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South Taranaki District

This section provides people and indicator data for South Taranaki District.

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People data for South Taranaki 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 South Taranaki 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 South Taranaki 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 4,974 23.0 1,965 35.9 156 46.4 96 30.2 21 36.8 6,318 23.9
15 - 24 2,541 11.7 936 17.1 60 17.9 39 12.3 9 15.8 3,279 12.4
25 - 44 5,724 26.4 1,398 25.5 78 23.2 111 34.9 24 42.1 7,050 26.6
45 - 64 5,352 24.7 888 16.2 33 9.8 60 18.9 6 10.5 6,339 23.9
65 - 74 1,620 7.5 213 3.9 6 1.8 9 2.8 3 5.3 1,899 7.2
75+ 1,440 6.7 78 1.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 1,593 6.0
Total 21,651 100.0 5,478 100.0 336 100.0 318 100.0 57 100.0 26,484 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 85.8 21.7 1.3 1.3 0.2 110.3
Sex
Male 10,863 50.2 2,754 50.3 186 55.4 156 49.1 30 52.6 13,302 50.2
Female 10,788 49.8 2,724 49.7 150 44.6 162 50.9 27 47.4 13,185 49.8
    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 29,800  -  - 448 255 193
1997 29,500 -300 -1.0 447 204 243
1998 29,300 -200 -0.7 446 176 270
1999 29,000 -300 -1.0 449 224 225
2000 28,700 -300 -1.0 414 216 198
2001 28,400 -300 -1.0 395 225 170
2002 28,100 -300 -1.1 406 236 170
2003 28,000 -100 -0.4 416 239 177
2004 27,700 -300 -1.1 392 240 152
2005 27,400 -300 -1.1 390 215 175
2006 27,200 -200 -0.7 387 198 189
2007 26,800 -400 -1.5 460 219 241
2008 26,800 0 0.0 461 213 248

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   27,300 27,500 27,500 27,400 27,100 -100 0.0
Medium 27,200 26,600 26,200 25,600 24,800 23,800 -3,300 -12.0
Low   26,000 24,900 23,700 22,300 20,600 -6,600 -24.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 4,587 46.2 4,014 39.3 3,582 35.5 3,114 31.4 2,820 28.6
Couples without children 2,205 22.2 2,424 23.8 2,709 26.9 2,760 27.9 2,841 28.8
Multi-family 99 1.0 123 1.2 120 1.2 99 1.0 135 1.4
One parent family 876 8.8 1,158 11.3 1,152 11.4 1,101 11.1 1,143 11.6
One person 1,767 17.8 2,052 20.1 2,106 20.9 2,472 25.0 2,562 26.0
Other multi-person 402 4.0 429 4.2 405 4.0 357 3.6 360 3.6
Total 9,939 100.0 10,203 100.0 10,077 100.0 9,903 100.0 9,864 100.0
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Indicator data for South Taranaki 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) 74.9 80.3 75.9 80.6 77.2 81.5

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 4,107 36.9 3,261 31.0 7,359 33.9
1996 2,757 28.2 2,631 28.0 5,385 28.1
2006 2,379 28.5 2,451 29.7 4,833 29.1
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,995 35.6 3,072 37.4 1,782 33.2 510 19.0
1996 1,065 30.0 2,643 33.4 1,326 24.9 351 11.7
2006 963 33.1 2,184 34.6 1,425 24.8 261 8.6
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,617 26.5 648 40.6 42 47.0 27 28.8 285 22.4 2,379 28.6
Female 1,686 27.4 819 49.7 39 37.7 3 1.7 228 21.2 2,451 29.8
Total 3,300 26.9 1,461 44.8 87 48.9 33 15.3 516 21.9 4,833 29.1
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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 76 92 84 352 394 746
2002 80 89 84 350 409 759
2003 93 88 90 388 391 779
2004 88 99 94 349 420 769
2005 81 106 93 336 417 753
2006 79 92 86 328 379 707
2007 79 89 84 326 382 708
2008 78 84 81 323 342 665
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 332 88.3 112 87.5 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 446 88.1
2001 268 91.5 123 88.5 2 100.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 396 90.6
2002 276 87.9 102 96.2 1 100.0 3 100.0 1 100.0 383 90.1
2003 292 94.8 138 93.2 2 100.0 4 100.0 3 100.0 439 94.4
2004 268 91.8 150 90.4 0 0.0 3 100.0 4 80.0 425 91.2
2005 279 95.9 147 91.3 3 100.0 2 100.0 2 100.0 433 94.3
2006 232 95.1 131 92.3 6 100.0 3 100.0 2 100.0 374 94.2
2007 255 97.0 106 95.5 2 100.0 3 100.0 2 100.0 368 96.6
2008 233 97.1 116 94.3 7 100.0 7 87.5 7 87.5 370 95.9

