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Tauranga City

This section provides people and indicator data for Tauranga City.

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People data for Tauranga City

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 Tauranga City

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: Satisfaction with work/life balance, Workplace Injury

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

Leisure and Recreation: Satisfaction with leisure time, Participation in physical activity

Physical Environment: Drinking water quality

Safety: Perceptions of safety, Road casualties

Social Connectedness: Telephone and internet access in the home, Trust in others, Proportion of the population experiencing loneliness

People data for Tauranga City

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 17,139 19.6 6,042 36.5 813 44.2 924 26.8 96 24.4 21,585 20.8
15 - 24 9,711 11.1 2,940 17.7 321 17.5 573 16.6 78 19.8 12,468 12.0
25 - 44 21,780 24.9 4,518 27.3 468 25.4 1,233 35.8 150 38.2 26,826 25.9
45 - 64 21,711 24.9 2,415 14.6 195 10.6 573 16.6 48 12.2 24,699 23.8
65 - 74 8,301 9.5 456 2.8 24 1.3 105 3.0 9 2.3 8,940 8.6
75+ 8,721 10.0 201 1.2 24 1.3 36 1.0 3 0.8 9,114 8.8
Total 87,360 100.0 16,569 100.0 1,839 100.0 3,444 100.0 393 100.0 103,632 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 86.9 16.5 1.8 3.4 0.4 109.1
Sex
Male 41,310 47.3 8,040 48.5 957 52.0 1,653 48.0 210 53.4 49,518 47.8
Female 46,050 52.7 8,529 51.5 879 47.8 1,791 52.0 183 46.6 54,114 52.2
    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 79,600  -  - 1,147 779 368
1997 83,000 3,400 4.3 1,248 721 527
1998 86,200 3,200 3.9 1,258 684 574
1999 88,900 2,700 3.1 1,273 807 466
2000 91,400 2,500 2.8 1,327 755 572
2001 93,300 1,900 2.1 1,326 836 490
2002 95,800 2,500 2.7 1,275 829 446
2003 98,800 3,000 3.1 1,307 836 471
2004 101,700 2,900 2.9 1,415 864 551
2005 104,300 2,600 2.6 1,442 882 560
2006 106,700 2,400 2.3 1,486 945 541
2007 108,800 2,100 2.0 1,635 914 721
2008 110,500 1,700 1.6 1,637 996 641

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   119,900 132,700 145,500 158,200 170,900 64,200 60.0
Medium 106,700 116,800 126,500 136,100 145,500 154,800 48,000 45.0
Low   113,700 120,300 126,800 133,100 139,100 32,400 30.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 7,209 34.3 7,305 29.5 7,896 27.2 8,583 25.0 10,032 25.4
Couples without children 6,387 30.4 7,911 31.9 9,432 32.5 10,947 31.9 12,687 32.2
Multi-family 288 1.4 363 1.5 588 2.0 537 1.6 780 2.0
One parent family 1,932 9.2 2,799 11.3 3,381 11.7 4,395 12.8 4,725 12.0
One person 4,104 19.5 5,223 21.1 6,345 21.9 8,307 24.2 9,411 23.9
Other multi-person 1,083 5.2 1,179 4.8 1,350 4.7 1,566 4.6 1,797 4.6
Total 21,003 100.0 24,783 100.0 28,989 100.0 34,335 100.0 39,435 100.0
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Indicator data for Tauranga City

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) 75.0 80.4 76.7 82.5 78.8 83.3

