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Tararua District

This section provides people and indicator data for Tararua District.

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People data for Tararua 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 Tararua 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 Tararua 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 3,414 23.0 1,320 37.8 102 45.3 60 27.0 15 45.5 4,224 24.0
15 - 24 1,623 10.9 558 16.0 36 16.0 42 18.9 0 0 2,031 11.5
25 - 44 3,636 24.5 939 26.9 54 24.0 63 28.4 15 45.5 4,449 25.2
45 - 64 3,915 26.3 531 15.2 24 10.7 48 21.6 3 9.1 4,476 25.4
65 - 74 1,215 8.2 114 3.3 3 1.3 12 5.4 0 0 1,332 7.6
75+ 1,068 7.2 39 1.1 0 0.0 3 1.4 3 9.1 1,128 6.4
Total 14,862 100.0 3,489 100.0 225 100.0 222 100.0 33 100.0 17,631 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 86.7 20.4 1.3 1.3 0.2 109.9
Sex
Male 7,410 49.9 1,674 48.0 105 46.7 105 47.3 24 72.7 8,775 49.8
Female 7,452 50.1 1,815 52.0 117 52.0 117 52.7 9 27.3 8,859 50.2
    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 19,500  -  - 289 141 148
1997 19,350 -150 -0.8 299 156 143
1998 19,100 -250 -1.3 268 158 110
1999 18,850 -250 -1.3 254 142 112
2000 18,650 -200 -1.1 292 159 133
2001 18,350 -300 -1.6 240 164 76
2002 18,250 -100 -0.5 230 155 75
2003 18,200 -50 -0.3 230 158 72
2004 18,150 -50 -0.3 266 141 125
2005 18,100 -50 -0.3 269 140 129
2006 18,050 -50 -0.3 282 142 140
2007 17,950 -100 -0.6 269 163 106
2008 17,750 -200 -1.1 282 144 138

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   18,300 18,500 18,700 18,700 18,700 600 3.0
Medium 18,100 17,900 17,700 17,500 17,200 16,700 -1,400 -8.0
Low   17,500 17,000 16,300 15,600 14,700 -3,300 -18.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 2,991 46.1 2,682 40.2 2,319 35.0 2,034 31.1 1,929 29.1
Couples without children 1,455 22.4 1,647 24.7 1,845 27.8 1,854 28.3 1,953 29.4
Multi-family 63 1.0 81 1.2 96 1.4 72 1.1 84 1.3
One parent family 486 7.5 687 10.3 732 11.0 750 11.5 717 10.8
One person 1,239 19.1 1,374 20.6 1,428 21.5 1,665 25.4 1,761 26.5
Other multi-person 258 4.0 210 3.1 210 3.2 174 2.7 195 2.9
Total 6,492 100.0 6,678 100.0 6,630 100.0 6,549 100.0 6,639 100.0
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Indicator data for Tararua 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 2,586 37.4 1,983 28.9 4,560 33.9
1996 1,827 28.9 1,776 29.3 3,600 29.0
2006 1,671 29.9 1,677 30.3 3,354 30.1
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,254 37.9 1,848 36.4 1,119 32.8 339 18.1
1996 747 33.3 1,755 34.0 861 23.8 237 11.2
2006 576 31.2 1,500 36.4 1,044 25.1 234 10.5
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,176 28.2 423 44.1 18 36.6 15 27.4 162 20.5 1,671 30.0
Female 1,158 28.2 576 52.9 24 28.9 12 19.8 156 20.4 1,677 30.6
Total 2,325 28.2 987 47.9 36 26.6 33 23.7 324 21.5 3,354 30.1
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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 72 82 77 210 248 458
2002 84 60 71 218 170 388
2003 84 79 81 217 207 424
2004 75 84 79 192 220 412
2005 75 82 78 187 208 395
2006 85 89 87 203 219 422
2007 90 79 84 233 211 444
2008 70 96 83 185 248 433
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 204 92.3 72 78.3 0 0.0 4 100.0 0 0.0 280 88.3
2001 202 91.4 61 83.6 1 50.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 265 89.2
2002 202 93.5 77 86.5 0 0.0 4 80.0 1 100.0 284 91.3
2003 172 98.3 80 86.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 1 100.0 256 94.1
2004 170 93.9 68 87.2 3 100.0 3 60.0 1 100.0 245 91.4
2005 161 96.4 87 97.8 2 100.0 4 100.0 2 100.0 256 97.0
2006 135 93.8 82 94.3 0 0.0 5 100.0 0 0.0 222 94.1
2007 158 98.1 66 93.0 1 100.0 6 100.0 2 100.0 233 96.7
2008 145 98.6 68 93.2 1 100.0 3 100.0 1 100.0 218 96.9

