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Queenstown Lakes District

This section provides people and indicator data for Queenstown Lakes District.

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People data for Queenstown Lakes 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 Queenstown Lakes 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 Queenstown Lakes 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 3,387 17.2 354 28.0 39 24.5 189 18.5 48 13.4 3,750 16.3
15 - 24 2,340 11.9 261 20.6 33 20.8 135 13.2 90 25.2 2,949 12.8
25 - 44 7,524 38.2 468 37.0 75 47.2 564 55.3 210 58.8 9,063 39.5
45 - 64 4,677 23.7 162 12.8 18 11.3 114 11.2 12 3.4 5,238 22.8
65 - 74 1,050 5.3 18 1.4 0 0.0 18 1.8 0 0 1,161 5.1
75+ 729 3.7 9 0.7 0 0.0 3 0.3 0 0 804 3.5
Total 19,713 100.0 1,266 100.0 159 100.0 1,020 100.0 357 100.0 22,956 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 92.0 5.9 0.7 4.8 1.7 105.1
Sex
Male 10,110 51.3 666 52.6 90 56.6 438 42.9 189 52.9 11,754 51.2
Female 9,603 48.7 600 47.4 69 43.4 582 57.1 165 46.2 11,205 48.8
    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 14,800  -  - 192 65 127
1997 15,400 600 4.1 199 66 133
1998 15,750 350 2.3 213 71 142
1999 16,100 350 2.2 200 73 127
2000 16,750 650 4.0 221 73 148
2001 17,850 1,100 6.6 230 78 152
2002 19,150 1,300 7.3 200 76 124
2003 20,400 1,250 6.5 239 94 145
2004 21,800 1,400 6.9 253 70 183
2005 22,900 1,100 5.0 317 69 248
2006 24,100 1,200 5.2 326 79 247
2007 25,400 1,300 5.4 390 82 308
2008 26,400 1,000 3.9 391 85 306

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   28,500 32,800 37,000 41,100 45,200 21,100 88.0
Medium 24,100 27,300 30,500 33,400 36,200 39,000 14,900 62.0
Low   26,200 28,100 29,900 31,400 32,900 8,800 37.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 1,011 34.9 1,071 28.4 1,383 26.8 1,665 26.8 2,151 25.8
Couples without children 843 29.1 1,245 33.1 1,836 35.6 2,076 33.4 3,093 37.1
Multi-family 21 0.7 21 0.6 66 1.3 60 1.0 123 1.5
One parent family 147 5.1 258 6.9 318 6.2 426 6.9 447 5.4
One person 570 19.7 786 20.9 966 18.7 1,365 22.0 1,695 20.3
Other multi-person 303 10.5 384 10.2 585 11.4 621 10.0 831 10.0
Total 2,895 100.0 3,765 100.0 5,154 100.0 6,213 100.0 8,334 100.0
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Indicator data for Queenstown Lakes 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) 74.7 80.4 76.8 81.7 78.7 82.7

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 771 32.1 759 32.4 1,512 32.9
1996 1,410 25.4 1,317 25.5 2,727 25.3
2006 1,857 21.0 1,458 18.2 3,324 19.7
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 396 37.9 681 35.4 336 30.9 99 16.3
1996 702 35.1 1,371 27.9 522 20.8 132 10.6
2006 756 29.8 1,770 21.9 708 15.2 90 5.3
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,419 21.1 165 31.6 27 35.1 111 30.9 252 16.5 1,857 21.2
Female 1,149 18.4 150 31.7 15 16.8 60 10.4 195 15.9 1,458 18.1
Total 2,568 19.8 315 32.3 45 34.7 159 16.7 438 15.8 3,324 19.7
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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 95 116 105 233 238 471
2002 112 116 114 261 292 553
2003 106 107 106 279 275 554
2004 98 94 96 289 262 551
2005 106 91 98 259 272 531
2006 109 104 106 280 256 536
2007 94 110 102 245 282 527
2008 101 102 101 338 271 609
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 167 97.1 11 100.0 0 0.0 4 100.0 1 50.0 183 96.8
2001 211 99.1 9 100.0 0 0.0 10 100.0 2 100.0 232 99.1
2002 176 100.0 19 95.0 0 0.0 10 100.0 2 66.7 207 99.0
2003 213 99.5 18 100.0 1 100.0 14 93.3 2 100.0 248 99.2
2004 206 100.0 17 100.0 0 0.0 11 91.7 6 100.0 240 99.6
2005 212 99.1 18 100.0 1 100.0 5 100.0 5 100.0 241 99.2
2006 228 99.6 19 100.0 1 100.0 22 100.0 5 100.0 275 99.6
2007 205 99.5 25 96.2 1 100.0 3 100.0 4 100.0 238 99.2
2008 215 98.6 23 100.0 3 100.0 20 100.0 5 100.0 266 98.9

