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Taupo District

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People data for Taupo 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 Taupo 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 Taupo 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 5,007 20.6 2,931 33.9 342 40.6 138 25.6 18 23.1 7,203 22.2
15 - 24 2,628 10.8 1,467 17.0 168 19.9 84 15.6 15 19.2 3,906 12.0
25 - 44 6,375 26.3 2,280 26.4 195 23.1 213 39.4 24 30.8 8,691 26.8
45 - 64 6,474 26.7 1,509 17.5 114 13.5 93 17.2 12 15.4 8,214 25.3
65 - 74 2,136 8.8 339 3.9 12 1.4 6 1.1 0 0 2,556 7.9
75+ 1,662 6.8 111 1.3 9 1.1 6 1.1 0 0 1,860 5.7
Total 24,279 100.0 8,643 100.0 843 100.0 540 100.0 78 100.0 32,421 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 79.1 28.2 2.7 1.8 0.3 112.1
Sex
Male 11,964 49.3 4,230 48.9 453 53.7 249 46.1 39 50.0 16,059 49.5
Female 12,315 50.7 4,413 51.1 390 46.3 291 53.9 39 50.0 16,359 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 31,600  -  - 497 206 291
1997 32,000 400 1.3 560 219 341
1998 32,300 300 0.9 472 252 220
1999 32,400 100 0.3 494 216 278
2000 32,500 100 0.3 459 244 215
2001 32,500 0 0.0 439 247 192
2002 32,700 200 0.6 475 203 272
2003 33,000 300 0.9 461 230 231
2004 33,200 200 0.6 483 257 226
2005 33,300 100 0.3 451 211 240
2006 33,400 100 0.3 442 227 215
2007 33,500 100 0.3 532 253 279
2008 33,400 -100 -0.3 489 255 234

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   34,900 36,000 37,000 37,700 38,200 4,800 14.0
Medium 33,400 34,200 34,700 35,000 35,000 34,800 1,400 4.0
Low   33,500 33,400 33,000 32,400 31,500 -1,900 -6.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 3,627 42.9 3,471 37.0 3,351 32.4 3,033 27.9 3,210 27.6
Couples without children 2,169 25.7 2,481 26.4 2,919 28.2 3,276 30.1 3,705 31.8
Multi-family 192 2.3 183 2.0 267 2.6 198 1.8 261 2.2
One parent family 729 8.6 1,128 12.0 1,302 12.6 1,410 13.0 1,302 11.2
One person 1,380 16.3 1,752 18.7 2,079 20.1 2,517 23.1 2,727 23.4
Other multi-person 357 4.2 366 3.9 414 4.0 444 4.1 441 3.8
Total 8,454 100.0 9,384 100.0 10,335 100.0 10,878 100.0 11,646 100.0
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Indicator data for Taupo 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) 72.9 80.0 75.2 80.2 77.8 81.0

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 3,777 40.4 3,279 37.7 7,059 39.1
1996 3,192 31.1 3,243 32.5 6,444 31.8
2006 2,946 29.1 3,078 29.8 6,027 29.5
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 2,052 42.6 3,039 42.5 1,563 37.2 405 24.4
1996 1,410 39.5 3,216 37.2 1,458 25.7 360 12.0
2006 1,302 37.5 2,613 33.3 1,734 23.4 378 9.6
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,776 26.5 1,071 41.8 90 33.3 42 22.8 306 21.6 2,946 29.1
Female 1,815 25.8 1,416 48.8 81 32.8 24 9.6 243 18.8 3,078 29.9
Total 3,588 26.1 2,484 45.4 177 36.3 66 16.8 549 20.3 6,027 29.4
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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 80 84 82 413 451 864
2002 80 82 81 403 420 823
2003 83 81 82 418 423 841
2004 81 86 84 390 442 832
2005 80 89 84 383 431 814
2006 89 83 86 426 398 824
2007 74 87 81 355 438 793
2008 92 89 91 434 425 859
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 250 97.3 217 88.2 9 75.0 3 100.0 1 100.0 480 92.5
2001 239 93.7 163 84.5 7 77.8 6 100.0 5 100.0 420 89.7
2002 236 99.6 183 90.1 9 81.8 5 83.3 7 100.0 440 94.8
2003 249 98.0 178 89.9 7 100.0 7 100.0 2 100.0 443 94.7
2004 251 96.9 151 85.8 8 80.0 6 100.0 3 100.0 419 92.3
2005 263 99.6 195 91.5 8 100.0 8 100.0 1 100.0 475 96.2
2006 242 98.0 182 91.5 5 71.4 5 100.0 5 100.0 439 94.8
2007 248 99.6 163 94.8 9 100.0 7 100.0 4 100.0 431 97.7
2008 237 98.3 189 92.6 2 66.7 12 100.0 6 100.0 446 95.7

