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Whakatane District

This section provides people and indicator data for Whakatane District.

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People data for Whakatane 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 Whakatane 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 Whakatane 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 4,659 22.0 4,662 35.3 327 47.4 153 30.5 36 44.4 8,499 25.5
15 - 24 2,274 10.8 2,016 15.3 123 17.8 57 11.4 6 7.4 3,996 12.0
25 - 44 5,076 24.0 3,426 25.9 141 20.4 159 31.7 15 18.5 8,340 25.0
45 - 64 5,808 27.5 2,388 18.1 78 11.3 105 21.0 18 22.2 8,262 24.8
65 - 74 1,791 8.5 510 3.9 15 2.2 15 3.0 0 0 2,379 7.1
75+ 1,539 7.3 189 1.4 6 0.9 9 1.8 6 7.4 1,815 5.5
Total 21,144 100.0 13,203 100.0 690 100.0 501 100.0 81 100.0 33,300 100.0
Ethnic % in the area 67.5 42.2 2.2 1.6 0.3 113.8
Sex
Male 10,326 48.8 6,450 48.9 381 55.2 231 46.1 42 51.9 16,344 49.1
Female 10,818 51.2 6,753 51.1 312 45.2 270 53.9 42 51.9 16,956 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 34,200  -  - 586 267 319
1997 34,400 200 0.6 605 241 364
1998 34,400 0 0.0 531 215 316
1999 34,300 -100 -0.3 593 254 339
2000 34,100 -200 -0.6 506 259 247
2001 34,100 0 0.0 531 234 297
2002 34,200 100 0.3 495 275 220
2003 34,200 0 0.0 529 225 304
2004 34,400 200 0.6 507 256 251
2005 34,300 -100 -0.3 553 252 301
2006 34,500 200 0.6 535 250 285
2007 34,400 -100 -0.3 549 298 251
2008 34,400 0 0.0 510 267 243

Projected population change

Variant Population at 30 June Change 2006 - 2031
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Number %
High   35,600 36,500 37,100 37,500 37,700 3,200 9.0
Medium 34,500 35,000 35,200 35,100 34,800 34,200 -300 -1.0
Low   34,300 33,800 33,100 32,100 30,800 -3,700 -11.0

Household composition

Household composition 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Couples with children 4,278 46.4 4,029 39.5 3,732 34.9 3,318 30.0 3,312 28.8
Couples without children 2,115 23.0 2,433 23.9 2,781 26.0 2,910 26.3 3,225 28.1
Multi-family 315 3.4 282 2.8 390 3.6 309 2.8 396 3.4
One parent family 822 8.9 1,416 13.9 1,530 14.3 1,743 15.7 1,716 14.9
One person 1,326 14.4 1,695 16.6 1,929 18.0 2,421 21.9 2,472 21.5
Other multi-person 357 3.9 348 3.4 327 3.1 372 3.4 369 3.2
Total 9,213 100.0 10,200 100.0 10,689 100.0 11,073 100.0 11,493 100.0
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Indicator data for Whakatane 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) 72.5 76.8 74.4 78.2 74.1 80.1

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 3,870 38.3 3,576 36.5 7,446 37.4
1996 3,057 29.5 3,318 31.2 6,357 30.2
2006 2,802 29.3 3,261 31.5 6,066 30.3
The age-specific prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking (not age-standardised)
Year 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
Number % Number % Number % Number %
1981 2,157 40.4 3,093 40.7 1,788 35.8 408 22.6
1996 1,488 36.7 3,051 35.1 1,455 24.6 363 11.6
2006 1,128 32.4 2,760 36.9 1,800 24.0 378 10.0
The age-standardised prevalence (%) of cigarette smoking by ethnicity 2006
Sex European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Male 1,347 24.6 1,416 38.4 54 29.5 18 10.8 219 19.9 2,802 29.3
Female 1,422 23.3 1,983 46.8 54 26.3 21 12.8 192 18.0 3,261 31.4
Total 2,781 23.9 3,396 42.8 117 33.3 36 10.4 429 19.7 6,066 30.3
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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 92 93 93 542 546 1,088
2002 87 92 90 530 545 1,075
2003 97 81 89 536 509 1,045
2004 96 96 96 505 534 1,039
2005 108 100 104 569 524 1,093
2006 89 101 95 472 537 1,009
2007 99 107 102 539 498 1,037
2008 105 103 104 519 557 1,076
Early childhood attendance by Year 1 students, by ethnic group
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000 221 91.3 362 85.2 0 0.0 4 100.0 2 66.7 589 87.3
2001 195 95.1 337 83.8 1 100.0 5 100.0 4 100.0 542 87.8
2002 190 94.1 345 88.9 2 100.0 8 100.0 5 100.0 550 90.9
2003 205 97.2 345 92.7 1 100.0 5 100.0 4 100.0 560 94.4
2004 196 96.1 327 89.1 2 100.0 2 100.0 4 100.0 531 91.7
2005 202 97.1 322 88.0 1 50.0 3 75.0 3 100.0 532 91.1
2006 209 98.6 262 84.2 1 50.0 2 100.0 0 0.0 474 89.9
2007 197 99.0 289 91.2 5 83.3 7 100.0 3 100.0 501 94.2
2008 172 97.2 271 94.1 0 0.0 9 100.0 3 75.0 455 95.2

