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Porirua City

This section provides people and indicator data for Porirua City.

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People data for Porirua City

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 Porirua City

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: Satisfaction with work/life balance, Workplace Injury

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

Leisure and Recreation: Satisfaction with leisure time, Participation in physical activity

Physical Environment: Drinking water quality

Safety: Perceptions of safety, Road casualties

Social Connectedness: Telephone and internet access in the home, Trust in others, Proportion of the population experiencing loneliness

People data for Porirua City

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 7,338 24.5 3,585 37.2 4,518 36.8 624 29.9 90 36.6 12,732 26.2
15 - 24 3,753 12.5 1,785 18.5 2,268 18.5 390 18.7 36 14.6 7,017 14.5
25 - 44 8,496 28.4 2,601 27.0 3,189 26.0 630 30.2 84 34.1 13,929 28.7
45 - 64 7,545 25.2 1,371 14.2 1,752 14.3 348 16.7 24 9.8 11,010 22.7
65 - 74 1,632 5.5 243 2.5 402 3.3 72 3.4 0 0 2,403 4.9
75+ 1,164 3.9 60 0.6 138 1.1 18 0.9 3 1.2 1,449 3.0
Total 29,928 100.0 9,645 100.0 12,267 100.0 2,088 100.0 246 100.0 48,546 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 64.9 20.9 26.6 4.5 0.5 117.5
Sex
Male 14,568 48.7 4,539 47.1 5,976 48.7 1,011 48.4 123 50.0 23,631 48.7
Female 15,360 51.3 5,106 52.9 6,291 51.3 1,077 51.6 126 51.2 24,912 51.3
    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 48,200  -  - 906 281 625
1997 48,500 300 0.6 943 273 670
1998 48,800 300 0.6 893 231 662
1999 49,100 300 0.6 1,016 272 744
2000 49,200 100 0.2 901 236 665
2001 49,500 300 0.6 932 266 666
2002 49,800 300 0.6 839 283 556
2003 50,300 500 1.0 884 254 630
2004 50,500 200 0.4 819 264 555
2005 50,400 -100 -0.2 853 221 632
2006 50,600 200 0.4 896 282 614
2007 50,700 100 0.2 948 247 701
2008 51,000 300 0.6 1,018 279 739

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   53,000 55,100 57,100 58,800 60,300 9,700 19.0
Medium 50,600 51,700 52,600 53,100 53,400 53,400 2,800 6.0
Low   50,500 50,000 49,200 48,100 46,600 -4,000 -8.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 6,276 50.3 6,018 44.8 5,358 40.4 5,286 36.6 5,358 35.8
Couples without children 2,223 17.8 2,559 19.1 2,868 21.6 3,117 21.6 3,294 22.0
Multi-family 399 3.2 489 3.6 678 5.1 666 4.6 756 5.0
One parent family 1,863 14.9 2,295 17.1 2,115 15.9 2,475 17.2 2,445 16.3
One person 1,314 10.5 1,593 11.9 1,836 13.8 2,361 16.4 2,583 17.2
Other multi-person 387 3.1 459 3.4 420 3.2 525 3.6 549 3.7
Total 12,465 100.0 13,419 100.0 13,275 100.0 14,430 100.0 14,985 100.0
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Indicator data for Porirua City

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) 72.2 77.2 73.2 79.7 76.8 80.1