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 44.4 54.8 200 50.1 20.6 29.7 102 25.6
2006 38.0 58.2 161 48.3 17.8 34.1 87 26.1
2007 53.0 47.7 159 50.5 18.1 24.8 67 21.3
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 147 62.3 45 31.3 2 22.2 2 50.0 4 66.7 200 50.1
2006 105 53.8 50 40.0 0 0.0 3 50.0 3 100.0 161 48.3
2007 110 61.5 43 35.0 2 25.0 2 100.0 2 66.7 159 50.5
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 87 36.9 10 6.9 1 11.1 1 25.0 3 50.0 102 25.6
2006 60 30.8 23 18.4 0 0.0 3 50.0 1 33.3 87 26.1
2007 56 31.3 8 6.5 0 0.0 2 100.0 1 33.3 67 21.3

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 2,856 76.0 2,514 70.1 5,373 73.2
Female 3,246 80.8 2,571 69.1 5,817 75.2
Total 6,102 78.5 5,085 69.6 11,190 74.2
At least tertiary
Male 393 10.5 336 9.4 735 10.0
Female 609 15.2 306 8.2 915 11.8
Total 1,005 12.9 645 8.8 1,650 10.9
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 5,697 61.0 843 32.5 54 36.7 42 58.3 9 60.0 6,453 54.8
1991 6,642 65.4 1,197 38.9 78 37.7 54 54.6 6 66.7 7,737 59.1
1996 7,340 62.9 1,515 39.6 126 38.5 99 54.1 33 84.6 8,463 57.4
2001 8,247 74.0 1,605 51.6 147 56.3 168 83.6 24 88.9 9,579 69.6
2006 9,597 78.2 1,962 58.4 150 57.5 237 82.3 36 100.0 11,190 74.2
At least tertiary
1986 477 5.1 24 0.9 3 2.0 12 16.7 0 0.0 507 4.3
1991 519 5.1 30 1.0 0 0.0 12 12.1 0 0.0 551 4.2
1996 699 6.0 57 1.5 6 1.8 33 18.0 6 15.4 766 5.2
2001 867 7.8 87 2.8 3 1.2 48 23.9 3 11.1 975 7.1
2006 1,461 11.9 168 5.0 12 4.6 81 28.1 12 33.3 1,650 10.9
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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 1,647 554 2,201 74.8 25.2
2003 1,661 604 2,265 73.3 26.7
2004 1,691 606 2,297 73.6 26.4
2005 1,782 649 2,431 73.3 26.7
2006 1,735 649 2,384 72.8 27.2
2007 1,676 574 2,250 74.5 25.5
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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 2,883 18.4 1,482 29.2 96 35.2 27 20.0 12 36.4 4,200 20.9
1991 4,071 25.0 2,553 44.3 156 44.8 54 34.6 3 33.3 6,450 30.0
1996 4,131 22.4 2,490 40.4 240 43.5 78 26.5 18 30.0 6,072 26.5
2001 3,483 19.5 2,094 38.2 156 32.9 69 23.0 15 35.7 5,088 23.0
2006 3,075 15.6 1,479 25.3 105 21.7 87 22.1 12 22.2 4,260 17.6
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,476 26.6 399 13.0 939 15.8 726 19.2 660 37.2 4,200 20.9
1991 2,151 37.9 699 23.9 1,512 23.2 1,122 26.4 966 44.8 6,450 30.0
1996 2,163 35.2 546 21.6 1,461 20.6 942 20.3 960 37.6 6,072 26.5
2001 1,797 32.2 441 20.9 1,131 17.7 822 15.8 894 31.7 5,088 23.0
2006 1,218 22.4 303 11.9 798 12.2 801 12.7 1,140 34.0 4,260 17.6
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,977 19.4 2,223 22.4
1991 2,997 27.8 3,456 32.2
1996 2,817 24.6 3,255 28.3
2001 2,301 21.1 2,787 24.9
2006 1,956 16.4 2,304 18.8

