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Nelson District

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People data for Nelson 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 Nelson 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 Nelson 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 7,332 18.9 1,284 35.5 285 40.3 282 26.5 60 35.1 8,241 19.2
15 - 24 4,662 12.0 708 19.6 141 19.9 207 19.4 24 14.0 5,436 12.7
25 - 44 10,218 26.3 1,011 28.0 180 25.4 372 34.9 54 31.6 11,592 27.0
45 - 64 10,608 27.3 498 13.8 87 12.3 180 16.9 21 12.3 11,379 26.5
65 - 74 2,916 7.5 72 2.0 12 1.7 15 1.4 0 0 3,045 7.1
75+ 3,054 7.9 42 1.2 0 0.0 12 1.1 0 0 3,186 7.4
Total 38,796 100.0 3,615 100.0 708 100.0 1,065 100.0 171 100.0 42,888 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 93.1 8.7 1.7 2.6 0.4 106.4
Sex
Male 18,714 48.2 1,758 48.6 375 53.0 480 45.1 90 52.6 20,787 48.5
Female 20,082 51.8 1,854 51.3 336 47.5 582 54.6 84 49.1 22,101 51.5
    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 41,200  -  - 552 357 195
1997 41,700 500 1.2 528 357 171
1998 42,000 300 0.7 527 315 212
1999 42,300 300 0.7 518 349 169
2000 42,600 300 0.7 546 352 194
2001 42,900 300 0.7 545 344 201
2002 43,100 200 0.5 519 392 127
2003 43,600 500 1.2 527 368 159
2004 44,000 400 0.9 579 382 197
2005 44,100 100 0.2 519 344 175
2006 44,300 200 0.5 523 365 158
2007 44,400 100 0.2 639 381 258
2008 44,700 300 0.7 627 412 215

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   47,000 49,400 51,600 53,700 55,600 11,300 26.0
Medium 44,300 45,700 46,900 47,900 48,700 49,300 5,000 11.0
Low   44,500 44,500 44,300 43,900 43,200 -1,100 -2.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 4,407 35.9 4,296 31.9 4,281 28.7 3,990 25.4 4,242 25.3
Couples without children 3,393 27.6 3,762 27.9 4,446 29.8 4,608 29.3 5,031 30.0
Multi-family 114 0.9 141 1.0 201 1.3 168 1.1 216 1.3
One parent family 1,095 8.9 1,458 10.8 1,710 11.5 2,034 13.0 2,055 12.3
One person 2,547 20.8 2,970 22.0 3,378 22.6 3,936 25.1 4,344 25.9
Other multi-person 714 5.8 852 6.3 909 6.1 969 6.2 873 5.2
Total 12,273 100.0 13,479 100.0 14,925 100.0 15,705 100.0 16,755 100.0
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Indicator data for Nelson District

Health

Life expectancy

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) 75.8 79.4 76.1 81.4 78.9 82.3

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 3,750 31.9 3,270 26.2 7,020 28.9
1996 3,360 24.6 3,174 22.3 6,537 23.4
2006 3,297 23.7 3,015 20.7 6,318 22.2
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,743 30.7 2,718 31.8 1,893 27.6 666 15.3
1996 1,563 30.3 3,195 27.6 1,356 17.5 423 7.9
2006 1,296 25.9 2,898 26.8 1,764 16.4 360 6.3
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 2,526 23.6 420 37.2 81 33.6 87 25.8 414 17.9 3,297 23.7
Female 2,406 20.7 474 38.8 54 25.6 39 10.6 294 14.1 3,015 20.7
Total 4,935 22.1 903 38.6 135 30.0 126 17.0 711 16.1 6,318 22.2
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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 99 115 107 532 586 1,118
2002 95 108 102 496 592 1,088
2003 102 100 101 550 545 1,095
2004 96 107 102 568 602 1,170
2005 95 99 97 516 585 1,101
2006 100 98 99 562 537 1,099
2007 113 110 112 612 555 1,167
2008 100 111 106 541 603 1,144
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 457 98.7 60 98.4 13 100.0 5 83.3 1 50.0 536 98.3
2001 442 97.1 77 93.9 8 100.0 12 85.7 1 33.3 540 96.1
2002 432 96.4 65 97.0 11 100.0 13 86.7 1 100.0 522 96.3
2003 465 98.7 67 95.7 9 100.0 11 84.6 6 85.7 558 97.9
2004 380 97.4 97 99.0 9 90.0 7 100.0 5 100.0 498 97.6
2005 422 98.1 59 93.7 10 66.7 13 92.9 5 83.3 509 96.4
2006 401 98.3 80 96.4 6 66.7 16 94.1 8 88.9 511 97.1
2007 319 99.4 81 94.2 10 90.9 16 76.2 3 100.0 429 97.1
2008 352 97.2 76 96.2 12 92.3 20 87.0 9 100.0 469 96.5

