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Tasman District

This section provides people and indicator data for Tasman District.

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People data for Tasman 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 Tasman 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 Tasman 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 9,027 21.8 1,131 36.9 138 41.4 147 26.1 33 29.7 9,615 21.5
15 - 24 4,140 10.0 525 17.1 57 17.1 90 16.0 21 18.9 4,614 10.3
25 - 44 10,644 25.7 798 26.1 90 27.0 225 39.9 39 35.1 11,625 26.0
45 - 64 11,853 28.6 507 16.6 36 10.8 87 15.4 15 13.5 12,708 28.5
65 - 74 3,195 7.7 75 2.4 9 2.7 9 1.6 0 0 3,348 7.5
75+ 2,625 6.3 21 0.7 0 0.0 6 1.1 0 0 2,724 6.1
Total 41,478 100.0 3,063 100.0 333 100.0 564 100.0 111 100.0 44,628 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 96.0 7.1 0.8 1.3 0.3 105.4
Sex
Male 20,544 49.5 1,536 50.1 195 58.6 249 44.1 60 54.1 22,155 49.6
Female 20,931 50.5 1,524 49.8 135 40.5 318 56.4 57 51.4 22,470 50.3
    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 38,800  -  - 455 307 148
1997 39,400 600 1.5 477 267 210
1998 40,200 800 2.0 489 251 238
1999 40,800 600 1.5 504 278 226
2000 41,600 800 2.0 526 299 227
2001 42,400 800 1.9 502 307 195
2002 43,200 800 1.9 508 287 221
2003 44,100 900 2.1 536 290 246
2004 45,000 900 2.0 557 308 249
2005 45,500 500 1.1 513 315 198
2006 45,800 300 0.7 549 341 208
2007 46,100 300 0.7 552 323 229
2008 46,500 400 0.9 556 296 260

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   49,200 52,200 55,000 57,700 60,200 14,400 31.0
Medium 45,800 48,000 49,800 51,400 52,800 53,900 8,100 18.0
Low   46,800 47,400 47,800 47,900 47,800 2,000 4.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 4,773 44.6 4,656 38.8 4,644 34.1 4,680 31.2 5,109 30.8
Couples without children 2,763 25.8 3,441 28.6 4,317 31.7 4,782 31.9 5,436 32.8
Multi-family 93 0.9 105 0.9 168 1.2 162 1.1 258 1.6
One parent family 738 6.9 978 8.1 1,230 9.0 1,485 9.9 1,515 9.1
One person 1,824 17.0 2,349 19.6 2,757 20.2 3,405 22.7 3,792 22.9
Other multi-person 507 4.7 489 4.1 513 3.8 492 3.3 462 2.8
Total 10,698 100.0 12,015 100.0 13,629 100.0 15,006 100.0 16,572 100.0
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Indicator data for Tasman District

Health

Life expectancy

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) 74.8 80.6 77.2 82.0 78.9 82.5

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 3,594 33.2 2,670 25.9 6,270 29.6
1996 3,249 25.3 2,766 22.2 6,012 23.7
2006 3,117 22.5 2,775 19.6 5,883 21.0
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 1,668 32.8 2,508 30.9 1,590 28.8 504 18.1
1996 1,275 29.8 2,859 27.0 1,473 18.5 405 9.3
2006 1,011 23.9 2,685 24.8 1,845 15.7 342 6.2
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 2,511 22.6 321 33.7 27 27.6 33 18.7 378 17.2 3,117 22.5
Female 2,265 19.5 372 39.0 21 26.2 21 9.4 315 15.5 2,775 19.6
Total 4,776 21.0 699 36.6 51 27.0 51 11.0 687 16.1 5,883 21.0
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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 86 96 91 510 557 1,067
2002 77 97 87 452 600 1,052
2003 90 89 89 552 555 1,107
2004 91 97 94 528 627 1,155
2005 91 104 98 538 620 1,158
2006 89 101 95 543 609 1,152
2007 89 105 97 596 627 1,223
2008 94 97 95 567 661 1,228
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 483 93.8 46 92.0 4 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 534 93.7
2001 486 95.3 49 92.5 2 100.0 1 50.0 2 100.0 540 94.9
2002 462 95.1 50 94.3 3 75.0 3 100.0 1 100.0 519 94.9
2003 538 95.7 67 93.1 3 100.0 4 100.0 2 100.0 614 95.5
2004 477 95.6 56 96.6 3 100.0 0 0.0 2 100.0 538 95.7
2005 542 94.9 71 92.2 5 100.0 13 100.0 4 100.0 635 94.8
2006 531 95.2 60 96.8 1 100.0 10 100.0 3 100.0 605 95.4
2007 534 97.8 52 94.5 7 100.0 10 100.0 3 100.0 606 97.6
2008 492 98.6 57 95.0 4 80.0 11 100.0 7 100.0 571 98.1