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 1,416 7.7 2,229 32.0 141 35.1 24 14.8 12 36.4 3,687 14.6
1991 1,257 6.7 2,007 27.4 228 44.2 36 18.2 3 25.0 3,402 12.9
1996 1,323 6.3 2,132 25.5 312 37.9 40 11.9 6 9.7 3,449 12.2
2001 1,074 5.1 1,593 20.8 285 39.7 42 10.6 0 0.0 2,685 9.6
2006 1,059 4.8 1,812 23.3 270 35.6 78 16.1 6 8.3 2,895 9.9
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 960 20.5 501 19.4 978 23.2 894 12.1 315 7.0 42 2.3 3,687 14.6
1991 954 19.7 393 17.8 807 20.1 927 11.6 273 5.5 51 2.2 3,402 12.9
1996 1,075 20.9 377 15.7 708 19.6 946 11.0 293 5.2 50 1.8 3,449 12.2
2001 885 18.2 348 14.8 450 14.2 720 9.0 231 3.6 48 1.5 2,685 9.6
2006 777 17.6 393 16.8 588 16.9 762 9.7 309 4.1 66 1.8 2,895 9.9
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,881 14.7 1,806 14.5
1991 1,635 12.4 1,770 13.5
1996 1,705 12.1 1,744 12.3
2001 1,302 9.5 1,380 9.6
2006 1,422 9.9 1,473 9.9
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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 62.0 61.5 65.0 60.0 53.0 50.0

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 13 37.0 2 29.0 10 45.0 1 50.0 6 29.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 5 45.0 0 n/a 4 33.0 0 n/a 4 40.0 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 870 24.6 618 26.1 585 25.4 399 49.3 189 63.0 2,652 28.4
Total population 933 11.8 675 10.7 666 7.4 438 10.5 204 6.2 2,919 9.5
2001 Māori 774 23.9 525 25.8 597 26.1 333 39.2 222 62.7 2,463 28.1
Total population 840 10.9 597 10.5 675 7.3 375 7.4 246 6.4 2,739 8.7
2006 Māori 690 23.5 528 26.6 642 27.5 330 34.9 255 56.7 2,448 28.3
  Total population 738 10.2 582 10.3 723 7.7 387 6.7 285 6.5 2,709 8.4

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  (%) 17.6 17.1 67.8 69.7 36.9 39.2
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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 60.5 24.1
2002 68.6 23.9
2003 99.2 24.4
2004 65.7 0.0
2005 97.1 0.0
2006/2007 97.5 0.0
2007/2008 108.0 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 180 545.5 54.5
2002 140 426.8 27.4
2003 173 519.5 63.1
2004 169 503.0 44.6
2005 171 504.4 32.4
2006 214 627.6 11.7
2007 187 558.2 62.7
2008 176 526.9 44.9
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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 94.6 76.4 72.6 88.2 90.5 89.3 90.1 85.2 84.8 89.8 95.1 96.9 89.7
2001 96.8 84.6 80.5 96.2 92.9 93.4 93.7 90.4 90.7 93.3 96.7 97.8 93.6
2006 98.9 94.1 96.4 98.1 95.8 97.4 97.7 97.1 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.5 97.6
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 41.9 20.9 17.4 52.3 28.6 37.7 36.3 38.1 34.0 40.6 41.6 19.6 37.0
2006 69.3 41.2 39.1 64.8 70.8 62.8 62.2 64.0 55.1 65.7 69.7 45.8 62.5
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