Valuing Experience
Appendices
1. Information about your area
2006 Census Quickstats About A Place (PDF, 279KB)
QuickStats provide quick overviews of the places in which you live and other places in which you may have an interest. It includes data on age and sex.
2. Projections
a. Regions
Under the medium series projections, 12 of New Zealand's 16 regional council areas will be home to more people in 2031 than in 2006. Ten will experience population growth throughout the entire projection period. The populations of Hawke's Bay and Manawatu-Wanganui are projected to increase between 2006 and 2026 and then decrease for the remainder of the projection period. The Gisborne region is projected to increase between 2006 and 2021 and then decrease, so that its population in 2031 will be similar to that in 2006. The population of Taranaki is projected to increase between 2006 and 2016 before decreasing. The West Coast and Southland are also projected to have fewer residents in 2031 than in 2006.
The low projection for each region results in seven of New Zealand's 16 regions having more people in 2031 than in 2006. With the high projections, all 16 of New Zealand's regions will be home to more people in 2031 than in 2006.
b. Ageing population
The population of all territorial authority areas is expected to be older in future. However, there will be considerable variation between areas, largely because of each area's current population age structure and different fertility and migration patterns. At the national level, the median age (half the population is younger, and half older, than this age) is projected to increase from 36 years in 2006 to 41 years in 2031. At the subnational level in 2006, the median age ranged from 31 years in Manukau and Hamilton cities to 46 years in Thames-Coromandel District. By 2031, the median age is projected to range from 35 years in Manukau City to 56 years in Waitaki District (medium series). A median age of 50 years or older is projected for 12 territorial authority areas in 2031.
The oldest median ages are generally in areas experiencing low fertility and/or a net outflow of young adults (aged 15–29 years) and a net inflow of people aged 35–74 years. The youngest median ages are generally in areas experiencing high fertility and/or a net inflow of young adults (such as cities with major tertiary education facilities). 
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