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Rotorua District

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People data for Rotorua 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 Rotorua 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 Rotorua 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 10,338 23.5 8,097 35.6 1,218 43.4 699 25.6 87 30.5 16,662 25.3
15 - 24 5,070 11.5 3,834 16.9 510 18.2 414 15.1 39 13.7 8,553 13.0
25 - 44 11,538 26.2 6,180 27.2 684 24.4 984 36.0 102 35.8 17,997 27.3
45 - 64 11,145 25.3 3,618 15.9 303 10.8 522 19.1 48 16.8 15,390 23.4
65 - 74 3,123 7.1 684 3.0 63 2.2 87 3.2 3 1.1 4,023 6.1
75+ 2,817 6.4 330 1.5 33 1.2 27 1.0 3 1.1 3,273 5.0
Total 44,031 100.0 22,734 100.0 2,808 100.0 2,733 100.0 285 100.0 65,901 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 70.4 36.4 4.5 4.4 0.5 116.1
Sex
Male 21,285 48.3 10,893 47.9 1,410 50.2 1,275 46.7 135 47.4 32,001 48.6
Female 22,743 51.7 11,838 52.1 1,398 49.8 1,452 53.1 150 52.6 33,897 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 66,600  -  - 1,235 461 774
1997 66,900 300 0.5 1,318 514 804
1998 67,300 400 0.6 1,172 435 737
1999 67,100 -200 -0.3 1,202 493 709
2000 67,000 -100 -0.1 1,117 455 662
2001 66,900 -100 -0.1 1,084 532 552
2002 67,400 500 0.7 1,025 495 530
2003 67,900 500 0.7 1,092 460 632
2004 68,100 200 0.3 1,157 516 641
2005 68,000 -100 -0.1 1,082 443 639
2006 68,100 100 0.1 1,145 500 645
2007 68,000 -100 -0.1 1,129 504 625
2008 68,100 100 0.1 1,204 499 705

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   70,800 73,100 75,100 76,900 78,400 10,300 15.0
Medium 68,100 69,500 70,400 71,000 71,300 71,300 3,200 5.0
Low   68,100 67,700 66,900 65,800 64,300 -3,800 -6.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 7,704 41.9 7,245 35.5 6,966 32.9 6,417 29.9 6,552 28.9
Couples without children 4,380 23.8 4,851 23.8 5,310 25.1 5,454 25.4 5,865 25.9
Multi-family 504 2.7 453 2.2 732 3.5 567 2.6 744 3.3
One parent family 2,121 11.5 3,312 16.2 3,282 15.5 3,414 15.9 3,417 15.1
One person 2,679 14.6 3,522 17.3 3,921 18.5 4,710 21.9 5,124 22.6
Other multi-person 1,011 5.5 1,020 5.0 987 4.7 918 4.3 945 4.2
Total 18,393 100.0 20,403 100.0 21,195 100.0 21,480 100.0 22,650 100.0
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Indicator data for Rotorua 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) 71.7 78.1 74.0 78.5 75.6 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 7,416 39.3 7,242 37.4 14,655 38.3
1996 6,036 29.1 6,993 31.4 13,011 30.2
2006 5,559 28.0 6,663 30.5 12,237 29.3
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 4,473 42.2 5,979 41.2 3,372 37.1 831 22.0
1996 2,970 34.2 6,399 35.5 2,889 25.9 753 13.3
2006 2,574 34.0 5,586 34.0 3,429 24.6 648 9.9
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 2,889 24.8 2,439 37.8 225 31.3 189 22.5 504 19.9 5,559 28.0
Female 3,441 26.1 3,639 47.1 279 32.8 93 8.6 483 19.8 6,663 30.6
Total 6,330 25.4 6,078 42.8 507 32.9 279 14.9 981 19.7 12,237 29.3
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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 88 85 87 1,020 960 1,980
2002 86 92 89 940 1,058 1,998
2003 91 88 89 1,034 982 2,016
2004 87 91 89 905 1,062 1,967
2005 85 93 89 874 979 1,853
2006 89 88 88 927 911 1,838
2007 87 87 87 963 963 1,926
2008 86 90 88 947 989 1,936
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 502 95.6 479 86.0 32 86.5 20 83.3 4 100.0 1,037 90.3
2001 513 97.5 518 87.2 26 81.3 20 90.9 2 100.0 1,079 91.7
2002 481 94.7 482 86.4 13 92.9 28 90.3 2 100.0 1,008 90.4
2003 470 97.1 542 89.1 31 81.6 32 88.9 7 87.5 1,082 92.0
2004 487 96.6 487 88.5 24 75.0 29 93.5 7 100.0 1,036 92.0
2005 471 96.9 548 89.5 23 79.3 19 95.0 15 88.2 1,076 92.4
2006 402 96.2 455 81.8 28 84.8 31 91.2 6 66.7 922 87.8
2007 402 97.8 452 87.4 23 88.5 15 83.3 6 100.0 898 91.8
2008 381 94.8 462 86.4 29 78.4 32 82.1 11 91.7 915 89.3

