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Matamata-Piako District

This section provides people and indicator data for Matamata-Piako District.

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People data for Matamata-Piako 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 Matamata-Piako 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 Matamata-Piako 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 5,853 22.3 1,395 35.9 132 44.0 249 29.2 42 35.9 7,029 23.1
15 - 24 3,024 11.5 681 17.5 60 20.0 132 15.5 6 5.1 3,690 12.1
25 - 44 6,480 24.7 1,032 26.6 66 22.0 273 32.0 54 46.2 7,755 25.4
45 - 64 6,408 24.4 621 16.0 30 10.0 162 19.0 9 7.7 7,239 23.7
65 - 74 2,340 8.9 114 2.9 6 2.0 27 3.2 3 2.6 2,559 8.4
75+ 2,109 8.0 48 1.2 3 1.0 12 1.4 0 0 2,208 7.2
Total 26,217 100.0 3,885 100.0 300 100.0 852 100.0 117 100.0 30,483 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 89.0 13.2 1.0 2.9 0.4 106.5
Sex
Male 12,816 48.9 1,926 49.6 156 52.0 402 47.2 69 59.0 14,973 49.1
Female 13,398 51.1 1,956 50.3 141 47.0 453 53.2 48 41.0 15,507 50.9
    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 30,300  -  - 440 222 218
1997 30,400 100 0.3 482 205 277
1998 30,400 0 0.0 441 231 210
1999 30,400 0 0.0 504 260 244
2000 30,300 -100 -0.3 433 215 218
2001 30,300 0 0.0 424 231 193
2002 30,400 100 0.3 408 233 175
2003 30,600 200 0.7 417 211 206
2004 30,900 300 1.0 439 233 206
2005 31,100 200 0.6 446 221 225
2006 31,200 100 0.3 388 262 126
2007 31,200 0 0.0 444 254 190
2008 31,400 200 0.6 473 278 195

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   32,200 33,000 33,600 34,000 34,300 3,100 10.0
Medium 31,200 31,600 31,700 31,700 31,400 30,900 -300 -1.0
Low   30,900 30,400 29,700 28,800 27,700 -3,500 -11.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 4,419 46.4 4,083 40.8 3,738 35.9 3,378 32.1 3,360 30.1
Couples without children 2,433 25.5 2,769 27.7 3,063 29.5 3,168 30.1 3,456 31.0
Multi-family 81 0.8 120 1.2 141 1.4 120 1.1 210 1.9
One parent family 681 7.1 855 8.5 942 9.1 1,095 10.4 1,155 10.4
One person 1,500 15.7 1,782 17.8 2,127 20.5 2,436 23.1 2,625 23.5
Other multi-person 420 4.4 396 4.0 387 3.7 330 3.1 351 3.1
Total 9,531 100.0 10,005 100.0 10,398 100.0 10,527 100.0 11,151 100.0
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Indicator data for Matamata-Piako 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) 74.6 81.2 75.9 81.6 77.5 81.6

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 3,303 32.4 2,502 25.4 5,814 29.0
1996 2,586 25.9 2,376 24.7 4,956 25.2
2006 2,421 26.1 2,328 24.5 4,743 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 1,539 30.2 2,361 31.6 1,521 29.0 393 16.1
1996 1,110 31.7 2,475 29.6 1,059 19.4 312 9.2
2006 1,017 30.0 2,112 29.5 1,323 19.7 291 6.7
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,752 25.0 465 41.0 27 34.7 45 17.0 282 20.9 2,421 26.1
Female 1,719 23.6 591 47.1 36 43.1 21 5.5 210 17.8 2,328 24.5
Total 3,465 24.2 1,044 43.6 54 32.4 66 11.5 507 20.1 4,743 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 78 100 89 379 502 881
2002 92 98 95 419 473 892
2003 101 104 102 474 480 954
2004 88 109 99 389 516 905
2005 105 107 106 456 465 921
2006 93 111 102 406 476 882
2007 95 106 101 415 445 860
2008 98 109 103 435 472 907
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 381 96.2 84 90.3 2 100.0 7 87.5 1 100.0 475 95.0
2001 325 94.5 52 91.2 3 100.0 7 87.5 4 80.0 391 93.8
2002 379 93.8 64 84.2 3 75.0 8 100.0 4 80.0 458 92.2
2003 375 97.9 80 87.9 4 100.0 17 94.4 1 100.0 477 96.0
2004 353 96.7 79 96.3 2 100.0 11 78.6 6 100.0 451 96.2
2005 349 99.1 78 90.7 8 100.0 20 100.0 6 100.0 461 97.7
2006 330 97.6 81 94.2 3 75.0 7 100.0 5 100.0 426 96.8
2007 322 99.1 77 91.7 2 66.7 9 75.0 7 87.5 417 96.5
2008 274 95.8 80 87.0 5 83.3 15 93.8 5 83.3 379 93.4