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 31.5 47.8 222 39.6 9.5 26.6 101 18.0
2006 48.7 50.9 288 49.7 22.6 27.9 145 25.0
2007 48.2 57.6 289 52.7 19.0 36.0 149 27.2
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 132 53.9 81 26.8 2 40.0 6 75.0 1 100.0 222 39.6
2006 188 67.6 90 31.0 2 100.0 5 100.0 3 75.0 288 49.7
2007 168 67.7 110 38.3 2 50.0 8 100.0 1 100.0 289 52.7
Bursary or higher
Year European Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
2005 70 28.6 25 8.3 1 20.0 4 50.0 1 100.0 101 18.0
2006 111 39.9 31 10.7 0 0.0 3 60.0 0 0.0 145 25.0
2007 101 40.7 41 14.3 0 0.0 6 75.0 1 100.0 149 27.2

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 2,388 71.1 2,391 66.8 4,776 68.8
Female 3,195 79.5 2,523 67.7 5,718 73.8
Total 5,580 75.6 4,914 67.2 10,494 71.4
At least tertiary
Male 345 10.3 357 10.0 702 10.1
Female 651 16.2 381 10.2 1,035 13.4
Total 999 13.5 738 10.1 1,737 11.8
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 5,862 60.9 1,290 32.8 48 43.2 45 79.0 9 75.0 6,969 52.8
1991 6,531 65.1 1,809 39.3 51 42.5 87 76.3 9 75.0 8,139 56.9
1996 6,822 63.4 2,202 41.6 93 46.3 105 64.8 24 61.5 8,367 55.9
2001 7,212 73.4 2,457 52.6 123 62.1 165 85.9 27 90.0 9,246 66.8
2006 8,076 77.5 3,009 59.0 144 70.6 210 85.4 30 90.9 10,494 71.4
At least tertiary
1986 504 5.2 33 0.8 3 2.7 6 10.5 3 25.0 540 4.1
1991 540 5.4 51 1.1 0 0.0 30 26.3 0 0.0 606 4.2
1996 756 7.0 81 1.5 6 3.0 51 31.5 6 15.4 858 5.7
2001 906 9.2 186 4.0 9 4.6 63 32.8 12 40.0 1,106 8.0
2006 1,386 13.3 372 7.3 24 11.8 75 30.5 12 36.4 1,737 11.8
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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 1,128 419 1,547 72.9 27.1
2003 1,067 394 1,461 73.0 27.0
2004 1,042 408 1,450 71.9 28.1
2005 1,016 397 1,413 71.9 28.1
2006 1,017 429 1,446 70.3 29.7
2007 894 415 1,309 68.3 31.7
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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 3,060 17.9 2,085 27.7 66 27.5 33 27.5 0 0.0 4,965 21.0
1991 4,500 26.1 4,206 50.9 126 49.4 24 14.3 0 0.0 8,373 34.0
1996 4,155 23.5 3,723 45.6 189 45.7 66 25.0 6 14.3 7,083 30.1
2001 3,234 19.5 3,567 43.3 174 43.9 72 25.8 18 33.3 6,306 27.1
2006 2,994 17.2 2,688 32.2 129 29.7 87 25.2 21 29.2 5,319 22.3
Population with low incomes, by age
Year 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+ Total
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
1986 1,797 25.2 501 14.3 1,074 15.8 783 18.6 810 39.9 4,965 21.0
1991 2,862 41.3 972 28.3 1,887 26.3 1,293 28.2 1,362 54.8 8,373 34.0
1996 2,589 39.0 738 26.8 1,653 24.0 1,023 21.8 1,083 41.5 7,083 30.1
2001 2,352 37.0 546 23.9 1,413 21.8 972 18.3 1,026 36.5 6,306 27.1
2006 1,659 28.1 423 17.5 1,035 17.0 999 16.0 1,203 38.6 5,319 22.3
Population with low incomes, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 2,331 19.4 2,631 22.6
1991 3,927 31.8 4,446 36.2
1996 3,345 28.3 3,741 31.8
2001 2,862 24.9 3,441 29.3
2006 2,472 21.1 2,847 23.6

