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Papakura District

This section provides people and indicator data for Papakura District.

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People data for Papakura 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 Papakura 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 Papakura 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 6,663 22.6 4,350 38.2 1,920 43.9 885 25.3 135 27.1 11,295 25.0
15 - 24 3,921 13.3 2,112 18.6 834 19.1 621 17.7 93 18.7 6,609 14.6
25 - 44 7,962 27.0 3,087 27.1 1,089 24.9 1,098 31.4 186 37.3 12,738 28.2
45 - 64 7,098 24.0 1,503 13.2 450 10.3 750 21.4 69 13.9 9,978 22.1
65 - 74 1,989 6.7 252 2.2 57 1.3 105 3.0 6 1.2 2,448 5.4
75+ 1,914 6.5 66 0.6 30 0.7 42 1.2 3 0.6 2,109 4.7
Total 29,541 100.0 11,376 100.0 4,377 100.0 3,501 100.0 498 100.0 45,183 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 68.9 26.5 10.2 8.2 1.2 115.0
Sex
Male 14,223 48.1 5,469 48.1 2,178 49.8 1,668 47.6 264 53.0 21,855 48.4
Female 15,321 51.9 5,910 52.0 2,199 50.2 1,833 52.4 234 47.0 23,328 51.6
    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 41,100  -  - 763 239 524
1997 41,500 400 1.0 733 258 475
1998 41,700 200 0.5 752 239 513
1999 41,800 100 0.2 705 267 438
2000 42,100 300 0.7 788 246 542
2001 42,300 200 0.5 750 269 481
2002 43,300 1,000 2.4 679 302 377
2003 44,300 1,000 2.3 774 293 481
2004 45,200 900 2.0 796 277 519
2005 46,000 800 1.8 835 311 524
2006 46,900 900 2.0 840 300 540
2007 47,700 800 1.7 925 302 623
2008 48,300 600 1.3 991 329 662

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   51,500 56,100 60,700 65,300 70,100 23,200 49.0
Medium 46,900 50,200 53,500 56,700 59,900 63,100 16,200 35.0
Low   49,000 50,900 52,700 54,500 56,200 9,300 20.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 4,635 46.1 4,635 39.4 4,452 36.1 4,254 32.7 4,572 31.7
Couples without children 2,292 22.8 2,742 23.3 3,009 24.4 3,153 24.2 3,429 23.8
Multi-family 273 2.7 339 2.9 594 4.8 510 3.9 678 4.7
One parent family 1,092 10.9 1,752 14.9 1,818 14.8 2,058 15.8 2,349 16.3
One person 1,341 13.3 1,710 14.5 1,956 15.9 2,475 19.0 2,808 19.5
Other multi-person 426 4.2 579 4.9 492 4.0 573 4.4 579 4.0
Total 10,059 100.0 11,757 100.0 12,321 100.0 13,023 100.0 14,421 100.0
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Indicator data for Papakura 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) 73.3 79.3 76.2 79.8 75.2 80.8

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 3,915 37.3 3,450 32.2 7,368 34.7
1996 3,525 26.9 3,807 27.5 7,329 27.2
2006 4,017 28.6 4,386 28.6 8,412 28.6
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 2,187 37.0 3,264 38.8 1,581 33.8 336 17.7
1996 1,611 29.0 3,738 33.5 1,647 23.4 333 10.5
2006 1,839 31.0 3,981 34.7 2,193 24.4 399 9.7
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 2,214 26.2 1,338 42.1 435 36.7 180 16.1 342 20.7 4,017 28.7
Female 2,409 25.7 1,932 50.8 447 34.5 72 5.2 285 18.1 4,386 28.6
Total 4,629 26.0 3,267 46.9 879 36.3 249 9.9 624 19.3 8,412 28.6
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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 89 104 97 599 721 1,320
2002 85 97 91 572 656 1,228
2003 91 98 94 652 671 1,323
2004 77 100 88 558 728 1,286
2005 78 92 85 556 670 1,226
2006 83 87 85 596 619 1,215
2007 76 87 81 572 665 1,237
2008 80 88 84 625 668 1,293
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 389 94.4 151 79.5 31 73.8 23 88.5 2 66.7 596 88.6
2001 417 97.2 188 78.3 43 79.6 31 93.9 3 75.0 682 89.7
2002 351 95.9 198 75.3 45 75.0 26 92.9 11 100.0 631 86.7
2003 336 97.4 216 77.4 40 85.1 42 93.3 15 93.8 649 88.7
2004 306 94.7 240 80.0 53 79.1 31 86.1 17 89.5 647 86.5
2005 328 94.5 215 76.2 56 70.9 45 84.9 13 86.7 657 84.7
2006 327 96.5 211 76.4 60 77.9 49 96.1 16 100.0 663 87.4
2007 284 97.3 208 76.8 63 72.4 49 96.1 17 89.5 621 86.3
2008 263 98.1 235 80.5 69 75.8 60 92.3 13 100.0 640 87.8

