Taranaki Regional Council Community Profile

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Population

At the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings:

The usually resident population count for Taranaki Region¹ Council was 104,124, a change of 1.2% since 2001.
In comparison, the population for New Zealand as a whole had increased by 7.8% since 2001.

	Taranaki Region	New Zealand
Male	51,144	1,965,618
Female	52,983	2,062,329
Total	104,124	4,027,947
Change Since 2001 Census	1,266	290,670

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

Age Profile

21.8% of people in Taranaki Region Council were under the age of 15 years, compared with 21.5% for all of New Zealand.
14.8% of people in Taranaki Region Council were age 65 years or over, compared with 12.3% for all of New Zealand.

	Taranaki Region	New Zealand
0-14	21.8%	21.5%
15-64	63.4%	66.2%
65+	14.8%	12.3%

Ethnic groups (total responses)

At the 2006 census:

69.9% of people in Taranaki Region Council were said they belong to the European ethnic group, compared with 61.2% percent for all of New Zealand.

	Taranaki Region	New Zealand
European	69.9%	61.2%
Maori	14.3%	13.3%
Pacific Peoples	1.2%	6.2%
Asian	2.0%	8.3%
MELAA¹	0.2%	0.8%
Other	12.4%	10.1%

¹People represented in MELAA include people of Middle Eastern, African and Latin American ethnicities.

Employment

At the 2006 Census:

The unemployment rate in Taranaki Region was 3.1%, compared with 3.4% for all of New Zealand.
The most popular occupational group in the Taranaki Region was Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing. The most popular occupational group for New Zealand as a whole was Manufacturing.

Income

At the 2006 Census:

The median income of people in Taranaki Region Council is $23,200, compared with $24,400 for all of New Zealand.

	Taranaki Region	New Zealand
$5,000 or Less	10.4%	12.1%
$5,001 - $10,000	7.0%	7.2%
$10,001 - $20,000	22.0%	19.5%
$20,001 - $30,000	14.9%	13.8%
$30,001 - $50,000	20.1%	21.1%
$50,001 or More	14.1%	16.2%
Not Stated	11.4%	10.2%

Households

At the 2006 Census:

The average household size in Taranaki Region was 2.6 people, compared with 2.8 for all of New Zealand.
87.8% of households in Taranaki Region Council had access to a telephone, compared with 87.8% for all of New Zealand.
69.4% of households in Taranaki Region Council had access to a cellphone, compared with 71.1% for all of New Zealand.
52.4% of households in Taranaki Region Council had access to a internet, compared with 58.0% for all of New Zealand.
88.6% of households in Taranaki Region Council had access to a motor vehicle, compared with 88.1% for all of New Zealand.
There were 39,897 households in Taranaki Region Council.
For dwellings that were rented, the average weekly rent paid for permanent private dwellings in Taranaki Region Council was $161, compared with $225 for New Zealand as a whole.
71.8% of dwellings in Taranaki Region were owned with or without a mortgage, compared with 68.9% for all of New Zealand.

Business

At the 2006 Census:

There were 9,405 businesses in Taranaki Region compared with 354,087 for all of New Zealand.

The information in this profile is based on the 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings, the 2001 Household Expenditure Survey and the New Zealand Business Demographic Statistics.

All population statistics are for the 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%.