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Masterton District

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People data for Masterton 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 Masterton 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 Masterton 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 3,954 20.2 1,389 37.3 252 42.0 93 25.4 27 40.9 4,812 21.3
15 - 24 2,253 11.5 666 17.9 99 16.5 48 13.1 9 13.6 2,751 12.2
25 - 44 4,404 22.5 918 24.6 144 24.0 111 30.3 21 31.8 5,214 23.0
45 - 64 5,379 27.5 567 15.2 81 13.5 93 25.4 9 13.6 6,036 26.7
65 - 74 1,791 9.2 129 3.5 6 1.0 15 4.1 0 0 1,941 8.6
75+ 1,773 9.1 51 1.4 9 1.5 9 2.5 0 0 1,872 8.3
Total 19,557 100.0 3,726 100.0 600 100.0 366 100.0 66 100.0 22,626 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 88.8 16.9 2.7 1.7 0.3 110.4
Sex
Male 9,279 47.4 1,809 48.6 324 54.0 162 44.3 36 54.5 10,872 48.1
Female 10,275 52.5 1,917 51.4 276 46.0 204 55.7 30 45.5 11,754 51.9
    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 23,300  -  - 362 221 141
1997 23,300 0 0.0 342 216 126
1998 23,300 0 0.0 345 227 118
1999 23,200 -100 -0.4 330 203 127
2000 23,200 0 0.0 305 218 87
2001 23,200 0 0.0 318 225 93
2002 23,300 100 0.4 276 211 65
2003 23,300 0 0.0 253 215 38
2004 23,300 0 0.0 314 214 100
2005 23,300 0 0.0 276 215 61
2006 23,200 -100 -0.4 319 228 91
2007 23,100 -100 -0.4 297 209 88
2008 23,200 100 0.4 298 229 69

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   23,700 24,200 24,400 24,600 24,500 1,300 6.0
Medium 23,200 23,300 23,300 23,200 22,900 22,400 -700 -3.0
Low   22,900 22,500 22,000 21,300 20,400 -2,700 -12.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 2,955 39.7 2,829 35.5 2,628 31.7 2,376 27.8 2,310 26.2
Couples without children 1,896 25.5 2,067 25.9 2,292 27.7 2,478 29.0 2,589 29.4
Multi-family 78 1.0 99 1.2 141 1.7 108 1.3 135 1.5
One parent family 708 9.5 924 11.6 978 11.8 1,038 12.2 1,008 11.4
One person 1,470 19.7 1,773 22.3 1,968 23.8 2,253 26.4 2,469 28.0
Other multi-person 342 4.6 273 3.4 273 3.3 285 3.3 294 3.3
Total 7,449 100.0 7,968 100.0 8,283 100.0 8,538 100.0 8,805 100.0
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Indicator data for Masterton 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) 73.7 79.0 75.4 80.6 77.0 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 2,853 37.6 2,562 33.4 5,415 35.4
1996 2,217 30.6 2,232 29.4 4,461 30.0
2006 1,965 28.3 2,040 27.8 4,023 28.0
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,545 39.9 2,136 38.8 1,350 33.6 384 17.6
1996 927 33.8 2,145 36.0 1,053 23.6 336 11.2
2006 768 30.5 1,680 34.3 1,269 22.5 306 8.7
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,470 27.9 408 39.0 66 38.3 24 17.4 195 20.4 1,965 28.3
Female 1,560 27.0 549 45.8 39 23.5 24 16.4 177 20.6 2,040 27.9
Total 3,027 27.4 954 42.5 114 33.7 39 15.1 378 20.6 4,023 28.0
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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 91 123 106 328 390 718
2002 89 97 93 279 350 629
2003 90 110 100 291 352 643
2004 87 98 92 276 323 599
2005 101 98 100 288 311 599
2006 88 118 103 253 334 587
2007 109 107 108 322 296 618
2008 119 130 125 340 380 720
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 223 96.5 59 85.5 6 85.7 3 100.0 3 100.0 294 93.9
2001 223 94.5 77 89.5 9 90.0 1 50.0 3 100.0 313 92.9
2002 232 95.1 83 93.3 4 100.0 5 100.0 0 0.0 324 94.2
2003 212 99.1 94 90.4 9 75.0 7 100.0 1 100.0 323 95.6
2004 206 97.2 87 97.8 9 100.0 1 100.0 4 80.0 307 97.2
2005 206 98.1 67 82.7 3 60.0 3 100.0 2 100.0 281 93.4
2006 180 97.8 75 87.2 10 76.9 2 100.0 6 100.0 273 93.8
2007 158 98.1 63 90.0 11 91.7 3 100.0 2 100.0 237 95.6
2008 146 97.3 74 97.4 12 100.0 4 100.0 4 100.0 240 97.6

