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Southland District

This section provides people and indicator data for Southland District.

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People data for Southland 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 Southland 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 Southland 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 5,937 22.5 999 38.2 63 38.9 87 28.4 6 12.5 6,444 22.7
15 - 24 2,922 11.1 441 16.9 27 16.7 33 10.8 9 18.8 3,219 11.3
25 - 44 7,293 27.6 669 25.6 42 25.9 138 45.1 21 43.8 7,905 27.8
45 - 64 7,152 27.1 387 14.8 24 14.8 45 14.7 9 18.8 7,578 26.6
65 - 74 1,905 7.2 93 3.6 3 1.9 9 2.9 0 0 2,013 7.1
75+ 1,227 4.6 21 0.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 1,272 4.5
Total 26,439 100.0 2,613 100.0 162 100.0 306 100.0 48 100.0 28,440 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 95.1 9.4 0.6 1.1 0.2 106.3
Sex
Male 13,782 52.1 1,359 52.0 90 55.6 156 51.0 30 62.5 14,883 52.3
Female 12,657 47.9 1,257 48.1 72 44.4 153 50.0 18 37.5 13,554 47.7
    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 31,200  -  - 415 190 225
1997 30,800 -400 -1.3 382 202 180
1998 30,400 -400 -1.3 361 161 200
1999 30,000 -400 -1.3 403 166 237
2000 29,700 -300 -1.0 388 187 201
2001 29,400 -300 -1.0 353 163 190
2002 29,300 -100 -0.3 382 166 216
2003 29,400 100 0.3 391 164 227
2004 29,300 -100 -0.3 399 135 264
2005 29,200 -100 -0.3 395 152 243
2006 29,200 0 0.0 386 141 245
2007 29,100 -100 -0.3 425 153 272
2008 29,100 0 0.0 424 163 261

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   29,900 30,400 30,800 31,000 31,000 1,800 6.0
Medium 29,200 29,300 29,200 28,900 28,400 27,700 -1,500 -5.0
Low   28,700 27,900 27,000 25,900 24,500 -4,700 -16.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 5,307 52.4 4,638 45.3 4,299 40.9 3,642 35.2 3,573 33.9
Couples without children 2,295 22.6 2,610 25.5 3,078 29.3 3,279 31.7 3,579 34.0
Multi-family 42 0.4 63 0.6 78 0.7 72 0.7 75 0.7
One parent family 576 5.7 720 7.0 702 6.7 714 6.9 642 6.1
One person 1,578 15.6 1,851 18.1 2,010 19.1 2,337 22.6 2,337 22.2
Other multi-person 333 3.3 345 3.4 348 3.3 309 3.0 333 3.2
Total 10,134 100.0 10,230 100.0 10,512 100.0 10,353 100.0 10,539 100.0
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Indicator data for Southland 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) 73.3 79.0 74.5 80.1 75.9 81.9

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 4,161 33.9 2,925 27.5 7,074 30.8
1996 2,769 25.2 2,334 23.9 5,106 24.6
2006 2,478 25.5 2,124 23.3 4,593 24.4
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,632 30.5 3,225 33.8 1,797 31.7 420 18.7
1996 1,014 28.5 2,442 27.3 1,359 21.7 291 10.5
2006 864 29.3 2,031 27.4 1,431 20.3 267 9.0
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,923 25.3 291 37.7 21 43.9 27 28.6 366 20.7 2,478 25.5
Female 1,680 23.2 342 44.0 18 37.6 18 16.8 264 17.3 2,124 23.3
Total 3,612 24.3 639 40.9 45 51.8 39 18.5 621 18.7 4,593 24.5
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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
3 year 4 year Total 3 year 4 year Total
2001 56 78 67 227 306 533
2002 60 73 67 238 302 540
2003 63 77 70 271 320 591
2004 66 84 76 238 367 605
2005 60 87 72 251 314 565
2006 68 76 72 282 318 600
2007 65 86 76 277 344 621
2008 72 79 75 320 336 656
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 307 87.2 35 79.5 2 100.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 345 86.3
2001 337 92.8 40 72.7 3 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 380 90.3
2002 320 93.8 39 68.4 0 0.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 362 90.3
2003 338 95.8 44 88.0 3 100.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 388 94.9
2004 359 97.6 59 88.1 2 100.0 2 100.0 4 100.0 426 96.2
2005 379 95.2 56 83.6 2 66.7 1 100.0 0 0.0 438 93.4
2006 316 95.5 51 94.4 1 100.0 0 0.0 6 100.0 374 95.4
2007 314 95.4 48 96.0 2 100.0 3 100.0 2 100.0 369 95.6
2008 334 97.9 51 94.4 2 100.0 3 100.0 4 100.0 394 97.5