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 5,460 41.0 5,178 37.1 10,629 38.9
1996 4,146 28.5 4,392 28.1 8,541 28.3
2006 3,861 25.6 4,437 26.9 8,298 26.3
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 2,991 39.9 4,650 39.9 2,547 41.1 441 25.9
1996 1,920 31.1 4,206 32.4 1,986 25.0 429 16.3
2006 1,845 29.5 3,837 30.2 2,220 22.1 396 11.7
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,824 21.9 903 34.5 1,191 34.8 153 22.6 297 18.3 3,861 25.6
Female 2,229 23.5 1,500 44.6 1,272 32.6 72 10.2 243 16.1 4,437 26.9
Total 4,053 22.8 2,400 40.1 2,466 33.7 219 15.4 540 17.1 8,298 26.3
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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 86 82 724 805 1,529
2002 79 80 80 761 742 1,503
2003 78 77 78 725 759 1,484
2004 79 82 80 784 782 1,566
2005 80 81 80 688 794 1,482
2006 89 86 87 770 736 1,506
2007 88 90 89 759 811 1,570
2008 90 94 92 736 801 1,537
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 404 96.9 227 93.0 192 80.3 13 68.4 2 50.0 838 90.8
2001 300 97.7 217 89.7 223 83.2 14 73.7 1 25.0 755 89.9
2002 328 98.8 232 89.2 201 75.0 24 92.3 3 75.0 788 88.4
2003 305 99.3 220 89.4 196 82.4 24 100.0 3 50.0 748 91.1
2004 290 100.0 224 92.2 235 89.4 28 90.3 4 66.7 781 93.8
2005 303 98.1 197 92.5 206 90.7 30 96.8 7 77.8 743 94.2
2006 298 99.7 228 95.8 201 91.8 31 100.0 9 90.0 767 96.2
2007 280 98.9 211 94.2 208 90.4 22 91.7 5 83.3 726 94.7
2008 319 98.5 256 94.5 207 91.6 19 100.0 5 83.3 806 95.3

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 41.1 41.7 209 41.4 11.8 9.5 54 10.7
2006 33.1 38.6 184 35.8 9.6 11.4 54 10.5
2007 35.3 49.5 190 41.6 8.6 14.4 51 11.2
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 51 45.1 51 29.7 99 49.3 7 41.2 1 50.0 209 41.4
2006 37 37.4 48 26.8 90 42.1 9 52.9 0 0.0 184 35.8
2007 76 67.9 30 22.4 77 39.7 5 41.7 2 40.0 190 41.6
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 23 20.4 8 4.7 21 10.4 2 11.8 0 0.0 54 10.7
2006 15 15.2 13 7.3 24 11.2 2 11.8 0 0.0 54 10.5
2007 23 20.5 5 3.7 21 10.8 2 16.7 0 0.0 51 11.2

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 4,584 78.8 3,480 73.0 8,064 76.2
Female 5,544 82.0 3,516 70.3 9,063 77.0
Total 10,131 80.5 6,999 71.7 17,127 76.6
At least tertiary
Male 984 16.9 858 18.0 1,839 17.4
Female 1,380 20.4 810 16.2 2,190 18.6
Total 2,361 18.8 1,671 17.1 4,032 18.0
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 8,664 63.3 903 34.3 882 33.3 201 64.4 24 80.0 10,385 55.3
1991 9,792 68.1 1,182 40.1 1,416 39.6 345 59.0 27 90.0 12,364 59.3
1996 10,182 67.4 1,563 45.8 1,344 34.7 327 46.6 27 60.0 12,477 58.3
2001 11,634 79.1 1,923 58.3 2,520 62.2 552 72.4 63 84.0 15,576 73.2
2006 12,840 82.6 2,319 64.2 2,679 63.4 687 77.1 81 79.4 17,127 76.6
At least tertiary
1986 1,149 8.4 39 1.5 30 1.1 48 15.4 6 20.0 1,245 6.6
1991 1,497 10.4 63 2.1 30 0.8 90 15.4 6 20.0 1,654 7.9
1996 1,812 12.0 114 3.3 63 1.6 129 18.4 9 20.0 2,047 9.6
2001 2,411 16.4 207 6.3 150 3.7 159 20.9 15 20.0 2,785 13.1
2006 3,384 21.8 360 10.0 273 6.5 219 24.6 27 26.5 4,032 18.0
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Paid Work