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 33.8 53.3 137 44.2 10.3 20.6 49 15.8
2006 35.6 44.9 114 40.1 13.7 23.9 53 18.7
2007 49.6 53.2 131 51.4 18.3 23.4 53 20.8
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 107 54.9 23 21.7 0 0.0 3 100.0 4 66.7 137 44.2
2006 88 47.3 23 24.5 1 50.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 114 40.1
2007 97 57.1 30 37.0 1 100.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 131 51.4
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 40 20.5 6 5.7 0 0.0 2 66.7 1 16.7 49 15.8
2006 46 24.7 6 6.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 53 18.7
2007 43 25.3 9 11.1 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 53 20.8

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 2,088 66.9 1,467 52.5 3,555 60.1
Female 2,397 75.0 1,584 57.1 3,981 66.7
Total 4,488 71.1 3,051 54.8 7,539 63.4
At least tertiary
Male 201 6.4 150 5.4 351 5.9
Female 348 10.9 180 6.5 531 8.9
Total 546 8.6 333 6.0 879 7.4
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 5,760 48.2 465 30.8 18 42.9 57 73.1 6 66.7 6,177 46.2
1991 6,282 51.2 603 34.7 27 56.3 81 71.1 6 100.0 6,834 49.2
1996 6,192 51.3 735 36.3 33 39.3 72 58.5 18 100.0 6,729 49.2
2001 6,486 61.8 810 44.7 39 59.1 78 76.5 12 100.0 7,113 59.5
2006 6,735 65.2 1,041 53.0 57 63.3 129 86.0 24 100.0 7,539 63.4
At least tertiary
1986 393 3.3 12 0.8 0 0.0 15 19.2 3 33.3 420 3.1
1991 423 3.5 18 1.0 3 6.3 30 26.3 0 0.0 465 3.4
1996 463 3.8 30 1.5 6 7.1 30 24.4 3 16.7 506 3.7
2001 516 4.9 39 2.2 3 4.6 33 32.4 3 25.0 576 4.8
2006 771 7.5 78 4.0 6 6.7 51 34.0 12 50.0 879 7.4
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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 1,534 432 1,966 78.0 22.0
2003 1,593 521 2,114 75.4 24.6
2004 1,668 588 2,256 73.9 26.1
2005 1,709 560 2,269 75.3 24.7
2006 1,564 573 2,137 73.2 26.8
2007 1,525 540 2,065 73.8 26.2
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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 4,548 20.6 1,137 37.6 36 33.3 21 14.6 6 40.0 5,556 22.4
1991 6,042 27.3 1,899 52.5 36 29.3 51 26.2 6 40.0 7,728 30.4
1996 4,824 23.0 1,767 45.0 84 41.8 60 29.0 6 25.0 6,156 25.8
2001 3,522 19.4 1,242 36.9 69 41.1 36 20.3 6 28.6 4,476 21.6
2006 3,261 19.0 1,083 29.6 51 27.0 75 32.9 9 21.4 4,038 20.3
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,971 27.8 558 14.1 1,275 18.7 756 17.0 996 40.0 5,556 22.4
1991 2,505 35.5 837 24.0 1,833 24.8 1,179 24.5 1,374 50.8 7,728 30.4
1996 2,130 32.5 582 19.9 1,407 20.0 918 19.6 1,116 41.6 6,156 25.8
2001 1,503 27.7 411 18.4 930 15.7 732 15.9 900 35.0 4,476 21.6
2006 1,107 23.3 324 14.8 753 14.1 780 15.7 1,071 41.5 4,038 20.3
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,586 20.5 2,973 24.4
1991 3,615 28.1 4,113 32.6
1996 2,829 23.4 3,324 28.1
2001 2,067 19.6 2,409 23.6
2006 1,881 18.7 2,160 22.1