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 1,668 8.5 4,368 41.9 120 40.0 15 10.9 6 33.3 5,991 20.3
1991 1,488 7.6 3,747 33.7 126 36.8 33 14.9 0 0.0 5,271 17.3
1996 1,419 6.9 3,820 30.9 204 34.4 60 17.3 11 21.2 4,902 15.9
2001 1,014 5.2 3,363 28.2 159 27.7 69 19.0 3 5.6 4,371 14.4
2006 918 4.8 3,396 28.7 180 30.3 75 17.0 9 12.0 4,518 14.9
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 1,452 25.5 939 27.9 1,545 31.2 1,314 15.8 651 12.8 93 4.3 5,991 20.3
1991 1,389 24.0 705 23.6 1,278 26.9 1,263 14.2 519 9.5 120 4.5 5,271 17.3
1996 1,534 25.4 581 21.2 989 23.1 1,271 14.4 438 7.3 89 2.9 4,902 15.9
2001 1,296 23.5 636 21.6 741 20.8 1,152 13.8 432 6.5 120 3.6 4,371 14.4
2006 1,236 25.2 669 23.1 864 23.4 1,116 14.7 528 7.0 105 2.9 4,518 14.9
Household crowding, by sex
Year Male Female
Number % Number %
1986 3,081 20.5 2,913 20.1
1991 2,631 17.1 2,643 17.4
1996 2,454 15.9 2,448 15.9
2001 2,133 14.3 2,238 14.5
2006 2,235 15.0 2,283 14.8
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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 67.0 62.8 54.0 58.0 48.0 48.0

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 19.0 1 33.0 4 24.0 0 0.0 4 17.0 0 0.0
Women voted in 4 31.0 0 n/a 3 30.0 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 1,659 32.6 1,032 32.3 1,326 39.6 774 66.7 420 78.7 5,211 39.1
Total population 1,716 18.6 1,098 16.5 1,398 14.8 834 19.2 456 13.3 5,502 16.6
2001 Māori 1,752 34.8 984 34.3 1,311 38.5 759 58.7 462 76.6 5,271 39.9
Total population 1,842 20.6 1,059 18.0 1,407 15.2 825 16.6 486 13.0 5,631 17.2
2006 Māori 1,494 32.0 957 34.3 1,275 36.3 786 51.1 462 65.8 4,974 37.7
  Total population 1,557 18.3 1,017 18.0 1,377 15.0 852 14.7 516 12.3 5,316 16.0

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  (%) 8.9 7.8 69.3 72.0 30.1 30.2
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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 44.3 44.1
2002 66.5 61.4
2003 62.0 61.4
2004 60.6 0.0
2005 0.0 0.0
2006/2007 1.6 0.0
2007/2008 83.6 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 93 277.6 20.9
2002 110 323.5 29.4
2003 139 408.8 23.5
2004 132 388.2 17.6
2005 116 342.2 20.6
2006 116 342.2 23.6
2007 145 421.5 29.1
2008 141 409.9 17.4
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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 95.5 76.2 76.7 94.9 94.4 87.8 88.8 83.3 84.8 88.7 93.6 96.0 88.3
2001 97.0 81.6 86.6 95.1 100.0 90.7 91.1 86.7 88.4 90.3 94.8 97.5 90.8
2006 98.5 90.2 91.0 95.9 96.2 94.5 95.3 92.8 93.4 94.3 96.8 98.2 94.9
Internet access (%)
Year Ethnicity Sex Age Total
European Māori Pacific Asian Other Male Female 0 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65+
2001 40.6 17.9 20.6 50.0 44.4 32.7 31.5 32.2 31.5 36.4 36.0 13.7 32.1
2006 68.0 38.4 47.3 63.5 61.5 56.2 55.5 54.7 53.2 59.2 63.8 37.8 55.9
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