Satisfaction with work/life balance

The proportion of employed people who are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their work-life balance, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Very satisfied 29.5 31.9 35.4 25.8 33.3 56.8 30.6
Satisfied 48.5 42.2 43.2 44.8 51.4 37.2 45.6
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 10.6 12.6 14.3 13.7 5.8 0.0 11.5
Dissatisfied 10.5 11.3 7.1 13.5 8.5 5.9 10.9
Very Dissatisfied 0.9 2.0 0.0 2.1 1.1 0.0 1.4

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 769 398 1,167 65.9 34.1
2003 787 436 1,223 64.3 35.7
2004 921 398 1,319 69.8 30.2
2005 1,018 476 1,494 68.1 31.9
2006 1,051 482 1,533 68.6 31.4
2007 1,252 490 1,742 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 2,778 11.7 1,530 26.1 1,509 31.8 96 18.3 9 10.7 5,379 16.5
1991 3,900 16.7 2,475 38.8 3,066 45.4 291 30.0 6 15.4 8,754 25.0
1996 4,122 17.0 2,250 34.0 2,742 40.3 315 28.0 12 16.7 7,818 23.0
2001 3,123 13.1 1,731 27.5 2,253 32.9 381 29.0 72 54.5 6,339 18.7
2006 3,051 12.3 1,632 24.0 1,728 24.4 408 26.1 72 42.9 5,652 16.1
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,505 24.6 531 9.6 1,260 12.3 525 10.1 552 37.8 5,379 16.5
1991 3,735 36.4 1,104 18.9 2,055 18.4 972 16.5 885 46.3 8,754 25.0
1996 3,216 32.7 900 19.6 1,908 17.6 906 13.8 885 39.4 7,818 23.0
2001 2,694 28.0 633 16.0 1,491 14.1 831 11.4 687 29.2 6,339 18.7
2006 2,103 22.9 594 13.6 1,266 12.2 819 9.7 867 30.5 5,652 16.1
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,358 14.6 3,021 18.3
1991 3,918 22.7 4,836 27.2
1996 3,537 21.0 4,281 24.9
2001 2,820 17.0 3,519 20.4
2006 2,544 14.8 3,105 17.3

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 3,141 11.3 2,937 35.3 3,720 46.6 141 21.5 39 28.3 9,336 21.7
1991 2,367 8.8 2,364 29.4 4,350 44.5 345 28.9 12 20.0 8,934 20.2
1996 2,148 7.9 2,119 25.6 4,282 43.5 385 25.7 12 14.8 7,876 18.6
2001 1,953 7.1 2,133 25.0 4,551 40.8 342 20.3 45 26.8 7,983 18.0
2006 1,959 7.0 2,220 25.1 4,374 39.0 408 21.3 39 16.9 7,833 17.4
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 2,154 24.3 1,353 27.5 2,652 33.0 2,214 16.8 840 13.1 123 7.3 9,336 21.7
1991 2,157 23.7 1,041 26.3 2,451 30.6 2,169 15.7 960 13.4 162 7.6 8,934 20.2
1996 2,201 25.5 868 24.0 1,711 26.6 1,995 15.2 918 11.4 183 7.3 7,876 18.6
2001 2,226 25.7 969 23.8 1,656 27.2 2,022 15.0 930 10.2 180 6.5 7,983 18.0
2006 1,935 24.2 996 25.2 1,746 27.0 1,950 15.1 984 9.6 222 6.7 7,833 17.4
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 4,578 21.5 4,758 21.9
1991 4,341 19.9 4,599 20.6
1996 3,816 18.2 4,060 19.0
2001 3,816 17.6 4,164 18.4
2006 3,750 17.1 4,083 17.7
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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 (%) 53.0 52.0 51.6 53.0 43.0 43.0 39.0

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 10 45.0 1 100.0 10 34.0 1 17.0 8 33.0 2 40.0
Women voted in 6 46.0 1 n/a 6 46.0 1 n/a 4 31.0 1 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 852 23.5 582 24.4 561 27.3 339 49.6 99 56.9 2,427 27.2
  Total population 963 7.4 699 6.6 696 5.0 399 6.8 111 3.4 2,880 6.2
2001 Māori 789 21.0 612 25.8 582 25.1 315 43.4 105 48.6 2,403 25.6
  Total population 963 7.2 789 8.0 810 5.7 450 6.7 150 4.6 3,174 6.7
2006 Māori 609 17.0 591 24.5 591 23.9 285 32.6 141 47.0 2,220 23.0
  Total population 690 5.4 708 7.2 768 5.3 357 4.7 180 4.7 2,697 5.6