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 61.7 65.7 510 63.8 32.6 39.4 289 36.1
2006 69.0 71.7 613 70.4 40.1 46.4 377 43.3
2007 59.3 75.1 599 67.4 30.3 46.2 342 38.5
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 469 67.5 19 26.4 8 66.7 12 66.7 2 66.7 510 63.8
2006 544 73.6 44 47.3 6 46.2 11 61.1 8 100.0 613 70.4
2007 516 71.5 56 45.5 8 61.5 14 58.3 5 71.4 599 67.4
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 268 38.6 6 8.3 6 50.0 9 50.0 0 0.0 289 36.1
2006 343 46.4 21 22.6 1 7.7 6 33.3 6 75.0 377 43.3
2007 298 41.3 25 20.3 5 38.5 11 45.8 3 42.9 342 38.5

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 4,146 80.5 3,963 77.0 8,109 78.8
Female 4,869 85.4 4,062 73.9 8,931 79.7
Total 9,018 83.1 8,022 75.4 17,040 79.3
At least tertiary
Male 825 16.0 867 16.8 1,695 16.5
Female 1,221 21.4 834 15.2 2,052 18.3
Total 2,043 18.8 1,704 16.0 3,747 17.4
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 9,591 62.1 174 39.5 39 44.8 84 70.0 6 100.0 9,845 61.4
1991 11,175 66.1 279 45.8 39 52.0 108 63.2 18 85.7 11,505 65.3
1996 12,224 65.3 621 52.5 93 50.8 177 54.1 36 66.7 12,737 64.3
2001 13,945 75.8 693 61.1 111 64.9 279 83.8 45 93.8 14,722 75.2
2006 16,065 80.2 888 64.8 153 64.6 414 81.2 75 100.0 17,040 79.3
At least tertiary
1986 1,048 6.8 6 1.4 0 0.0 18 15.0 3 50.0 1,071 6.7
1991 1,252 7.4 6 1.0 3 4.0 33 19.3 6 28.6 1,289 7.3
1996 1,716 9.2 48 4.1 9 4.9 72 22.0 15 27.8 1,822 9.2
2001 2,269 12.3 57 5.0 6 3.5 60 18.0 12 25.0 2,376 12.1
2006 3,546 17.7 123 9.0 21 8.9 126 24.7 24 32.0 3,747 17.4
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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 2,900 1,138 4,038 71.8 28.2
2003 2,880 1,102 3,982 72.3 27.7
2004 2,638 1,076 3,714 71.0 29.0
2005 2,694 1,060 3,754 71.8 28.2
2006 2,538 1,025 3,563 71.2 28.8
2007 2,570 1,089 3,659 70.2 29.8
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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 4,350 16.2 159 15.8 48 28.6 45 28.8 0 0.0 4,596 16.4
1991 7,419 25.6 480 36.8 60 41.7 105 40.7 12 44.4 7,893 26.1
1996 7,128 23.4 741 33.4 135 40.9 231 42.8 15 19.2 7,809 24.2
2001 6,564 22.2 795 35.5 126 41.6 141 29.4 27 37.5 7,233 23.0
2006 5,871 18.3 693 26.3 111 24.7 210 27.1 15 11.6 6,522 19.0
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,005 16.9 327 7.4 789 10.1 894 15.5 1,581 39.4 4,596 16.4
1991 1,872 30.4 792 17.6 1,626 18.0 1,365 22.4 2,238 50.8 7,893 26.1
1996 2,124 30.8 708 17.8 1,767 17.7 1,209 17.9 2,004 42.7 7,809 24.2
2001 2,154 31.6 675 20.3 1,656 17.9 1,167 15.5 1,584 34.8 7,233 23.0
2006 1,557 23.0 603 15.1 1,239 13.3 1,284 13.6 1,836 37.7 6,522 19.0
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,935 14.3 2,661 18.5
1991 3,276 22.4 4,617 29.6
1996 3,249 20.8 4,557 27.4
2001 3,003 19.8 4,230 26.0
2006 2,898 17.3 3,624 20.5