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 41.5 63.2 169 51.5 11.9 29.6 66 20.1
2006 48.5 60.3 162 53.6 21.6 33.6 81 26.8
2007 53.3 76.1 191 63.5 26.9 41.8 101 33.6
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 149 56.7 18 30.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 169 51.5
2006 143 60.3 17 27.4 0 0.0 1 100.0 1 100.0 162 53.6
2007 160 66.4 25 46.3 1 100.0 5 100.0 0 0.0 191 63.5
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 62 23.6 2 3.3 1 50.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 66 20.1
2006 76 32.1 4 6.5 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 81 26.8
2007 88 36.5 10 18.5 0 0.0 3 60.0 0 0.0 101 33.6

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 2,745 73.6 2,097 56.4 4,842 65.0
Female 3,141 83.7 2,097 63.6 5,241 74.4
Total 5,889 78.7 4,197 59.8 10,080 69.5
At least tertiary
Male 318 8.5 186 5.0 504 6.8
Female 618 16.5 243 7.4 864 12.3
Total 936 12.5 429 6.1 1,365 9.4
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 6,780 47.9 186 30.2 9 23.1 27 75.0 6 100.0 6,952 47.3
1991 7,570 52.5 282 39.7 15 41.7 36 70.6 6 66.7 7,803 51.8
1996 8,286 55.3 465 43.3 27 56.3 54 54.6 15 100.0 8,508 54.5
2001 8,802 66.2 453 51.9 33 78.6 72 80.0 9 75.0 9,093 65.5
2006 9,687 70.2 552 57.3 36 66.7 138 90.2 24 88.9 10,080 69.5
At least tertiary
1986 490 3.5 3 0.5 0 0.0 6 16.7 0 0.0 498 3.4
1991 486 3.4 12 1.7 3 8.3 12 23.5 0 0.0 508 3.4
1996 595 4.0 12 1.1 6 12.5 15 15.2 3 20.0 618 4.0
2001 828 6.2 18 2.1 6 14.3 24 26.7 3 25.0 855 6.2
2006 1,302 9.4 54 5.6 6 11.1 39 25.5 9 33.3 1,365 9.4
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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 2,782 643 3,425 81.2 18.8
2003 2,632 683 3,315 79.4 20.6
2004 2,480 695 3,175 78.1 21.9
2005 2,585 728 3,313 78.0 22.0
2006 2,523 689 3,212 78.5 21.5
2007 2,465 722 3,187 77.3 22.7
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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 6,177 26.7 315 27.5 21 31.8 9 16.7 0 0.0 6,516 26.9
1991 6,834 28.9 702 49.7 33 47.8 18 26.1 0 0.0 7,458 29.7
1996 5,943 24.3 834 38.1 39 35.1 57 37.3 0 0.0 6,429 25.0
2001 3,681 17.1 528 29.7 45 51.7 30 20.0 6 40.0 4,014 17.7
2006 3,684 16.9 468 23.1 30 25.0 30 14.5 3 11.1 3,987 17.1
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,334 34.4 621 17.5 1,848 25.5 981 21.3 735 35.9 6,516 26.9
1991 2,352 35.3 627 20.4 1,971 25.2 1,374 26.6 1,134 48.2 7,458 29.7
1996 2,073 31.0 522 18.1 1,641 20.6 1,161 20.9 1,032 39.6 6,429 25.0
2001 1,194 21.4 261 11.7 885 13.3 819 14.2 858 34.3 4,014 17.7
2006 1,065 19.5 258 11.0 786 12.0 900 14.4 981 36.3 3,987 17.1
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,255 25.5 3,264 28.5
1991 3,708 28.2 3,753 31.5
1996 3,135 23.3 3,291 26.8
2001 1,911 16.1 2,103 19.4
2006 1,947 16.0 2,040 18.4