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 30.3 62.6 214 46.9 12.7 31.9 103 22.6
2006 39.3 67.0 227 54.3 15.2 30.8 99 23.7
2007 42.5 63.3 219 52.9 14.5 34.8 102 24.6
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 185 51.4 25 30.5 1 20.0 3 37.5 0 0.0 214 46.9
2006 190 58.1 24 32.0 4 100.0 8 88.9 1 33.3 227 54.3
2007 181 58.0 25 31.3 2 66.7 9 56.3 2 66.7 219 52.9
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 93 25.8 9 11.0 0 0.0 1 12.5 0 0.0 103 22.6
2006 82 25.1 12 16.0 1 25.0 4 44.4 0 0.0 99 23.7
2007 89 28.5 8 10.0 0 0.0 5 31.3 0 0.0 102 24.6

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 2,463 72.3 2,046 62.1 4,509 67.3
Female 2,991 80.1 2,157 64.1 5,148 72.5
Total 5,457 76.5 4,203 63.1 9,657 70.0
At least tertiary
Male 300 8.8 213 6.5 510 7.6
Female 483 12.9 264 7.9 747 10.5
Total 780 10.9 477 7.2 1,257 9.1
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 6,417 52.8 240 25.6 9 30.0 60 60.6 6 66.7 6,663 51.0
1991 7,506 57.8 357 33.3 21 50.0 87 54.7 9 100.0 7,875 55.9
1996 7,605 58.4 543 37.3 33 45.8 90 49.2 3 33.3 8,022 56.3
2001 8,002 68.0 564 44.7 60 71.4 168 67.5 9 100.0 8,562 66.0
2006 8,835 71.5 744 52.0 66 71.0 294 77.8 60 100.0 9,657 70.0
At least tertiary
1986 441 3.6 6 0.6 0 0.0 12 12.1 0 0.0 459 3.5
1991 492 3.8 15 1.4 0 0.0 21 13.2 3 33.3 523 3.7
1996 609 4.7 18 1.2 0 0.0 21 11.5 0 0.0 641 4.5
2001 771 6.6 45 3.6 9 10.7 24 9.6 3 33.3 822 6.3
2006 1,116 9.0 75 5.2 15 16.1 72 19.0 12 20.0 1,257 9.1
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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 1,405 447 1,852 75.9 24.1
2003 1,781 602 2,383 74.7 25.3
2004 1,709 524 2,233 76.5 23.5
2005 1,739 562 2,301 75.6 24.4
2006 1,756 586 2,342 75.0 25.0
2007 1,766 596 2,362 74.8 25.2
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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 4,383 19.2 780 37.7 24 29.6 18 9.8 3 25.0 5,100 20.5
1991 5,589 24.5 1,020 46.6 39 39.4 96 35.6 6 40.0 6,603 26.4
1996 4,287 19.1 915 38.0 48 27.6 54 20.2 3 14.3 4,956 20.5
2001 3,675 17.4 888 36.6 81 39.7 141 32.4 3 16.7 4,497 19.4
2006 3,690 16.6 705 26.9 63 28.8 132 20.9 12 12.1 4,389 17.8
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,830 27.2 483 11.8 1,242 17.6 720 15.5 828 34.8 5,100 20.5
1991 2,100 32.1 636 18.2 1,557 20.9 960 20.2 1,350 48.1 6,603 26.4
1996 1,611 25.8 381 13.3 1,092 14.9 756 15.8 1,122 38.6 4,956 20.5
2001 1,488 25.2 318 13.5 945 14.3 723 14.2 1,026 31.5 4,497 19.4
2006 1,197 20.6 279 10.4 735 11.6 780 13.0 1,398 36.9 4,389 17.8
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,364 18.8 2,733 22.2
1991 3,000 23.9 3,603 28.8
1996 2,229 18.4 2,727 22.7
2001 1,995 17.3 2,502 21.5
2006 1,950 16.1 2,436 19.5

