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New Plymouth District

This section provides people and indicator data for New Plymouth District.

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People data for New Plymouth 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 New Plymouth 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 New Plymouth 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 12,198 20.4 3,321 35.4 438 43.8 390 22.3 54 30.5 14,352 20.8
15 - 24 7,014 11.7 1,716 18.3 171 17.1 456 26.1 27 15.3 8,649 12.6
25 - 44 15,249 25.5 2,511 26.8 243 24.3 552 31.6 69 39.0 17,916 26.0
45 - 64 15,543 26.0 1,413 15.1 114 11.4 297 17.0 21 11.9 17,394 25.2
65 - 74 4,917 8.2 273 2.9 21 2.1 36 2.1 3 1.7 5,334 7.7
75+ 4,950 8.3 135 1.4 9 0.9 21 1.2 0 0 5,262 7.6
Total 59,871 100.0 9,369 100.0 999 100.0 1,749 100.0 177 100.0 68,901 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 90.0 14.1 1.5 2.6 0.3 108.5
Sex
Male 28,824 48.1 4,761 50.8 510 51.1 840 48.0 87 49.2 33,510 48.6
Female 31,047 51.9 4,608 49.2 492 49.2 909 52.0 87 49.2 35,388 51.4
    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 69,700  -  - 941 566 375
1997 69,600 -100 -0.1 912 522 390
1998 69,400 -200 -0.3 952 495 457
1999 69,100 -300 -0.4 905 613 292
2000 68,800 -300 -0.4 889 580 309
2001 68,400 -400 -0.6 861 600 261
2002 69,000 600 0.9 787 572 215
2003 69,700 700 1.0 811 620 191
2004 70,100 400 0.6 812 613 199
2005 70,400 300 0.4 888 604 284
2006 71,100 700 1.0 946 578 368
2007 71,400 300 0.4 1,028 648 380
2008 71,800 400 0.6 997 620 377

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   73,700 75,600 77,200 78,300 79,000 7,900 11.0
Medium 71,100 72,300 73,000 73,200 73,000 72,200 1,100 2.0
Low   71,000 70,300 69,200 67,700 65,700 -5,500 -8.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 9,081 40.2 8,511 36.0 7,683 31.5 6,933 27.8 7,140 27.3
Couples without children 5,664 25.1 6,054 25.6 6,939 28.5 7,131 28.6 7,740 29.6
Multi-family 183 0.8 267 1.1 342 1.4 279 1.1 429 1.6
One parent family 2,115 9.4 2,721 11.5 2,832 11.6 3,183 12.8 3,132 12.0
One person 4,188 18.6 4,938 20.9 5,520 22.6 6,426 25.8 6,693 25.6
Other multi-person 1,338 5.9 1,179 5.0 1,059 4.3 981 3.9 1,005 3.8
Total 22,566 100.0 23,670 100.0 24,381 100.0 24,933 100.0 26,139 100.0
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Indicator data for New Plymouth 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) 75.2 80.7 76.5 81.0 77.9 81.5

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 7,401 34.7 6,498 29.7 13,893 32.0
1996 5,634 25.2 5,721 24.7 11,352 24.9
2006 5,058 23.5 5,259 22.7 10,314 23.1
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 3,657 33.8 5,466 35.4 3,612 31.4 1,158 17.0
1996 2,340 27.9 5,424 29.0 2,757 21.6 831 9.9
2006 1,941 24.8 4,596 27.9 3,051 19.0 726 7.6
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 3,630 22.8 966 35.1 90 32.1 129 19.6 666 19.3 5,058 23.5
Female 3,909 21.8 1,248 42.6 63 22.5 48 6.6 597 18.9 5,259 22.7
Total 7,548 22.3 2,220 39.2 153 29.9 177 13.1 1,263 18.9 10,314 23.1
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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 85 94 89 827 877 1,704
2002 86 95 91 798 930 1,728
2003 90 101 95 803 952 1,755
2004 94 106 100 846 964 1,810
2005 104 107 105 859 969 1,828
2006 104 117 110 872 968 1,840
2007 101 107 104 862 914 1,776
2008 112 116 114 1,014 987 2,001
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 744 94.4 174 89.7 9 100.0 12 85.7 0 0.0 939 93.3
2001 715 93.7 154 84.6 11 73.3 10 90.9 4 100.0 894 91.7
2002 668 96.4 197 90.4 7 70.0 16 100.0 3 100.0 891 94.8
2003 737 98.0 227 92.3 6 75.0 17 89.5 6 85.7 993 96.2
2004 677 96.9 220 92.1 18 94.7 15 100.0 6 100.0 938 95.7
2005 662 97.9 204 92.3 12 100.0 19 95.0 7 100.0 904 96.6
2006 684 97.6 196 95.1 15 88.2 21 95.5 5 100.0 921 96.8
2007 621 98.6 199 96.1 21 95.5 25 100.0 7 100.0 873 98.0
2008 570 97.6 207 96.3 25 96.2 27 100.0 14 100.0 843 97.3

