Takapau Community Profile
The Community Profile provides information about your local community.
Population
At the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings:
- The census usually resident population count for Takapau1 was 579, a change of 0.5 percent since 1996.
- In comparison,
the Central Hawke's Bay District's population has changed by -1.6 percent and
the population for New Zealand as a whole has changed by 3.3 percent since 1996.
Numbers of people counted
| |
Takapau |
Central Hawke's Bay District |
New Zealand |
| Males |
279 |
6,468 |
1,823,007 |
| Females |
303 |
6,357 |
1,914,273 |
| Total |
579 |
12,828 |
3,737,277 |
| Change since 1996 Census |
3 |
-210 |
118,974 |
1The area used for this profile is based on Statistics New Zealand's area unit.
Age profile
At the 2001 Census:
-
28.5 percent of people in Takapau were under the age of 15 years, compared with
24.3 percent in Central Hawke's Bay District and
22.7 percent for all of New Zealand.
-
13.0 percent of people in Takapau were aged 65 years and over compared with
12.1 percent of Central Hawke's Bay District and
12.1 percent for all of New Zealand.
Age distribution (years)
| |
Takapau |
Central Hawke's Bay District |
New Zealand |
| 0-14 |
28.5% |
24.3% |
22.7% |
| 15-64 |
59.1% |
63.5% |
65.3% |
| 65+ |
13.0% |
12.1% |
12.1% |
Education
At the 2001 Census:
-
19.3 percent of people aged 15 years and over in Takapau had a post-school qualification, compared with
26.3 percent for Central Hawke's Bay District and
32.2 percent for New Zealand as a whole.
Highest qualification
| |
Takapau |
Central Hawke's Bay District |
New Zealand |
| No qualification |
49.1% |
35.9% |
27.7% |
| School |
32.5% |
37.8% |
40.1% |
| Post-school |
19.3% |
26.3% |
32.2% |
Ethnic groups (total responses)
At the 2001 Census:
- 75.3 percent of people in Takapau said they belong to the European ethnic group, compared with
85.8 percent for Central Hawke's Bay District and
80.1 percent for all of New Zealand.
Ethnic groups (total responses)
| |
Takapau |
Central Hawke's Bay District |
New Zealand |
| European |
75.3% |
85.8% |
80.1% |
| Maori |
38.4% |
21.1% |
14.7% |
| Pacific Peoples |
2.6% |
1.8% |
6.5% |
| Asian |
0.5% |
0.6% |
6.6% |
| Other |
0.0% |
0.1% |
0.7% |
Income
At the 2001 Census:
- The median income of people in Takapau is $18,000, compared with
$18,800 for Central Hawke's Bay District and
$18,500 for all of New Zealand.
Income
| |
Takapau |
Central Hawke's Bay District |
New Zealand |
| 100,001 or more |
1.6% |
1.8% |
2.4% |
| 70,001 - 100,000 |
0.0% |
1.4% |
2.7% |
| 50,001 - 70,000 |
3.2% |
4.6% |
6.4% |
| 40,001 - 50,000 |
4.0% |
5.6% |
7.1% |
| 30,001 - 40,000 |
10.5% |
12.9% |
12.1% |
| 20,001 - 30,000 |
25.0% |
21.0% |
16.5% |
| 10,001 - 20,000 |
30.6% |
26.3% |
24.9% |
| 1 - 10,000 |
22.6% |
22.3% |
22.5% |
| Nil |
2.4% |
3.6% |
4.7% |
| Loss |
0.0% |
0.5% |
0.7% |
Employment
At the 2001 Census:
- The unemployment rate in Takapau was 5.3 percent, compared with
Central Hawke's Bay District percent for 5.0 and
7.5 percent for all of New Zealand.
- The most popular occupational group in Takapau was Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers (40.2 percent).
The most popular occupational group
in Central Hawke's Bay District was Agriculture and Fishery Workers (29.2 percent) and
for New Zealand as a whole was Service and Sales Workers (14.8 percent).
Families
At the 2001 Census:
Family type
| |
Takapau |
Central Hawke's Bay District |
New Zealand |
| Couples with child(ren) |
40.0% |
42.3% |
42.1% |
| Couples without children |
34.0% |
41.7% |
39.0% |
| One parent with child(ren) |
26.0% |
16.0% |
18.9% |
Households
At the 2001 Census:
- The average household size in Takapau was
2.8 people, compared with
2.6 for Central Hawke's Bay District and
2.7 for all of New Zealand.
- 96.9 percent of households in Takapau had access to a telephone, compared with
96.3 percent for Central Hawke's Bay District and
96.3 percent for all of New Zealand.
- 17.2 percent of households in Takapau had access to the internet, compared with
28.7 percent for Central Hawke's Bay District and
37.4 percent for all of New Zealand.
- 92.3 percent of households in Takapau had access to a motor vehicle, compared with
93.2 percent for Central Hawke's Bay District and
89.9 percent for the whole of New Zealand.
- There were 198 households in Takapau.
- 71.9 percent of dwellings in Takapau were owned with or without a mortgage, compared with
67.4 percent for Central Hawke's Bay 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
Takapau was $36,626 compared with
$40,680 for households in Central Hawke's Bay District and
$43,682 for the whole of New Zealand.
Average annual household spending for select groups
| |
Takapau |
Central Hawke's Bay District |
New Zealand |
| Food |
$6,419 |
$6,923 |
$7,004 |
| Housing |
$7,150 |
$7,745 |
$10,159 |
| Housing Operation |
$5,251 |
$5,493 |
$5,472 |
| Transportation |
$6,524 |
$7,895 |
$7,358 |
Business
In 2002:
- There were 26 business locations (geographic units) in Takapau compared with
996 in Central Hawke's Bay District and
309,749 for all of New Zealand.
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