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Ruapehu District

This section provides people and indicator data for Ruapehu District.

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People data for Ruapehu 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 Ruapehu 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 Ruapehu 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 2,121 23.1 1,788 36.1 132 47.3 78 29.5 15 35.7 3,399 25.0
15 - 24 1,146 12.5 813 16.4 57 20.4 33 12.5 9 21.4 1,818 13.4
25 - 44 2,382 26.0 1,221 24.6 63 22.6 72 27.3 9 21.4 3,555 26.2
45 - 64 2,433 26.5 870 17.6 27 9.7 57 21.6 9 21.4 3,363 24.8
65 - 74 597 6.5 195 3.9 0 0.0 15 5.7 0 0 828 6.1
75+ 504 5.5 69 1.4 3 1.1 0 0.0 0 0 603 4.4
Total 9,171 100.0 4,956 100.0 279 100.0 264 100.0 42 100.0 13,569 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 72.5 39.2 2.2 2.1 0.3 116.4
Sex
Male 4,770 52.0 2,538 51.2 147 52.7 132 50.0 18 42.9 7,035 51.8
Female 4,404 48.0 2,415 48.7 135 48.4 129 48.9 21 50.0 6,540 48.2
    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 17,300  -  - 320 123 197
1997 16,900 -400 -2.3 328 107 221
1998 16,500 -400 -2.4 286 90 196
1999 16,000 -500 -3.0 276 96 180
2000 15,550 -450 -2.8 251 93 158
2001 15,000 -550 -3.5 237 104 133
2002 14,800 -200 -1.3 241 98 143
2003 14,750 -50 -0.3 214 85 129
2004 14,500 -250 -1.7 215 122 93
2005 14,200 -300 -2.1 216 108 108
2006 14,050 -150 -1.1 241 104 137
2007 13,800 -250 -1.8 259 101 158
2008 13,650 -150 -1.1 231 110 121

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   13,900 13,900 13,700 13,400 13,100 -1,000 -7.0
Medium 14,000 13,500 13,100 12,600 11,900 11,100 -2,900 -21.0
Low   13,200 12,400 11,400 10,400 9,100 -4,900 -35.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 2,646 49.1 2,160 40.8 1,896 36.6 1,494 31.2 1,338 28.5
Couples without children 1,083 20.1 1,155 21.8 1,209 23.3 1,158 24.2 1,224 26.1
Multi-family 108 2.0 84 1.6 117 2.3 87 1.8 78 1.7
One parent family 402 7.5 663 12.5 693 13.4 648 13.5 576 12.3
One person 888 16.5 1,005 19.0 1,101 21.2 1,236 25.8 1,296 27.6
Other multi-person 267 4.9 225 4.2 171 3.3 171 3.6 171 3.6
Total 5,394 100.0 5,295 100.0 5,184 100.0 4,794 100.0 4,689 100.0
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Indicator data for Ruapehu 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) 73.8 79.0 75.2 79.9 76.5 81.4

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 2,841 41.2 2,193 37.2 5,037 39.3
1996 1,890 32.4 1,716 33.4 3,603 32.8
2006 1,359 30.3 1,338 32.8 2,694 31.4
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,650 42.5 2,205 43.1 963 38.1 219 22.6
1996 882 37.8 1,833 38.0 705 28.8 183 15.1
2006 564 35.0 1,176 37.3 813 27.1 141 11.2
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 756 26.8 606 41.0 9 10.3 27 27.3 141 24.4 1,359 30.1
Female 675 26.7 777 50.2 21 22.6 0 0.0 114 24.6 1,338 32.8
Total 1,425 26.6 1,377 45.5 39 30.3 21 12.5 252 23.4 2,694 31.4
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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 63 72 67 182 191 373
2002 69 67 68 170 189 359
2003 72 78 75 164 191 355
2004 81 84 83 188 190 378
2005 85 70 77 170 158 328
2006 77 96 86 149 184 333
2007 86 84 85 178 173 351
2008 81 88 84 175 178 353
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 101 91.8 129 80.1 2 100.0 4 100.0 0 0.0 236 85.2
2001 92 95.8 138 89.6 0 0.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 233 92.1
2002 103 94.5 130 89.7 1 100.0 1 100.0 4 100.0 239 91.9
2003 88 91.7 129 89.0 2 100.0 2 50.0 1 100.0 222 89.5
2004 84 94.4 130 89.7 2 100.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 219 91.6
2005 81 94.2 120 88.2 1 100.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 205 90.7
2006 69 90.8 103 87.3 1 100.0 1 100.0 2 100.0 176 88.9
2007 75 94.9 90 88.2 1 100.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 168 91.3
2008 70 98.6 114 95.0 4 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 189 96.4

