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Woodend Community Profile

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


Population

At the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings:

  • The census usually resident population count for Woodend1 was 2,241, a change of 43.4 percent since 1996.
  • In comparison, the Waimakariri District's population has changed by 14.1 percent and the population for New Zealand as a whole has changed by 3.3 percent since 1996.

Numbers of people counted

  Woodend Waimakariri District New Zealand
Males 1,107 18,204 1,823,007
Females 1,134 18,696 1,914,273
Total 2,241 36,903 3,737,277
Change since 1996 Census   678 4,557 118,974

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:

  • 25.0 percent of people in Woodend were under the age of 15 years, compared with 23.6 percent in Waimakariri District and 22.7 percent for all of New Zealand.
  • 8.8 percent of people in Woodend were aged 65 years and over compared with 12.2 percent of Waimakariri District and 12.1 percent for all of New Zealand.

Age distribution

years

Woodend
Waimakariri District
New Zealand

0-14


15-64


65+








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Education

At the 2001 Census:

  • 29.6 percent of people aged 15 years and over in Woodend had a post-school qualification, compared with 28.2 percent for Waimakariri District and 32.2 percent for New Zealand as a whole.

Highest qualification

qualification

Woodend
Waimakariri District
New Zealand

No qualification


School


Post-school








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Ethnic groups (total responses)

At the 2001 Census:

  • 97.0 percent of people in Woodend said they belong to the European ethnic group, compared with 96.3 percent for Waimakariri District and 80.1 percent for all of New Zealand.

Ethnic groups (total responses)

ethnic group

Woodend
Waimakariri District
New Zealand

European


Maori


Pacific Peoples  


Asian


Other








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Income

At the 2001 Census:

  • The median income of people in Woodend is $21,100, compared with $18,400 for Waimakariri District and $18,500 for all of New Zealand.

Income

dollars

Woodend
Waimakariri District
New Zealand

100,001 or more


70,001 - 100,000  


50,001 - 70,000


40,001 - 50,000


30,001 - 40,000


20,001 - 30,000


10,001 - 20,000


1 - 10,000


Nil


Loss








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Employment

At the 2001 Census:

  • The unemployment rate in Woodend was 4.2 percent, compared with Waimakariri District percent for 4.4 and 7.5 percent for all of New Zealand.
  • The most popular occupational group in Woodend was Service and Sales Workers (17.4 percent). The most popular occupational group in Waimakariri District was Service and Sales Workers (14.0 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:

Family type

  Woodend Waimakariri District New Zealand
Couples with child(ren) 46.6% 43.6% 42.1%
Couples without children 43.4% 43.3% 39.0%
One parent with child(ren)   9.6% 13.0% 18.9%

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Households

At the 2001 Census:

  • The average household size in Woodend was 2.8 people, compared with 2.7 for Waimakariri District and 2.7 for all of New Zealand.
  • 98.4 percent of households in Woodend had access to a telephone, compared with 97.8 percent for Waimakariri District and 96.3 percent for all of New Zealand.
  • 39.5 percent of households in Woodend had access to the internet, compared with 34.7 percent for Waimakariri District and 37.4 percent for all of New Zealand.
  • 97.6 percent of households in Woodend had access to a motor vehicle, compared with 94.9 percent for Waimakariri District and 89.9 percent for the whole of New Zealand.
  • There were 771 households in Woodend.
  • 88.8 percent of dwellings in Woodend were owned with or without a mortgage, compared with 81.0 percent for Waimakariri District 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 Woodend was $46,190 compared with $42,798 for households in Waimakariri District and $43,682 for the whole of New Zealand.

Average annual household spending for select groups

  Woodend Waimakariri District New Zealand
Food $7,116 $6,754 $7,004
Housing $10,741 $9,985 $10,159
Housing Operation   $5,590 $5,380 $5,472
Transportation $7,582 $6,591 $7,358

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Business

In 2002:

  • There were 101 business locations (geographic units) in Woodend compared with 2,320 in Waimakariri District 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


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