Hurunui 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 Hurunui 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 Hurunui District Males 1,823,007 4,989 Females 1,914,270 4,896 Total 3,737,280 9,885 Change since 1991 Census 363,354 966	New Zealand Hurunui District Males 257,481 258 Females 268,800 258 Total 526,281 516 Change since 1991 Census 91,434 123
With 9,885 people, the Hurunui District ranks 59th in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. The Hurunui District has 0.3% 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 516 Mäori people, the Hurunui District ranks 70th in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. The Hurunui District has 0.1% of the Mäori population of New Zealand. The rate of Mäori population growth since the 1991 Census is greater 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 Hurunui District is 39.2, compared with 34.8 for all of New Zealand. 13.3% of people (1,311) in the Hurunui District are aged 65 and over, compared with all of New Zealand which has 12.1% of people aged 65 and over. 23.3% of people (2,304) in the Hurunui District are aged under 15, compared with 22.7% for all of New Zealand.	The median age of Mäori people in the Hurunui District is 23.1, compared with 21.9 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 2.9% of Mäori people (15) in the Hurunui District are aged 65 and over, compared with 3.4% for all Mäori in New Zealand. 41.9% of Mäori people (216) in the Hurunui District are aged under 15, compared with 37.3% for all Mäori in New Zealand.

Ethnic groups (total responses)

97.1% of people (9,276) in the Hurunui District said they belong to the European ethnic group. For all New Zealand 80.1% said they belong to the European ethnic group. 5.4% of people (516) in the Hurunui District said they belong to the Mäori ethnic group compared with all of New Zealand at 14.7%. The population of the Hurunui District contains a smaller proportion of Pacific peoples (0.4%) and a smaller proportion of Asian people (0.5%) 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
1,653 people aged 15 years and over who live in the Hurunui District said they had never married; 4,446 were married and 1,119 were widowed, separated or divorced. 27.5% of people aged 15 years and over (441) in the Hurunui District who have never been married said that they live with a partner.	114 Mäori people aged 15 years and over who live in the Hurunui District said they had never married; 126 were married and 42 were widowed, separated or divorced. 41.7% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (45) in the Hurunui 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 Hurunui District is Mäori, spoken by 1.4% of people. For New Zealand as a whole, the most common language after English is also Mäori (4.5%). 92.2% of the population in the Hurunui District (8,817) speak only one language, compared with 82.1% for New Zealand as a whole. 4.7% of the people in the Hurunui District (447) speak two languages; 1.3% (123) speak three or more languages.

14.1% (72) of the Mäori people in the Hurunui District speak Mäori. This is the most commonly spoken language after English, for all Mäori in New Zealand (25.2%) and in the Hurunui District. 82.4% of the Mäori population in the Hurunui District (420) speak only one language, compared with 71.3% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 13.5% of Mäori people in the Hurunui District (69) speak two languages; 1.8% (9) speak three or more languages.

Education

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Highest qualification	Highest qualification
28.2% of people aged 15 years and over (1,869) in the Hurunui District said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 32.2% for New Zealand as a whole. 31.2% of people aged 15 years and over (2,067) in the Hurunui District said they have no formal qualifications, compared with 27.6% of people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand.	15.1% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (39) living in the Hurunui District said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 21.2% for all Mäori people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand. 44.2% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (114) in the Hurunui 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 Hurunui District is $16,800, compared with $18,500 for all of New Zealand. 57.3% of people aged 15 years and over in the Hurunui District have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 52.8% for New Zealand as a whole. 7.8% of people aged 15 years and over in the Hurunui 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 Hurunui District is $13,100, compared with $14,800 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 67.0% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in the Hurunui District have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 61.2% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 4.5% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in the Hurunui 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 Hurunui District is 3.8%, compared with 7.5% for all of New Zealand. The most popular occupational group in the Hurunui 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 Hurunui District is 10.3%, compared with 16.8% for all Mäori in New Zealand. The most popular occupational group for Mäori in the Hurunui District is agriculture and fishery workers. The most popular occupational group for all Mäori in New Zealand as a whole is service and sales.

Access to telecommunication systems

1,089 households or 29.6% in the Hurunui District have access to the Internet, compared with 37.4% for all of New Zealand. 117 households or 3.2% in the Hurunui District have no access to a telephone, compared with 3.7% for all of New Zealand.

Access to telecommunication systems

Households

In the Hurunui District, 72.7% (2,712) of all households are one-family households. For New Zealand as a whole, one-family households make up 69.1% of all households. 906 people in the Hurunui District live in one-person households, which is 24.3% of all households. In New Zealand as a whole, one-person households make up 23.4% of all households. Average household size in the Hurunui District is 2.5 people, compared with 2.7 people for New Zealand as a whole.

Household composition

Home ownership and rent

74.2% of permanent private dwellings in the Hurunui 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 Hurunui District is $110, compared with $176 for New Zealand as a whole.

Families

In the Hurunui District, couples with children (1,119 families) make up 40.8% of all families. Couples with no children make up 48.0% of all families. 11.2% of families (306) in the Hurunui 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.