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 45.9 51.1 546 48.5 20.3 25.4 257 22.8
2006 49.4 53.9 527 51.7 22.9 29.6 268 26.3
2007 55.6 60.1 560 57.9 28.3 34.5 305 31.5
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 302 58.1 187 35.4 8 33.3 39 92.9 10 83.3 546 48.5
2006 308 61.6 169 38.0 16 51.6 27 87.1 7 58.3 527 51.7
2007 291 67.1 222 49.1 14 45.2 24 80.0 9 45.0 560 57.9
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 169 32.5 54 10.2 3 12.5 26 61.9 5 41.7 257 22.8
2006 174 34.8 61 13.7 5 16.1 22 71.0 6 50.0 268 26.3
2007 187 43.1 90 19.9 5 16.1 18 60.0 5 25.0 305 31.5

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 5,679 76.7 4,557 68.6 10,236 72.9
Female 7,203 81.7 4,938 70.6 12,141 76.8
Total 12,882 79.4 9,495 69.6 22,377 74.9
At least tertiary
Male 942 12.7 768 11.6 1,710 12.2
Female 1,548 17.6 873 12.5 2,421 15.3
Total 2,490 15.4 1,641 12.0 4,131 13.8
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 12,696 63.4 2,151 37.5 192 40.0 171 57.0 18 85.7 14,660 57.2
1991 14,077 67.1 3,030 43.3 252 41.4 288 63.2 30 83.3 16,965 60.7
1996 14,880 65.8 3,840 45.1 327 41.3 486 57.9 45 71.4 17,883 59.7
2001 15,572 75.6 4,347 56.6 423 58.8 741 85.2 60 95.2 19,506 70.8
2006 17,091 78.9 5,610 64.0 585 66.1 1,164 86.6 138 93.9 22,377 74.9
At least tertiary
1986 1,244 6.2 84 1.5 12 2.5 48 16.0 12 57.1 1,355 5.3
1991 1,387 6.6 123 1.8 12 2.0 78 17.1 15 41.7 1,565 5.6
1996 1,846 8.2 210 2.5 24 3.0 204 24.3 18 28.6 2,199 7.3
2001 2,249 10.9 441 5.7 36 5.0 204 23.5 24 38.1 2,783 10.1
2006 3,168 14.6 792 9.0 78 8.8 360 26.8 51 34.7 4,131 13.8
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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 3,030 1,133 4,163 72.8 27.2
2003 2,890 1,114 4,004 72.2 27.8
2004 3,001 1,117 4,118 72.9 27.1
2005 3,108 1,196 4,304 72.2 27.8
2006 2,950 1,158 4,108 71.8 28.2
2007 2,776 1,080 3,856 72.0 28.0
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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 5,703 16.3 3,087 26.0 255 26.2 111 20.2 3 9.1 8,559 18.6
1991 8,889 24.8 6,264 45.5 618 45.0 168 23.6 12 21.1 14,721 30.3
1996 7,716 20.9 5,358 37.5 579 36.8 354 28.5 24 25.0 11,910 25.0
2001 6,240 18.3 4,881 34.1 477 32.1 285 22.1 18 15.4 10,257 22.5
2006 6,099 16.8 4,371 27.3 555 29.3 462 23.8 42 18.9 9,960 20.2
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 3,219 25.3 831 10.9 1,854 13.5 1,182 14.3 1,470 40.5 8,559 18.6
1991 5,220 39.5 1,803 24.7 3,357 22.8 2,091 23.4 2,256 50.2 14,721 30.3
1996 4,248 33.0 1,386 22.2 2,742 18.7 1,695 18.3 1,842 39.9 11,910 25.0
2001 3,801 30.9 1,089 21.1 2,235 16.5 1,521 15.4 1,611 33.3 10,257 22.5
2006 3,291 25.8 960 17.3 2,043 14.8 1,650 13.9 2,016 36.9 9,960 20.2
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,729 16.6 4,833 20.6
1991 6,480 27.3 8,241 33.1
1996 5,313 22.7 6,597 27.3
2001 4,473 20.1 5,787 24.7
2006 4,404 18.3 5,556 21.9

