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Manawatu District

This section provides people and indicator data for Manawatu District.

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People data for Manawatu 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 Manawatu 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 Manawatu 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 5,766 22.6 1,494 38.6 189 46.0 111 31.6 12 25.0 6,501 23.0
15 - 24 3,006 11.8 735 19.0 93 22.6 66 18.8 12 25.0 3,498 12.4
25 - 44 6,564 25.8 969 25.1 87 21.2 90 25.6 9 18.8 7,317 25.9
45 - 64 6,696 26.3 546 14.1 42 10.2 72 20.5 9 18.8 7,302 25.8
65 - 74 1,914 7.5 87 2.2 6 1.5 12 3.4 3 6.3 2,049 7.3
75+ 1,518 6.0 39 1.0 0 0.0 6 1.7 0 0 1,587 5.6
Total 25,461 100.0 3,867 100.0 411 100.0 351 100.0 48 100.0 28,251 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 92.0 14.0 1.5 1.3 0.2 108.9
Sex
Male 12,576 49.4 1,956 50.6 216 52.6 165 47.0 30 62.5 14,052 49.7
Female 12,882 50.6 1,911 49.4 192 46.7 186 53.0 18 37.5 14,202 50.3
    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 28,700  -  - 404 197 207
1997 28,700 0 0.0 407 179 228
1998 28,700 0 0.0 337 162 175
1999 28,600 -100 -0.3 365 230 135
2000 28,500 -100 -0.3 381 198 183
2001 28,200 -300 -1.1 377 227 150
2002 28,300 100 0.4 319 207 112
2003 28,500 200 0.7 335 197 138
2004 28,600 100 0.4 327 201 126
2005 28,800 200 0.7 390 196 194
2006 29,000 200 0.7 395 212 183
2007 29,100 100 0.3 393 187 206
2008 29,300 200 0.7 411 195 216

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   30,600 32,100 33,400 34,700 35,900 6,800 23.0
Medium 29,000 30,000 30,800 31,500 32,100 32,500 3,500 12.0
Low   29,400 29,500 29,600 29,500 29,300 200 1.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 3,816 45.5 3,780 41.5 3,594 37.2 3,177 32.5 3,300 31.9
Couples without children 2,049 24.4 2,406 26.4 2,682 27.8 2,913 29.8 3,162 30.6
Multi-family 66 0.8 96 1.1 150 1.6 135 1.4 156 1.5
One parent family 636 7.6 831 9.1 1,002 10.4 1,113 11.4 1,131 10.9
One person 1,446 17.3 1,638 18.0 1,884 19.5 2,142 21.9 2,307 22.3
Other multi-person 366 4.4 360 3.9 345 3.6 300 3.1 279 2.7
Total 8,382 100.0 9,114 100.0 9,660 100.0 9,780 100.0 10,335 100.0
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Indicator data for Manawatu 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) 73.8 79.0 75.2 79.9 76.5 81.4

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 2,835 32.1 2,247 26.9 5,085 29.5
1996 2,418 25.5 2,319 24.5 4,755 25.1
2006 2,352 26.0 2,265 24.4 4,617 25.2
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,326 30.7 2,049 31.1 1,314 30.7 396 17.5
1996 978 28.2 2,421 30.0 1,083 20.4 273 9.3
2006 900 27.5 2,112 30.6 1,365 19.9 240 7.2
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,710 25.4 438 37.9 42 29.3 18 13.5 375 22.7 2,352 26.1
Female 1,716 23.5 483 41.3 27 26.9 3 3.0 300 20.2 2,265 24.4
Total 3,435 24.5 912 39.1 75 31.3 30 14.2 666 21.3 4,617 25.2
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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 63 69 66 260 305 565
2002 62 72 67 236 297 533
2003 66 69 67 258 270 528
2004 63 66 64 257 270 527
2005 69 68 69 251 284 535
2006 67 77 72 248 287 535
2007 63 74 69 221 269 490
2008 62 66 64 248 233 481
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 349 97.8 90 90.9 3 75.0 2 66.7 1 100.0 445 95.9
2001 312 94.8 76 88.4 7 87.5 0 0.0 1 100.0 396 93.0
2002 345 95.8 66 91.7 6 100.0 6 85.7 0 0.0 423 95.1
2003 306 97.1 73 91.3 6 100.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 388 96.0
2004 267 96.4 67 97.1 3 100.0 4 100.0 0 0.0 341 96.6
2005 275 98.2 67 85.9 2 100.0 4 100.0 1 100.0 349 95.6
2006 259 97.4 65 86.7 5 71.4 2 100.0 2 100.0 333 94.6
2007 261 97.8 73 93.6 6 85.7 6 100.0 1 100.0 347 96.7
2008 267 98.9 67 90.5 3 100.0 5 100.0 2 100.0 344 97.2