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 39.9 48.2 349 44.1 14.4 25.8 159 20.1
2006 44.3 49.4 369 46.8 14.2 19.5 133 16.9
2007 50.0 62.3 433 55.8 13.4 30.6 167 21.5
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 229 52.6 49 23.8 14 22.2 48 64.9 9 64.3 349 44.1
2006 242 55.0 47 24.0 18 46.2 46 57.5 16 48.5 369 46.8
2007 255 64.4 68 34.0 31 52.5 66 72.5 13 43.3 433 55.8
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 111 25.5 13 6.3 3 4.8 28 37.8 4 28.6 159 20.1
2006 91 20.7 6 3.1 9 23.1 22 27.5 5 15.2 133 16.9
2007 97 24.5 24 12.0 11 18.6 31 34.1 4 13.3 167 21.5

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 3,924 73.6 2,910 67.6 6,837 71.0
Female 4,635 76.8 2,865 63.9 7,497 71.2
Total 8,559 75.3 5,775 65.7 14,337 71.1
At least tertiary
Male 531 10.0 420 9.8 954 9.9
Female 870 14.4 405 9.0 1,278 12.1
Total 1,401 12.3 828 9.4 2,232 11.1
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 7,095 58.7 579 31.2 162 41.9 129 56.6 12 66.7 7,806 54.8
1991 8,500 63.0 939 37.1 303 41.4 300 64.1 21 63.6 9,821 58.5
1996 8,996 61.2 1,338 39.0 351 38.6 435 54.5 63 65.6 10,513 56.2
2001 9,867 72.2 1,524 47.0 519 58.8 834 84.5 84 84.9 12,084 68.2
2006 10,878 75.5 2,127 52.1 813 62.6 1,425 83.9 177 81.9 14,337 71.1
At least tertiary
1986 549 4.5 12 0.7 3 0.8 39 17.1 0 0.0 597 4.2
1991 676 5.0 21 0.8 9 1.2 90 19.2 6 18.2 791 4.7
1996 847 5.8 54 1.6 12 1.3 156 19.6 21 21.9 1,051 5.6
2001 1,121 8.2 90 2.8 33 3.7 189 19.2 18 18.2 1,390 7.8
2006 1,617 11.2 195 4.8 72 5.5 444 26.1 39 18.1 2,232 11.1
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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 1,153 420 1,573 73.3 26.7
2003 1,107 389 1,496 74.0 26.0
2004 1,103 391 1,494 73.8 26.2
2005 1,272 457 1,729 73.6 26.4
2006 1,127 399 1,526 73.9 26.1
2007 899 322 1,221 73.6 26.4
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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 2,763 12.5 861 23.3 219 28.6 63 15.4 6 18.2 3,654 14.1
1991 4,353 19.0 2,061 40.1 903 55.6 186 23.3 24 42.1 6,945 23.9
1996 4,293 17.2 2,220 34.1 795 42.7 399 31.6 87 48.3 6,801 21.7
2001 3,396 15.0 1,785 29.9 576 32.9 459 29.0 45 32.6 5,484 18.9
2006 3,132 12.8 1,782 23.4 642 24.4 567 22.0 108 30.8 5,430 16.2
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,278 19.1 264 5.7 750 9.7 504 10.7 855 40.6 3,654 14.1
1991 2,496 33.7 705 14.9 1,488 16.8 942 17.3 1,311 51.5 6,945 23.9
1996 2,490 31.1 675 14.9 1,506 15.6 849 13.6 1,284 44.2 6,801 21.7
2001 2,031 27.6 570 15.4 1,200 13.8 729 11.4 954 33.2 5,484 18.9
2006 1,896 22.9 540 12.3 1,086 11.3 708 9.2 1,200 34.3 5,430 16.2
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,581 12.3 2,073 16.0
1991 3,000 21.0 3,951 26.8
1996 2,895 18.8 3,906 24.4
2001 2,349 16.6 3,135 21.0
2006 2,385 14.7 3,045 17.6