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 5,979 33.6 5,634 29.7 11,607 31.5
1996 6,270 25.3 6,738 25.7 13,020 25.5
2006 7,260 23.3 7,935 22.9 15,183 23.1
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 2,847 34.1 4,548 35.4 3,132 29.1 1,080 15.3
1996 2,850 32.2 6,174 30.1 2,985 19.4 1,011 8.1
2006 3,255 28.4 6,705 26.9 4,284 18.5 939 5.7
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 4,956 22.4 1,767 36.4 183 33.0 183 16.5 900 17.9 7,260 23.3
Female 5,532 21.6 2,337 42.1 180 37.3 78 5.7 801 16.4 7,935 22.9
Total 10,485 22.0 4,113 39.7 354 33.9 252 10.5 1,707 17.2 15,183 23.1
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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 93 115 104 1,260 1,482 2,742
2002 91 112 102 1,198 1,558 2,756
2003 92 112 102 1,264 1,541 2,805
2004 88 117 102 1,238 1,664 2,902
2005 100 118 109 1,293 1,695 2,988
2006 107 135 121 1,444 1,778 3,222
2007 115 123 119 1,688 1,670 3,358
2008 123 128 125 1,873 1,902 3,775
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 942 98.6 305 90.8 16 94.1 22 84.6 6 100.0 1,292 96.3
2001 920 98.4 307 90.6 13 86.7 25 92.6 8 100.0 1,273 96.1
2002 967 98.7 311 84.3 24 82.8 38 92.7 5 71.4 1,347 94.3
2003 1,019 98.0 311 91.7 22 91.7 41 93.2 4 100.0 1,400 96.3
2004 981 99.2 332 88.8 18 100.0 43 91.5 6 85.7 1,381 96.2
2005 1,082 98.5 363 89.6 29 93.5 44 95.7 7 100.0 1,529 96.0
2006 1,019 99.0 371 91.8 28 96.6 45 100.0 9 100.0 1,472 97.1
2007 954 98.8 368 94.8 19 79.2 57 98.3 18 94.7 1,416 97.3
2008 911 99.2 365 94.1 30 90.9 55 96.5 19 95.0 1,380 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 48.7 61.2 864 54.9 23.5 35.5 464 29.5
2006 51.9 61.9 864 56.7 24.9 37.0 469 30.8
2007 64.3 69.4 1,025 66.9 33.4 41.8 577 37.6
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 721 62.8 107 30.1 4 20.0 26 74.3 6 42.9 864 54.9
2006 724 61.9 87 31.6 5 33.3 36 75.0 12 75.0 864 56.7
2007 827 73.9 133 40.9 7 33.3 42 89.4 16 76.2 1,025 66.9
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 415 36.1 26 7.3 1 5.0 17 48.6 5 35.7 464 29.5
2006 405 34.6 32 11.6 3 20.0 23 47.9 6 37.5 469 30.8
2007 488 43.6 47 14.5 4 19.0 28 59.6 10 47.6 577 37.6

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
  25 - 44 45 - 64 25 - 64
Number % Number % Number %
At least upper secondary 
Male 9,501 80.9 7,896 73.7 17,397 77.5
Female 11,400 85.9 8,691 72.0 20,088 79.2
Total 20,901 83.5 16,584 72.8 37,485 78.4
At least tertiary
Male 1,737 14.8 1,281 12.0 3,018 13.4
Female 2,580 19.4 1,302 10.8 3,882 15.3
Total 4,314 17.2 2,583 11.3 6,900 14.4
Proportion (%) and number aged 25 - 64 with higher qualifications, by ethnic group and year
  European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
At least upper secondary
1986 14,398 60.8 909 34.0 63 46.7 84 57.1 18 66.7 15,203 58.1
1991 17,914 64.7 1,386 42.2 105 54.7 165 61.8 18 85.7 19,206 62.3
1996 20,882 63.4 2,214 45.1 168 42.1 294 51.9 54 66.7 22,428 60.9
2001 26,654 75.3 2,817 55.6 276 63.9 744 80.5 90 85.7 29,212 73.0
2006 33,636 80.3 4,011 64.0 423 69.8 1,332 83.3 174 90.6 37,485 78.4
At least tertiary
1986 1,192 5.0 30 1.1 3 2.2 21 14.3 3 11.1 1,233 4.7
1991 1,425 5.2 51 1.6 3 1.6 39 14.6 0 0.0 1,501 4.9
1996 2,080 6.3 108 2.2 12 3.0 114 20.1 9 11.1 2,247 6.1
2001 3,291 9.3 258 5.1 33 7.6 201 21.8 21 20.0 3,661 9.2
2006 6,141 14.7 558 8.9 54 8.9 435 27.2 60 31.3 6,900 14.4
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Paid Work