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 53.4 54.6 190 53.8 25.3 27.3 92 26.1
2006 62.4 69.4 229 65.6 35.5 35.6 124 35.5
2007 64.9 72.3 242 68.0 33.2 45.3 136 38.2
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 124 53.5 55 52.9 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 190 53.8
2006 168 66.1 46 59.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 229 65.6
2007 180 69.5 43 58.9 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 242 68.0
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 62 26.7 22 21.2 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 92 26.1
2006 84 33.1 30 38.5 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 124 35.5
2007 98 37.8 23 31.5 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 136 38.2

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 2,427 74.6 2,250 66.1 4,677 70.3
Female 2,994 81.6 2,253 66.9 5,247 74.6
Total 5,424 78.3 4,503 66.5 9,924 72.5
At least tertiary
Male 327 10.0 351 10.3 681 10.2
Female 660 18.0 375 11.1 1,032 14.7
Total 987 14.3 726 10.7 1,713 12.5
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 5,940 54.9 285 35.5 21 43.8 27 47.4 3 50.0 6,195 53.5
1991 7,026 60.3 375 42.4 30 62.5 54 62.1 6 100.0 7,395 59.1
1996 7,686 59.8 594 46.7 54 54.6 54 51.4 12 66.7 8,043 58.6
2001 8,187 69.6 648 56.7 75 67.6 72 66.7 21 87.5 8,652 68.4
2006 9,360 73.6 801 59.5 84 73.7 120 80.0 21 87.5 9,924 72.5
At least tertiary
1986 540 5.0 9 1.1 0 0.0 3 5.3 0 0.0 552 4.8
1991 666 5.7 21 2.4 3 6.3 15 17.2 0 0.0 699 5.6
1996 852 6.6 36 2.8 3 3.0 15 14.3 3 16.7 887 6.5
2001 1,032 8.8 45 3.9 9 8.1 24 22.2 6 25.0 1,086 8.6
2006 1,614 12.7 111 8.2 12 10.5 36 24.0 6 25.0 1,713 12.5
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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 961 352 1,313 73.2 26.8
2003 1,027 338 1,365 75.2 24.8
2004 1,025 368 1,393 73.6 26.4
2005 1,269 385 1,654 76.7 23.3
2006 1,249 426 1,675 74.6 25.4
2007 1,489 470 1,959 76.0 24.0
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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 3,942 20.7 537 31.5 24 22.9 12 10.8 3 100.0 4,407 21.4
1991 5,118 25.4 744 40.7 63 53.8 42 29.8 6 40.0 5,793 26.5
1996 5,337 23.8 1,059 37.2 72 32.0 45 24.6 6 18.2 5,970 24.7
2001 4,032 20.6 810 34.4 78 31.7 54 27.7 9 25.0 4,563 21.4
2006 3,825 18.1 666 24.4 69 24.2 81 29.0 6 15.4 4,269 18.6
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,578 28.6 345 11.2 1,104 18.6 606 15.9 777 35.0 4,407 21.4
1991 1,833 32.7 504 16.9 1,380 20.9 858 20.6 1,218 48.2 5,793 26.5
1996 2,001 31.5 552 19.0 1,488 20.2 831 17.2 1,098 41.1 5,970 24.7
2001 1,593 29.6 366 17.3 1,020 16.7 753 14.7 828 32.5 4,563 21.4
2006 1,242 23.1 321 13.0 789 13.1 843 13.8 1,077 37.2 4,269 18.6
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,049 19.7 2,358 23.2
1991 2,661 24.3 3,132 28.7
1996 2,679 22.3 3,294 27.2
2001 1,971 18.7 2,592 24.2
2006 1,971 17.3 2,301 19.9