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 2,466 9.8 2,343 42.4 534 44.9 87 17.7 18 50.0 5,163 16.3
1991 2,322 8.8 2,490 36.6 993 46.2 276 27.7 18 24.0 5,772 16.3
1996 2,213 8.0 2,815 34.3 1,256 48.6 396 25.3 46 23.2 5,853 15.8
2001 1,878 7.0 2,829 33.2 1,122 41.9 450 20.5 51 25.4 5,547 14.8
2006 1,980 7.1 3,465 33.2 1,683 42.1 555 16.9 84 18.9 6,729 16.2
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 1,110 20.9 669 20.7 1,605 26.9 1,227 13.0 483 8.9 69 3.1 5,163 16.3
1991 1,506 23.6 648 22.2 1,503 24.2 1,518 13.9 501 8.0 93 3.4 5,772 16.3
1996 1,769 26.1 617 22.0 1,188 20.4 1,624 14.3 547 7.6 108 3.5 5,853 15.8
2001 1,602 24.5 717 22.3 1,089 20.4 1,503 13.6 534 6.7 105 3.2 5,547 14.8
2006 1,794 25.7 825 22.6 1,494 24.6 1,719 14.7 765 8.3 132 3.3 6,729 16.2
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,625 16.7 2,535 16.0
1991 2,856 16.3 2,919 16.3
1996 2,855 15.7 2,998 15.9
2001 2,724 14.9 2,820 14.7
2006 3,246 16.1 3,483 16.2
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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 (%) 47.0 47.0 42.9 51.0 42.0 40.0 35.0

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 40.0 0 0.0 5 22.0 0 0.0 6 30.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 4 50.0 0 n/a 3 38.0 0 n/a 3 38.0 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 693 19.8 501 20.1 555 26.6 273 45.3 78 57.8 2,103 23.8
Total population 747 7.4 561 6.0 624 5.4 300 5.9 96 2.7 2,331 5.9
2001 Māori 729 19.6 528 21.1 606 26.0 249 35.5 114 57.6 2,223 23.5
Total population 783 7.6 603 6.9 693 5.9 312 5.2 129 3.3 2,523 6.2
2006 Māori 663 15.2 570 19.8 660 23.0 315 33.0 162 50.9 2,376 20.9
  Total population 714 6.3 633 6.7 735 5.6 366 5.3 174 3.8 2,625 5.8

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  (%) 23.7 24.3 72.6 77.5 46.8 49.8
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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 94.9 96.7
2002 91.5 93.2
2003 91.1 91.1
2004 89.0 90.7
2005 88.1 88.1
2006/2007 95.3 97.0
2007/2008 97.8 99.7

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 140 328.6 7.0
2002 167 391.1 2.3
2003 185 429.2 13.9
2004 169 388.5 9.2
2005 148 338.7 9.2
2006 174 396.4 18.2
2007 168 352.2 6.3
2008 177 366.5 4.1
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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 97.1 81.4 78.3 94.7 92.4 93.1 93.0 88.4 92.6 93.5 96.8 98.3 93.1
2001 97.8 84.7 85.8 97.8 100.0 94.1 94.3 90.9 93.5 94.1 97.1 98.6 94.2
2006 98.5 91.6 93.4 98.3 98.6 96.4 96.6 94.6 96.1 96.4 98.2 98.4 96.5
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 45.7 22.9 21.3 50.6 64.7 41.8 39.3 39.5 44.4 43.2 45.6 16.6 40.5
2006 69.0 39.7 34.4 70.0 80.4 61.3 59.3 57.6 60.1 64.5 67.8 38.0 60.3
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