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 2,256 7.9 402 25.9 12 13.8 3 4.0 3 33.3 2,745 8.8
1991 1,614 6.0 375 21.6 6 6.5 9 10.3 0 0.0 2,049 6.9
1996 1,019 3.8 370 14.7 7 5.7 17 9.9 1 4.5 1,345 4.6
2001 660 2.7 288 13.3 15 15.2 6 3.5 0 0.0 933 3.5
2006 537 2.2 207 8.8 21 16.3 30 11.8 0 0.0 780 2.9
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 618 10.6 432 13.1 699 14.3 681 7.3 282 5.1 36 1.6 2,745 8.8
1991 486 9.6 303 10.4 501 12.4 552 6.0 195 3.3 21 0.8 2,049 6.9
1996 381 7.8 187 7.1 277 7.6 376 4.2 112 1.8 12 0.4 1,345 4.6
2001 276 6.6 120 5.1 180 6.1 264 3.4 93 1.4 6 0.2 933 3.5
2006 228 5.6 108 4.9 135 4.5 219 2.9 66 0.9 18 0.6 780 2.9
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,443 8.8 1,302 8.8
1991 1,068 6.8 981 7.0
1996 684 4.5 661 4.8
2001 474 3.4 459 3.6
2006 402 2.9 378 3.0
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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 62.9 63.0 61.0 58.0 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 6 30.0 1 100.0 4 25.0 1 100.0 3 18.0 2 100.0
Women voted in 5 42.0 1 n/a 3 25.0 1 n/a 1 8.0 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 123 11.2 96 14.8 120 18.3 63 25.0 12 16.0 405 14.9
Total population 174 2.3 168 2.9 159 1.7 81 1.8 18 0.6 600 2.0
2001 Māori 117 12.3 75 13.8 93 14.7 48 22.2 30 38.5 354 14.6
Total population 204 3.1 153 3.1 144 1.6 81 1.6 27 0.9 609 2.1
2006 Māori 90 9.0 90 15.2 87 13.5 60 23.0 24 20.5 354 13.5
  Total population 126 2.0 129 2.7 138 1.6 84 1.6 36 1.1 519 1.8

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  (%) 11.3 10.5 71.6 71.7 45.8 45.4
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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 1.0 0.0
2002 3.2 13.5
2003 6.3 13.8
2004 5.7 11.0
2005 13.5 10.6
2006/2007 35.5 7.8
2007/2008 34.2 7.8

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 308 1030.1 33.4
2002 286 972.8 44.2
2003 274 932.0 34.0
2004 203 690.5 13.6
2005 275 938.6 20.5
2006 274 932.0 20.4
2007 278 955.3 13.7
2008 225 773.2 13.7
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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
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
1996 97.1 88.6 85.0 91.1 100.0 96.1 97.1 96.3 94.3 97.0 97.3 97.0 96.6
2001 97.9 92.0 87.9 98.2 57.1 97.1 97.9 97.4 95.9 97.3 98.0 98.5 97.5
2006 99.2 97.7 95.5 97.7 100.0 98.6 99.3 99.4 98.5 98.8 98.9 98.8 98.9
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 36.9 22.1 27.3 46.4 42.9 36.1 36.9 44.1 37.6 40.5 35.3 9.2 36.5
2006 65.6 50.6 54.5 67.4 75.0 64.3 65.6 74.9 62.0 71.3 65.4 29.7 64.9
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