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Timaru District

This section provides people and indicator data for Timaru District.

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People data for Timaru 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 Timaru 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 Timaru 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 7,734 19.2 960 36.7 144 37.8 168 27.6 30 35.7 8,256 19.3
15 - 24 4,305 10.7 489 18.7 72 18.9 117 19.2 12 14.3 4,734 11.0
25 - 44 9,543 23.7 669 25.5 93 24.4 195 32.0 36 42.9 10,365 24.2
45 - 64 11,094 27.5 378 14.4 60 15.7 105 17.2 6 7.1 11,661 27.2
65 - 74 3,831 9.5 78 3.0 6 1.6 24 3.9 0 0 3,957 9.2
75+ 3,795 9.4 39 1.5 3 0.8 3 0.5 0 0 3,894 9.1
Total 40,302 100.0 2,619 100.0 381 100.0 609 100.0 84 100.0 42,867 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 96.0 6.2 0.9 1.5 0.2 104.8
Sex
Male 19,476 48.3 1,278 48.8 204 53.5 270 44.3 42 50.0 20,814 48.6
Female 20,826 51.7 1,341 51.2 174 45.7 336 55.2 42 50.0 22,056 51.5
    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 43,500  -  - 541 471 70
1997 43,400 -100 -0.2 500 450 50
1998 43,300 -100 -0.2 512 415 97
1999 43,100 -200 -0.5 513 433 80
2000 42,800 -300 -0.7 518 425 93
2001 42,800 0 0.0 473 451 22
2002 43,100 300 0.7 446 438 8
2003 43,300 200 0.5 472 419 53
2004 43,600 300 0.7 458 466 -8
2005 43,700 100 0.2 477 416 61
2006 43,800 100 0.2 472 457 15
2007 43,900 100 0.2 541 407 134
2008 43,900 0 0.0 497 389 108

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   44,900 45,700 46,300 46,700 46,800 3,000 7.0
Medium 43,800 44,000 43,900 43,600 43,100 42,300 -1,500 -3.0
Low   43,100 42,100 40,900 39,600 38,000 -5,800 -13.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 5,943 38.7 5,409 34.0 4,974 30.5 4,497 27.0 4,596 26.5
Couples without children 4,065 26.5 4,386 27.6 4,941 30.3 5,217 31.3 5,814 33.5
Multi-family 75 0.5 117 0.7 123 0.8 72 0.4 135 0.8
One parent family 1,245 8.1 1,479 9.3 1,515 9.3 1,662 10.0 1,521 8.8
One person 3,318 21.6 3,837 24.1 4,134 25.3 4,677 28.0 4,719 27.2
Other multi-person 696 4.5 663 4.2 621 3.8 549 3.3 555 3.2
Total 15,342 100.0 15,891 100.0 16,311 100.0 16,674 100.0 17,343 100.0
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Indicator data for Timaru 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) 74.4 80.2 75.9 80.6 77.4 82.4

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 5,064 33.3 4,197 27.2 9,255 30.1
1996 3,522 25.1 3,495 24.6 7,017 24.8
2006 3,396 25.7 3,426 24.6 6,831 25.2
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 2,205 30.2 3,558 33.5 2,610 29.7 882 16.0
1996 1,377 28.5 3,189 28.7 1,872 20.8 579 8.9
2006 1,272 28.5 2,889 29.7 2,130 19.4 540 7.5
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 2,685 26.0 294 37.5 42 37.0 36 19.6 507 21.3 3,396 25.8
Female 2,805 24.9 363 41.8 36 33.2 18 9.7 453 20.2 3,426 24.6
Total 5,484 25.3 645 39.2 78 38.0 57 14.1 960 20.5 6,831 25.1
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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 101 106 104 514 591 1,105
2002 94 112 103 512 582 1,094
2003 98 100 99 515 572 1,087
2004 89 115 102 448 629 1,077
2005 102 104 103 500 534 1,034
2006 103 112 108 510 555 1,065
2007 102 111 107 488 554 1,042
2008 107 111 109 510 538 1,048
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 488 98.0 38 100.0 6 85.7 5 83.3 1 100.0 538 97.8
2001 489 98.0 29 90.6 10 100.0 9 100.0 0 0.0 537 97.6
2002 481 98.0 44 100.0 6 100.0 6 75.0 1 100.0 538 97.8
2003 461 97.5 44 97.8 9 100.0 6 100.0 2 100.0 522 97.6
2004 468 98.5 37 100.0 3 100.0 11 100.0 1 100.0 520 98.7
2005 464 96.3 66 94.3 7 100.0 13 100.0 2 100.0 552 96.2
2006 401 98.3 50 96.2 7 100.0 6 100.0 2 100.0 466 98.1
2007 403 99.3 54 98.2 7 100.0 8 100.0 8 100.0 480 99.2
2008 408 99.5 62 98.4 4 80.0 9 100.0 8 88.9 491 99.0