Satisfaction with work/life balance

The proportion of employed people who are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their work-life balance, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Very satisfied 29.4 38.6 48.3 28.4 37.0 33.8 34.0
Satisfied 44.3 50.5 38.4 49.1 48.6 52.3 47.4
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 10.3 4.9 6.5 8.7 6.4 5.6 7.6
Dissatisfied 13.2 4.7 6.8 11.1 5.8 8.2 9.0
Very Dissatisfied 2.7 1.3 0.0 2.6 2.2 0.0 2.0

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 6,300 2,143 8,443 74.6 25.4
2003 7,054 2,340 9,394 75.1 24.9
2004 7,139 2,342 9,481 75.3 24.7
2005 7,145 2,397 9,542 74.9 25.1
2006 6,774 2,532 9,306 72.8 27.2
2007 6,106 2,373 8,479 72.0 28.0
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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
  European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 8,061 18.4 1,428 26.1 75 26.6 69 22.5 15 35.7 9,327 19.2
1991 13,485 27.6 2,961 46.7 171 43.8 135 32.6 15 31.3 16,053 29.5
1996 13,350 23.8 3,204 37.1 312 40.6 333 37.0 39 31.7 15,810 25.4
2001 13,035 21.0 3,489 36.5 309 35.0 528 40.0 39 24.5 16,074 23.1
2006 13,194 18.0 3,021 25.6 309 24.8 792 33.1 72 25.5 16,065 19.4
Population with low incomes, by age
  0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,508 23.2 669 9.4 1,665 12.9 1,689 16.8 2,793 37.1 9,327 19.2
1991 4,152 36.1 1,296 18.7 3,147 20.9 2,964 25.7 4,494 47.5 16,053 29.5
1996 4,308 31.8 1,338 19.5 3,231 18.5 2,583 19.5 4,353 39.4 15,810 25.4
2001 4,881 31.4 1,368 19.9 3,276 17.4 2,637 16.5 3,909 31.7 16,074 23.1
2006 3,975 22.6 1,293 14.4 2,730 12.6 2,802 13.9 5,268 36.6 16,065 19.4
Population with low incomes, by sex
  Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,978 17.0 5,349 21.3
1991 6,843 26.3 9,210 32.4
1996 6,663 22.3 9,147 28.3
2001 6,621 20.0 9,456 25.9
2006 6,960 17.5 9,108 21.1

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
  European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 3,612 7.5 2,589 36.2 105 28.0 60 16.9 6 13.3 6,093 10.9
1991 3,270 6.0 2,568 32.0 141 27.6 96 18.0 9 15.8 5,892 9.3
1996 3,304 5.2 2,835 24.9 351 32.2 187 15.8 17 11.1 5,957 8.1
2001 2,766 3.9 3,102 24.2 309 24.5 339 18.3 24 12.5 6,009 7.1
2006 3,081 3.8 3,498 23.0 420 24.9 636 20.0 30 8.3 7,026 7.2
Household crowding, by age
  0 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,380 17.0 795 16.3 1,716 19.5 1,566 10.3 549 4.9 96 1.2 6,093 10.9
1991 1,506 16.1 663 14.7 1,452 16.7 1,632 9.1 555 4.3 84 0.8 5,892 9.3
1996 1,599 14.7 657 12.3 1,328 14.4 1,685 8.1 566 3.7 122 1.0 5,957 8.1
2001 1,692 13.5 723 11.3 1,233 12.9 1,629 7.1 597 3.2 132 1.0 6,009 7.1
2006 1,851 13.5 816 11.4 1,539 13.1 1,878 7.4 777 3.3 168 1.1 7,026 7.2
Household crowding, by sex
  Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,060 11.2 3,036 10.6
1991 2,886 9.5 3,006 9.2
1996 2,933 8.3 3,024 7.9
2001 2,907 7.2 3,099 7.1
2006 3,399 7.3 3,633 7.2
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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 (%) 61.0 60.0 54.3 54.0 51.0 46.0 44.0

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 25.0 1 13.0 11 26.0 2 33.0 9 22.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 3 23.0 1 n/a 2 20.0 0 n/a 1 10.0 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 885 19.4 729 22.8 732 23.5 447 47.9 213 49.3 3,003 24.5
Total population 987 5.9 888 6.0 855 4.0 510 4.5 240 1.8 3,489 4.5
2001 Māori 1,026 18.9 867 25.0 876 23.9 417 37.8 246 53.9 3,432 24.3
Total population 1,140 5.8 1,047 6.6 1,029 4.1 492 3.4 297 1.9 4,020 4.4
2006 Māori 1,002 16.6 1,002 24.3 1,038 24.4 450 30.1 285 43.6 3,777 22.8
  Total population 1,125 5.2 1,206 6.7 1,323 4.6 600 3.4 363 2.0 4,617 4.5

