Otorohanga 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 Otorohanga 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 Otorohanga District Males 1,823,007 4,983 Females 1,914,270 4,296 Total 3,737,280 9,279 Change since 1991 Census 363,354 186	New Zealand Otorohanga District Males 257,481 1,437 Females 268,800 1,104 Total 526,281 2,538 Change since 1991 Census 91,434 408
With 9,279 people, the Otorohanga District ranks 62nd in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. The Otorohanga District has 0.2% of the population of New Zealand. The rate of population growth since the 1991 Census is less than for New Zealand as a whole.	With 2,538 Mäori people, the Otorohanga District ranks 52nd in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. The Otorohanga District has 0.5% 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 Otorohanga District is 32.5, compared with 34.8 for all of New Zealand. 9.5% of people (885) in the Otorohanga District are aged 65 and over, compared with all of New Zealand which has 12.1% of people aged 65 and over. 25.9% of people (2,403) in the Otorohanga District are aged under 15, compared with 22.7% for all of New Zealand.	The median age of Mäori people in the Otorohanga District is 24.0, compared with 21.9 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 5.0% of Mäori people (126) in the Otorohanga District are aged 65 and over, compared with 3.4% for all Mäori in New Zealand. 33.5% of Mäori people (849) in the Otorohanga District are aged under 15, compared with 37.3% for all Mäori in New Zealand.

Ethnic groups (total responses)

78.6% of people (6,972) in the Otorohanga District said they belong to the European ethnic group. For all New Zealand 80.1% said they belong to the European ethnic group. 28.6% of people (2,538) in the Otorohanga District said they belong to the Mäori ethnic group compared with all of New Zealand at 14.7%. The population of the Otorohanga District contains a smaller proportion of Pacific peoples (1.5%) and smaller proportion of Asian people (1.5%) 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
2,094 people aged 15 years and over who live in the Otorohanga District said they had never married; 3,243 were married and 933 were widowed, separated or divorced. 26.5% of people aged 15 years and over (519) in the Otorohanga District who have never been married said that they live with a partner.	849 Mäori people aged 15 years and over who live in the Otorohanga District said they had never married; 420 were married and 246 were widowed, separated or divorced. 30.6% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (237) in the Otorohanga 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 Otorohanga District is Mäori, spoken by 9.1% of people. For New Zealand as a whole, the most common language after English is Mäori (4.5%). 85.8% of the population in the Otorohanga District (7,602) speak only one language, compared with 82.1% for New Zealand as a whole. 10.8% of the people in the Otorohanga District (954) speak two languages; 1.4% (123) speak three or more languages.

29.0% (726) of the Mäori people in the Otorohanga District speak Mäori. This is the most commonly spoken language after English, for all Mäori in New Zealand (25.2%) and in the Otorohanga District. 69.2% of the Mäori population in the Otorohanga District (1,731) speak only one language, compared with 71.3% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 26.0% of Mäori people in the Otorohanga District (651) speak two languages; 2.2% (54) speak three or more languages.

Education

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Highest qualification	Highest qualification
22.3% of people aged 15 years and over (1,257) in the Otorohanga District said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 32.2% for New Zealand as a whole. 40.6% of people aged 15 years and over (2,289) in the Otorohanga District said they have no formal qualifications, compared with 27.6% of people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand.	13.3% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (177) living in the Otorohanga District said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 21.2% for all Mäori people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand. 57.7% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (768) in the Otorohanga 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 Otorohanga District is $17,700, compared with $18,500 for all of New Zealand. 54.6% of people aged 15 years and over in the Otorohanga District have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 52.8% for New Zealand as a whole. 11.0% of people aged 15 years and over in the Otorohanga 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 Otorohanga District is $11,000, compared with $14,800 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 72.6% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in the Otorohanga District have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 61.2% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 2.9% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in the Otorohanga 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 Otorohanga District is 5.5%, compared with 7.5% for all of New Zealand. The most popular occupational group in the Otorohanga 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 Otorohanga District is 14.8%, compared with 16.8% for all Mäori in New Zealand. The most popular occupational group for Mäori in the Otorohanga 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

753 households or 26.8% in the Otorohanga District have access to the Internet, compared with 37.4% for all of New Zealand. 162 households or 5.8% in the Otorohanga District have no access to a telephone, compared with 3.7% for all of New Zealand.

Access to telecommunication systems

Households

In the Otorohanga District, 74.5% (2,139) of all households are one-family households. For New Zealand as a whole, one-family households make up 69.1% of all households. 606 people in the Otorohanga District live in one-person households, which is 21.1% of all households. In New Zealand as a whole, one-person households make up 23.4% of all households. Average household size in the Otorohanga District is 2.8 people, compared with 2.7 people for New Zealand as a whole.

Household composition

Home ownership and rent

70.4% of permanent private dwellings in the Otorohanga 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 Otorohanga District is $99, compared with $176 for New Zealand as a whole.

Families

In the Otorohanga District, couples with children (1,041 families) make up 47.1% of all families. Couples with no children make up 36.8% of all families. 16.1% of families (357) in the Otorohanga 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.