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Waitomo District

This section provides people and indicator data for Waitomo District.

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People data for Waitomo 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 Waitomo 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 Waitomo 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 1,518 24.5 1,218 33.4 99 46.5 36 30.8 9 60.0 2,463 26.1
15 - 24 672 10.9 588 16.1 42 19.7 15 12.8 0 0 1,164 12.3
25 - 44 1,569 25.4 963 26.4 48 22.5 42 35.9 9 60.0 2,496 26.4
45 - 64 1,623 26.2 636 17.5 21 9.9 24 20.5 0 0 2,247 23.8
65 - 74 438 7.1 168 4.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 624 6.6
75+ 363 5.9 66 1.8 0 0.0 3 2.6 3 20.0 450 4.8
Total 6,189 100.0 3,642 100.0 213 100.0 117 100.0 15 100.0 9,438 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 68.8 40.5 2.4 1.3 0.2 113.1
Sex
Male 3,108 50.2 1,740 47.8 108 50.7 51 43.6 12 80.0 4,710 49.9
Female 3,081 49.8 1,899 52.1 105 49.3 66 56.4 3 20.0 4,728 50.1
    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 10,000  -  - 171 82 89
1997 9,950 -50 -0.5 163 68 95
1998 9,960 10 0.1 165 86 79
1999 9,890 -70 -0.7 155 77 78
2000 9,810 -80 -0.8 153 69 84
2001 9,780 -30 -0.3 152 64 88
2002 9,720 -60 -0.6 168 83 85
2003 9,750 30 0.3 144 67 77
2004 9,740 -10 -0.1 148 59 89
2005 9,710 -30 -0.3 134 70 64
2006 9,680 -30 -0.3 138 88 50
2007 9,600 -80 -0.8 173 64 109
2008 9,600 0 0.0 162 72 90

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   9,800 9,900 10,000 10,000 9,900 300 3.0
Medium 9,700 9,600 9,400 9,200 9,000 8,600 -1,000 -10.0
Low   9,300 8,900 8,500 7,900 7,400 -2,300 -24.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 1,482 46.0 1,248 38.3 1,131 34.9 1,035 31.7 954 28.8
Couples without children 696 21.6 786 24.1 849 26.2 879 26.9 933 28.1
Multi-family 72 2.2 75 2.3 102 3.1 66 2.0 87 2.6
One parent family 318 9.9 426 13.1 411 12.7 402 12.3 423 12.7
One person 525 16.3 594 18.2 642 19.8 753 23.1 798 24.1
Other multi-person 132 4.1 138 4.2 108 3.3 129 4.0 123 3.7
Total 3,225 100.0 3,261 100.0 3,240 100.0 3,264 100.0 3,318 100.0
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Indicator data for Waitomo 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) 74.3 80.0 75.9 81.0 77.2 81.8

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 1,422 37.1 1,230 35.0 2,664 36.8
1996 1,011 31.6 1,068 33.8 2,076 32.6
2006 909 31.3 1,020 34.6 1,932 33.0
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 765 39.4 1,092 38.8 621 36.4 186 25.5
1996 378 34.1 1,029 39.0 513 27.5 156 17.7
2006 390 37.6 843 37.7 576 27.9 123 12.8
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 489 27.8 432 42.3 15 25.4 6 9.3 60 21.7 909 31.4
Female 477 27.2 621 50.2 30 39.9 6 6.2 39 11.2 1,020 34.3
Total 960 27.4 1,053 46.7 39 32.6 12 10.3 105 18.8 1,932 33.0
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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 61 69 65 109 116 225
2002 72 76 74 115 134 249
2003 75 73 74 109 117 226
2004 59 79 68 95 116 211
2005 69 67 68 111 108 219
2006 62 84 73 99 133 232
2007 68 70 69 91 120 211
2008 47 72 59 77 97 174
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 77 83.7 62 76.5 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 141 80.6
2001 70 89.7 59 67.8 4 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 133 78.7
2002 57 81.4 67 73.6 2 100.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 127 77.4
2003 67 88.2 69 80.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 136 83.4
2004 72 87.8 48 68.6 0 0.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 122 79.2
2005 77 95.1 57 77.0 1 100.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 137 86.7
2006 58 92.1 61 85.9 1 100.0 2 100.0 1 100.0 123 89.1
2007 72 100.0 72 86.7 1 50.0 3 75.0 0 0.0 148 91.9
2008 58 95.1 91 91.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 149 92.0

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 27.9 37.9 39 32.8 ..s ..s 12 10.1
2006 34.0 48.8 37 40.7 ..s ..s 12 0.0
2007 38.0 37.3 38 37.6 ..s ..s 9 8.9
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 31 52.5 7 12.5 0 0.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s 39 32.8
2006 ..s ..s 12 26.7 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 37 40.7
2007 26 55.3 12 22.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 37.6
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 11 18.6 ..s ..s 0 0.0 ..s ..s ..s ..s 12 10.1
2006 11 25.6 ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 12 0.0
2007 ..s ..s ..s ..s 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 8.9