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 47.7 46.4 80 47.1 19.8 22.6 36 21.2
2006 33.0 43.9 66 38.2 ..s ..s 19 11.0
2007 55.7 61.3 72 58.5 16.4 16.1 20 16.3
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 52 57.8 21 30.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 80 47.1
2006 40 56.3 24 24.5 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 66 38.2
2007 45 73.8 23 41.8 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 72 58.5
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 24 26.7 7 10.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 36 21.2
2006 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 19 11.0
2007 16 26.2 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 20 16.3

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 1,110 71.2 867 58.9 1,974 65.1
Female 1,179 76.5 894 62.9 2,073 69.9
Total 2,289 73.8 1,761 60.8 4,047 67.5
At least tertiary
Male 123 7.9 99 6.7 222 7.3
Female 192 12.5 102 7.2 294 9.9
Total 315 10.2 201 6.9 519 8.7
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 3,402 58.8 627 33.1 36 46.2 60 57.1 3 33.3 3,999 52.8
1991 3,345 61.6 750 37.3 36 52.2 84 54.9 3 100.0 4,074 55.3
1996 3,384 60.0 951 40.1 57 54.3 75 54.4 12 100.0 4,047 54.2
2001 3,111 69.5 888 47.3 57 67.9 99 76.7 12 100.0 3,795 63.0
2006 3,324 72.8 966 53.1 63 80.8 99 78.6 18 100.0 4,047 67.5
At least tertiary
1986 243 4.2 9 0.5 3 3.9 12 11.4 0 0.0 267 3.5
1991 228 4.2 15 0.8 0 0.0 27 17.7 3 100.0 270 3.7
1996 270 4.8 27 1.1 3 2.9 24 17.4 3 25.0 306 4.1
2001 285 6.4 39 2.1 6 7.1 27 20.9 3 25.0 342 5.7
2006 450 9.9 57 3.1 6 7.7 30 23.8 9 50.0 519 8.7
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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 617 157 774 79.7 20.3
2003 854 216 1,070 79.8 20.2
2004 833 255 1,088 76.6 23.4
2005 814 223 1,037 78.5 21.5
2006 819 240 1,059 77.3 22.7
2007 708 228 936 75.6 24.4
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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 1,827 19.7 948 29.4 12 10.3 33 16.9 3 25.0 2,664 22.2
1991 2,565 29.9 1,752 47.8 42 31.1 69 31.9 0 0.0 4,140 34.8
1996 2,712 29.4 1,983 44.4 78 38.2 87 37.2 3 16.7 4,251 34.4
2001 1,794 25.4 1,359 41.4 66 43.1 36 20.3 9 37.5 2,796 29.5
2006 1,599 22.9 1,227 38.5 51 35.4 33 18.6 9 33.3 2,526 27.2
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,005 26.9 246 14.4 690 17.7 369 20.2 351 42.5 2,664 22.2
1991 1,500 41.6 435 28.5 1,068 27.5 594 31.3 546 56.2 4,140 34.8
1996 1,650 43.3 420 29.7 1,119 28.3 552 26.0 513 48.4 4,251 34.4
2001 1,050 38.5 219 25.1 669 23.9 444 21.7 417 39.7 2,796 29.5
2006 855 35.8 195 21.2 516 20.8 567 23.1 396 38.5 2,526 27.2
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,248 20.2 1,413 24.2
1991 2,025 33.3 2,112 36.4
1996 2,007 31.9 2,247 37.0
2001 1,365 27.9 1,431 31.1
2006 1,206 25.5 1,317 29.0

