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Rodney District

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People data for Rodney 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 Rodney 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: Satisfaction with work-life balance, 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

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 Rodney 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 17,475 21.8 2,772 37.1 747 40.8 696 26.5 120 34.8 19,623 21.9
15 - 24 8,223 10.3 1,179 15.8 297 16.2 423 16.1 39 11.3 9,489 10.6
25 - 44 20,439 25.5 2,037 27.3 501 27.4 825 31.4 114 33.0 23,544 26.3
45 - 64 21,219 26.5 1,224 16.4 216 11.8 576 21.9 60 17.4 23,565 26.3
65 - 74 6,879 8.6 174 2.3 51 2.8 75 2.9 3 0.9 7,278 8.1
75+ 5,808 7.3 81 1.1 27 1.5 30 1.1 3 0.9 6,066 6.8
Total 80,055 100.0 7,470 100.0 1,830 100.0 2,628 100.0 345 100.0 89,559 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 93.3 8.7 2.1 3.1 0.4 107.6
Sex
Male 39,126 48.9 3,714 49.7 918 50.2 1,170 44.5 150 43.5 43,854 49.0
Female 40,929 51.1 3,756 50.3 909 49.7 1,455 55.4 198 57.4 45,708 51.0
    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 68,300  -  - 937 545 392
1997 70,900 2,600 3.8 1,011 540 471
1998 73,100 2,200 3.1 980 565 415
1999 74,800 1,700 2.3 1,015 544 471
2000 76,700 1,900 2.5 1,012 540 472
2001 78,500 1,800 2.3 987 553 434
2002 81,300 2,800 3.6 944 561 383
2003 84,500 3,200 3.9 1,029 577 452
2004 87,200 2,700 3.2 1,121 603 518
2005 89,900 2,700 3.1 1,110 595 515
2006 92,400 2,500 2.8 1,121 575 546
2007 94,700 2,300 2.5 1,219 603 616
2008 96,400 1,700 1.8 1,208 602 606

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   104,900 117,100 129,400 141,900 154,400 61,900 67.0
Medium 92,400 101,400 110,100 118,800 127,500 136,200 43,700 47.0
Low   98,000 103,100 108,300 113,500 118,400 26,000 28.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 6,198 39.7 7,125 36.4 7,929 33.7 8,541 31.2 10,455 32.4
Couples without children 4,965 31.8 6,315 32.3 8,007 34.0 8,967 32.8 10,503 32.6
Multi-family 198 1.3 267 1.4 501 2.1 393 1.4 624 1.9
One parent family 1,086 7.0 1,698 8.7 2,061 8.8 2,805 10.2 3,126 9.7
One person 2,595 16.6 3,501 17.9 4,398 18.7 5,808 21.2 6,657 20.7
Other multi-person 582 3.7 651 3.3 627 2.7 864 3.2 864 2.7
Total 15,624 100.0 19,560 100.0 23,526 100.0 27,378 100.0 32,226 100.0
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Indicator data for Rodney 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) 76.0 80.7 78.5 82.5 80.1 85.1

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 4,059 31.2 3,321 26.2 7,371 28.7
1996 5,061 23.4 4,860 22.0 9,918 22.7
2006 5,676 20.9 5,391 18.6 11,058 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 1,527 30.0 2,907 29.9 2,133 28.8 804 18.6
1996 1,698 25.8 4,800 26.9 2,565 17.9 855 9.4
2006 1,755 20.2 5,052 23.5 3,474 16.0 777 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 4,446 20.7 774 34.5 141 26.1 126 16.4 630 15.5 5,676 20.9
Female 4,392 18.6 849 36.9 132 24.2 60 5.6 549 14.3 5,391 18.6
Total 8,856 19.6 1,623 35.8 279 26.1 180 9.7 1,176 15.0 11,058 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 83 102 93 915 1,153 2,068
2002 83 93 88 919 1,068 1,987
2003 87 98 93 971 1,157 2,128
2004 82 106 95 927 1,249 2,176
2005 85 100 93 935 1,169 2,104
2006 86 93 90 984 1,063 2,047
2007 90 90 90 1,123 1,066 2,189
2008 90 90 90 1,066 1,168 2,234
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 930 95.5 90 81.8 15 78.9 9 90.0 6 85.7 1,050 93.8
2001 861 96.9 109 90.1 25 96.2 17 94.4 5 100.0 1,018 96.0
2002 892 96.0 117 83.0 13 92.9 18 94.7 11 100.0 1,052 94.3
2003 940 97.5 127 81.9 18 81.8 23 92.0 13 100.0 1,121 95.1
2004 1,019 98.3 110 85.9 16 84.2 25 100.0 12 92.3 1,184 96.7
2005 1,012 98.9 155 91.7 21 95.5 33 94.3 14 100.0 1,236 97.8
2006 1,010 98.3 144 89.4 23 95.8 32 100.0 10 100.0 1,219 97.2
2007 863 98.5 119 88.1 31 100.0 36 100.0 21 100.0 1,070 97.4
2008 892 97.1 135 90.6 17 89.5 35 100.0 21 100.0 1,100 96.2

