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Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace Community Profile

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Population | Age profile | Education | Ethnic groups | Income | Employment | Families | Households | Business

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Population

At the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings:

• The census usually resident population count for Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace¹ was 3,024, a change of 98.2 percent since 1996.
• In comparison, the Wellington City's population has changed by 3.9 percent and the population for New Zealand as a whole has changed by 3.3 percent since 1996.

Numbers of people counted

	Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace	Wellington City	New Zealand
Males	1,560	79,251	1,823,007
Females	1,467	84,573	1,914,273
Total	3,024	163,824	3,737,277
Change since 1996 Census	1,500	6,102	118,974

¹The area used for this profile is based on Statistics New Zealand's area unit.

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Age profile

At the 2001 Census:

• 4.8 percent of people in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace were under the age of 15 years, compared with 18.5 percent in Wellington City and 22.7 percent for all of New Zealand.
• 2.8 percent of people in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace were aged 65 years and over compared with 8.6 percent of Wellington City and 12.1 percent for all of New Zealand.

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Education

At the 2001 Census:

• 48.2 percent of people aged 15 years and over in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace had a post-school qualification, compared with 48.7 percent for Wellington City and 32.2 percent for New Zealand as a whole.

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Ethnic groups (total responses)

At the 2001 Census:

• 86.0 percent of people in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace said they belong to the European ethnic group, compared with 81.7 percent for Wellington City and 80.1 percent for all of New Zealand.

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Income

At the 2001 Census:

• The median income of people in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace is $27,200, compared with $27,000 for Wellington City and $18,500 for all of New Zealand.

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Employment

At the 2001 Census:

• The unemployment rate in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace was 8.9 percent, compared with Wellington City percent for 6.2 and 7.5 percent for all of New Zealand.
• The most popular occupational group in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace was Professionals (25.1 percent). The most popular occupational group in Wellington City was Professionals (26.1 percent) and for New Zealand as a whole was Service and Sales Workers (14.8 percent).

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Families

At the 2001 Census:

• There were 420 families in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace.

Family type

	Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace	Wellington City	New Zealand
Couples with child(ren)	19.3%	43.8%	42.1%
Couples without children	72.9%	41.2%	39.0%
One parent with child(ren)	8.6%	15.0%	18.9%

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Households

At the 2001 Census:

• The average household size in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace was 2.4 people, compared with 2.6 for Wellington City and 2.7 for all of New Zealand.
• 96.2 percent of households in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace had access to a telephone, compared with 98.0 percent for Wellington City and 96.3 percent for all of New Zealand.
• 55.8 percent of households in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace had access to the internet, compared with 52.7 percent for Wellington City and 37.4 percent for all of New Zealand.
• 66.4 percent of households in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace had access to a motor vehicle, compared with 85.2 percent for Wellington City and 89.9 percent for the whole of New Zealand.

• There were 1,089 households in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace.
• 32.6 percent of dwellings in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace were owned with or without a mortgage, compared with 61.7 percent for Wellington City and 67.8 percent for all of New Zealand.

Information from data collected in the 2001 Household Expenditure Survey shows that:

• The total average annual spending for households in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace was $50,914 compared with $51,333 for households in Wellington City and $43,682 for the whole of New Zealand.

Average annual household spending for select groups

	Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace	Wellington City	New Zealand
Food	$7,305	$7,735	$7,004
Housing	$10,706	$11,143	$10,159
Housing Operation	$6,092	$6,483	$5,472
Transportation	$9,501	$9,415	$7,358

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Business

In 2002:

• There were 2,743 business locations (geographic units) in Willis Street-Cambridge Terrace compared with 18,740 in Wellington City and 309,749 for all of New Zealand.

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The information in this profile is based on the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings, the 2001 Household Expenditure Survey and the New Zealand Business Demographic Statistics.

All population statistics are for the census usually resident population count and have been randomly rounded to base three to preserve confidentiality.

Percentages have been calculated against complete responses; that is, they exclude cases where no answers were provided and have been calculated on the rounded data so do not always total 100%.

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This page last modified on: 30 May 2003