Waitaki District

This section provides people and indicator data for Waitaki District.

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People data for Waitaki 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 Waitaki 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 Waitaki 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	3,525	18.7	405	37.2	84	38.4	93	26.3	12	50.0	3,816	18.9
15 - 24	1,674	8.9	147	13.5	42	19.2	57	16.1	0	0	1,845	9.1
25 - 44	4,191	22.2	291	26.7	69	31.5	102	28.8	6	25.0	4,572	22.6
45 - 64	5,577	29.6	192	17.6	27	12.3	78	22.0	9	37.5	5,937	29.4
65 - 74	2,067	11.0	36	3.3	6	2.7	21	5.9	0	0	2,160	10.7
75+	1,812	9.6	12	1.1	3	1.4	6	1.7	0	0	1,893	9.4
Total	18,846	100.0	1,089	100.0	219	100.0	354	100.0	24	100.0	20,223	100.0
Ethnic % in the area	95.7		5.5		1.1		1.8		0.1		104.3
Sex
Male	9,210	48.9	546	50.1	114	52.1	174	49.2	12	50.0	9,930	49.1
Female	9,642	51.2	543	49.9	102	46.6	180	50.8	9	37.5	10,293	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
Year	Estimated resident population at June	Number	%	Registered births December year	Registered deaths December year	Natural increase December year
1996	22,000	-	-	271	192	79
1997	21,800	-200	-0.9	247	258	-11
1998	21,500	-300	-1.4	215	207	8
1999	21,100	-400	-1.9	218	254	-36
2000	20,800	-300	-1.4	237	223	14
2001	20,500	-300	-1.4	201	237	-36
2002	20,500	0	0.0	215	226	-11
2003	20,600	100	0.5	205	258	-53
2004	20,600	0	0.0	207	216	-9
2005	20,600	0	0.0	197	232	-35
2006	20,700	100	0.5	202	187	15
2007	20,700	0	0.0	218	194	24
2008	20,700	0	0.0	239	234	5

Projected population change

Variant	Population at 30 June						Change 2006 - 2031
Variant	2006	2011	2016	2021	2026	2031	Number	%
High		20,600	20,400	20,100	19,800	19,300	-1,400	-7.0
Medium	20,700	20,200	19,700	19,000	18,300	17,400	-3,300	-16.0
Low		19,900	18,900	17,900	16,800	15,600	-5,100	-25.0

Household composition

Household composition	1986		1991		1996		2001		2006
Household composition	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Couples with children	3,165	40.5	2,835	34.8	2,574	31.1	2,040	25.1	2,010	24.1
Couples without children	2,031	26.0	2,325	28.5	2,634	31.9	2,799	34.5	2,961	35.5
Multi-family	24	0.3	42	0.5	60	0.7	30	0.4	54	0.6
One parent family	543	6.9	675	8.3	636	7.7	684	8.4	630	7.5
One person	1,758	22.5	1,998	24.5	2,109	25.5	2,325	28.6	2,472	29.6
Other multi-person	303	3.9	273	3.3	255	3.1	246	3.0	228	2.7
Total	7,824	100.0	8,151	100.0	8,265	100.0	8,124	100.0	8,352	100.0

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Indicator data for Waitaki 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)	75.0	80.4	77.0	82.2	79.0	82.6

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
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1981	2,781	35.4	2,085	27.4	4,866	31.3
1996	2,007	28.1	1,743	24.8	3,759	26.5
2006	1,704	28.5	1,518	24.9	3,210	26.5

The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)

Year	15 - 24		25 - 44		45 - 64		65+
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1981	1,074	31.3	1,884	34.3	1,419	31.9	489	16.3
1996	699	29.9	1,638	30.0	1,050	22.4	372	11.0
2006	507	29.6	1,305	30.7	1,107	20.2	291	7.9

The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006

Sex	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Sex	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Male	1,386	28.3	114	37.9	30	33.0	18	18.6	243	26.8	1,704	28.3
Female	1,296	25.6	153	48.8	12	33.4	0	0.0	159	17.5	1,518	24.8
Total	2,673	26.9	264	41.8	36	27.1	21	10.3	405	22.8	3,210	26.5

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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
Year	3 year	4 year	Total	3 year	4 year	Total
2001	70	93	81	187	225	412
2002	84	85	84	181	226	407
2003	80	91	85	207	200	407
2004	84	98	92	165	257	422
2005	74	110	91	165	217	382
2006	91	91	91	201	204	405
2007	82	89	85	196	212	408
2008	92	98	95	216	234	450

Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
2000	219	94.0	18	94.7	3	75.0	3	60.0	2	100.0	245	93.2
2001	195	88.2	16	94.1	1	33.3	4	50.0	0	0.0	216	86.4
2002	216	95.6	17	89.5	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	234	94.7
2003	235	94.0	9	75.0	6	100.0	5	100.0	1	100.0	256	93.4
2004	179	93.7	18	94.7	3	75.0	2	50.0	3	100.0	205	92.8
2005	233	97.1	25	92.6	2	100.0	8	88.9	0	0.0	268	96.4
2006	192	96.5	21	87.5	4	80.0	7	100.0	0	0.0	224	94.9
2007	189	96.4	19	86.4	8	100.0	5	100.0	0	0.0	221	95.7
2008	180	98.4	24	100.0	7	100.0	7	100.0	3	100.0	221	98.7

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	62.0	66.0	214	63.7	32.3	44.4	126	37.5
2006	67.2	71.5	229	69.2	38.3	49.7	144	43.5
2007	72.4	74.7	244	73.5	35.1	45.6	133	40.1

School leavers with higher qualifications, by ethnicity

NCEA Level 2 or higher

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
2005	199	68.2	12	33.3	1	25.0	2	50.0	0	0.0	214	63.7
2006	209	71.8	10	35.7	4	80.0	6	85.7	0	0.0	229	69.2
2007	229	77.1	10	38.5	1	25.0	4	80.0	0	0.0	244	73.5

Bursary or higher

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
2005	117	40.1	6	16.7	1	25.0	2	50.0	0	0.0	126	37.5
2006	129	44.3	7	25.0	2	40.0	6	85.7	0	0.0	144	43.5
2007	125	42.1	6	23.1	0	0.0	2	40.0	0	0.0	133	40.1

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
Sex	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
At least upper secondary
Male	1,494	71.7	1,695	62.9	3,189	66.8
Female	1,797	81.7	1,740	63.7	3,534	71.7
Total	3,288	76.8	3,435	63.4	6,726	69.3
At least tertiary
Male	183	8.8	207	7.7	393	8.2
Female	297	13.5	219	8.0	513	10.4
Total	480	11.2	426	7.9	906	9.3

Proportion (%) and number aged 25 - 64 with higher qualifications, by ethnic group and year

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
At least upper secondary
1986	5,025	52.7	87	38.2	18	60.0	36	36.4	0	0.0	5,145	52.3
1991	5,607	56.5	126	47.7	21	50.0	60	43.5	9	75.0	5,769	56.1
1996	5,646	55.7	198	48.2	9	23.1	60	40.8	12	66.7	5,772	55.0
2001	5,700	65.1	177	53.2	30	71.4	90	75.0	3	50.0	5,907	64.9
2006	6,456	69.8	255	57.8	57	76.0	129	76.8	12	133.3	6,726	69.3
At least tertiary
1986	372	3.9	6	2.6	0	0.0	6	6.1	0	0.0	384	3.9
1991	390	3.9	3	1.1	3	7.1	9	6.5	3	25.0	402	3.9
1996	491	4.9	9	2.2	0	0.0	24	16.3	6	33.3	519	4.9
2001	537	6.1	6	1.8	3	7.1	18	15.0	3	50.0	561	6.2
2006	861	9.3	18	4.1	9	12.0	33	19.6	3	33.3	906	9.3

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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
December year	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
2002	1,258	336	1,594	78.9	21.1
2003	1,201	331	1,532	78.4	21.6
2004	1,130	324	1,454	77.7	22.3
2005	1,303	398	1,701	76.6	23.4
2006	1,162	409	1,571	74.0	26.0
2007	1,108	389	1,497	74.0	26.0

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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

Year	European		Māori		Pacific		Asian		Other		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1986	4,380	25.8	141	28.0	24	30.8	36	20.3	3	33.3	4,560	25.9
1991	6,234	35.9	228	43.2	42	43.8	87	36.7	6	66.7	6,534	36.1
1996	5,229	30.7	345	41.4	39	50.0	87	35.8	9	27.3	5,481	30.9
2001	3,858	25.6	240	36.5	39	46.4	81	34.6	3	25.0	4,074	25.8
2006	3,879	24.9	189	24.0	36	28.6	81	28.7	6	33.3	4,095	25.0

Population with low incomes, by age

Year	0 - 14		15 - 24		25 - 44		45 - 64		65+		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1986	1,299	30.4	300	12.8	969	20.7	783	21.4	1,209	45.3	4,560	25.9
1991	1,539	38.4	534	24.5	1,302	26.4	1,341	33.9	1,821	60.3	6,534	36.1
1996	1,368	35.1	435	23.6	1,134	23.5	1,059	25.4	1,485	49.7	5,481	30.9
2001	1,041	32.1	228	18.6	744	19.0	948	21.4	1,116	37.7	4,074	25.8
2006	786	24.7	174	13.4	627	16.8	990	20.0	1,518	47.0	4,095	25.0