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 50.4 65.3 272 57.9 25.2 44.1 163 34.7
2006 59.8 69.7 344 65.2 33.6 43.7 206 39.0
2007 64.4 71.9 366 68.2 31.5 46.3 209 38.9
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 221 63.7 36 38.3 5 35.7 7 77.8 3 50.0 272 57.9
2006 284 70.3 48 44.4 6 100.0 5 62.5 1 50.0 344 65.2
2007 300 74.8 54 48.6 4 26.7 6 85.7 2 66.7 366 68.2
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 138 39.8 16 17.0 1 7.1 6 66.7 2 33.3 163 34.7
2006 179 44.3 20 18.5 1 16.7 5 62.5 1 50.0 206 39.0
2007 175 43.6 26 23.4 2 13.3 5 71.4 1 33.3 209 38.9

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 1,656 72.6 1,845 67.5 3,501 69.8
Female 2,073 79.9 1,941 67.7 4,017 73.6
Total 3,729 76.5 3,786 67.7 7,515 71.8
At least tertiary
Male 240 10.5 333 12.2 573 11.4
Female 375 14.5 336 11.7 711 13.0
Total 615 12.6 672 12.0 1,287 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 4,974 57.6 249 27.6 24 24.2 36 52.2 6 66.7 5,229 54.6
1991 5,622 62.3 372 33.7 45 34.1 63 53.9 6 100.0 6,015 58.9
1996 5,757 60.7 561 39.3 72 34.8 78 52.0 9 60.0 6,177 57.6
2001 6,270 70.0 579 50.5 84 56.0 123 85.4 18 100.0 6,786 67.9
2006 6,909 74.1 747 55.1 117 59.1 147 76.6 27 100.0 7,515 71.8
At least tertiary
1986 456 5.3 6 0.7 0 0.0 12 17.4 3 33.3 477 5.0
1991 495 5.5 9 0.8 0 0.0 18 15.4 0 0.0 522 5.1
1996 615 6.5 21 1.5 3 1.5 27 18.0 3 20.0 657 6.1
2001 804 9.0 33 2.9 0 0.0 36 25.0 6 33.3 864 8.6
2006 1,191 12.8 78 5.8 12 6.1 45 23.4 9 33.3 1,287 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 1,417 459 1,876 75.5 24.5
2003 1,491 416 1,907 78.2 21.8
2004 1,408 460 1,868 75.4 24.6
2005 1,308 388 1,696 77.1 22.9
2006 1,162 386 1,548 75.1 24.9
2007 1,077 369 1,446 74.5 25.5
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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 3,273 20.7 702 34.4 87 36.7 21 17.1 3 50.0 3,960 22.3
1991 4,746 30.4 1,185 53.0 123 52.6 69 38.3 3 25.0 5,874 33.0
1996 4,614 27.7 1,239 43.3 174 43.6 81 31.8 15 41.7 5,529 29.6
2001 3,603 23.0 906 36.6 141 40.2 75 29.4 3 11.1 4,305 24.6
2006 3,387 20.8 747 27.4 120 31.3 96 33.0 9 16.7 3,927 21.6
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,404 29.9 306 11.9 855 17.4 528 15.2 870 41.0 3,960 22.3
1991 1,845 40.5 546 24.7 1,341 26.4 924 26.0 1,215 50.7 5,874 33.0
1996 1,785 37.8 504 23.6 1,212 23.4 855 21.6 1,173 44.3 5,529 29.6
2001 1,323 31.7 345 20.2 876 19.4 729 16.7 1,029 37.3 4,305 24.6
2006 1,026 26.0 306 16.0 687 16.1 756 15.2 1,149 37.7 3,927 21.6
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,734 20.0 2,229 24.5
1991 2,613 30.3 3,258 35.5
1996 2,454 27.2 3,075 32.0
2001 1,842 21.8 2,460 27.2
2006 1,743 20.0 2,181 23.1

