Far North District Census 2001

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Introduction
On 6 March 2001, the thirty-first New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings was held. This Territorial Authority leaflet contains a summary of key information available from this census for the Far North District and comparisons with New Zealand as a whole.⁽¹⁾

The information in this leaflet is based on the census usually resident population count.

The census usually resident population count for people of the Mäori ethnic group includes those people who stated Mäori as either their sole ethnic group or as one of several ethnic groups.

Numbers of people counted

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
New Zealand Far North District Males 1,823,007 27,030 Females 1,914,270 27,546 Total 3,737,280 54,576 Change since 1991 Census 363,354 7,110	New Zealand Far North District Males 257,481 10,446 Females 268,800 11,283 Total 526,281 21,729 Change since 1991 Census 91,434 2,169
With 54,576 people, the Far North District ranks 17th in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. The Far North District has 1.5% of the population of New Zealand. The rate of population growth since the 1991 Census is greater than for New Zealand as a whole.	With 21,729 Mäori people, the Far North District ranks 4th in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. The Far North District has 4.1% of the Mäori population of New Zealand. The rate of Mäori population growth since the 1991 Census is less than for New Zealand as a whole.

Age and sex

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Age-sex structure	Age-sex structure

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Age-sex structure	Age-sex structure
The median age of people in the Far North District is 36.6, compared with 34.8 for all of New Zealand. 12.5% of people (6,825) in the Far North District are aged 65 and over, compared with all of New Zealand which has 12.1% of people aged 65 and over. 26.3% of people (14,370) in the Far North District are aged under 15, compared with 22.7% for all of New Zealand.	The median age of Mäori people in the Far North District is 23.8, compared with 21.9 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 6.1% of Mäori people (1,326) in the Far North District are aged 65 and over, compared with 3.4% for all Mäori in New Zealand. 37.6% of Mäori people (8,178) in the Far North District are aged under 15, compared with 37.3% for all Mäori in New Zealand.

Ethnic groups (total responses)

66.3% of people (32,208) in the Far North District said they belong to the European ethnic group. For all New Zealand 80.1% said they belong to the European ethnic group. 44.7% of people (21,726) in the Far North District said they belong to the Mäori ethnic group compared with all of New Zealand at 14.7%. The population of the Far North District contains a smaller proportion of Pacific peoples (2.7%) and smaller proportion of Asian people (1.3%) compared with the whole of New Zealand (at 6.5% and 6.6% respectively).

Ethnic groups

Marital status

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Marital status	Marital status
10,197 people aged 15 years and over who live in the Far North District said they had never married; 17,085 were married and 6,846 were widowed, separated or divorced. 32.5% of people aged 15 years and over (3,153) in the Far North District who have never been married said that they live with a partner.	5,598 Mäori people aged 15 years and over who live in the Far North District said they had never married; 4,494 were married and 2,424 were widowed, separated or divorced. 33.4% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (1,770) in the Far North District who have never been married said that they live with a partner.

Languages spoken

Total population

Mäori ethnic population

The most common language after English in the Far North District is Mäori, spoken by 16.5% of people. This is also the most common language after English for New Zealand as a whole (4.5%). 77.7% of the population in the Far North District (37,482) speak only one language, compared with 82.1% for New Zealand as a whole. 18.4% of the people in the Far North District (8,892) speak two languages; 2.1% (1,011) speak three or more languages.

34.6% (7,401) of the Mäori people in the Far North District speak Mäori. This is the most commonly spoken language after English, for all Mäori in New Zealand (25.2%) and in the Far North District. 63.6% of the Mäori population in the Far North District (13,617) speak only one language, compared with 71.3% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 32.0% of Mäori people in the Far North District (6,861) speak two languages; 1.9% (411) speak three or more languages.

Education

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Highest qualification	Highest qualification
25.7% of people aged 15 years and over (7,854) in the Far North District said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 32.2% for New Zealand as a whole. 37.4% of people aged 15 years and over (11,418) in the Far North District said they have no formal qualifications, compared with 27.6% of people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand.	17.4% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (1,908) living in the Far North District said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 21.2% for all Mäori people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand. 51.0% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (5,592) in the Far North District said they have no formal qualifications, compared with 43.6% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand.

Income

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Income	Income
The median income of people in the Far North District is $14,100, compared with $18,500 for all of New Zealand. 65.0% of people aged 15 years and over in the Far North District have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 52.8% for New Zealand as a whole. 6.6% of people aged 15 years and over in the Far North District have an annual income of more than $50,000, compared with 11.5% for New Zealand as a whole.	The median income of Mäori people in the Far North District is $12,000, compared with $14,800 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 74.4% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in the Far North District have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 61.2% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 2.7% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in the Far North District have an annual income of more than $50,000, compared with 5.2% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole.

Employment and unemployment

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Labour force status	Labour force status
The unemployment rate in the Far North District is 12.2%, compared with 7.5% for all of New Zealand. The most popular occupational group in the Far North District is agriculture and fishery workers. The most popular occupational group in New Zealand as a whole is service and sales.	The unemployment rate of Mäori in the Far North District is 22.0%, compared with 16.8% for all Mäori in New Zealand. The most popular occupational group for Mäori in the Far North District is service and sales workers. This is also the most popular occupational group for all Mäori in New Zealand

Access to telecommunication systems

4,404 households or 26.0% in the Far North District have access to the Internet, compared with 37.4% for all of New Zealand. 1,599 households or 9.4% in the Far North District have no access to a telephone, compared with 3.7% for all of New Zealand.

Access to telecommunication systems

Households

In the Far North District, 70.5% (12,618) of all households are one-family households. For New Zealand as a whole, one-family households make up 69.1% of all households. 4,302 people in the Far North District live in one-person households, which is 24.0% of all households. In New Zealand as a whole, one-person households make up 23.4% of all households. Average household size in the Far North District is 2.7 people. This is also the average household size for New Zealand as a whole.

Household composition

Home ownership and rent

69.8% of permanent private dwellings in the Far North District are owned with or without a mortgage, compared with 68.8% for all of New Zealand.

For dwellings that are rented, the average weekly rent paid for permanent private dwellings in the Far North District is $136 compared with $176 for New Zealand as a whole.

Families

In the Far North District, couples with children (5,079 families) make up 37.7% of all families. Couples with no children make up 39.4% of all families. 22.9% of families (3,078) in the Far North District are one parent with child(ren) families, compared with 18.9% for New Zealand as a whole.

In New Zealand as a whole, couples with children make up 42.1% of all families and couples with no children make up 39.0% of all families.

All figures in this leaflet have been randomly rounded to base 3 to preserve confidentiality.

(1) The percentages in this leaflet are calculated against complete responses; that is, excluding cases where no answers were provided.