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 38.3 51.8 357 44.9 18.8 30.3 194 24.4
2006 44.9 60.3 430 53.0 18.8 31.8 208 25.6
2007 60.2 65.6 486 62.9 28.3 35.9 248 32.1
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 309 48.7 24 20.5 1 7.1 15 75.0 8 88.9 357 44.9
2006 345 54.9 46 36.2 5 35.7 21 80.8 13 81.3 430 53.0
2007 418 65.6 38 40.0 9 64.3 17 77.3 4 80.0 486 62.9
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 170 26.8 10 8.5 1 7.1 9 45.0 4 44.4 194 24.4
2006 168 26.8 14 11.0 3 21.4 14 53.8 9 56.3 208 25.6
2007 211 33.1 18 18.9 2 14.3 14 63.6 3 60.0 248 32.1

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 8,481 83.4 8,355 78.2 16,833 80.7
Female 10,185 88.4 8,241 74.8 18,426 81.7
Total 18,666 86.1 16,596 76.5 35,259 81.3
At least tertiary
Male 1,464 14.4 1,497 14.0 2,961 14.2
Female 2,280 19.8 1,332 12.1 3,612 16.0
Total 3,741 17.2 2,829 13.0 6,573 15.1
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 12,240 62.1 405 42.9 75 47.2 69 48.9 21 77.8 12,620 61.0
1991 16,405 66.3 648 48.7 135 52.9 210 64.2 27 75.0 17,152 65.2
1996 20,248 65.2 1,167 51.2 231 53.5 279 49.7 57 63.3 21,110 63.9
2001 25,644 77.4 1,425 59.5 330 72.9 615 84.7 96 86.5 27,105 76.4
2006 33,042 82.0 1,983 66.3 468 70.6 1,158 88.3 147 87.5 35,259 81.3
At least tertiary
1986 1,072 5.4 18 1.9 3 1.9 12 8.5 3 11.1 1,100 5.3
1991 1,438 5.8 24 1.8 6 2.4 60 18.4 3 8.3 1,520 5.8
1996 2,229 7.2 63 2.8 21 4.9 96 17.1 12 13.3 2,348 7.1
2001 3,251 9.8 132 5.5 45 9.9 147 20.3 18 16.2 3,472 9.8
2006 6,078 15.1 258 8.6 60 9.0 354 27.0 45 26.8 6,573 15.1
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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 28.8 33.3 31.8 28.2 32.8 50.1 31.0
Satisfied 48.6 42.3 48.6 44.4 48.3 33.2 45.6
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 9.9 7.6 8.1 11.1 6.0 0.0 8.8
Dissatisfied 10.7 12.1 11.5 11.6 10.1 16.7 11.4
Very Dissatisfied 1.9 4.7 0.0 4.8 2.8 0.0 3.3

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 1,486 477 1,963 75.7 24.3
2003 1,959 613 2,572 76.2 23.8
2004 2,030 608 2,638 77.0 23.0
2005 2,383 745 3,128 76.2 23.8
2006 2,570 872 3,442 74.7 25.3
2007 2,537 798 3,335 76.1 23.9
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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 7,524 21.8 531 26.2 96 27.4 66 26.2 21 43.8 8,061 22.1
1991 11,337 27.2 1,008 37.5 168 36.1 144 27.9 15 29.4 12,429 27.9
1996 11,421 22.3 1,416 31.6 222 25.3 294 33.2 21 15.2 12,558 23.1
2001 9,537 17.4 1,158 25.7 216 24.7 393 33.5 33 21.2 10,632 18.1
2006 9,402 13.8 1,017 18.0 246 18.1 552 28.2 60 21.7 10,593 14.5
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,106 25.4 489 10.3 1,629 16.0 1,665 20.8 2,175 42.0 8,061 22.1
1991 3,156 32.3 903 17.1 2,634 20.2 2,433 25.0 3,303 49.6 12,429 27.9
1996 3,495 27.8 834 15.5 2,643 16.8 2,367 18.7 3,216 39.7 12,558 23.1
2001 3,075 22.4 678 13.0 2,136 13.0 2,070 14.2 2,676 30.5 10,632 18.1
2006 2,469 15.1 672 9.4 1,725 9.0 2,172 11.2 3,552 32.8 10,593 14.5
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,729 20.4 4,332 23.9
1991 5,700 25.8 6,729 30.0
1996 5,658 21.0 6,900 25.1
2001 4,629 16.1 6,003 20.0
2006 4,764 13.3 5,829 15.7

