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Stratford District

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People data for Stratford 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 Stratford 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 Stratford 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 1,857 22.8 387 39.9 15 45.5 27 31.0 0 0 2,046 23.0
15 - 24 1,023 12.6 168 17.3 9 27.3 12 13.8 6 66.7 1,158 13.0
25 - 44 2,010 24.7 261 26.9 6 18.2 30 34.5 0 0 2,199 24.7
45 - 64 1,995 24.5 123 12.7 3 9.1 15 17.2 0 0 2,145 24.1
65 - 74 654 8.0 24 2.5 0 0.0 3 3.4 0 0 702 7.9
75+ 615 7.5 6 0.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 648 7.3
Total 8,148 100.0 969 100.0 33 100.0 87 100.0 9 100.0 8,889 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 94.2 11.2 0.4 1.0 0.1 106.9
Sex
Male 4,038 49.6 495 51.1 18 54.5 39 44.8 0 0 4,407 49.6
Female 4,113 50.5 471 48.6 15 45.5 45 51.7 6 66.7 4,485 50.5
    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 9,750  -  - 149 67 82
1997 9,660 -90 -0.9 145 52 93
1998 9,540 -120 -1.2 142 83 59
1999 9,390 -150 -1.6 143 76 67
2000 9,260 -130 -1.4 124 82 42
2001 9,110 -150 -1.6 112 81 31
2002 9,070 -40 -0.4 117 82 35
2003 9,090 20 0.2 151 62 89
2004 9,150 60 0.7 119 67 52
2005 9,140 -10 -0.1 134 91 43
2006 9,120 -20 -0.2 125 84 41
2007 9,090 -30 -0.3 124 71 53
2008 9,100 10 0.1 141 77 64

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   9,200 9,300 9,300 9,200 9,100 0 0.0
Medium 9,100 8,900 8,800 8,500 8,200 7,900 -1,300 -14.0
Low   8,700 8,300 7,800 7,200 6,600 -2,500 -27.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 1,482 45.2 1,341 40.1 1,194 35.5 1,008 31.3 987 29.5
Couples without children 759 23.1 810 24.2 921 27.4 960 29.8 978 29.2
Multi-family 18 0.5 30 0.9 36 1.1 24 0.7 42 1.3
One parent family 288 8.8 360 10.8 351 10.4 333 10.3 378 11.3
One person 597 18.2 699 20.9 732 21.8 804 24.9 864 25.8
Other multi-person 141 4.3 105 3.1 129 3.8 96 3.0 102 3.0
Total 3,282 100.0 3,342 100.0 3,360 100.0 3,225 100.0 3,351 100.0
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Indicator data for Stratford 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 1,164 30.4 927 27.2 2,088 29.9
1996 807 25.7 786 25.3 1,602 25.5
2006 753 26.8 720 25.3 1,455 25.8
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 573 33.3 831 31.8 498 28.3 186 20.3
1996 336 29.9 801 30.6 354 20.3 111 9.5
2006 291 27.3 639 31.3 426 21.5 99 8.1
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 588 25.8 114 41.0 3 11.5 3 8.9 93 26.3 753 26.3
Female 582 24.8 126 44.5 6 11.5 6 15.2 60 16.7 720 25.1
Total 1,167 25.2 237 40.8 9 27.1 9 19.5 144 20.5 1,455 25.8
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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 71 101 85 97 111 208
2002 86 81 83 114 108 222
2003 91 95 93 106 128 234
2004 94 115 104 106 133 239
2005 91 108 99 117 119 236
2006 83 94 88 104 118 222
2007 75 94 85 101 118 219
2008 91 97 94 101 128 229
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 117 91.4 17 77.3 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 135 89.4
2001 108 90.8 23 92.0 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 133 90.5
2002 84 84.8 12 75.0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 97 82.2
2003 103 90.4 25 89.3 1 100.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 131 89.7
2004 122 95.3 24 82.8 0 0.0 1 100.0 1 100.0 148 93.1
2005 99 94.3 25 80.6 1 100.0 1 33.3 2 100.0 128 90.1
2006 101 99.0 31 96.9 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 133 98.5
2007 92 98.9 22 95.7 0 0.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 117 98.3
2008 109 98.2 18 81.8 1 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 130 95.6

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 49.2 49.6 87 49.4 21.3 33.0 51 29.0
2006 49.2 60.3 100 56.5 21.3 39.7 59 33.3
2007 42.3 55.1 84 49.7 11.3 33.7 41 24.3
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 73 53.7 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 87 49.4
2006 82 59.9 13 40.6 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 100 56.5
2007 78 60.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 ..s ..s 84 49.7
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 45 33.1 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 51 29.0
2006 50 36.5 5 15.6 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 59 33.3
2007 38 29.2 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 ..s ..s 41 24.3

