Timaru 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 Timaru 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 Timaru District Males 1,823,007 20,319 Females 1,914,270 21,645 Total 3,737,280 41,967 Change since 1991 Census 363,354 - 615	New Zealand Timaru District Males 257,481 1,158 Females 268,800 1,176 Total 526,281 2,334 Change since 1991 Census 91,434 684
With 41,967 people, the Timaru District ranks 25th in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. The Timaru District has 1.1% of the population of New Zealand. While the population of New Zealand has grown since 1991, the population of the Timaru District has declined.	With 2,334 Mäori people, the Timaru District ranks 55th in size out of the 74 Territorial Authorities in New Zealand. The Timaru District has 0.4% 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 Timaru District is 39.8, compared with 34.8 for all of New Zealand. 17.6% of people (7,383) in the Timaru District are aged 65 and over, compared with all of New Zealand which has 12.1% of people aged 65 and over. 21.0% of people (8,793) in the Timaru District are aged under 15, compared with 22.7% for all of New Zealand.	The median age of Mäori people in the Timaru District is 20.3, compared with 21.9 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 3.3% of Mäori people (78) in the Timaru District are aged 65 and over, compared with 3.4% for all Mäori in New Zealand. 39.0% of Mäori people (909) in the Timaru District are aged under 15, compared with 37.3% for all Mäori in New Zealand.

Ethnic groups (total responses)

96.1% of people (39,486) in the Timaru District said they belong to the European ethnic group. For all New Zealand 80.1% said they belong to the European ethnic group. 5.7% of people (2,331) in the Timaru District said they belong to the Mäori ethnic group compared with all of New Zealand at 14.7%. The population of the Timaru District contains a smaller proportion of Pacific peoples (0.7%) and smaller proportion of Asian people (1.4%) compared with the whole of New Zealand (at6.5% and 6.6% respectively).

Ethnic groups

Marital status

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Marital status	Marital status
7,953 people aged 15 years and over who live in the Timaru District said they had never married; 17,610 were married and 6,270 were widowed, separated or divorced. 23.1% of people aged 15 years and over (1,776) in the Timaru District who have never been married said that they live with a partner.	654 Mäori people aged 15 years and over who live in the Timaru District said they had never married; 474 were married and 219 were widowed, separated or divorced. 28.6% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (180) in the Timaru 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 Timaru District is Mäori, spoken by 1.5% of people. For New Zealand as a whole, the most common language after English is also Mäori (4.5%). 92.9% of the population in the Timaru District (38,034) speak only one language, compared with 82.1% for New Zealand as a whole. 4.5% of the people in the Timaru District (1,845) speak two languages; 0.9% (375) speak three or more languages.

15.9% (366) of the Mäori people in the Timaru District speak Mäori. This is the most commonly spoken language after English, for all Mäori in New Zealand (25.2%) and in the Timaru District. 79.5% of the Mäori population in the Timaru District (1,824) speak only one language, compared with 71.3% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 15.6% of Mäori people in the Timaru District (357) speak two languages; 1.4% (33) speak three or more languages.

Education

Total population	Mäori ethnic population
Highest qualification	Highest qualification
26.5% of people aged 15 years and over (7,557) in the Timaru District said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 32.2% for New Zealand as a whole. 36.4% of people aged 15 years and over (10,374) in the Timaru District said they have no formal qualifications, compared with 27.6% of people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand.	19.8% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (246) living in the Timaru District said they have a tertiary qualification, compared with 21.2% for all Mäori people aged 15 years and over in New Zealand. 42.8% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over (531) in the Timaru 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 Timaru District is $15,700, compared with $18,500 for all of New Zealand. 59.0% of people aged 15 years and over in the Timaru District have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 52.8% for New Zealand as a whole. 6.4% of people aged 15 years and over in the Timaru 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 Timaru District is $13,800, compared with $14,800 for all Mäori in New Zealand. 63.4% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in the Timaru District have an annual income of $20,000 or less, compared with 61.2% for Mäori in New Zealand as a whole. 3.8% of Mäori people aged 15 years and over in the Timaru 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 Timaru District is 6.3%, compared with 7.5% for all of New Zealand. The most popular occupational group in the Timaru District is service and sales workers. This is also the most popular occupational group in New Zealand as a whole.	The unemployment rate of Mäori in the Timaru District is 14.1%, compared with 16.8% for all Mäori in New Zealand. The most popular occupational group for Mäori in the Timaru District is plant and machine operators and assemblers. The most popular occupational group for all Mäori in New Zealand as a whole is service and sales.

Access to telecommunication systems

4,557 households or 27.7% in the Timaru District have access to the Internet, compared with 37.4% for all of New Zealand. 402 households or 2.4% in the Timaru District have no access to a telephone, compared with 3.7% for all of New Zealand.

Access to telecommunication systems

Households

In the Timaru District, 68.2% (11,379) of all households are one-family households. For New Zealand as a whole, one-family households make up 69.1% of all households. 4,674 people in the Timaru District live in one-person households, which is 28.0% of all households. In New Zealand as a whole, one-person households make up 23.4% of all households. Average household size in the Timaru District is 2.4 people, compared with 2.7 people for New Zealand as a whole.

Household composition

Home ownership and rent

76.5% of permanent private dwellings in the Timaru 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 Timaru District is $108, compared with $176 for New Zealand as a whole.

Families

In the Timaru District, couples with children (4,524 families) make up 39.2% of all families. Couples with no children make up 45.8% of all families. 15.0% of families (1,725) in the Timaru 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.