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Thames-Coromandel District

This section provides people and indicator data for Thames-Coromandel District.

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People data for Thames-Coromandel 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 Thames-Coromandel 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 Thames-Coromandel 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 3,852 17.0 1,329 33.1 138 43.0 105 28.2 33 37.9 4,554 17.6
15 - 24 1,884 8.3 630 15.7 51 15.9 51 13.7 12 13.8 2,319 8.9
25 - 44 4,701 20.7 1,014 25.2 81 25.2 132 35.5 24 27.6 5,583 21.5
45 - 64 7,125 31.4 774 19.3 39 12.1 75 20.2 12 13.8 7,983 30.8
65 - 74 2,838 12.5 195 4.9 9 2.8 9 2.4 3 3.4 3,075 11.9
75+ 2,304 10.1 81 2.0 6 1.9 0 0.0 0 0 2,424 9.3
Total 22,707 100.0 4,020 100.0 321 100.0 372 100.0 87 100.0 25,941 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 90.6 16.0 1.3 1.5 0.3 109.8
Sex
Male 11,130 49.0 1,941 48.3 165 51.4 168 45.2 36 41.4 12,747 49.1
Female 11,574 51.0 2,076 51.6 159 49.5 207 55.6 51 58.6 13,194 50.9
    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 25,400  -  - 285 247 38
1997 25,800 400 1.6 294 264 30
1998 25,900 100 0.4 259 245 14
1999 25,800 -100 -0.4 300 266 34
2000 25,800 0 0.0 303 239 64
2001 25,800 0 0.0 301 275 26
2002 26,000 200 0.8 250 266 -16
2003 26,200 200 0.8 239 251 -12
2004 26,400 200 0.8 278 284 -6
2005 26,500 100 0.4 267 252 15
2006 26,700 200 0.8 268 294 -26
2007 26,800 100 0.4 281 282 -1
2008 26,800 0 0.0 284 311 -27

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   28,400 29,900 31,300 32,600 33,700 7,100 27.0
Medium 26,700 27,500 28,100 28,600 28,900 29,100 2,500 9.0
Low   26,600 26,300 25,900 25,400 24,700 -2,000 -7.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 2,286 32.0 2,343 27.8 2,337 24.5 2,145 21.3 2,235 20.9
Couples without children 2,400 33.6 2,904 34.4 3,417 35.9 3,600 35.8 3,927 36.7
Multi-family 54 0.8 69 0.8 129 1.4 102 1.0 135 1.3
One parent family 552 7.7 765 9.1 906 9.5 1,014 10.1 1,056 9.9
One person 1,551 21.7 2,049 24.3 2,412 25.3 2,880 28.7 3,003 28.0
Other multi-person 291 4.1 309 3.7 324 3.4 309 3.1 357 3.3
Total 7,137 100.0 8,439 100.0 9,522 100.0 10,050 100.0 10,710 100.0
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Indicator data for Thames-Coromandel 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) 74.5 80.9 77.0 82.9 75.8 83.5