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 53.9 62.1 391 58.4 30.1 35.7 222 33.1
2006 49.8 64.1 361 56.9 21.0 42.2 200 31.5
2007 57.3 77.7 456 67.8 29.0 47.0 257 38.2
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 368 60.9 16 28.6 0 0.0 6 100.0 1 100.0 391 58.4
2006 334 58.1 22 46.8 1 20.0 3 60.0 1 50.0 361 56.9
2007 416 69.1 27 55.1 2 22.2 10 90.9 1 50.0 456 67.8
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 211 34.9 9 16.1 0 0.0 2 33.3 0 0.0 222 33.1
2006 188 32.7 9 19.1 0 0.0 2 40.0 1 50.0 200 31.5
2007 234 38.9 13 26.5 1 11.1 8 72.7 1 50.0 257 38.2

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 3,447 74.5 3,489 64.8 6,936 69.3
Female 4,179 81.5 3,495 64.3 7,674 72.7
Total 7,629 78.2 6,981 64.5 14,610 71.0
At least tertiary
Male 429 9.3 480 8.9 909 9.1
Female 672 13.1 438 8.1 1,107 10.5
Total 1,101 11.3 915 8.5 2,016 9.8
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 9,819 52.5 192 38.6 33 55.0 78 65.0 6 66.7 10,075 52.2
1991 11,300 57.8 252 43.1 39 61.9 114 70.4 15 83.3 11,644 57.5
1996 11,496 57.8 411 45.7 39 41.9 105 56.5 21 63.6 11,838 57.3
2001 12,348 67.1 438 54.7 60 58.8 183 83.6 24 80.0 12,826 66.8
2006 14,034 71.3 579 60.1 90 69.8 237 87.8 39 92.9 14,610 71.0
At least tertiary
1986 789 4.2 6 1.2 0 0.0 30 25.0 3 33.3 828 4.3
1991 859 4.4 9 1.5 0 0.0 36 22.2 3 16.7 903 4.5
1996 1,021 5.1 27 3.0 3 3.2 48 25.8 12 36.4 1,089 5.3
2001 1,211 6.6 30 3.8 6 5.9 63 28.8 6 20.0 1,302 6.8
2006 1,911 9.7 57 5.9 12 9.3 75 27.8 9 21.4 2,016 9.8
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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 2,677 787 3,464 77.3 22.7
2003 2,695 830 3,525 76.5 23.5
2004 2,843 833 3,676 77.3 22.7
2005 2,646 794 3,440 76.9 23.1
2006 2,450 824 3,274 74.8 25.2
2007 2,183 785 2,968 73.6 26.4
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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 7,086 21.0 342 29.9 27 30.0 33 19.0 0 0.0 7,467 21.3
1991 10,629 31.8 543 43.8 57 48.7 93 39.7 3 16.7 11,256 32.2
1996 9,171 27.2 714 37.8 75 39.1 105 31.3 15 25.0 9,687 27.5
2001 7,599 23.8 588 35.1 63 31.8 123 32.8 12 26.7 8,088 24.3
2006 7,062 20.9 468 23.7 63 26.3 150 32.3 18 27.3 7,485 21.2
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,983 25.1 507 9.6 1,443 15.1 1,386 19.2 2,148 42.5 7,467 21.3
1991 2,652 35.4 966 21.3 2,220 22.5 2,235 29.9 3,186 57.5 11,256 32.2
1996 2,511 32.3 777 19.8 1,989 20.1 1,794 22.6 2,613 46.1 9,687 27.5
2001 2,181 30.0 549 18.0 1,572 17.7 1,620 19.3 2,169 37.9 8,088 24.3
2006 1,467 21.0 540 15.2 1,134 13.1 1,635 16.5 2,712 43.8 7,485 21.2
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,228 18.9 4,239 23.6
1991 4,863 28.6 6,396 35.7
1996 4,161 24.2 5,520 30.6
2001 3,387 20.9 4,704 27.4
2006 3,321 19.3 4,170 23.1