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  (%) 15.5 18.7 73.2 73.7 47.0 49.4
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Leisure and Recreation

Satisfaction with leisure time

The proportion of people aged 15 years and over who are "satisfied" or "very satisfied" with their leisure time, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Very satisfied 32.2 33.3 30.2 21.4 33.3 56.0 32.8
Satisfied 40.9 48.6 47.6 49.9 46.9 32.0 45.0
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 15.9 12.4 15.8 17.4 12.9 7.6 14.1
Dissatisfied 5.8 4.1 5.3 6.4 4.2 2.5 4.9
Very Dissatisfied 5.1 1.5 1.2 4.9 2.6 1.9 3.2

Participation in physical activity

The proportion of the population aged 15 years and over who met physical activity guidelines (ie were physically active for at least 30 minutes a day on five or more days over the last week), as measured by the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Physically Active 45.9 43.6 47.7 45.1 44.9 41.7 44.7
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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 96.5 0.0
2002 92.5 0.0
2003 89.7 89.7
2004 103.2 103.2
2005 87.6 100.7
2006/2007 95.4 97.3
2007/2008 94.0 95.4

Safety

Perceptions of safety - in the local neighbourhood after dark

The proportion of people who reported they felt "a bit unsafe" or "very unsafe" walking alone in their neighbourhood at night, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Very safe 24.8 9.5 20.4 16.7 17.4 13.4 16.7
Fairly safe 48.6 26.8 39.6 44.0 29.6 29.1 37.0
A bit unsafe 19.5 39.0 28.2 26.7 41.1 26.1 29.9
Very unsafe 6.1 18.5 11.8 11.2 8.5 20.3 12.7

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 173 192.2 5.6
2002 285 298.1 2.1
2003 212 215.2 11.2
2004 205 202.2 6.9
2005 220 211.7 3.8
2006 223 210.2 2.8
2007 221 203.1 4.6
2008 197 178.3 4.5
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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 97.4 85.2 85.9 94.6 88.0 95.4 96.1 93.4 93.7 95.3 97.9 98.7 95.8
2001 98.4 89.1 89.1 96.3 96.9 96.8 97.2 95.5 95.3 96.6 98.3 99.2 97.0
2006 99.0 95.2 94.7 97.9 95.8 98.2 98.5 97.9 97.5 98.2 98.8 99.3 98.4
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 42.0 23.7 25.1 44.5 51.6 41.3 38.4 45.2 41.4 45.1 43.8 16.7 39.7
2006 68.9 46.4 45.2 62.0 76.7 66.8 64.3 70.3 62.5 70.1 73.2 43.1 65.5

Trust in others

The proportion of the population aged 15 years and over reporting that people can "almost always" or "usually" be trusted, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
People can almost always be trusted 16.3 13.0 14.4 10.8 14.4 22.0 14.6
People can usually be trusted 60.9 66.6 64.0 64.1 65.8 61.7 63.9
You usually can't be too careful in dealing with people 17.4 16.1 18.1 20.8 13.0 11.7 16.7
You almost always can't be too careful in dealing with people 5.4 4.3 3.5 4.3 6.8 4.7 4.8

Proportion of the population experiencing loneliness

The proportion of the population aged 15 years and over who reported feeling lonely "sometimes", "most of the time" or "always" during the previous 12 months, as reported in the Quality of Life Survey 2008.

Level 2008 Sex Age Total
Male Female 15 - 24 25 - 49 50 - 64 65+
Never 64.0 51.0 45.4 57.2 62.5 59.6 57.1
Rarely 21.4 26.4 23.0 28.8 17.8 22.1 24.1
Sometimes 11.9 20.5 30.5 11.6 18.8 13.6 16.4
Most of the time 2.7 2.1 1.1 2.4 0.9 4.7 2.4
Always 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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