Integrated Catchment Management

Population details of Tasman District - 1996

Parameter

Tasman figures National figures
Males/female ratio

1017 males per 1000 females 966 males per 1000 females
Median age

35.3 33
Life expectancy
77.6 years 77.1 years
Europeans1 (as % of total population
96.8 83.1
Maori (as % of total population)
7.1 15.1
Pacific Islanders (as % of total population
0.6 5.8
Asians (as % of total population)
0.7 5
% of working age population employed
65.8 60.4
% of labour force unemployed
4.2 7.7
% of working age population who contributed unpaid work outside the home
48.3 44.1
% of people in any one household who were superannuitants
24 unknown
% of people living in urban areas
56.9 85.4
% of adults with university qualifications
6.0 9.5
No. of children born per mother
2.84 2.80
Median annual household income
$29,363 $34,707
Median annual personal income
$14,097 $15,603
% of owned dwellings without mortgages
37.5 32.3
Deprivation index
5 5

1. because people can identify with more than one ethnic group, percentages summed across ethnic groups will sum to more than 100%.

2. Source: from Environment Today Tasman 2000