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
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 2,499 6.5 234 16.6 42 27.5 36 16.2 0 0.0 2,844 6.9
1991 2,118 5.6 282 19.0 30 17.5 36 12.6 0 0.0 2,505 6.2
1996 1,250 3.3 225 9.8 68 26.0 37 9.4 4 5.1 1,526 3.8
2001 888 2.4 213 10.1 54 20.5 48 10.1 0 0.0 1,137 2.9
2006 957 2.5 234 9.6 57 17.4 39 6.9 3 3.8 1,215 3.0
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 456 7.8 363 9.8 963 14.5 660 5.8 360 4.4 42 0.8 2,844 6.9
1991 525 8.9 279 9.0 702 12.6 693 5.9 270 3.2 36 0.6 2,505 6.2
1996 385 6.6 136 4.6 396 8.0 409 3.6 176 1.9 24 0.4 1,526 3.8
2001 321 5.9 156 5.0 228 5.5 306 2.9 105 1.1 21 0.3 1,137 2.9
2006 282 5.7 153 5.0 297 6.6 312 3.1 141 1.3 24 0.3 1,215 3.0
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,476 7.3 1,368 6.5
1991 1,305 6.6 1,200 5.8
1996 777 4.0 749 3.6
2001 564 3.0 567 2.8
2006 609 3.1 609 2.9
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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 (%) 77.0 69.0 71.7 70.0 64.0 62.0 56.0

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 3 18.0 0 0.0 5 20.0 3 60.0 4 22.0 1 33.0
Women voted in 3 25.0 0 n/a 1 8.0 1 n/a 1 10.0 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 108 11.3 114 18.1 87 15.3 36 20.3 21 20.0 366 15.1
Total population 186 2.1 207 2.7 144 1.2 60 0.9 27 0.4 618 1.4
2001 Māori 87 9.5 117 19.2 90 16.6 45 23.1 21 26.9 369 15.8
Total population 168 1.9 201 3.0 141 1.2 66 0.9 30 0.4 603 1.4
2006 Māori 60 6.2 111 16.9 99 15.5 45 18.3 33 28.9 351 13.4
  Total population 99 1.2 171 2.6 153 1.3 78 0.9 42 0.5 540 1.3

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  (%) 18.9 17.9 70.8 75.4 47.9 50.0
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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 92.4 0.0
2002 88.0 0.0
2003 96.6 62.0
2004 82.1 61.5
2005 88.2 62.6
2006/2007 95.5 65.1
2007/2008 95.2 62.3

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 126 300.7 11.9
2002 109 253.5 7.0
2003 103 240.1 18.6
2004 114 264.5 11.6
2005 112 260.5 4.7
2006 139 324.0 11.7
2007 143 325.7 13.7
2008 121 275.6 9.1
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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 97.6 90.9 87.4 99.2 92.3 96.8 97.7 97.3 95.1 97.1 97.6 98.4 97.2
2001 98.5 93.3 90.5 97.4 100.0 97.8 98.6 98.5 96.6 98.0 98.4 98.7 98.2
2006 99.1 97.3 97.2 98.9 96.2 98.9 99.2 99.3 98.7 98.9 99.1 99.1 99.1
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 34.5 25.9 19.0 51.9 50.0 35.7 33.5 42.7 38.0 39.9 36.0 11.1 34.6
2006 63.4 54.0 48.6 71.1 65.4 64.3 62.1 74.4 64.9 70.1 68.3 30.8 63.2
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