Population with low incomes, by sex

Year	Male		Female
Year	Number	%	Number	%
1986	2,070	23.9	2,490	27.8
1991	2,970	33.2	3,567	39.0
1996	2,436	28.0	3,045	33.8
2001	1,794	23.0	2,283	28.6
2006	1,878	23.3	2,217	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
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1986	1,119	5.7	90	14.3	18	16.7	24	10.4	0	0.0	1,272	6.0
1991	843	4.3	66	10.3	27	25.0	48	18.2	0	0.0	1,017	4.8
1996	652	3.4	79	8.0	24	21.1	37	13.0	6	17.6	765	3.7
2001	429	2.5	60	7.4	24	21.1	30	11.8	0	0.0	561	3.0
2006	408	2.3	66	6.7	45	23.4	21	6.7	3	14.3	528	2.8

Household crowding, by age

Year	0 - 9		10 - 14		15 - 24		25 - 44		45 - 64		65+		Total
Year	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1986	243	7.3	195	9.6	390	12.9	297	5.2	135	3.2	15	0.5	1,272	6.0
1991	228	7.3	132	7.7	264	9.6	273	4.7	99	2.2	15	0.5	1,017	4.8
1996	204	7.0	99	6.3	154	6.4	229	4.1	73	1.5	6	0.2	765	3.7
2001	150	6.2	78	5.5	111	6.7	147	3.2	63	1.2	9	0.3	561	3.0
2006	156	6.7	78	5.7	87	5.1	138	3.2	60	1.1	9	0.3	528	2.8

Household crowding, by sex

Year	Male		Female
Year	Number	%	Number	%
1986	657	6.3	615	5.8
1991	519	5.0	495	4.7
1996	389	3.8	376	3.6
2001	273	3.0	288	3.0
2006	276	3.0	255	2.7

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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 (%)	86.0	71.0	64.9	69.0	69.0	63.0	64.0

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	18.0	2	29.0	2	12.0	0	0.0	4	17.0	0	0.0
Women voted in	5	33.0	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
Speakers of Māori		Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
1996	Māori	27	6.7	33	13.3	30	12.2	24	25.8	15	33.3	126	12.1
1996	Total population	48	1.0	63	1.7	66	1.1	42	1.2	15	0.4	240	1.1
2001	Māori	30	8.9	27	14.8	24	10.3	18	16.7	12	33.3	108	12.1
2001	Total population	75	1.9	63	2.2	69	1.3	33	0.9	24	0.6	258	1.3
2006	Māori	42	10.4	21	10.6	51	17.0	24	18.2	9	17.6	147	13.5
	Total population	69	1.8	45	1.7	81	1.5	48	1.1	18	0.4	261	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 (%)	23.7	25.3	71.1	77.7	48.4	52.5

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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	0.2	0.6
2002	65.2	0.0
2003	56.5	0.0
2004	74.7	0.0
2005	51.5	0.0
2006/2007	76.2	0.0
2007/2008	80.0	50.7

Safety

Road casualties

The number of people injured or killed in motor vehicle crashes per 100,000 of the total population.

Year	Injuries		Deaths
Year	Number	Rate per 100,000	Rate per 100,000
2001	109	529.1	34.0
2002	132	650.2	4.9
2003	119	589.1	14.9
2004	141	705.0	15.0
2005	122	614.6	10.1
2006	136	690.4	20.3
2007	135	652.2	14.5
2008	123	594.2	19.3

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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
Year	European	Māori	Pacific	Asian	Other	Male	Female	0 - 14	15 - 24	25 - 44	45 - 64	65+	Total
1996	95.9	84.1	89.2	94.8	90.9	95.0	96.3	95.2	92.4	95.0	97.1	97.6	95.7
2001	98.1	96.2	97.4	98.9	100.0	97.5	98.6	98.5	97.1	97.5	97.9	98.7	98.0
2006	98.8	96.0	98.4	99.0	85.7	98.4	99.1	99.3	98.2	98.4	98.9	98.7	98.8

Internet access (%)

Year	Ethnicity					Sex		Age					Total
Year	European	Māori	Pacific	Asian	Other	Male	Female	0 - 14	15 - 24	25 - 44	45 - 64	65+	Total
2001	33.7	25.8	23.1	37.9	50.0	34.7	32.9	44.5	38.3	40.2	34.8	9.1	33.8
2006	60.9	54.2	38.1	67.6	57.1	61.2	60.3	73.0	63.0	68.3	65.4	30.9	60.7

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