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 49.5 61.6 692 55.3 25.4 41.6 414 33.1
2006 55.0 66.1 726 60.6 28.9 38.2 403 33.6
2007 55.3 66.8 700 61.0 26.3 44.1 403 35.1
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 586 60.2 74 31.4 8 61.5 21 84.0 3 60.0 692 55.3
2006 620 65.7 75 35.5 5 38.5 20 87.0 6 66.7 726 60.6
2007 598 65.1 71 37.6 12 63.2 15 83.3 4 100.0 700 61.0
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 365 37.5 28 11.9 3 23.1 16 64.0 2 40.0 414 33.1
2006 357 37.9 28 13.3 1 7.7 13 56.5 4 44.4 403 33.6
2007 352 38.3 34 18.0 4 21.1 11 61.1 2 50.0 403 35.1

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 5,973 77.7 5,292 69.1 11,265 73.4
Female 7,329 83.7 5,463 67.6 12,792 76.0
Total 13,305 80.9 10,755 68.3 24,060 74.8
At least tertiary
Male 1,056 13.7 918 12.0 1,974 12.9
Female 1,587 18.1 837 10.4 2,424 14.4
Total 2,646 16.1 1,752 11.1 4,395 13.7
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 15,604 57.4 768 35.3 54 43.9 177 73.8 33 91.7 16,383 55.9
1991 17,416 62.1 1,068 42.9 63 46.7 252 74.3 24 72.7 18,531 60.6
1996 18,194 61.4 1,491 44.6 129 52.4 282 59.9 51 70.8 19,299 59.8
2001 19,269 71.2 1,605 55.3 141 66.2 408 83.4 69 95.8 20,705 69.9
2006 22,137 75.8 2,112 62.2 222 72.5 693 87.2 84 96.6 24,060 74.8
At least tertiary
1986 1,401 5.2 30 1.4 0 0.0 51 21.3 9 25.0 1,475 5.0
1991 1,552 5.5 51 2.1 3 2.2 93 27.4 9 27.3 1,690 5.5
1996 2,004 6.8 81 2.4 9 3.7 144 30.6 18 25.0 2,192 6.8
2001 2,499 9.2 123 4.2 12 5.6 153 31.3 33 45.8 2,747 9.3
2006 3,954 13.5 276 8.1 27 8.8 276 34.7 39 44.8 4,395 13.7
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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 3,299 1,195 4,494 73.4 26.6
2003 3,275 1,103 4,378 74.8 25.2
2004 2,986 1,125 4,111 72.6 27.4
2005 3,146 1,086 4,232 74.3 25.7
2006 3,089 1,150 4,239 72.9 27.1
2007 3,061 1,194 4,255 71.9 28.1
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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 8,166 16.2 1,284 27.1 69 25.6 48 11.9 12 20.0 9,285 17.0
1991 13,074 26.0 2,397 45.6 135 43.7 117 23.1 36 57.1 15,120 27.5
1996 12,027 23.9 2,586 39.5 180 35.7 222 30.1 39 31.0 13,821 25.3
2001 10,602 23.4 2,313 40.8 204 42.5 237 29.5 36 30.8 12,357 24.8
2006 8,907 18.3 1,815 27.9 171 25.8 264 21.9 27 18.8 10,269 19.2
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,814 20.5 744 8.4 1,752 11.0 1,353 13.9 2,622 41.7 9,285 17.0
1991 4,251 32.1 1,494 19.1 3,204 19.5 2,409 23.2 3,762 53.2 15,120 27.5
1996 4,146 31.3 1,353 20.5 2,982 18.3 2,118 19.0 3,219 44.0 13,821 25.3
2001 3,753 31.8 1,152 22.9 2,640 19.1 1,992 16.8 2,817 38.1 12,357 24.8
2006 2,601 22.5 831 14.2 1,860 13.2 1,854 13.1 3,120 39.2 10,269 19.2
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,909 14.5 5,373 19.4
1991 6,504 24.2 8,619 30.6
1996 5,892 22.1 7,929 28.3
2001 5,301 21.9 7,056 27.4
2006 4,563 17.5 5,703 20.8