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 45.1 47.7 267 46.3 19.4 24.8 126 21.8
2006 48.6 54.2 253 51.3 20.6 31.4 127 25.8
2007 54.3 61.5 314 57.3 23.6 36.3 158 28.8
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 245 48.0 17 30.9 1 25.0 2 66.7 2 40.0 267 46.3
2006 226 53.9 22 34.9 0 0.0 2 50.0 3 75.0 253 51.3
2007 279 58.4 31 50.8 1 33.3 3 75.0 0 0.0 314 57.3
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 117 22.9 8 14.5 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 126 21.8
2006 117 27.9 8 12.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 2 50.0 127 25.8
2007 145 30.3 12 19.7 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 158 28.8

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 4,107 79.9 4,221 72.6 8,328 76.0
Female 4,875 85.3 4,281 73.3 9,153 79.2
Total 8,982 82.8 8,502 72.9 17,484 77.7
At least tertiary
Male 594 11.6 732 12.6 1,326 12.1
Female 954 16.7 720 12.3 1,671 14.5
Total 1,548 14.3 1,452 12.5 2,997 13.3
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 8,080 57.3 201 38.1 27 52.9 27 56.3 6 50.0 8,284 56.6
1991 9,762 62.7 270 44.6 27 60.0 33 68.8 12 100.0 10,005 62.1
1996 11,463 62.6 543 51.3 45 55.6 63 53.9 18 66.7 11,794 61.9
2001 13,729 73.4 633 61.0 54 66.7 96 78.1 27 90.0 14,217 72.8
2006 16,839 78.1 807 66.9 75 71.4 225 81.5 48 94.1 17,484 77.7
At least tertiary
1986 726 5.2 6 1.1 9 17.7 6 12.5 0 0.0 741 5.1
1991 894 5.7 15 2.5 0 0.0 6 12.5 3 25.0 913 5.7
1996 1,218 6.7 21 2.0 3 3.7 12 10.3 3 11.1 1,243 6.5
2001 1,673 8.9 36 3.5 3 3.7 27 22.0 9 30.0 1,728 8.9
2006 2,904 13.5 105 8.7 3 2.9 54 19.6 15 29.4 2,997 13.3
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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 1,311 420 1,731 75.7 24.3
2003 1,387 478 1,865 74.4 25.6
2004 1,540 504 2,044 75.3 24.7
2005 1,756 597 2,353 74.6 25.4
2006 1,676 599 2,275 73.7 26.3
2007 1,655 632 2,287 72.4 27.6
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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 6,297 25.4 327 29.0 39 36.1 48 47.1 6 25.0 6,657 25.7
1991 8,652 33.0 453 37.8 30 30.3 36 36.4 6 25.0 9,114 33.3
1996 8,340 28.1 696 34.8 60 40.8 81 40.3 21 50.0 8,808 28.4
2001 7,101 23.4 699 35.1 45 34.9 72 33.3 18 42.9 7,632 24.0
2006 6,987 20.1 555 23.6 54 22.0 111 29.1 24 28.6 7,395 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 1,986 30.4 588 15.6 1,662 21.7 1,122 22.5 1,305 44.0 6,657 25.7
1991 2,448 38.2 765 21.9 2,265 27.3 1,644 29.4 1,992 54.9 9,114 33.3
1996 2,709 36.3 633 18.8 2,214 23.9 1,551 22.3 1,698 42.9 8,808 28.4
2001 2,466 32.2 522 18.0 1,803 20.0 1,461 18.1 1,386 33.2 7,632 24.0
2006 1,902 23.3 447 13.1 1,398 14.7 1,737 16.7 1,911 39.3 7,395 20.3
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,162 24.2 3,498 27.3
1991 4,344 31.5 4,770 35.0
1996 4,104 26.2 4,701 30.6
2001 3,483 21.9 4,152 26.1
2006 3,459 19.1 3,936 21.6

