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Waimakariri District

This section provides people and indicator data for Waimakariri District.

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People data for Waimakariri 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 Waimakariri 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 Waimakariri 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 9,072 22.6 1,080 37.8 117 43.8 126 28.8 18 30.0 9,699 22.6
15 - 24 3,852 9.6 456 16.0 45 16.9 66 15.1 15 25.0 4,233 9.9
25 - 44 10,602 26.4 738 25.8 54 20.2 141 32.2 9 15.0 11,379 26.6
45 - 64 10,941 27.2 465 16.3 39 14.6 90 20.5 12 20.0 11,553 27.0
65 - 74 3,306 8.2 75 2.6 3 1.1 3 0.7 0 0 3,453 8.1
75+ 2,421 6.0 39 1.4 3 1.1 6 1.4 0 0 2,517 5.9
Total 40,194 100.0 2,856 100.0 267 100.0 438 100.0 60 100.0 42,834 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 96.2 6.8 0.6 1.0 0.1 104.9
Sex
Male 19,668 48.9 1,437 50.3 138 51.7 186 42.5 30 50.0 21,021 49.1
Female 20,526 51.1 1,419 49.7 132 49.4 249 56.8 30 50.0 21,813 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 33,000  -  - 472 220 252
1997 34,000 1,000 3.0 473 217 256
1998 35,100 1,100 3.2 473 186 287
1999 36,100 1,000 2.8 503 242 261
2000 37,100 1,000 2.8 523 195 328
2001 37,900 800 2.2 525 224 301
2002 39,000 1,100 2.9 461 235 226
2003 40,200 1,200 3.1 463 244 219
2004 41,500 1,300 3.2 554 293 261
2005 42,800 1,300 3.1 495 245 250
2006 44,100 1,300 3.0 554 268 286
2007 45,100 1,000 2.3 593 274 319
2008 46,100 1,000 2.2 574 264 310

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   50,100 56,000 61,700 67,400 73,200 29,100 66.0
Medium 44,100 48,400 52,500 56,400 60,300 64,100 20,000 45.0
Low   46,700 49,100 51,200 53,300 55,200 11,200 25.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 3,921 46.7 4,026 42.1 4,356 38.0 4,584 34.2 5,334 34.1
Couples without children 2,151 25.6 2,757 28.8 3,657 31.9 4,470 33.3 5,304 33.9
Multi-family 63 0.8 84 0.9 183 1.6 150 1.1 225 1.4
One parent family 636 7.6 798 8.3 1,002 8.7 1,290 9.6 1,422 9.1
One person 1,356 16.2 1,644 17.2 1,968 17.2 2,586 19.3 3,033 19.4
Other multi-person 267 3.2 261 2.7 297 2.6 333 2.5 321 2.1
Total 8,388 100.0 9,573 100.0 11,463 100.0 13,413 100.0 15,639 100.0
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Indicator data for Waimakariri 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) 75.9 80.2 78.5 83.8 80.3 83.6

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 2,487 30.2 1,893 23.7 4,380 26.9
1996 2,487 22.1 2,211 19.8 4,695 20.9
2006 2,709 20.9 2,742 19.5 5,442 20.1
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 921 25.9 1,989 30.1 1,143 27.7 327 15.2
1996 921 24.8 2,208 23.3 1,251 18.2 315 8.9
2006 873 22.2 2,409 22.5 1,773 16.3 387 7.1
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 2,148 20.6 303 35.9 27 38.7 27 21.5 345 16.0 2,709 20.9
Female 2,253 19.5 357 40.5 18 21.7 9 5.3 294 14.1 2,742 19.5
Total 4,416 20.0 672 39.3 42 30.1 24 8.2 645 15.2 5,442 20.1
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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 93 109 100 577 593 1,170
2002 93 104 99 527 671 1,198
2003 98 111 104 577 670 1,247
2004 92 109 101 555 672 1,227
2005 115 112 113 643 686 1,329
2006 99 130 115 558 746 1,304
2007 99 107 103 613 631 1,244
2008 101 113 107 592 720 1,312
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 511 95.2 26 92.9 4 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 543 95.1
2001 490 95.1 48 94.1 4 66.7 5 100.0 0 0.0 547 94.8
2002 462 97.5 43 93.5 5 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 510 97.1
2003 551 96.8 55 94.8 1 100.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 608 96.7
2004 475 96.3 63 94.0 3 100.0 5 100.0 1 100.0 547 96.1
2005 537 96.8 68 97.1 8 100.0 5 100.0 2 100.0 620 96.9
2006 536 99.1 64 98.5 2 100.0 3 100.0 0 0.0 605 99.0
2007 551 97.5 58 98.3 4 100.0 9 100.0 1 100.0 623 97.6
2008 468 98.3 69 98.6 1 100.0 8 72.7 2 66.7 548 97.7