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 2,220 8.7 1,236 29.4 27 21.4 18 11.5 0 0.0 3,414 11.4
1991 1,662 6.8 1,062 24.8 33 23.9 30 13.2 0 0.0 2,772 9.6
1996 1,236 5.3 1,020 20.9 42 16.7 35 14.2 2 6.1 2,129 7.7
2001 954 4.5 858 18.2 72 30.8 36 17.4 3 10.0 1,791 7.0
2006 777 3.9 900 18.3 87 29.3 30 10.5 0 0.0 1,632 6.7
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 864 15.2 489 15.8 873 16.9 813 9.8 321 6.2 51 2.0 3,414 11.4
1991 693 12.7 399 15.1 651 15.2 717 8.5 267 5.0 45 1.6 2,772 9.6
1996 609 12.0 303 12.3 411 11.1 583 7.2 196 3.6 27 0.9 2,129 7.7
2001 561 12.7 291 12.4 312 10.1 447 6.2 150 2.7 30 1.0 1,791 7.0
2006 456 11.8 249 12.2 330 11.1 384 5.9 180 3.1 33 1.1 1,632 6.7
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,737 11.4 1,680 11.4
1991 1,410 9.6 1,362 9.5
1996 1,080 7.7 1,049 7.7
2001 888 6.8 906 7.2
2006 798 6.5 834 6.9
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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 (%) 70.0 64.0 76.4 81.0 61.0 57.0 55.0

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 2 67.0 3 19.0 1 50.0 5 28.0 1 13.0
Women voted in 4 33.0 1 n/a 3 25.0 1 n/a 3 25.0 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 519 24.4 327 26.1 309 25.8 225 46.3 117 65.0 1,509 28.8
Total population 627 8.1 420 7.1 369 4.5 255 6.5 141 4.2 1,800 6.2
2001 Māori 435 21.2 324 27.8 354 27.4 207 40.4 147 62.0 1,476 28.1
Total population 498 7.1 396 8.0 411 5.2 240 5.7 171 5.0 1,716 6.2
2006 Māori 318 16.2 282 22.0 333 24.8 180 30.6 168 57.1 1,281 23.4
  Total population 366 5.8 333 7.0 396 5.4 216 4.8 186 5.3 1,497 5.7

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  (%) 10.8 13.3 75.4 76.7 33.2 37.5
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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 4.8 0.0
2003 80.8 0.0
2004 12.6 0.0
2005 82.2 0.0
2006/2007 83.3 0.0
2007/2008 81.2 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 102 375.0 40.4
2002 108 384.3 21.4
2003 121 433.7 25.1
2004 133 480.1 14.4
2005 125 457.9 14.7
2006 83 306.3 14.8
2007 90 335.8 7.5
2008 121 451.5 7.5
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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 96.1 79.2 81.0 93.7 90.9 93.2 93.9 91.0 91.1 93.8 96.3 97.5 93.6
2001 97.1 84.1 82.1 94.2 81.8 94.7 95.2 92.8 93.0 94.9 97.0 98.2 94.9
2006 98.5 92.4 92.0 94.8 88.9 97.1 97.7 96.7 96.8 97.4 98.0 98.2 97.4
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 36.6 20.1 20.5 50.7 45.5 34.7 34.5 39.7 35.8 40.1 33.9 10.3 34.6
2006 60.9 42.1 43.0 74.0 72.2 58.0 57.4 64.0 55.6 64.0 61.3 27.4 57.7
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