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 1,041 9.0 1,524 29.9 21 13.7 24 9.3 3 16.7 2,499 15.0
1991 744 7.2 1,389 28.2 36 18.8 42 14.7 0 0.0 2,142 13.9
1996 706 6.9 1,209 22.3 56 22.7 30 11.1 0 0.0 1,733 11.8
2001 489 5.7 999 21.5 36 17.4 24 10.0 9 30.0 1,377 11.0
2006 450 5.6 924 21.3 45 19.2 21 9.1 12 33.3 1,311 11.1
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 651 18.2 387 22.7 636 23.2 576 11.0 219 9.1 30 3.2 2,499 15.0
1991 609 18.2 309 21.8 444 19.7 558 11.1 183 7.9 42 4.0 2,142 13.9
1996 554 17.1 204 15.9 352 18.8 440 9.5 145 5.9 38 3.3 1,733 11.8
2001 468 19.4 201 16.0 219 15.8 357 9.6 117 4.5 12 1.0 1,377 11.0
2006 390 19.5 198 18.1 249 17.9 303 9.8 147 4.9 30 2.5 1,311 11.1
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,242 14.6 1,260 15.5
1991 1,074 13.6 1,065 14.1
1996 860 11.5 873 12.2
2001 672 10.4 705 11.5
2006 669 11.2 645 11.1
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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 (%) 66.0 55.0 55.7 63.0 62.0 49.0 51.0

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 7 24.0 1 50.0 3 19.0 1 33.0 4 22.0 1 50.0
Women voted in 2 18.0 1 n/a 3 27.0 1 n/a 3 27.0 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 504 21.2 405 25.0 432 28.8 210 51.1 138 63.9 1,701 27.7
Total population 555 11.6 456 11.7 468 9.6 237 13.3 147 10.6 1,857 11.1
2001 Māori 447 21.0 312 26.5 366 25.9 195 40.6 138 62.2 1,440 26.6
Total population 480 12.3 348 13.2 399 9.3 210 10.3 150 10.5 1,596 11.2
2006 Māori 345 19.3 273 25.1 324 26.3 195 33.2 159 60.2 1,293 26.1
  Total population 363 10.7 306 12.0 366 9.5 222 9.5 165 11.5 1,416 10.4

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  (%) 10.7 8.8 63.6 67.9 26.7 27.6
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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 0.0 0.0
2002 0.1 35.1
2003 45.7 19.0
2004 3.7 0.0
2005 6.1 36.6
2006/2007 5.2 36.3
2007/2008 44.5 37.0

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 83 513.9 31.0
2002 105 721.6 13.7
2003 89 626.8 14.1
2004 101 737.2 43.8
2005 80 608.4 22.8
2006 92 724.4 23.6
2007 86 623.2 36.2
2008 69 505.5 22.0
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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 93.4 76.1 85.2 85.4 100.0 87.4 88.0 85.0 81.6 88.7 92.6 94.0 87.7
2001 95.5 82.3 81.4 97.6 88.9 90.7 91.7 88.8 88.1 90.8 94.2 96.3 91.1
2006 97.4 90.3 89.9 97.4 91.7 94.2 95.7 93.7 95.2 95.0 95.2 96.8 94.9
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 32.2 17.6 25.7 36.6 55.6 28.0 27.9 30.2 26.9 32.4 27.8 ..s 28.0
2006 60.6 34.6 53.2 59.7 66.7 51.9 52.4 53.0 48.3 58.2 57.0 27.7 52.1
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