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 (%) 35.8 31.1 80.5 80.2 54.3 50.5
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Leisure and Recreation

Satisfaction with leisure time

The proportion of people aged 15 years and over who are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their leisure time, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Very satisfied 27.3 35.1 27.1 22.0 40.7 63.2 31.4
Satisfied 50.6 46.6 57.8 51.1 44.0 28.6 48.5
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 14.2 11.6 11.3 16.2 12.1 1.7 12.8
Dissatisfied 5.7 6.1 2.5 8.9 2.0 6.6 5.9
Very Dissatisfied 2.3 0.7 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.0 1.4

Participation in physical activity

The proportion of the population aged 15 years and over who met physical activity guidelines (ie were physically active for at least 30 minutes a day on five or more days over the last week), as measured by the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Physically Active 51.1 50.6 55.4 47.0 57.7 46.5 50.8
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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 94.2 94.2
2002 93.3 93.3
2003 92.3 92.7
2004 92.4 92.4
2005 92.5 92.5
2006/2007 92.3 92.0
2007/2008 91.8 91.5

Safety

Perceptions of safety - in the local neighbourhood after dark

The proportion of people who reported they felt "a bit unsafe" or "very unsafe" walking alone in their neighbourhood at night, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Very safe 31.5 18.5 16.4 24.9 35.1 18.4 24.7
Fairly safe 37.6 39.2 44.1 38.0 37.0 33.2 38.5
A bit unsafe 20.1 22.8 27.3 24.4 12.0 16.7 21.5
Very unsafe 7.8 16.1 11.0 11.4 11.9 18.3 12.1

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 84 177.6 4.2
2002 100 200.8 6.0
2003 136 270.4 2.0
2004 159 314.2 21.7
2005 145 287.1 4.0
2006 126 248.5 5.9
2007 135 266.3 2.0
2008 98 192.2 5.9
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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 96.3 82.9 77.4 94.3 96.3 90.3 90.5 86.0 88.8 91.4 94.9 96.3 90.4
2001 98.1 90.5 86.4 96.2 98.2 94.2 94.3 92.1 93.3 94.4 96.5 97.6 94.2
2006 99.1 95.7 96.3 98.8 100.0 97.8 97.9 97.4 97.2 97.9 98.4 98.5 97.8
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 53.8 27.8 17.0 42.6 41.8 43.2 40.9 39.3 41.1 44.8 48.2 22.8 42.0
2006 75.4 50.5 38.4 62.0 60.3 63.7 62.6 61.3 59.9 65.8 69.8 45.0 63.1

Trust in others

The proportion of the population aged 15 years and over reporting that people can "almost always" or "usually" be trusted, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
People can almost always be trusted 21.4 18.0 22.9 15.9 25.9 17.8 19.6
People can usually be trusted 58.1 60.4 48.5 61.5 60.1 66.8 59.2
You usually can't be too careful in dealing with people 14.7 17.0 21.1 19.3 7.3 8.1 15.9
You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people 5.9 4.6 7.5 3.2 6.7 7.2 5.2

Proportion of the population experiencing loneliness

The proportion of the population aged 15 years and over who reported feeling lonely "sometimes", "most of the time" or "always" during the previous 12 months, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Never 62.0 50.2 47.7 50.6 72.8 61.0 55.8
Rarely 23.5 32.0 35.6 32.9 15.1 16.9 28.0
Sometimes 12.7 15.4 11.8 15.8 10.0 18.7 14.1
Most of the time 1.8 1.9 3.5 0.7 2.1 3.4 1.8
Always 0.0 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
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