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 2,139 35.7 1,779 30.5 3,915 33.0
1996 2,220 28.3 2,265 28.7 4,491 28.5
2006 2,196 27.6 2,166 26.8 4,371 27.2
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 741 32.0 1,446 36.4 1,242 33.3 486 19.3
1996 660 31.9 1,926 33.4 1,389 23.5 516 11.9
2006 606 28.6 1,683 32.6 1,626 22.1 456 9.0
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,644 26.6 459 38.2 27 32.0 12 13.0 246 21.1 2,196 27.5
Female 1,617 25.6 594 45.3 42 45.2 6 2.7 216 20.5 2,166 27.0
Total 3,261 26.1 1,062 42.4 60 32.9 15 5.6 465 20.6 4,371 27.2
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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 93 93 266 274 540
2002 99 92 96 275 266 541
2003 102 100 101 301 290 591
2004 99 106 103 308 325 633
2005 115 105 109 306 331 637
2006 106 115 110 283 310 593
2007 96 121 108 284 329 613
2008 103 93 98 278 280 558
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 206 92.8 71 81.6 5 83.3 4 100.0 4 100.0 290 89.8
2001 206 95.8 67 79.8 3 100.0 3 75.0 2 100.0 281 91.2
2002 190 97.4 83 91.2 7 100.0 4 80.0 1 100.0 285 95.3
2003 209 95.4 65 87.8 2 100.0 4 80.0 1 100.0 281 93.4
2004 186 94.4 80 87.9 3 100.0 2 66.7 2 100.0 273 92.2
2005 227 97.0 74 92.5 2 100.0 3 42.9 0 0.0 306 94.7
2006 206 98.1 90 92.8 1 100.0 6 100.0 6 100.0 309 96.6
2007 192 96.5 69 93.2 6 100.0 6 100.0 8 100.0 281 95.9
2008 199 98.0 83 93.3 2 66.7 4 66.7 4 100.0 292 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 50.4 63.9 147 56.8 22.6 33.6 72 27.8
2006 40.3 49.0 109 44.0 16.0 23.1 47 19.0
2007 57.9 55.1 164 56.6 19.1 21.7 59 20.3
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 118 60.5 23 42.6 3 100.0 2 33.3 1 100.0 147 56.8
2006 93 52.0 15 23.8 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 109 44.0
2007 136 62.4 24 36.9 1 50.0 2 66.7 1 50.0 164 56.6
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 64 32.8 6 11.1 1 33.3 1 16.7 0 0.0 72 27.8
2006 38 21.2 8 12.7 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 47 19.0
2007 52 23.9 5 7.7 0 0.0 1 33.3 1 50.0 59 20.3

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 1,830 76.5 2,394 68.1 4,224 71.5
Female 2,265 82.0 2,544 67.8 4,806 73.8
Total 4,092 79.3 4,935 67.9 9,030 72.7
At least tertiary
Male 222 9.3 324 9.2 546 9.2
Female 405 14.7 369 9.8 774 11.9
Total 624 12.1 693 9.5 1,317 10.6
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 4,605 57.9 276 38.5 30 66.7 36 75.0 3 50.0 4,830 56.4
1991 5,727 60.5 411 40.5 24 50.0 54 62.1 9 100.0 6,087 58.6
1996 6,444 58.8 672 42.6 54 50.0 45 44.1 21 77.8 6,784 56.7
2001 7,197 69.3 702 52.6 84 65.1 105 87.5 15 100.0 7,665 67.7
2006 8,373 74.4 975 59.9 66 59.5 135 73.8 36 100.0 9,030 72.7
At least tertiary
1986 393 4.9 9 1.3 0 0.0 6 12.5 0 0.0 402 4.7
1991 471 5.0 12 1.2 0 0.0 9 10.3 3 33.3 492 4.7
1996 604 5.5 27 1.7 3 2.8 9 8.8 9 33.3 621 5.2
2001 762 7.3 48 3.6 6 4.7 21 17.5 6 40.0 810 7.2
2006 1,236 11.0 93 5.7 6 5.4 27 14.8 15 41.7 1,317 10.6
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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 1,513 437 1,950 77.6 22.4
2003 1,606 537 2,143 74.9 25.1
2004 1,666 465 2,131 78.2 21.8
2005 1,621 564 2,185 74.2 25.8
2006 1,486 520 2,006 74.1 25.9
2007 1,458 481 1,939 75.2 24.8
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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 4,038 29.5 510 34.6 36 34.3 30 35.7 9 75.0 4,452 30.1
1991 6,036 38.3 900 48.2 54 52.9 33 28.9 6 40.0 6,753 39.0
1996 5,778 32.1 1,152 43.0 81 39.1 75 47.2 6 12.5 6,399 32.9
2001 4,626 27.3 993 40.8 84 36.4 60 32.8 12 26.7 5,268 28.5
2006 4,542 24.5 834 28.7 69 29.1 81 30.0 21 33.3 5,094 25.1
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,014 31.9 255 15.1 843 22.6 1,098 30.0 1,245 49.2 4,452 30.1
1991 1,443 41.9 456 26.1 1,314 30.4 1,653 37.2 1,890 56.6 6,753 39.0
1996 1,554 39.1 384 23.2 1,344 27.3 1,389 27.1 1,725 45.9 6,399 32.9
2001 1,311 35.8 270 22.0 1,107 25.6 1,224 22.7 1,353 34.7 5,268 28.5
2006 975 26.7 270 16.7 756 17.1 1,296 20.4 1,797 41.7 5,094 25.1
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,100 28.1 2,352 32.1
1991 3,201 36.8 3,552 41.3
1996 2,949 30.6 3,447 35.2
2001 2,388 26.2 2,880 30.7
2006 2,352 23.5 2,742 26.6