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 41.7 57.8 267 49.1 8.8 21.7 80 14.7
2006 33.0 52.3 239 41.9 14.4 35.6 138 24.2
2007 46.7 62.2 277 54.4 14.5 31.5 117 23.0
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 242 51.4 19 31.2 0 0.0 3 60.0 3 75.0 267 49.1
2006 216 46.6 15 21.7 0 0.0 6 27.3 2 18.2 239 41.9
2007 254 57.5 16 29.6 2 28.6 3 75.0 2 100.0 277 54.4
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 71 15.1 6 9.8 0 0.0 2 40.0 1 25.0 80 14.7
2006 130 28.0 5 7.2 0 0.0 3 13.6 0 0.0 138 24.2
2007 110 24.9 4 7.4 1 14.3 1 25.0 1 50.0 117 23.0

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 4,029 80.4 3,720 69.8 7,749 74.9
Female 4,857 84.2 3,633 67.2 8,490 76.0
Total 8,883 82.4 7,353 68.5 16,239 75.5
At least tertiary
Male 567 11.3 468 8.8 1,035 10.0
Female 870 15.1 495 9.2 1,368 12.2
Total 1,437 13.3 966 9.0 2,400 11.2
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 6,216 54.9 165 38.5 15 62.5 24 66.7 3 50.0 6,363 54.3
1991 8,012 60.9 264 47.3 18 60.0 33 64.7 6 66.7 8,239 60.3
1996 9,951 61.1 426 48.3 45 60.0 51 53.1 12 80.0 10,212 60.6
2001 12,576 71.6 534 59.1 39 68.4 108 85.7 21 87.5 12,996 71.2
2006 15,678 75.9 720 63.7 72 77.4 195 86.7 15 83.3 16,239 75.5
At least tertiary
1986 462 4.1 3 0.7 3 12.5 3 8.3 0 0.0 468 4.0
1991 612 4.7 12 2.2 0 0.0 9 17.7 3 33.3 628 4.6
1996 907 5.6 21 2.4 3 4.0 18 18.8 0 0.0 931 5.5
2001 1,354 7.7 42 4.7 0 0.0 15 11.9 6 25.0 1,391 7.6
2006 2,295 11.1 96 8.5 9 9.7 75 33.3 9 50.0 2,400 11.2
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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 1,180 310 1,490 79.2 20.8
2003 1,295 347 1,642 78.9 21.1
2004 1,344 418 1,762 76.3 23.7
2005 1,450 451 1,901 76.3 23.7
2006 1,269 436 1,705 74.4 25.6
2007 1,144 416 1,560 73.3 26.7
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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 4,362 21.6 285 27.1 6 10.0 9 25.0 6 25.0 4,623 21.9
1991 6,015 27.0 444 38.0 18 28.6 27 34.6 6 40.0 6,387 27.4
1996 5,697 21.9 510 31.3 45 30.6 48 34.0 15 50.0 6,075 22.5
2001 5,142 18.1 531 28.7 45 31.9 72 33.8 12 33.3 5,580 18.7
2006 5,382 15.8 429 19.6 39 18.3 96 26.7 3 8.3 5,754 16.1
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,392 25.5 339 11.1 1,023 16.1 849 21.3 1,017 44.0 4,623 21.9
1991 1,626 30.4 468 14.6 1,353 18.8 1,305 27.1 1,635 59.5 6,387 27.4
1996 1,719 27.3 450 14.8 1,293 15.3 1,146 18.9 1,467 45.7 6,075 22.5
2001 1,677 23.2 348 13.2 1,143 12.9 1,065 14.3 1,350 37.3 5,580 18.7
2006 1,317 16.0 321 9.8 906 9.4 1,248 12.8 1,962 40.8 5,754 16.1
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,184 20.4 2,436 23.3
1991 2,904 24.7 3,486 30.1
1996 2,715 20.2 3,360 24.7
2001 2,442 16.6 3,141 20.9
2006 2,559 14.5 3,195 17.6