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 2,547 8.9 288 20.9 27 23.1 18 15.0 3 12.5 2,928 9.5
1991 2,118 7.0 258 17.4 15 12.5 27 22.0 3 12.5 2,460 7.6
1996 1,740 5.2 351 14.5 27 13.5 41 17.4 2 4.0 2,109 5.9
2001 1,590 4.5 360 14.4 45 23.4 51 16.5 15 25.0 2,049 5.4
2006 1,563 4.0 330 11.6 51 17.5 93 18.8 9 9.1 1,956 4.7
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 558 11.4 336 11.2 882 18.3 870 9.5 246 4.3 39 1.3 2,928 9.5
1991 615 11.9 267 10.2 591 13.2 759 7.7 198 3.1 30 0.8 2,460 7.6
1996 597 10.3 221 7.8 441 10.1 664 6.2 171 2.1 15 0.4 2,109 5.9
2001 603 10.2 237 7.2 363 9.3 594 5.4 210 2.2 39 0.8 2,049 5.4
2006 480 8.1 231 6.8 408 9.4 537 4.9 270 2.3 33 0.6 1,956 4.7
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,539 9.9 1,392 9.2
1991 1,281 7.8 1,176 7.3
1996 1,064 5.9 1,045 5.9
2001 1,023 5.3 1,026 5.4
2006 972 4.7 984 4.7
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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 (%) 75.0 67.0 64.1 63.0 59.0 52.0 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 4 20.0 1 25.0 5 23.0 0 0.0 7 26.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 2 15.0 0 n/a 3 23.0 0 n/a 3 23.0 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 90 9.0 99 14.5 123 19.2 66 29.7 27 40.9 387 14.8
Total population 138 1.6 171 2.4 186 1.6 87 1.6 30 0.6 621 1.6
2001 Māori 159 14.1 75 12.4 138 18.5 57 24.1 12 22.2 450 16.2
Total population 228 2.4 168 2.5 234 1.9 99 1.4 39 0.7 750 1.8
2006 Māori 111 9.8 102 14.8 135 16.4 75 23.1 27 26.5 450 14.7
  Total population 153 1.6 150 2.3 225 1.7 147 1.6 39 0.6 717 1.6

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  (%) 12.7 9.8 72.5 75.1 44.4 47.9
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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 67.0 8.7
2002 75.5 8.5
2003 67.3 9.1
2004 43.4 31.5
2005 39.8 31.2
2006/2007 43.2 4.3
2007/2008 41.9 4.3

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 142 344.7 21.8
2002 189 434.5 13.8
2003 200 447.4 15.7
2004 154 336.2 13.1
2005 136 291.8 4.3
2006 143 303.0 10.6
2007 195 423.0 10.8
2008 192 412.9 17.2
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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 95.0 86.1 80.3 88.5 88.2 94.0 95.1 95.1 89.8 93.2 96.7 97.5 94.5
2001 97.5 91.0 90.6 93.1 100.0 96.4 97.6 97.5 95.3 96.1 97.8 98.2 97.0
2006 98.7 96.3 99.0 98.8 97.1 98.2 98.9 99.1 98.1 98.1 98.5 98.9 98.5
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 38.5 27.4 18.8 37.3 60.0 38.8 37.3 44.1 40.5 40.2 40.5 14.3 38.0
2006 68.1 56.7 47.5 65.7 70.6 67.9 67.1 76.1 68.3 69.8 71.7 38.1 67.5
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