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 3,597 9.0 5,916 37.7 549 41.5 174 25.9 6 13.3 9,642 17.3
1991 3,207 7.9 5,166 30.0 579 34.8 192 22.1 6 8.0 8,610 14.8
1996 3,189 7.5 5,747 28.4 770 33.8 264 16.8 18 13.8 8,517 14.1
2001 2,367 5.9 5,025 25.9 648 29.5 219 12.7 12 8.9 7,182 12.4
2006 2,304 5.6 5,211 25.1 792 31.3 318 12.8 36 13.8 7,560 12.5
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 2,343 23.1 1,296 22.9 2,673 26.6 2,283 13.9 891 9.3 153 3.9 9,642 17.3
1991 2,283 20.8 984 19.4 2,202 23.1 2,205 12.5 783 7.6 159 3.3 8,610 14.8
1996 2,541 22.4 963 19.0 1,811 20.2 2,320 12.7 740 6.6 142 2.7 8,517 14.1
2001 2,139 20.6 906 17.1 1,479 19.5 1,878 11.1 648 5.3 135 2.4 7,182 12.4
2006 2,121 20.6 1,002 18.6 1,518 19.7 1,926 11.6 819 5.8 180 2.9 7,560 12.5
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 4,704 17.1 4,938 17.4
1991 4,152 14.6 4,458 15.0
1996 4,070 13.8 4,447 14.5
2001 3,465 12.3 3,720 12.5
2006 3,618 12.3 3,948 12.7
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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 (%) 60.0 60.0 52.2 51.0 49.0 49.0 44.0

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 4 17.0 0 0.0 5 19.0 2 25.0 14 48.0 1 20.0
Women voted in 2 17.0 0 n/a 3 25.0 0 n/a 6 50.0 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 2,127 25.8 1,632 27.3 1,545 29.1 843 51.8 471 63.3 6,624 30.3
Total population 2,253 13.2 1,785 12.5 1,716 9.2 927 11.5 510 8.0 7,194 11.2
2001 Māori 2,034 25.4 1,605 29.7 1,545 27.7 774 42.5 477 59.3 6,429 29.8
Total population 2,172 13.1 1,749 13.6 1,716 9.1 867 9.3 528 7.7 7,035 10.9
2006 Māori 1,989 24.6 1,653 30.7 1,800 30.0 864 38.2 567 56.4 6,867 30.2
  Total population 2,127 12.8 1,791 14.5 2,019 10.6 1,008 9.5 639 8.8 7,587 11.5

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  (%) 13.2 12.6 71.7 73.9 38.2 40.8
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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 1.5 13.2
2002 72.6 1.6
2003 11.3 0.3
2004 11.8 0.0
2005 25.3 0.0
2006/2007 1.3 0.0
2007/2008 92.1 0.0

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 203 302.1 13.4
2002 220 327.4 13.4
2003 271 400.9 14.8
2004 256 377.6 11.8
2005 243 359.5 5.9
2006 240 355.6 17.8
2007 254 373.5 14.7
2008 249 365.6 8.8
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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 96.0 81.8 81.2 96.0 88.4 91.5 91.7 88.1 88.3 92.0 95.8 97.2 91.6
2001 97.4 86.6 86.7 96.5 95.7 93.7 94.1 91.4 91.3 93.9 96.7 97.9 93.9
2006 98.7 93.6 93.8 98.8 100.0 96.8 96.9 95.9 96.1 96.6 97.9 98.6 96.9
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 42.2 21.4 17.4 53.5 66.0 37.4 35.6 37.3 34.4 39.9 41.1 16.6 36.5
2006 66.6 41.4 40.2 69.7 76.7 59.6 57.6 58.9 55.2 61.9 65.2 38.6 58.6
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