Selwyn District

This section provides people and indicator data for Selwyn District.

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People data for Selwyn 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 Selwyn 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 Selwyn 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	7,287	23.4	771	38.4	99	34.0	165	20.4	48	25.4	7,740	23.0
15 - 24	3,825	12.3	408	20.3	69	23.7	258	32.0	21	11.1	4,377	13.0
25 - 44	8,904	28.5	558	27.8	96	33.0	267	33.1	75	39.7	9,738	28.9
45 - 64	8,274	26.5	237	11.8	24	8.2	102	12.6	27	14.3	8,787	26.1
65 - 74	1,848	5.9	33	1.6	6	2.1	6	0.7	6	3.2	1,938	5.8
75+	1,053	3.4	9	0.4	6	2.1	3	0.4	0	0	1,086	3.2
Total	31,194	100.0	2,010	100.0	291	100.0	807	100.0	189	100.0	33,666	100.0
Ethnic % in the area	95.0		6.1		0.9		2.5		0.6		105.1
Sex
Male	15,855	50.8	1,053	52.4	159	54.6	360	44.6	93	49.2	17,178	51.0
Female	15,339	49.2	960	47.8	132	45.4	444	55.0	96	50.8	16,488	49.0
		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
Year	Estimated resident population at June	Number	%	Registered births December year	Registered deaths December year	Natural increase December year
1996	25,500	-	-	309	78	231
1997	26,100	600	2.4	305	94	211
1998	26,500	400	1.5	309	92	217
1999	26,900	400	1.5	350	105	245
2000	27,600	700	2.6	318	95	223
2001	28,300	700	2.5	360	99	261
2002	29,600	1,300	4.6	351	114	237
2003	30,900	1,300	4.4	378	107	271
2004	32,200	1,300	4.2	388	114	274
2005	33,500	1,300	4.0	463	134	329
2006	35,000	1,500	4.5	443	111	332
2007	36,400	1,400	4.0	544	136	408
2008	37,500	1,100	3.0	516	112	404

Projected population change

Variant	Population at 30 June						Change 2006 - 2031
Variant	2006	2011	2016	2021	2026	2031	Number	%
High		40,900	46,300	51,600	57,100	62,600	27,700	79.0
Medium	35,000	39,200	42,900	46,400	49,900	53,400	18,400	53.0
Low		37,600	39,400	41,100	42,800	44,300	9,300	27.0

Household composition

Household composition	1986		1991		1996		2001		2006
Household composition	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Couples with children	3,171	51.9	3,189	47.2	3,516	45.1	3,801	41.7	4,641	40.7
Couples without children	1,545	25.3	1,887	27.9	2,319	29.7	2,913	31.9	3,786	33.2
Multi-family	51	0.8	78	1.2	120	1.5	93	1.0	204	1.8
One parent family	291	4.8	378	5.6	438	5.6	648	7.1	774	6.8
One person	786	12.9	951	14.1	1,137	14.6	1,386	15.2	1,653	14.5
Other multi-person	264	4.3	282	4.2	279	3.6	279	3.1	330	2.9
Total	6,111	100.0	6,759	100.0	7,803	100.0	9,120	100.0	11,391	100.0

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Indicator data for Selwyn 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)	75.0	80.4	77.0	82.2	79.0	82.6

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
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1981	2,304	30.7	1,377	21.9	3,669	26.5
1996	1,977	21.5	1,458	17.6	3,429	19.6
2006	2,220	19.5	1,716	15.2	3,939	17.4

The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)

Year	15 - 24		25 - 44		45 - 64		65+
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1981	1,047	28.2	1,656	29.3	816	26.9	150	13.2
1996	729	20.1	1,728	23.7	813	16.5	159	8.8
2006	750	18.3	1,887	20.6	1,104	13.4	198	7.1

The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006

Sex	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Sex	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Male	1,683	19.6	210	31.3	42	24.7	39	12.9	369	17.6	2,220	19.6
Female	1,380	15.6	195	33.9	33	39.8	30	8.6	237	12.0	1,716	15.1
Total	3,063	17.5	396	30.7	63	24.2	66	9.3	603	14.9	3,939	17.5

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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
Year	3 year	4 year	Total	3 year	4 year	Total
2001	86	85	85	350	380	730
2002	86	92	89	350	392	742
2003	98	87	92	413	378	791
2004	89	100	95	392	449	841
2005	107	92	100	478	418	896
2006	100	102	101	451	466	917
2007	101	96	99	525	480	1,005
2008	108	101	104	574	544	1,118

Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
2000	373	94.9	24	100.0	1	100.0	4	100.0	1	100.0	404	94.8
2001	359	98.4	26	96.3	2	100.0	1	100.0	2	100.0	390	98.0
2002	359	97.3	25	100.0	2	100.0	3	100.0	2	66.7	391	97.3
2003	371	98.1	26	100.0	2	100.0	2	100.0	2	100.0	406	98.3
2004	407	99.8	42	100.0	0	0.0	6	100.0	3	100.0	460	99.8
2005	429	99.3	30	100.0	3	100.0	5	100.0	3	100.0	471	99.4
2006	411	99.0	30	100.0	3	60.0	7	100.0	3	100.0	454	98.7
2007	487	99.6	33	100.0	5	83.3	2	100.0	6	100.0	533	99.4
2008	471	100.0	45	100.0	7	100.0	13	92.9	4	100.0	540	99.8

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	49.5	67.2	230	57.6	16.7	34.4	99	24.8
2006	53.6	74.6	251	62.4	24.9	47.3	138	34.3
2007	64.2	79.5	304	72.2	37.3	44.1	172	40.9

School leavers with higher qualifications, by ethnicity

NCEA Level 2 or higher

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
2005	209	60.2	14	34.2	3	100.0	2	66.7	2	40.0	230	57.6
2006	222	64.3	20	46.5	2	50.0	4	66.7	3	75.0	251	62.4
2007	269	73.5	27	60.0	1	100.0	6	85.7	1	50.0	304	72.2

Bursary or higher

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
2005	91	26.2	6	14.6	0	0.0	1	33.3	1	20.0	99	24.8
2006	122	35.4	9	20.9	1	25.0	3	50.0	3	75.0	138	34.3
2007	153	41.8	13	28.9	1	100.0	4	57.1	1	50.0	172	40.9

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
Sex	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
At least upper secondary
Male	3,705	82.5	3,141	74.3	6,849	78.6
Female	4,350	89.7	2,994	75.2	7,344	83.2
Total	8,055	86.3	6,138	74.8	14,190	80.9
At least tertiary
Male	744	16.6	588	13.9	1,332	15.3
Female	1,065	22.0	549	13.8	1,614	18.3
Total	1,809	19.4	1,137	13.8	2,946	16.8

Proportion (%) and number aged 25 - 64 with higher qualifications, by ethnic group and year

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
At least upper secondary
1986	5,220	59.8	177	49.6	30	58.8	72	80.0	12	66.7	5,454	59.5
1991	6,501	65.8	222	58.7	33	73.3	48	72.7	12	100.0	6,759	65.6
1996	7,860	66.6	333	55.8	45	51.7	126	64.6	33	84.6	8,271	65.9
2001	10,242	77.3	402	69.4	66	81.5	204	94.4	51	100.0	10,752	77.3
2006	13,485	80.9	549	72.6	90	81.1	324	94.7	105	97.2	14,190	80.9
At least tertiary
1986	579	6.6	9	2.5	3	5.9	42	46.7	12	66.7	630	6.9
1991	720	7.3	9	2.4	3	6.7	27	40.9	9	75.0	762	7.4
1996	1,086	9.2	27	4.5	12	13.8	84	43.1	24	61.5	1,212	9.7
2001	1,596	12.1	42	7.3	6	7.4	102	47.2	27	52.9	1,754	12.6
2006	2,688	16.1	78	10.3	12	10.8	174	50.9	54	50.0	2,946	16.8

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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
December year	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
2002	766	214	980	78.2	21.8
2003	812	227	1,039	78.2	21.8
2004	906	274	1,180	76.8	23.2
2005	890	293	1,183	75.2	24.8
2006	970	288	1,258	77.1	22.9
2007	931	302	1,233	75.5	24.5

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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
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1986	3,477	23.1	162	21.8	12	15.4	72	49.0	15	71.4	3,684	23.3
1991	3,864	24.3	135	26.2	15	41.7	33	44.0	6	33.3	4,047	24.5
1996	3,324	18.3	231	21.6	33	26.8	93	34.4	18	35.3	3,612	18.7
2001	2,772	13.6	216	20.1	15	11.1	138	41.4	18	27.3	3,048	14.2
2006	2,964	11.2	207	13.7	27	14.3	150	28.4	42	29.2	3,246	11.7

Population with low incomes, by age

Year	0 - 14		15 - 24		25 - 44		45 - 64		65+		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1986	1,218	28.8	417	16.7	1,068	21.6	564	19.6	420	32.7	3,684	23.3
1991	1,107	28.4	468	19.4	1,011	19.1	795	23.2	663	43.9	4,047	24.5
1996	1,050	22.2	345	14.6	903	14.6	747	16.9	570	34.4	3,612	18.7
2001	963	18.1	264	11.7	687	10.2	633	11.9	504	27.3	3,048	14.2
2006	816	12.2	273	9.2	588	7.2	717	9.6	849	32.9	3,246	11.7