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 1,731 6.8 1,041 38.8 36 41.4 30 13.7 3 16.7 2,826 9.9
1991 1,482 5.8 927 34.3 33 24.4 48 15.7 6 28.6 2,493 8.7
1996 1,148 4.5 850 24.5 30 13.8 50 13.7 4 19.0 1,970 6.9
2001 837 3.5 906 26.6 81 28.4 108 18.8 0 0.0 1,833 6.6
2006 840 3.4 843 23.8 36 12.9 216 26.9 6 5.4 1,896 6.6
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 720 14.0 372 13.6 726 14.9 705 8.7 264 5.1 39 1.6 2,826 9.9
1991 681 12.9 357 14.6 546 12.9 666 7.7 195 3.7 45 1.5 2,493 8.7
1996 598 11.9 252 10.5 369 10.0 542 6.4 173 3.1 36 1.1 1,970 6.9
2001 543 11.7 270 10.9 339 10.7 486 6.2 153 2.6 45 1.2 1,833 6.6
2006 510 11.7 243 9.9 384 11.1 465 6.4 234 3.4 57 1.3 1,896 6.6
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,458 10.1 1,371 9.8
1991 1,266 8.7 1,227 8.6
1996 986 6.9 984 6.9
2001 882 6.4 948 6.8
2006 933 6.6 963 6.6
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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 51.0 54.4 61.0 52.0 42.0 42.0

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 6 27.0 1 33.0 8 38.0 1 33.0 10 40.0 1 50.0
Women voted in 3 27.0 0 n/a 3 27.0 0 n/a 4 36.0 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 279 19.3 231 24.1 198 21.9 126 43.3 57 54.3 885 23.9
Total population 318 4.2 276 4.7 240 2.8 138 3.5 63 1.7 1,032 3.5
2001 Māori 330 21.9 219 24.8 228 24.0 99 31.7 48 40.0 927 24.6
Total population 357 4.9 252 5.0 279 3.3 135 3.1 69 1.7 1,089 3.7
2006 Māori 345 24.7 219 23.0 234 24.5 129 30.5 69 42.6 987 25.4
  Total population 372 5.3 261 5.1 285 3.3 153 3.1 84 1.8 1,161 3.8

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  (%) 29.1 26.8 79.8 80.4 56.6 58.1
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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 52.7 32.6
2002 54.4 1.2
2003 21.0 18.7
2004 3.6 1.7
2005 18.8 0.4
2006/2007 52.2 0.6
2007/2008 54.9 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 105 362.1 27.6
2002 118 390.7 29.8
2003 108 356.4 9.9
2004 112 369.6 26.4
2005 131 432.3 39.6
2006 130 429.0 6.6
2007 115 368.6 48.1
2007 195 621.0 51.0
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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 97.2 79.7 81.9 87.5 85.7 95.0 95.5 93.3 93.3 95.2 97.4 98.4 95.3
2001 97.7 83.7 86.0 96.3 100.0 95.6 96.4 94.7 93.1 95.7 97.6 98.9 96.0
2006 99.0 92.6 97.8 97.0 102.7 97.9 98.3 98.0 96.8 97.7 98.7 99.1 98.1
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 37.7 16.1 30.1 35.8 66.7 35.9 34.7 41.6 38.4 39.2 36.1 11.0 35.3
2006 65.2 38.3 55.4 55.4 73.0 62.4 60.9 69.6 61.0 67.7 66.1 32.2 61.7
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