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 4,380 7.7 1,674 27.6 84 23.7 48 11.0 3 4.2 6,051 9.5
1991 3,762 6.6 1,590 24.0 126 31.3 93 14.6 15 19.2 5,382 8.4
1996 2,986 5.3 1,538 18.9 134 20.4 97 11.0 3 2.0 4,264 6.7
2001 2,049 3.8 1,251 16.4 156 23.2 99 9.9 18 12.0 3,345 5.4
2006 2,202 4.0 1,467 17.0 195 21.5 216 14.8 3 1.8 3,813 6.0
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 1,245 11.9 786 13.3 1,869 17.2 1,497 8.0 567 5.1 87 1.3 6,051 9.5
1991 1,350 12.7 609 11.6 1,422 14.5 1,452 7.5 474 4.1 75 1.0 5,382 8.4
1996 1,177 11.5 524 10.3 957 11.4 1,176 6.2 368 2.9 62 0.8 4,264 6.7
2001 921 9.9 432 8.1 699 9.8 906 5.3 327 2.3 63 0.8 3,345 5.4
2006 960 11.0 495 9.6 894 11.4 966 5.8 414 2.5 75 0.8 3,813 6.0
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,114 9.9 2,934 9.2
1991 2,655 8.4 2,724 8.3
1996 2,096 6.8 2,168 6.7
2001 1,629 5.5 1,716 5.4
2006 1,902 6.1 1,905 5.8
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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 (%) 68.0 61.0 59.4 67.0 61.0 55.0 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 16 31.0 3 38.0 13 38.0 1 33.0 6 15.0 2 50.0
Women voted in 6 38.0 0 n/a 4 29.0 0 n/a 4 29.0 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 573 16.9 504 21.5 471 21.7 189 31.7 123 42.3 1,860 21.1
Total population 693 4.3 645 4.7 567 2.8 234 2.6 141 1.5 2,289 3.4
2001 Māori 516 15.7 480 23.0 477 22.3 183 26.5 132 43.1 1,791 21.0
Total population 657 4.3 642 5.5 636 3.3 243 2.3 168 1.7 2,346 3.5
2006 Māori 429 12.9 480 20.4 507 21.1 210 24.0 141 34.3 1,767 18.9
  Total population 507 3.5 612 5.0 642 3.3 279 2.3 174 1.6 2,211 3.2

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  (%) 15.5 17.0 75.8 72.7 46.5 48.7
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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 79.4 0.0
2002 79.0 69.5
2003 78.5 70.5
2004 77.3 69.6
2005 77.0 76.1
2006/2007 75.9 76.2
2007/2008 75.5 75.9

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 275 409.2 6.0
2002 273 397.4 5.8
2003 292 422.6 2.9
2004 232 335.3 14.5
2005 241 347.8 10.1
2006 285 409.5 10.1
2007 304 425.8 11.2
2008 283 394.2 5.6
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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 87.5 82.8 97.6 100.0 96.1 96.8 95.5 94.3 96.5 97.7 98.6 96.5
2001 97.9 88.2 86.2 97.6 98.0 96.6 97.1 95.9 94.5 96.7 98.1 98.6 96.8
2006 99.0 94.6 94.0 97.7 98.2 98.2 98.7 98.1 98.1 98.3 98.8 98.9 98.5
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 41.4 25.3 27.7 60.2 64.7 41.5 39.3 46.4 43.4 45.5 43.0 12.6 40.3
2006 66.5 47.3 42.4 75.4 81.8 65.6 63.5 70.8 66.7 69.2 70.2 34.6 64.6
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