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 1,143 7.1 525 26.4 18 12.2 12 11.4 0 0.0 1,614 9.0
1991 1,206 6.8 534 23.2 18 15.8 33 22.0 3 20.0 1,743 8.6
1996 1,168 5.9 701 20.9 40 16.7 25 11.7 2 3.8 1,697 7.5
2001 861 4.4 594 18.7 60 20.0 24 10.0 6 10.5 1,434 6.4
2006 777 3.7 636 17.6 39 13.1 63 18.4 6 8.0 1,338 5.6
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 378 14.8 225 14.3 357 16.0 480 10.3 141 3.4 33 1.2 1,614 9.0
1991 459 16.6 210 14.5 369 16.1 528 10.1 138 2.8 36 1.0 1,743 8.6
1996 536 16.6 180 12.1 259 12.2 538 9.3 151 2.6 33 0.8 1,697 7.5
2001 411 14.0 186 11.6 237 13.3 417 7.8 147 2.3 33 0.8 1,434 6.4
2006 351 12.7 162 10.2 225 10.6 366 7.0 180 2.4 45 0.9 1,338 5.6
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 837 9.2 783 8.8
1991 876 8.6 864 8.6
1996 838 7.5 859 7.6
2001 708 6.4 726 6.4
2006 618 5.2 720 6.0
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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 (%) 83.0 68.0 62.5 87.0 61.0 56.0 53.0

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 6 38.0 1 50.0 1 6.0 3 43.0 4 19.0 1 33.0
Women voted in 4 44.0 0 n/a 1 13.0 1 n/a 0 0.0 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 201 15.4 138 16.3 171 17.9 96 25.2 63 33.9 669 18.2
Total population 243 4.8 189 5.1 219 3.3 120 2.6 81 1.7 846 3.4
2001 Māori 201 15.2 132 18.3 174 18.4 93 24.2 69 31.9 669 18.6
Total population 237 4.8 162 5.2 240 3.6 129 2.4 87 1.7 858 3.4
2006 Māori 225 16.9 165 19.5 234 22.4 105 19.8 96 35.2 819 20.4
  Total population 252 5.5 207 6.3 291 4.5 144 2.4 126 2.3 1,020 3.9

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  (%) 11.5 10.1 66.7 72.0 35.7 41.7
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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 70.0 5.8
2002 62.5 18.8
2003 32.5 26.1
2004 36.3 51.1
2005 68.8 25.8
2006/2007 68.5 0.0
2007/2008 72.9 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 75 275.7 18.4
2002 65 250.0 7.7
2003 88 334.6 15.2
2004 85 320.8 7.5
2005 116 434.5 18.7
2006 122 455.2 29.9
2007 120 447.8 7.5
2008 113 421.6 11.2
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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 93.9 80.1 82.3 83.3 94.4 91.3 93.0 90.2 87.5 90.4 94.3 96.1 92.2
2001 96.8 86.7 90.9 95.0 100.0 94.8 96.1 93.9 92.4 93.5 97.3 98.0 95.5
2006 98.2 94.5 97.0 96.5 100.0 97.0 98.0 97.6 96.2 96.8 97.6 98.8 97.5
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 32.4 19.3 24.2 37.5 42.1 32.0 30.5 36.7 32.1 34.0 36.0 15.2 31.2
2006 60.5 43.0 45.5 61.4 64.0 58.9 57.8 64.0 56.2 61.4 66.1 38.9 58.3
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