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 2,781 7.0 729 27.6 93 22.0 63 19.1 3 5.6 3,585 8.3
1991 3,111 6.5 774 23.5 138 23.4 144 22.2 6 9.5 4,092 7.8
1996 2,965 5.2 887 16.7 197 18.5 129 11.4 19 12.0 3,916 6.3
2001 2,466 3.9 870 15.1 210 18.0 168 11.1 18 9.0 3,468 4.9
2006 2,709 3.6 981 14.1 348 20.6 261 10.6 24 7.3 3,957 4.7
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 774 12.3 474 11.8 888 14.8 990 8.0 387 4.2 75 1.4 3,585 8.3
1991 1,068 13.1 453 11.5 855 12.6 1,245 7.9 384 3.5 87 1.2 4,092 7.8
1996 1,139 11.5 398 8.9 710 10.3 1,190 6.6 385 2.7 94 1.1 3,916 6.3
2001 1,008 9.3 411 7.1 579 8.3 1,020 5.1 366 2.1 84 0.9 3,468 4.9
2006 951 8.0 498 7.3 822 9.1 1,053 4.8 537 2.4 96 0.8 3,957 4.7
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,854 8.5 1,734 8.1
1991 2,028 7.7 2,064 7.8
1996 1,991 6.4 1,925 6.1
2001 1,728 5.0 1,737 4.8
2006 1,971 4.8 1,986 4.7
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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 (%) 57.0 52.0 47.7 52.0 n/a 45.0 45.0

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 n/a n/a n/a n/a 8 21.0 0 0.0 9 20.0 3 33.0
Women voted in n/a n/a 1 n/a 2 17.0 0 n/a 3 25.0 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 192 8.9 198 13.9 234 16.0 123 28.1 78 37.1 813 14.3
Total population 246 1.6 285 2.6 321 1.6 177 1.7 114 1.2 1,149 1.7
2001 Māori 213 8.8 219 15.4 273 15.9 135 23.7 57 32.2 894 14.1
Total population 279 1.6 318 2.8 393 1.7 195 1.5 87 0.8 1,275 1.7
2006 Māori 258 9.3 222 14.0 330 15.6 162 21.7 72 28.6 1,044 14.0
  Total population 312 1.6 321 2.5 453 1.7 222 1.3 114 0.9 1,422 1.6

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 (%) 13.7 14.0 73.9 77.8 45.9 50.4
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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 31.0 40.4 30.8 23.0 39.7 64.0 35.8
Satisfied 42.9 38.6 45.1 46.2 36.5 30.2 40.7
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 14.5 10.4 13.7 14.2 15.9 2.9 12.3
Dissatisfied 10.2 6.3 10.4 12.2 4.5 1.9 8.2
Very Dissatisfied 1.5 4.4 0.0 4.5 3.4 1.0 3.0

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 51.8 54.8 49.4 53.3 52.5 57.3 53.3
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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 41.5 25.2
2002 40.6 34.8
2003 35.5 11.6
2004 48.1 30.9
2005 47.6 41.1
2006/2007 48.6 48.8
2007/2008 47.6 42.6
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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 40.8 18.2 29.7 29.1 33.1 24.2 29.2
Fairly safe 39.3 36.8 48.3 40.4 34.2 30.0 38.0
A bit unsafe 12.2 25.7 15.7 22.4 17.1 16.7 19.1
Very unsafe 3.4 13.2 6.3 6.7 10.4 11.7 8.5

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 304 393.3 19.4
2002 304 374.8 17.3
2003 298 354.3 15.5
2004 369 426.1 21.9
2005 307 344.2 25.8
2006 355 388.0 20.8
2007 395 417.1 14.8
2008 407 422.2 9.3
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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 97.9 88.1 93.4 93.4 96.3 96.9 97.3 96.3 96.0 96.8 98.0 98.4 97.1
2001 98.3 91.4 94.9 97.4 98.5 97.5 98.0 97.6 96.4 97.3 98.4 98.9 97.8
2006 99.3 96.2 97.0 98.4 99.1 98.8 99.2 99.0 98.5 98.8 99.1 99.3 99.0
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 46.7 31.9 35.5 58.7 56.7 47.2 45.0 52.0 52.2 50.0 48.3 20.3 46.1
2006 75.2 56.8 57.8 78.6 81.3 74.5 73.3 80.3 76.9 77.7 77.7 47.8 73.9

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 15.7 21.5 7.7 15.3 21.6 31.2 18.7
People can usually be trusted 65.7 55.7 59.8 63.0 64.2 50.9 60.5
You usually can't be too careful in dealing with people 15.4 15.3 29.2 15.6 8.6 12.9 15.4
You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people 3.2 7.4 3.3 6.1 5.6 5.0 5.4

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 67.5 56.3 44.2 57.7 69.6 73.6 61.7
Rarely 19.5 32.1 40.8 30.2 20.1 13.6 26.0
Sometimes 10.1 9.6 10.6 9.2 9.0 11.9 9.8
Most of the time 2.8 1.1 2.4 2.9 0.7 1.0 2.0
Always 0.0 0.9 2.1 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.5
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