Population with low incomes, by sex

Year	Male		Female
Year	Number	%	Number	%
1986	1,860	22.7	1,827	23.9
1991	1,986	23.3	2,064	25.7
1996	1,785	17.9	1,827	19.5
2001	1,416	13.0	1,632	15.4
2006	1,548	11.0	1,698	12.3

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
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1986	1,305	7.4	114	13.4	6	6.9	18	10.9	3	11.1	1,437	7.6
1991	1,173	6.3	81	10.6	3	4.0	15	11.6	15	45.5	1,335	6.7
1996	787	3.8	84	6.8	12	7.2	67	18.0	10	15.4	979	4.3
2001	567	2.4	72	5.4	18	9.8	45	9.9	6	6.9	732	2.8
2006	678	2.3	117	6.7	21	9.0	66	9.1	21	11.7	876	2.7

Household crowding, by age

Year	0 - 9		10 - 14		15 - 24		25 - 44		45 - 64		65+		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1986	273	8.4	201	10.4	438	13.9	366	6.2	144	4.3	21	1.6	1,437	7.6
1991	237	7.3	162	9.7	396	12.4	354	5.5	174	4.5	18	1.1	1,335	6.7
1996	227	6.1	103	5.6	241	7.8	296	4.1	100	2.0	12	0.7	979	4.3
2001	177	4.3	102	4.6	129	4.3	222	2.8	87	1.4	9	0.4	732	2.8
2006	192	3.9	96	3.5	222	5.9	222	2.4	126	1.5	18	0.6	876	2.7

Household crowding, by sex

Year	Male		Female
Year	Number	%	Number	%
1986	747	7.7	687	7.5
1991	699	6.8	639	6.6
1996	496	4.2	483	4.4
2001	372	2.8	357	2.8
2006	453	2.8	423	2.7

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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 (%)	65.0	60.0	60.7	59.0	57.0	37.0	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	5	28.0	0	0.0	4	22.0	0	0.0	3	23.0	1	20.0
Women voted in	3	27.0	0	n/a	2	20.0	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
Speakers of Māori		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1996	Māori	45	8.3	75	17.4	66	17.9	18	20.7	0	0.0	195	13.4
1996	Total population	72	1.3	123	2.1	108	1.3	21	0.6	12	0.6	327	1.3
2001	Māori	45	7.1	81	19.6	75	18.1	12	13.8	6	20.0	222	14.1
2001	Total population	78	1.2	144	2.8	114	1.3	24	0.5	15	0.7	387	1.4
2006	Māori	54	7.0	81	15.5	90	16.6	24	17.4	9	21.4	258	12.8
	Total population	111	1.4	132	2.2	138	1.3	51	0.9	12	0.4	441	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 (%)	12.4	15.0	70.9	74.0	50.8	52.6

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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	3.7	0.0
2002	3.7	1.4
2003	18.9	4.8
2004	8.4	16.2
2005	8.4	15.5
2006/2007	20.1	14.6
2007/2008	17.6	10.9

Safety

Road casualties

The number of people injured or killed in motor vehicle crashes per 100,000 of the total population.

Year	Injuries		Deaths
Year	Number	Rate per 100,000	Rate per 100,000
2001	136	470.6	38.1
2002	99	339.0	13.7
2003	96	320.0	13.3
2004	99	321.4	16.2
2005	113	357.6	28.5
2006	104	319.0	15.3
2007	127	348.9	46.7
2008	144	384.0	18.7

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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
Year	European	Māori	Pacific	Asian	Other	Male	Female	0 - 14	15 - 24	25 - 44	45 - 64	65+	Total
1996	98.6	95.9	94.6	95.9	100.0	98.1	98.8	98.6	97.9	98.3	98.8	98.2	98.4
2001	99.2	96.6	98.4	97.4	100.0	98.8	99.2	99.2	98.8	98.8	99.2	99.0	99.0
2006	99.6	97.8	98.7	98.8	98.3	99.4	99.6	99.6	99.4	99.5	99.5	99.6	99.5

Internet access (%)

Year	Ethnicity					Sex		Age					Total
Year	European	Māori	Pacific	Asian	Other	Male	Female	0 - 14	15 - 24	25 - 44	45 - 64	65+	Total
2001	48.0	41.3	33.9	69.7	75.9	48.6	48.2	55.4	53.5	51.2	46.4	..s	48.4
2006	78.2	74.6	69.2	78.0	83.3	77.7	78.3	85.3	80.7	81.2	79.1	41.0	78.0

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