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 48.5 54.3 107 51.4 9.7 23.8 35 16.8
2006 56.6 61.9 130 59.4 26.4 40.7 74 33.8
2007 43.0 66.3 115 54.5 19.6 34.6 57 27.0
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 81 60.9 24 34.3 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 107 51.4
2006 101 68.2 26 40.0 0 0.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 130 59.4
2007 89 62.2 19 31.7 1 100.0 6 85.7 0 0.0 115 54.5
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 28 21.1 6 8.6 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 35 16.8
2006 58 39.2 14 21.5 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 74 33.8
2007 43 30.1 9 15.0 0 0.0 5 71.4 0 0.0 57 27.0

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 1,341 67.8 1,194 57.8 2,532 62.6
Female 1,605 76.6 1,218 61.2 2,823 69.1
Total 2,946 72.4 2,412 59.5 5,358 65.9
At least tertiary
Male 138 7.0 132 6.4 270 6.7
Female 240 11.5 129 6.5 372 9.1
Total 378 9.3 267 6.6 642 7.9
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 4,059 52.6 258 31.3 15 62.5 18 50.0 9 100.0 4,305 50.7
1991 4,557 57.7 357 35.3 18 60.0 36 48.0 3 50.0 4,890 55.1
1996 4,536 56.3 462 36.3 27 42.9 42 48.3 3 33.3 4,821 53.4
2001 4,659 65.6 525 47.6 36 60.0 48 59.3 6 66.7 5,064 63.2
2006 4,890 68.7 618 48.7 48 72.7 75 80.6 15 83.3 5,358 65.9
At least tertiary
1986 300 3.9 9 1.1 0 0.0 6 16.7 0 0.0 315 3.7
1991 321 4.1 12 1.2 0 0.0 6 8.0 3 50.0 333 3.8
1996 387 4.8 27 2.1 0 0.0 15 17.2 0 0.0 411 4.6
2001 420 5.9 33 3.0 3 5.0 12 14.8 3 33.3 456 5.7
2006 594 8.3 60 4.7 3 4.5 15 16.1 3 16.7 642 7.9
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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 783 172 955 82.0 18.0
2003 814 232 1,046 77.8 22.2
2004 804 209 1,013 79.4 20.6
2005 842 231 1,073 78.5 21.5
2006 895 274 1,169 76.6 23.4
2007 724 238 962 75.3 24.7
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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 3,417 24.3 498 29.5 27 45.0 18 24.0 9 75.0 3,894 25.1
1991 4,056 30.2 831 45.0 30 43.5 30 29.4 3 50.0 4,803 31.7
1996 3,684 26.9 1,026 40.9 51 38.6 57 37.3 6 33.3 4,437 28.7
2001 2,739 22.7 714 35.5 57 40.4 33 26.2 3 50.0 3,264 24.0
2006 2,706 22.0 633 26.5 45 27.8 42 31.8 15 55.6 3,129 22.4
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,443 32.5 288 12.9 987 22.7 546 19.4 630 37.8 3,894 25.1
1991 1,599 38.9 396 20.5 1,200 26.7 711 24.8 894 50.9 4,803 31.7
1996 1,575 36.7 372 21.8 1,053 23.4 627 20.1 810 43.6 4,437 28.7
2001 1,101 30.6 249 20.2 738 19.6 543 16.8 633 35.4 3,264 24.0
2006 936 27.8 228 15.6 615 17.4 600 16.2 750 39.0 3,129 22.4
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,830 23.4 2,064 26.9
1991 2,235 29.3 2,571 34.1
1996 2,037 26.3 2,400 31.1
2001 1,506 21.9 1,758 26.1
2006 1,443 20.6 1,686 24.2