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 1,542 7.0 639 28.7 36 29.3 18 15.4 3 50.0 2,169 8.8
1991 1,416 6.1 567 23.7 48 30.2 21 13.0 6 40.0 2,022 7.7
1996 1,129 4.7 522 16.3 55 20.9 30 13.7 9 20.5 1,585 5.9
2001 837 3.7 522 17.1 57 18.8 36 14.8 0 0.0 1,284 5.0
2006 789 3.3 612 17.6 69 19.8 54 16.5 6 14.3 1,320 4.9
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 525 12.1 303 12.5 585 14.9 534 7.4 192 4.4 27 1.2 2,169 8.8
1991 504 11.1 291 12.6 471 12.2 546 6.9 177 3.7 36 1.4 2,022 7.7
1996 446 9.7 230 9.8 326 9.3 426 5.2 136 2.5 21 0.8 1,585 5.9
2001 360 8.6 177 7.6 246 8.5 345 4.7 126 2.1 33 1.2 1,284 5.0
2006 390 10.0 156 6.5 276 8.5 333 4.7 141 2.0 24 0.8 1,320 4.9
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,134 9.1 1,035 8.6
1991 1,023 7.8 999 7.7
1996 798 6.0 787 5.9
2001 636 5.0 648 5.0
2006 678 5.1 642 4.8
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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 (%) 63.0 61.0 59.6 65.0 52.0 43.0 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 4 20.0 1 50.0 5 28.0 0 0.0 6 33.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 3 27.0 1 n/a 2 20.0 0 n/a 4 40.0 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 234 16.1 198 23.0 165 20.8 78 33.3 33 32.4 714 20.7
Total population 282 3.9 243 4.3 213 2.5 99 2.6 45 1.5 891 3.2
2001 Māori 255 18.4 204 26.1 195 23.5 81 30.7 39 38.2 777 23.1
Total population 297 4.4 267 5.7 249 3.0 102 2.3 51 1.5 966 3.5
2006 Māori 267 17.9 228 24.5 222 22.9 81 23.5 39 30.2 843 21.8
  Total population 300 4.6 279 5.9 276 3.3 123 2.4 57 1.6 1,041 3.7

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  (%) 10.9 9.1 74.2 72.9 35.4 34.4
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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 1.4 0.0
2002 54.1 0.0
2003 57.9 0.0
2004 56.6 0.0
2005 51.7 0.0
2006/2007 55.9 0.0
2007/2008 53.5 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 108 380.3 28.2
2002 147 519.4 17.7
2003 138 487.6 24.7
2004 146 517.7 24.8
2005 117 412.0 38.7
2006 132 463.2 14.0
2007 140 481.1 13.7
2008 150 511.9 27.3
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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 97.5 89.5 93.1 91.7 80.0 96.4 97.2 96.1 95.2 96.4 98.4 98.2 96.8
2001 98.5 91.2 91.3 97.5 100.0 97.4 97.8 97.0 97.2 97.2 98.6 98.5 97.6
2006 99.1 95.0 97.4 97.2 100.0 98.3 98.8 97.9 98.4 98.5 98.9 99.3 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 41.5 26.7 19.4 52.5 53.3 41.6 39.6 45.6 45.1 44.6 41.4 13.2 40.6
2006 68.1 51.2 54.8 67.6 76.9 66.6 66.1 72.8 67.4 71.5 69.7 33.9 66.3
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