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 1,716 7.5 225 18.2 15 20.8 9 18.8 9 37.5 1,950 7.9
1991 1,794 7.1 240 17.1 12 16.0 12 13.8 0 0.0 2,070 7.7
1996 1,431 4.9 280 13.9 15 8.9 6 3.4 2 5.9 1,711 5.5
2001 1,020 3.1 243 10.7 18 10.7 6 2.2 0 0.0 1,299 3.7
2006 1,191 3.1 291 11.0 21 8.9 27 6.5 3 5.6 1,470 3.6
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 336 8.5 276 10.8 600 15.7 477 6.4 231 5.1 30 1.3 1,950 7.9
1991 444 10.8 237 10.7 579 14.5 561 6.7 213 3.9 27 0.9 2,070 7.7
1996 470 9.6 159 6.9 361 9.3 496 5.1 193 2.7 32 0.9 1,711 5.5
2001 312 5.5 192 6.6 240 6.9 384 3.7 150 1.7 24 0.6 1,299 3.7
2006 336 5.6 216 6.4 342 8.3 354 3.2 198 1.8 27 0.5 1,470 3.6
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,047 8.4 906 7.5
1991 1,074 7.9 996 7.5
1996 865 5.5 846 5.4
2001 642 3.7 657 3.7
2006 732 3.6 735 3.5
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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 (%) 63.0 54.0 51.7 54.0 59.0 39.0 45.0

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 24.0 4 67.0 3 19.0 0 0.0 7 28.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 3 20.0 0 n/a 2 20.0 0 n/a 2 20.0 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 93 11.9 72 13.4 87 15.0 45 28.8 15 18.5 309 14.4
Total population 135 1.8 120 2.0 147 1.4 60 1.3 24 0.6 474 1.5
2001 Māori 114 11.6 84 16.2 108 16.7 51 25.4 18 21.4 360 14.8
Total population 156 1.8 132 2.4 153 1.3 81 1.3 27 0.6 555 1.5
2006 Māori 105 9.7 81 13.0 105 13.9 45 15.5 30 26.3 375 13.1
  Total population 159 1.6 123 2.1 159 1.2 75 0.9 45 0.8 558 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  (%) 10.3 10.3 77.9 80.0 52.4 54.5
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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 1.7 0.0
2002 1.2 0.0
2003 12.1 0.0
2004 44.8 0.0
2005 60.1 0.0
2006/2007 56.3 0.0
2007/2008 32.0 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 97 262.9 8.1
2002 73 187.7 10.3
2003 126 316.6 10.1
2004 109 265.9 19.5
2005 122 289.8 4.8
2006 108 250.6 2.3
2007 115 255.0 6.7
2008 105 227.8 8.7
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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 97.9 92.5 96.4 94.7 100.0 97.5 97.9 97.1 97.0 97.7 98.5 98.3 97.7
2001 98.6 95.7 91.2 96.8 81.3 98.2 98.6 98.2 97.8 98.2 98.7 99.0 98.4
2006 99.4 98.1 98.8 99.3 100.0 99.2 99.4 99.6 99.1 99.2 99.2 99.3 99.3
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 41.2 30.0 33.3 55.9 75.0 41.5 40.7 47.1 47.0 44.8 41.5 12.4 41.1
2006 70.9 58.8 63.8 84.8 77.8 71.2 70.0 78.8 74.0 76.2 72.7 37.4 70.6
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