|
AREA
|
|
6,492 square kms
(2,506 square miles) |
|
649,200 hectares (1,604,173 acres) |
|
POPULATION
|
|
June 2008 |
37,500
(Estimated Resident Population -
Statistics NZ)
|
|
June 2007 |
36,400
(Estimated Resident Population -
Statistics NZ)
|
|
June 2006 |
35,000
(Estimated Resident Population -
Statistics NZ, includes an adjustment for Census undercount)
|
|
March 2006 |
33,700
(Usually Resident Population - Census, rounded to
nearest hundred)
|
|
March 2001 |
28,000
(Usually
Resident Population - Census, rounded to nearest hundred) |
|
March 1996 |
25,100
(Usually
Resident
Population - Census, rounded to nearest hundred) |
|
March 1991 |
21,300
(Usually
Resident
Population - Census, rounded to nearest hundred) |
|
|
|
ANNUAL POPULATION
GROWTH |
|
2007-2008 |
3% (Stats NZ estimate for the June year) |
|
2006-2007 |
4% (Stats NZ estimate for the June year) |
|
2001-2006 |
3.7% (Census data) |
|
1996-2001 |
2.2% (Census data) |
|
1991-1996
|
3.3% (Census data) |
|
OCCUPIED
DWELLINGS and
PERSONS PER DWELLING |
|
March 2006 |
11,600 (Census -
rounded)
2.89 persons per dwelling |
|
March 2001 |
9,400 (Census
- rounded)
2.98 persons per dwelling |
|
March 1996 |
8,100 (Census
- rounded)
3.06 persons per dwelling |
|
March 1991 |
6,900
(Census - rounded)
3.09 persons per dwelling
|
|
NUMBER
OF RATEABLE PROPERTIES |
|
18,231
(Feb 2009)
17,771
(Sept 2007)
16,329 (May 2006) |
|
RATES VALUATIONS (2006) |
|
Capital Value |
$9,747,953,723 |
|
Land Value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ROAD AND WATER ASSETS |
|
Sealed Roads
Unsealed Roads
Bridges
Urban Roads
Rural Roads
Drains (classified)
Water races
|
1,342 kilometres
1,118 kilometres
123
165 kilometres
2,295 kilometres
366 kilometres
2,063 kilometres |
