The data is presented for the total population of each rohe, not only for the Māori population.
The Social Deprivation Index is a measure of socio-economic status calculated for small geographic areas. The calculation uses a range of variables from the 2013 Census which represent nine dimensions of socio-economic disadvantage to create a summary deprivation score. The nine variables (proportions in small areas) in decreasing weight in the index are:
|1||Income||People aged 18–59 receiving a means tests benefit|
|2||Employment||People aged 18–59 years who are unemployed|
|3||Income||People living in equivalised households with income below an income threshold|
|4||Communication||People with no access to a telephone|
|5||Transport||People with no access to a car|
|6||Support||People aged less than 60 years living in a single parent family|
|7||Qualifications||People aged 18–59 years without any qualifications|
|8||Living Space||People living in equivalised households below a bedroom occupancy threshold|
|9||Owned Home||People not living in own home|
The Social Deprivation Index is used in the measurement and interpretation of socio-economic status of communities for a wide variety of contexts such as needs assessment, resource allocation, research and advocacy.
Note that the deprivation index applies to areas rather than individuals who live in those areas.
For the purpose of comparison, the Social Deprivation Index is presented as a scale, ranking small areas from the least deprived to the most deprived. The mean is 1000 index points with a lower number indicating a less deprived area, and a higher number indicating a more deprived area.
The decile numbers correspond to the New Zealand deprivation index, with 10 as the most deprived and 1 as the least deprived.
|Social Deprivation Index - Total NZ population, 2013|
|Rohe - Total population||Index||Decile|
|Te Tai Hauāuru||993||5|
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window) 2013.