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 73.7 82.0 175 77.8 48.2 43.2 103 45.8
2006 75.7 83.7 158 79.4 54.2 63.0 116 58.3
2007 72.1 83.7 196 77.8 37.2 54.5 115 45.6
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 159 80.3 10 47.6 0 0.0 4 100.0 2 100.0 175 77.8
2006 143 80.3 11 78.6 1 100.0 2 50.0 1 50.0 158 79.4
2007 176 79.3 11 55.0 1 50.0 6 100.0 2 100.0 196 77.8
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 97 49.0 3 14.3 0 0.0 2 50.0 1 50.0 103 45.8
2006 109 61.2 6 42.9 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 116 58.3
2007 106 47.7 3 15.0 1 50.0 5 83.3 0 0.0 115 45.6

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 3,867 92.2 1,983 80.7 5,850 88.0
Female 3,861 95.8 1,815 82.0 5,676 90.9
Total 7,728 93.9 3,801 81.4 11,526 89.4
At least tertiary
Male 834 19.9 396 16.1 1,230 18.5
Female 1,272 31.5 342 15.4 1,611 25.8
Total 2,103 25.6 738 15.8 2,841 22.0
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 2,583 69.8 45 55.6 6 50.0 12 57.1 0 0.0 2,643 69.3
1991 3,558 73.7 84 63.6 12 80.0 69 67.7 0 0.0 3,705 73.3
1996 5,268 73.6 258 69.9 21 77.8 114 42.7 12 80.0 5,508 72.3
2001 6,858 84.5 291 74.6 42 87.5 330 95.7 15 100.0 7,374 84.6
2006 10,527 89.4 474 81.0 69 88.5 582 95.1 186 95.4 11,526 89.4
At least tertiary
1986 258 7.0 3 3.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 258 6.8
1991 345 7.1 6 4.6 3 20.0 15 14.7 0 0.0 369 7.3
1996 699 9.8 24 6.5 0 0.0 39 14.6 3 20.0 756 9.9
2001 1,095 13.5 21 5.4 9 18.8 60 17.4 6 40.0 1,173 13.5
2006 2,595 22.0 57 9.7 3 3.8 168 27.5 60 30.8 2,841 22.0
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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 1,764 600 2,364 74.6 25.4
2003 1,894 617 2,511 75.4 24.6
2004 1,836 619 2,455 74.8 25.2
2005 1,869 700 2,569 72.8 27.2
2006 1,926 694 2,620 73.5 26.5
2007 1,961 701 2,662 73.7 26.3
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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 897 15.6 30 17.2 3 16.7 9 37.5 0 0.0 951 15.7
1991 1,503 21.3 69 30.7 3 14.3 27 21.4 0 0.0 1,611 21.6
1996 1,629 15.2 129 21.2 18 28.6 48 13.8 0 0.0 1,755 15.4
2001 1,332 11.6 102 15.2 15 20.0 105 25.0 6 33.3 1,503 12.2
2006 1,449 9.0 114 11.7 9 7.3 96 12.6 45 17.2 1,644 9.3
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 267 21.8 81 7.8 237 12.0 174 15.1 189 29.3 951 15.7
1991 384 27.5 165 16.3 435 16.3 339 22.3 294 33.8 1,611 21.6
1996 462 21.8 219 13.7 462 10.7 336 15.2 279 24.4 1,755 15.4
2001 426 17.5 156 10.9 408 9.0 273 10.1 231 18.7 1,503 12.2
2006 384 12.3 123 6.1 438 6.2 312 7.8 387 26.0 1,644 9.3
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 462 15.0 489 16.5
1991 753 20.3 858 22.9
1996 819 14.2 936 16.7
2001 669 10.9 831 13.5
2006 777 8.5 867 10.1