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 2,463 8.2 312 25.4 48 23.9 63 30.4 0 0.0 2,943 9.1
1991 2,319 7.2 333 21.4 63 30.9 78 23.2 3 8.3 2,760 8.0
1996 1,897 5.6 484 17.4 116 27.1 124 17.5 11 11.8 2,495 6.6
2001 1,530 4.5 573 20.0 135 27.1 141 19.0 3 3.7 2,283 6.0
2006 1,350 3.8 486 14.9 186 27.9 147 15.4 15 9.6 2,106 5.3
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 531 12.3 318 11.4 927 17.1 813 8.8 306 4.7 48 1.2 2,943 9.1
1991 591 12.3 246 10.1 816 15.1 786 7.5 276 4.1 48 1.0 2,760 8.0
1996 693 12.7 204 8.0 586 11.1 765 6.6 206 2.7 41 0.8 2,495 6.6
2001 603 11.5 255 8.4 495 10.8 678 6.0 207 2.3 51 1.0 2,283 6.0
2006 483 9.7 222 7.5 540 10.4 552 5.1 273 2.5 36 0.7 2,106 5.3
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,464 9.3 1,482 8.9
1991 1,386 8.2 1,380 7.8
1996 1,240 6.8 1,255 6.5
2001 1,143 6.2 1,140 5.8
2006 1,095 5.6 1,011 4.9
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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 (%) 66.0 70.0 55.7 56.0 53.0 48.0 51.0

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 9 31.0 0 0.0 7 26.0 2 50.0 12 38.0 3 38.0
Women voted in 5 42.0 0 n/a 3 25.0 0 n/a 5 42.0 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 150 13.4 165 17.5 129 18.4 42 24.1 12 15.4 507 16.8
Total population 192 2.3 240 2.8 192 1.6 75 1.4 24 0.4 726 1.8
2001 Māori 198 16.0 210 23.9 150 18.4 57 27.9 15 20.0 636 19.8
Total population 267 3.1 291 3.7 219 1.7 96 1.5 36 0.6 915 2.2
2006 Māori 195 15.2 201 20.9 174 18.0 72 24.5 24 21.6 666 18.4
  Total population 231 2.8 255 3.3 273 2.1 132 1.7 45 0.7 936 2.2

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  (%) 17.6 16.9 70.4 71.3 48.6 48.3
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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 139.9 0.0
2002 139.4 0.0
2003 137.8 0.0
2004 97.7 97.7
2005 97.5 97.5
2006/2007 97.0 96.8
2007/2008 96.6 96.2

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 110 265.7 2.4
2002 148 340.2 2.3
2003 131 295.0 2.3
2004 141 311.9 4.4
2005 118 258.2 4.4
2006 127 274.3 4.3
2007 132 297.3 2.3
2008 129 288.6 2.2
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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 97.2 88.1 79.3 97.5 96.8 96.2 96.9 95.4 94.7 96.2 98.3 98.6 96.6
2001 98.1 90.8 90.9 98.8 92.9 97.3 97.8 96.7 96.6 97.1 98.6 98.9 97.6
2006 98.9 95.9 97.2 98.7 98.1 98.4 98.9 98.7 97.8 98.4 99.0 99.2 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 42.5 26.6 23.8 53.6 46.4 43.4 40.6 47.8 43.0 45.1 46.5 16.4 42.0
2006 68.5 51.9 45.1 68.0 86.5 68.2 66.5 74.0 67.2 70.2 73.2 39.9 67.3
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