Benefit receipt by Territorial Authority

This page presents information about the proportion of young people aged 16 to 24 who were in receipt of a benefit, and the proportion in receipt of a " main benefit" (Unemployment Benefit, Domestic Purposes Benefit, Sickness/Invalids Benefit, and Independent Youth Benefit), at 30 June 2007.

Proportion (%) of young people aged 16 to 24 in receipt of a benefit and proportion in receipt of a main benefit, by Territorial Authority, 2007
Territorial Authority Proportion of young
people aged 16 to 24
in receipt of any benefit
Proportion of young
people aged 16 to 24 in
receipt of a main benefit
Area Outside Territorial Authority na na
Ashburton District 5.2% 4.9%
Auckland City 4.4% 4.0%
Buller District 14.3% 9.7%
Carterton District na na
Central Hawke's Bay District 9.1% 8.8%
Central Otago District 5.1% 5.0%
Chatham Islands Territory na na
Christchurch City 7.4% 7.0%
Clutha District 5.5% 5.0%
Dunedin City 4.9% 4.5%
Far North District 16.2% 14.4%
Franklin District 7.9% 7.2%
Gisborne District 16.4% 14.3%
Gore District 10.4% 9.8%
Grey District 11.1% 9.9%
Hamilton City 10.4% 9.7%
Hastings District 12.1% 11.2%
Hauraki District 13.3% 11.7%
Horowhenua District 15.5% 13.8%
Hurunui District na na
Invercargill City 14.9% 13.7%
Kaikoura District na na
Kaipara District 35.4% 33.9%
Kapiti Coast District 11.9% 10.8%
Kawerau District 30.2% 24.7%
Lower Hutt City 10.2% 9.2%
Mackenzie District na na
Manawatu District 6.7% 5.6%
Manukau City 9.6% 8.6%
Marlborough District 6.6% 6.4%
Masterton District 16.5% 15.2%
Matamata-Piako District 7.2% 7.0%
Napier City 13.2% 12.3%
Nelson City 8.1% 7.7%
New Plymouth District 9.1% 8.6%
North Shore City 3.2% 3.0%
Opotiki District 16.5% 12.3%
Otorohanga District na na
Palmerston North City 8.3% 7.2%
Papakura District 14.5% 13.1%
Porirua City 15.4% 13.7%
Queenstown-Lakes District 1.1% 1.0%
Rangitikei District 11.8% 10.2%
Rodney District 6.5% 6.1%
Rotorua District 13.8% 12.8%
Ruapehu District 7.8% 6.6%
Selwyn District na na
South Taranaki District 8.7% 7.2%
South Waikato District 12.9% 11.4%
South Wairarapa District na na
Southland District na na
Stratford District 12.1% 11.2%
Tararua District 12.4% 10.1%
Tasman District 7.5% 7.0%
Taupo District 7.0% 6.7%
Tauranga City 9.0% 8.6%
Thames-Coromandel District 8.8% 8.6%
Timaru District 11.4% 10.0%
Upper Hutt City 8.7% 8.2%
Waikato District 9.1% 8.0%
Waimakariri District 7.5% 7.1%
Waimate District na na
Waipa District 7.6% 7.6%
Wairoa District 17.9% 15.8%
Waitakere City 9.8% 9.1%
Waitaki District 8.3% 6.8%
Waitomo District 13.5% 13.2%
Wanganui District 20.3% 17.3%
Wellington City 3.6% 3.1%
Western Bay of Plenty District 3.7% 3.7%
Westland District na na
Whakatane District 10.1% 9.1%
Whangarei District 14.0% 12.1%
Total by TA 8.1% na
National average 8.1% 6.8%

Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census (employment and unemployment, 2006) and Ministry of Social Development (household crowding and low-income households, derived from Census 2006). For notes on the data, please see the Methodology report.

na = data suppressed or not available.

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