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 1,131 6.8 717 28.8 21 26.9 27 34.6 6 33.3 1,815 9.4
1991 1,065 6.7 684 25.6 21 22.6 45 32.6 0 0.0 1,806 9.5
1996 707 4.6 547 17.7 23 14.3 32 18.6 2 10.0 1,209 6.7
2001 606 4.3 495 17.7 36 20.0 27 17.0 0 0.0 1,047 6.2
2006 522 3.8 591 18.8 57 28.8 33 16.7 9 30.0 1,065 6.4
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 471 13.2 294 14.2 447 14.5 399 7.4 180 5.3 18 1.0 1,815 9.4
1991 483 13.7 216 12.3 444 16.3 483 8.6 162 4.7 21 1.1 1,806 9.5
1996 364 11.1 200 12.4 220 9.5 315 6.1 92 2.5 18 0.9 1,209 6.7
2001 345 11.9 150 9.7 183 10.4 267 5.7 84 2.2 21 1.0 1,047 6.2
2006 345 13.2 159 11.1 186 9.6 261 6.2 96 2.3 24 1.1 1,065 6.4
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 909 9.3 912 9.6
1991 948 9.9 858 9.1
1996 599 6.6 610 6.8
2001 540 6.4 507 6.1
2006 501 6.1 564 6.8
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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 51.0 66.5 57.0 57.0 51.0 48.0

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 4 25.0 1 100.0 2 17.0 1 50.0 2 18.0 1 33.0
Women voted in 2 25.0 1 n/a 2 25.0 1 n/a 2 25.0 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 249 18.4 183 23.0 186 22.7 90 34.9 45 40.5 744 22.3
Total population 306 6.0 219 6.3 213 3.8 102 3.9 45 2.0 885 4.6
2001 Māori 192 15.2 126 18.4 186 22.7 96 34.0 42 37.8 642 20.3
Total population 228 5.0 165 5.8 225 4.3 114 3.9 45 1.9 783 4.4
2006 Māori 183 13.9 141 18.7 192 21.0 84 23.9 45 30.0 645 18.5
  Total population 216 5.1 165 5.9 249 5.0 117 3.7 63 2.6 813 4.6

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  (%) 9.4 11.7 72.1 67.2 35.8 34.6
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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 6.4 0.0
2003 61.5 0.0
2004 53.4 0.0
2005 45.9 0.0
2006/2007 63.0 0.0
2007/2008 63.3 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 85 481.6 28.3
2002 91 501.4 22.0
2003 83 462.4 22.3
2004 74 415.7 16.9
2005 101 573.9 28.4
2006 96 550.1 17.2
2007 81 451.3 33.4
2008 90 507.0 16.9
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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 95.8 81.3 87.0 92.9 71.4 93.7 94.2 92.2 89.8 94.3 96.0 97.7 93.9
2001 97.2 87.1 88.1 100.0 83.3 95.8 95.9 94.6 94.3 95.2 97.5 98.7 95.9
2006 98.5 93.8 93.9 98.5 110.0 97.4 98.0 97.3 96.9 97.6 97.9 98.6 97.7
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 33.5 17.4 25.4 38.0 50.0 32.7 31.1 37.6 33.7 35.6 32.4 ..s 31.9
2006 62.2 38.4 43.9 48.5 60.0 59.1 58.3 65.2 57.0 65.6 62.1 28.4 58.7
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