.8 42 17.0 285 22.6
Female 213 21.5 30 54.5 3 0.0 6 6.6 39 14.7 267 21.2
Total 429 21.9 45 40.1 6 5.6 15 11.9 93 20.7 558 21.8

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 84 130 106 43 61 104
2002 91 100 96 41 50 91
2003 70 78 75 26 36 62
2004 53 108 78 25 41 66
2005 78 79 78 36 37 73
2006 49 91 70 23 42 65
2007 87 149 117 41 67 108
2008 92 119 105 45 56 101
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 43 97.7 2 50.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 45 93.8
2001 50 98.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 51 98.1
2002 45 100.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 49 100.0
2003 48 92.3 6 100.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 56 93.3
2004 51 98.1 6 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 2 100.0 60 98.4
2005 36 100.0 4 100.0 0 0.0 3 100.0 1 100.0 44 100.0
2006 37 97.4 6 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 44 97.8
2007 49 100.0 7 100.0 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 58 100.0
2008 54 100.0 6 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 61 100.0

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 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
2006 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
2007 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0
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 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
2006 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
2007 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
2006 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
2007 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0

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 375 82.2 348 68.6 723 75.1
Female 408 86.6 369 73.7 780 80.2
Total 783 84.5 714 70.6 1,500 77.5
At least tertiary
Male 66 14.5 39 7.7 102 10.6
Female 108 22.9 45 9.0 153 15.7
Total 171 18.4 84 8.3 255 13.2
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 1,032 57.1 21 38.9 3 50.0 3 50.0 0 0.0 1,062 56.8
1991 1,089 61.8 36 57.1 0 0.0 6 66.7 0 0.0 1,119 61.5
1996 1,305 65.1 51 54.8 3 50.0 15 33.3 0 0.0 1,353 64.3
2001 1,290 74.4 54 69.2 3 100.0 42 93.3 0 0.0 1,368 74.6
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 1,500 77.5
At least tertiary
1986 75 4.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 75 4.0
1991 78 4.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 33.3 0 0.0 78 4.3
1996 129 6.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 20.0 0 0.0 141 6.7
2001 135 7.8 6 7.7 3 100.0 9 20.0 0 0.0 153 8.4
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 255 13.2

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 280 66 346 80.9 19.1
2003 273 63 336 81.3 18.8
2004 306 59 365 83.8 16.2
2005 297 71 368 80.7 19.3
2006 270 63 333 81.1 18.9
2007 307 69 376 81.6 18.4

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 774 30.0 48 41.0 0 0.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 822 30.3
1991 1,098 41.0 75 52.1 3 100.0 9 60.0 0 0.0 1,167 41.5
1996 1,083 34.5 96 42.7 9 60.0 24 53.3 3 100.0 1,173 35.1
2001 633 25.1 42 34.1 0 0.0 27 52.9 0 0.0 678 25.3
2006 648 23.8 33 28.9 6 50.0 21 20.6 0 0.0 687 23.7
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 297 38.5 72 20.0 234 26.6 144 27.6 75 41.7 822 30.3
1991 354 48.4 123 36.0 315 35.2 225 36.2 150 66.7 1,167 41.5
1996 369 45.6 120 29.2 297 27.8 243 32.7 147 48.0 1,173 35.1
2001 192 31.7 54 24.7 162 20.2 159 21.5 111 35.6 678 25.3
2006 177 28.9 30 11.6 144 18.4 171 19.8 162 41.2 687 23.7
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 408 28.8 414 31.9
1991 582 39.7 585 43.4
1996 585 33.9 588 36.5
2001 321 23.1 357 27.7
2006 333 22.2 354 25.2

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 111 3.3 12 7.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 129 3.5
1991 114 3.7 12 7.1 3 100.0 6 28.6 0 0.0 132 3.9
1996 141 4.1 8 3.3 0 0.0 20 27.8 0 0.0 177 4.7
2001 54 1.8 3 1.8 0 0.0 9 14.3 0 0.0 69 2.1
2006 72 2.3 6 4.5 0 0.0 12 10.0 0 0.0 108 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 24 3.6 21 4.9 45 8.6 24 2.0 12 1.8 0 0.0 129 3.5
1991 33 5.6 12 3.8 27 6.0 45 4.1 12 1.7 3 1.3 132 3.9
1996 47 7.4 19 7.0 37 7.4 57 4.7 17 2.0 0 0.0 177 4.7
2001 15 3.1 3 1.2 15 4.8 21 2.2 6 0.7 6 1.6 69 2.1
2006 30 6.2 9 3.7 21 6.1 24 2.6 21 2.1 3 0.7 108 3.2
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 66 3.4 63 3.6
1991 66 3.8 66 4.0
1996 101 5.2 76 4.2
2001 42 2.5 30 1.9
2006 57 3.2 54 3.3

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 (%) 83.0 75.0 72.0 77.0 71.0 66.0 0.0

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 31.0 0 0.0 1 11.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 2 20.0 0 n/a 0 0.0 0 n/a 0 0.0 0 n/a

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 6 6.3 15 16.7 9 14.3 3 20.0 3 33.3 42 15.6
Total population 9 1.0 21 2.3 18 1.4 6 1.0 3 0.8 57 1.4
2001 Māori 3 4.5 3 6.7 12 23.5 3 16.7 3 50.0 24 12.7
Total population 6 0.8 12 1.9 21 1.8 12 1.7 0 0.0 36 1.0
2006 Māori 3 5.9 6 11.8 6 15.4 6 28.6 0 0.0 27 16.1
  Total population 6 0.8 15 2.4 12 1.1 6 0.7 3 0.6 42 1.1

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  (%) ..s ..s 64.7 64.0 45.8 54.5

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 23.7 0.0
2003 54.9 0.0
2004 13.0 0.0
2005 12.9 0.0
2006/2007 23.0 5.1
2007/2008 12.7 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 28 658.8 0.0
2002 32 851.1 53.2
2003 35 930.9 79.8
2004 27 720.0 0.0
2005 32 857.9 53.6
2006 35 943.4 53.9
2007 36 918.4 102.0
2008 29 734.2 75.9

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 93.5 85.0 60.0 81.8 100.0 92.4 93.1 92.0 88.0 92.7 95.7 ..s 92.7
2001 97.8 94.4 100.0 95.2 100.0 97.1 98.1 97.9 96.1 97.2 98.0 ..s 97.7
2006 98.6 100.0 100.0 97.5 150.0 98.7 98.7 99.6 97.4 98.7 98.2 ..s 98.6
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 38.3 35.2 0.0 42.9 100.0 39.9 39.5 49.4 38.8 44.7 36.4 ..s 39.7
2006 65.4 50.0 ..s 77.5 ..s 66.3 65.8 78.2 63.8 72.6 66.9 ..s 66.1