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Social Report 2010 Homepage

• Introduction
  • Chief Executive's preface
  • Purpose of the social report
  • Domains and social indicators
  • Criteria for selecting indicators
  • What's new in The Social Report 2010
  • Reporting outcomes for different groups of the population
  • Timeliness of the data
  • Structure of the report
  • Other indicator reports
  • Feedback
• People
  • Population size and growth
  • Components of population change
  • People born overseas
  • Fertility
  • Distribution of the population
  • Ethnic composition of the population
  • Age and sex structure of the population
  • Household composition
  • Parents with dependent children living in other households
  • Families with dependent children
  • Housing tenure
  • Official languages
  • New Zealanders experiencing disability
  • Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people
• Health
  • Health expectancy
  • Life expectancy
  • Suicide
  • Cigarette smoking
  • Obesity
  • Potentially hazardous drinking
• Knowledge and Skills
  • Participation in early childhood education
  • School leavers with higher qualifications
  • Participation in tertiary education
  • Educational attainment of the adult population
  • Adult literacy skills in English
• Paid Work
  • Unemployment
  • Employment
  • Median hourly earnings
  • Work-related injury claims
  • Satisfaction with work-life balance
• Economic Standard of Living
  • Market income per person
  • Income inequality
  • Population with low incomes
  • Housing affordability
  • Household crowding
• Civil and Political Rights
  • Voter turnout
  • Representation of women in government
  • Representation of ethnic groups in government
  • Perceived discrimination
  • Perceived corruption
• Cultural Identity
  • Local content programming on New Zealand television
  • Māori language speakers
  • Language retention
• Leisure and Recreation
  • Satisfaction with leisure time
  • Participation in physical activity
  • Participation in arts and cultural activities
• Safety
  • Assault mortality
  • Criminal victimisation
  • Fear of crime
  • Road casualties
• Social Connectedness
  • Telephone and internet access in the home
  • Contact with family and friends
  • Contact between young people and their parents
  • Trust in others
  • Loneliness
  • Voluntary work
• Life Satisfaction
  • Overall life satisfaction
• Summary
  • Changes in social wellbeing over time
  • Social wellbeing in New Zealand compared to OECD countries
  • Changes in wellbeing for selected population groups
    • Māori
    • Pacific peoples
    • Asian and other ethnicities
    • Sex differences
    • Socio-economic differences
  • Summary table of indicators
• Notes and References
  • Bibliography
  • Changes to The Social Report 2010
  • Technical details
  • Endnotes

Regional Indicators 2010

• Introduction
  • Region council areas
  • Territorial authority areas
• People
  • Population
  • Population by ethnic group
  • Age distribution of the poplation
  • Sex ratio of the population, by age group
• Health
  • Life expectancy
  • Suicide
  • Cigarette smoking
• Knowledge and Skills
  • Participation in early childhood education
  • School leavers with higher qualifications
  • Educational attainment of the adult population
• Paid Work
  • Unemployment
  • Employment
  • Median hourly earnings
  • Work-related injury claims
• Economic Standard of Living
  • Population with low incomes
  • Household crowding
• Civil and Political Rights
  • Voter turnout - local authority elections
  • Reported voter turnout - general elections
  • Representation of women in local government
  • Perceived discrimination (personal)
• Cultural Identity
  • Māori language speakers
• Leisure and Recreation
  • Participation in physical activity
• Safety
  • Recorded criminal offences
  • Road casualties
• Social Connectedness
  • Telephone and internet access in the home
  • Contact with family and friends
  • Contact between young people and their parents
  • Voluntary work
• Life Satisfaction
  • Overall life satisfaction
• Territorial authority areas
  • Population
  • Population by ethnic group
  • Life expectancy
  • Cigarette smoking
  • Participation in early childhood education
  • School leavers with higher qualifications
  • Educational attainment of the adult population
  • Satisfaction with work/life balance
  • Population with low incomes
  • Household crowding
  • Voter turnout - local authority elections
  • Representation of women in local government
  • Māori language speakers
  • Satisfaction with leisure time
  • Participation in physical activity
  • Perceptions of safety
  • Road casualties
  • Telephone and internet access in the home
  • Trust in others
  • Loneliness
• Appendix
  • Changes to 2010 regional council area data
  • Technical Details for regional council areas
  • Changes to 2010 territorial authority area data
  • Technical Details for Technical authority areas

International Comparisons

• New Zealand compared to OECD countries
• New Zealand compared to Australia
• Definitions and data sources

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