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 639 61.2 561 55.3 1,203 58.5
Female 846 75.0 621 61.4 1,467 68.7
Total 1,488 68.4 1,179 58.3 2,667 63.5
At least tertiary
Male 81 7.8 63 6.2 141 6.9
Female 165 14.6 87 8.6 249 11.7
Total 246 11.3 147 7.3 393 9.4
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 1,995 58.9 300 26.9 9 33.3 27 69.2 3 100.0 2,262 51.0
1991 2,067 61.7 399 29.9 15 45.5 21 43.8 0 0.0 2,421 52.6
1996 2,046 59.8 480 32.5 24 44.4 24 50.0 6 50.0 2,394 51.8
2001 2,067 68.4 504 39.2 24 50.0 30 90.9 6 66.7 2,478 60.3
2006 2,148 70.8 636 46.3 39 61.9 48 84.2 6 100.0 2,667 63.5
At least tertiary
1986 150 4.4 6 0.5 0 0.0 6 15.4 0 0.0 159 3.6
1991 159 4.8 9 0.7 0 0.0 3 6.3 0 0.0 171 3.7
1996 204 6.0 18 1.2 0 0.0 6 12.5 0 0.0 219 4.7
2001 216 7.2 24 1.9 0 0.0 9 27.3 3 33.3 240 5.8
2006 327 10.8 63 4.6 6 9.5 9 15.8 3 50.0 393 9.4
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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 566 142 708 79.9 20.1
2003 774 228 1,002 77.2 22.8
2004 777 275 1,052 73.9 26.1
2005 827 294 1,121 73.8 26.2
2006 886 299 1,185 74.8 25.2
2007 849 254 1,103 77.0 23.0
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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
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,521 26.0 714 35.1 15 26.3 6 10.5 0 0.0 2,139 28.2
1991 1,839 32.7 1,299 52.3 36 63.2 33 36.7 0 0.0 2,982 38.3
1996 1,593 28.5 1,047 44.9 39 41.9 24 27.6 3 14.3 2,403 32.7
2001 981 19.2 804 34.7 42 35.9 6 10.0 0 0.0 1,665 23.9
2006 969 19.4 684 28.6 27 20.9 15 21.7 6 50.0 1,545 22.6
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 849 36.4 186 17.3 567 25.2 264 20.4 276 43.4 2,139 28.2
1991 1,029 46.7 339 32.9 750 31.9 462 31.6 405 54.2 2,982 38.3
1996 858 42.4 210 25.7 603 27.9 399 25.0 336 44.4 2,403 32.7
2001 609 31.7 147 20.5 384 19.2 291 18.2 240 32.8 1,665 23.9
2006 534 29.8 120 17.2 309 17.2 294 16.7 294 37.0 1,545 22.6
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 1,029 26.7 1,110 29.7
1991 1,395 35.4 1,584 41.1
1996 1,134 30.7 1,272 34.8
2001 735 21.1 930 26.7
2006 723 20.9 825 24.3

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 453 6.4 921 30.6 27 33.3 12 17.4 0 0.0 1,341 13.4
1991 372 5.7 885 28.6 33 37.9 21 21.9 0 0.0 1,230 13.0
1996 356 5.5 949 29.6 52 36.6 16 14.3 2 8.0 1,229 13.4
2001 255 4.3 816 25.0 45 29.4 3 4.0 0 0.0 1,017 11.4
2006 354 6.2 807 24.9 54 28.6 27 25.0 0 0.0 1,149 13.2
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 333 16.6 204 18.3 336 21.1 294 10.2 138 8.2 33 4.6 1,341 13.4
1991 360 19.6 141 16.4 252 18.1 315 11.1 135 7.8 27 3.4 1,230 13.0
1996 371 21.4 143 17.2 223 19.0 323 12.1 139 7.4 30 3.5 1,229 13.4
2001 324 19.8 150 18.6 177 16.6 273 10.9 72 3.7 21 2.3 1,017 11.4
2006 348 23.2 147 18.3 222 21.1 288 12.7 108 5.1 27 2.8 1,149 13.2
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 663 13.1 675 13.7
1991 606 12.6 627 13.5
1996 610 13.2 619 13.6
2001 486 11.0 537 12.1
2006 540 12.5 609 13.9
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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 (%) 62.0 54.0 65.2 64.0 61.0 56.0 40.0

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 5 33.0 1 20.0 4 33.0 1 25.0 5 50.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 4 40.0 0 n/a 2 33.0 0 n/a 3 50.0 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 285 22.4 195 25.5 237 26.2 222 61.7 135 77.6 1,068 30.7
Total population 300 11.2 210 11.3 258 8.8 234 18.0 144 14.6 1,149 11.8
2001 Māori 261 21.3 210 26.2 219 23.3 177 46.8 126 65.6 999 28.3
Total population 279 11.2 237 14.0 249 9.1 192 12.8 135 13.1 1,095 11.6
2006 Māori 231 19.0 213 26.2 222 23.0 162 40.0 153 64.6 981 26.9
  Total population 243 9.9 234 14.0 246 9.3 174 11.0 159 14.8 1,056 11.2

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  (%) 8.5 11.3 63.0 62.5 26.4 27.4
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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 47.5 0.0
2002 48.4 0.0
2003 5.1 0.0
2004 52.5 0.0
2005 55.1 0.0
2006/2007 61.8 0.0
2007/2008 62.6 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 78 845.1 43.3
2002 72 743.8 20.7
2003 96 989.7 10.3
2004 84 869.6 51.8
2005 100 1040.6 62.4
2006 86 901.5 73.4
2007 103 1072.9 20.8
2008 56 583.3 20.8
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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 95.2 76.0 66.0 89.2 100.0 89.0 89.4 86.1 84.5 90.1 93.0 94.3 89.2
2001 96.5 82.9 92.0 100.0 100.0 91.6 92.3 89.8 88.6 91.5 94.9 97.0 92.0
2006 97.7 89.1 95.4 97.2 100.0 94.3 95.2 93.5 92.0 93.9 96.4 98.1 94.8
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 33.5 13.0 16.0 33.3 0.0 27.3 26.1 30.0 24.2 29.9 29.1 ..s 26.7
2006 56.9 29.8 33.8 41.7 50.0 47.8 47.8 49.7 42.1 52.2 53.4 26.5 47.8
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