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 1,128 6.4 735 27.3 75 24.3 21 14.3 3 25.0 1,911 9.2
1991 1,134 6.3 762 25.2 93 24.6 30 13.2 3 20.0 1,959 9.1
1996 860 4.7 676 19.2 175 30.6 21 7.0 4 10.3 1,513 7.0
2001 702 3.9 654 20.0 108 20.6 33 11.0 3 7.1 1,338 6.3
2006 771 4.2 591 17.2 153 27.3 42 12.5 6 9.1 1,365 6.4
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 462 12.7 270 13.5 510 15.6 450 7.8 192 4.9 27 1.2 1,911 9.2
1991 522 13.8 264 14.0 480 15.9 507 8.2 162 3.9 27 1.1 1,959 9.1
1996 403 11.3 174 9.2 366 13.1 397 6.5 143 3.2 30 1.1 1,513 7.0
2001 429 13.1 165 9.0 246 10.1 363 6.6 111 2.2 27 0.9 1,338 6.3
2006 348 12.2 165 9.4 312 12.2 345 6.9 156 2.7 45 1.4 1,365 6.4
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 966 9.5 939 8.9
1991 963 9.1 993 9.0
1996 762 7.2 751 6.8
2001 636 6.2 705 6.4
2006 675 6.6 696 6.4
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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 (%) 65.0 75.0 61.0 64.0 51.0 65.0 60.0

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 8 33.0 1 50.0 5 24.0 1 25.0 5 25.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 1 10.0 0 n/a 2 20.0 0 n/a 3 30.0 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 333 21.8 216 22.1 204 23.1 108 36.0 33 34.4 894 23.6
Total population 408 7.3 261 6.2 246 3.8 138 4.2 33 1.0 1,089 4.8
2001 Māori 297 19.9 195 24.1 183 20.7 75 25.5 51 39.5 804 22.3
Total population 357 6.7 252 6.7 249 4.0 108 2.9 60 1.7 1,023 4.5
2006 Māori 270 19.4 201 22.1 210 23.6 75 21.0 63 35.0 813 21.8
  Total population 312 6.5 252 6.7 261 4.4 108 2.5 78 2.0 1,008 4.5

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  (%) 19.2 20.8 80.1 73.3 45.5 43.6
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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 81.5 81.5
2003 1.3 0.0
2004 84.4 0.0
2005 82.6 81.5
2006/2007 84.7 82.3
2007/2008 83.8 81.9

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 73 324.4 8.9
2002 79 339.1 0.0
2003 90 386.3 21.5
2004 73 313.3 17.2
2005 84 360.5 0.0
2006 92 396.6 12.9
2007 82 355.0 8.7
2008 90 387.9 4.3
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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 95.7 81.0 76.5 94.0 92.3 92.9 94.3 91.1 89.8 93.4 96.4 98.2 93.6
2001 97.6 87.8 84.2 95.0 100.0 95.6 96.5 94.7 94.3 95.8 97.5 98.3 96.1
2006 98.7 95.4 91.4 97.3 100.0 97.9 98.4 98.1 97.2 97.9 98.5 99.0 98.2
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 39.2 22.5 18.1 44.6 71.4 37.8 36.6 42.3 40.0 41.1 41.6 12.6 37.2
2006 62.1 42.9 33.0 58.6 85.7 59.9 58.9 65.4 58.1 63.4 67.6 32.3 59.4
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