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 549 8.1 36 16.7 15 50.0 9 27.3 3 33.3 666 8.9
1991 435 5.3 30 10.3 0 0.0 27 19.1 0 0.0 546 6.0
1996 601 5.2 104 14.5 15 22.4 59 14.5 2 8.3 788 6.1
2001 591 4.4 102 12.3 9 10.3 69 11.6 3 12.5 834 5.5
2006 639 3.6 87 7.7 9 6.7 168 19.0 78 24.8 1,077 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 123 11.8 60 10.3 228 17.4 201 8.0 48 3.5 6 0.9 666 8.9
1991 96 7.9 45 7.9 174 13.0 201 6.2 27 1.5 6 0.6 546 6.0
1996 140 8.1 31 4.7 285 13.8 285 5.8 42 1.7 5 0.4 788 6.1
2001 174 8.5 36 3.9 240 11.9 324 5.7 51 1.6 12 0.9 834 5.5
2006 156 6.4 51 4.7 288 11.3 501 6.1 69 1.5 6 0.4 1,077 5.3
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 357 9.3 309 8.5
1991 273 6.0 273 6.0
1996 401 6.0 387 6.1
2001 441 5.7 390 5.1
2006 594 5.6 486 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 (%) 74.0 69.0 65.6 62.0 67.0 56.0 49.0

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 5 23.0 0 0.0 5 23.0 0 0.0 4 24.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 4 36.0 0 n/a 4 36.0 0 n/a 3 30.0 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 21 9.3 42 14.1 30 13.9 6 15.4 0 0.0 105 13.2
Total population 33 1.3 87 2.3 54 1.1 9 0.5 3 0.2 189 1.3
2001 Māori 24 8.1 60 20.6 30 11.1 6 11.8 3 16.7 126 13.5
Total population 39 1.3 108 2.8 51 0.9 12 0.5 6 0.4 216 1.3
2006 Māori 18 5.1 78 19.5 51 13.1 15 16.1 3 12.5 168 13.2
  Total population 36 1.0 135 2.5 84 1.0 33 0.9 6 0.3 291 1.3

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  (%) 17.0 11.4 54.4 67.5 41.4 49.1
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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 30.7 1.7
2002 44.0 1.6
2003 26.0 1.5
2004 39.9 1.4
2005 71.5 1.3
2006/2007 36.0 0.0
2007/2008 43.4 0.7

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 93 516.7 27.8
2002 166 860.1 20.7
2003 138 666.7 9.7
2004 183 824.3 22.5
2005 183 778.7 17.0
2006 153 616.9 0.0
2007 183 720.5 15.7
2008 135 511.4 11.4
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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 89.8 90.9 94.0 100.0 95.4 96.6 96.9 91.2 96.1 97.5 98.4 95.9
2001 97.9 96.0 93.3 95.0 112.5 97.2 98.1 99.1 95.2 96.9 98.8 98.7 97.7
2006 98.5 97.9 95.6 97.9 92.2 97.8 98.7 99.7 95.9 97.7 99.0 99.1 98.3
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 50.1 39.1 33.3 53.5 62.5 50.2 49.9 61.6 39.4 52.4 53.4 23.2 50.0
2006 76.4 66.1 55.6 72.9 58.3 75.3 76.1 87.9 61.7 75.2 82.2 54.2 75.7
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