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 696 71.6 585 57.9 1,284 64.8
Female 840 77.3 573 61.8 1,413 70.2
Total 1,539 74.9 1,158 59.8 2,697 67.5
At least tertiary
Male 51 5.2 54 5.3 105 5.3
Female 117 10.8 66 7.1 186 9.2
Total 168 8.2 123 6.3 288 7.2
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 2,058 49.1 96 37.2 6 100.0 6 40.0 0 0.0 2,139 48.3
1991 2,238 53.4 96 37.7 3 33.3 15 55.6 0 0.0 2,331 52.4
1996 2,229 53.0 147 41.5 6 40.0 21 58.3 0 0.0 2,325 52.0
2001 2,283 64.0 129 48.9 6 66.7 21 77.8 3 100.0 2,379 63.0
2006 2,574 68.5 174 51.3 6 66.7 30 76.9 3 100.0 2,697 67.5
At least tertiary
1986 159 3.8 3 1.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 165 3.7
1991 144 3.4 3 1.2 0 0.0 3 11.1 0 0.0 147 3.3
1996 183 4.4 9 2.5 0 0.0 12 33.3 0 0.0 195 4.4
2001 213 6.0 9 3.4 0 0.0 6 22.2 3 100.0 225 6.0
2006 273 7.3 15 4.4 0 0.0 6 15.4 3 100.0 288 7.2
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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 654 236 890 73.5 26.5
2003 592 215 807 73.4 26.6
2004 568 199 767 74.1 25.9
2005 506 168 674 75.1 24.9
2006 483 166 649 74.4 25.6
2007 429 129 558 76.9 23.1
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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 1,707 23.1 177 36.2 3 50.0 6 22.2 0 0.0 1,848 23.6
1991 2,502 32.9 282 52.2 15 50.0 3 10.0 0 0.0 2,730 33.7
1996 2,070 27.8 372 47.3 9 25.0 18 28.6 3 50.0 2,343 29.1
2001 1,506 23.2 243 42.9 9 37.5 12 40.0 3 50.0 1,671 24.2
2006 1,380 21.6 186 27.4 9 42.9 9 12.0 3 33.3 1,503 21.8
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 675 31.1 156 13.3 450 20.5 243 16.4 324 40.1 1,848 23.6
1991 855 38.5 246 23.6 657 28.4 423 27.2 546 55.3 2,730 33.7
1996 822 37.8 192 20.6 552 23.7 354 22.3 423 41.0 2,343 29.1
2001 582 32.9 144 18.5 354 18.6 279 18.7 312 32.9 1,671 24.2
2006 417 26.2 99 12.4 267 15.3 294 17.2 423 41.2 1,503 21.8
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 858 21.5 993 25.9
1991 1,260 31.1 1,470 36.2
1996 1,044 26.3 1,299 31.8
2001 747 21.7 924 26.7
2006 684 20.0 816 23.5

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 717 8.2 192 28.3 3 16.7 6 16.7 0 0.0 912 9.5
1991 669 7.7 198 28.6 6 20.0 15 33.3 0 0.0 888 9.3
1996 403 4.9 152 17.0 4 10.3 13 16.7 3 30.0 540 5.9
2001 300 4.0 108 14.6 3 10.0 15 29.4 0 0.0 426 5.2
2006 294 3.9 150 17.1 9 30.0 9 11.1 0 0.0 435 5.2
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 204 11.4 156 16.1 252 16.3 204 7.5 87 4.9 12 1.4 912 9.5
1991 267 14.9 132 14.3 180 13.6 234 8.6 60 3.4 12 1.2 888 9.3
1996 154 9.4 77 9.7 113 9.6 148 5.6 41 2.3 7 0.6 540 5.9
2001 117 9.2 66 8.0 75 7.5 111 4.8 42 2.4 9 0.8 426 5.2
2006 135 11.1 60 8.2 99 9.2 102 4.8 36 1.8 3 0.3 435 5.2
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 468 9.5 444 9.4
1991 459 9.6 423 9.0
1996 271 6.0 269 5.9
2001 213 5.2 210 5.1
2006 228 5.5 204 4.9
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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 (%) 75.0 62.0 69.2 77.0 60.0 56.0 56.0

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 2 13.0 0 0.0 3 19.0 0 0.0 2 13.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 0 0.0 0 n/a 1 10.0 0 n/a 2 22.0 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 81 20.0 51 19.5 54 25.0 24 38.1 12 57.1 213 22.1
Total population 108 4.3 81 4.4 72 2.7 33 2.6 12 1.0 306 3.2
2001 Māori 51 15.9 51 21.5 30 16.9 18 26.1 6 50.0 168 20.4
Total population 81 3.7 75 4.8 42 1.7 27 2.0 9 0.7 240 2.7
2006 Māori 51 13.2 54 23.1 45 19.5 15 17.9 9 30.0 171 17.6
  Total population 60 2.9 75 4.7 60 2.5 21 1.4 15 1.1 231 2.6

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  (%) 12.5 12.5 76.5 81.5 48.5 49.0
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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 60.4 0.0
2002 63.3 0.0
2003 63.1 0.0
2004 62.7 0.0
2005 62.8 0.0
2006/2007 60.5 0.0
2007/2008 63.1 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 24 270.3 22.5
2002 46 514.0 33.5
2003 18 204.1 11.3
2004 16 182.9 11.4
2005 20 232.6 23.3
2006 43 508.3 11.8
2007 51 561.1 11.0
2008 48 527.5 11.0
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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 96.5 81.0 84.6 100.0 66.7 94.9 96.0 93.9 94.9 94.9 97.3 98.1 95.5
2001 97.4 87.9 90.0 82.4 100.0 96.5 97.3 96.0 95.5 96.3 98.3 98.3 96.9
2006 98.8 94.5 90.0 96.3 150.0 98.0 98.6 98.6 97.8 98.0 98.7 99.0 98.3
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 33.6 15.3 10.0 29.4 66.7 33.3 32.5 40.3 36.0 38.1 31.2 ..s 32.9
2006 59.1 40.6 40.0 66.7 50.0 58.3 57.9 65.6 61.2 66.4 60.4 ..s 58.0
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