Wairoa District
Telecommunication access
In 2013, 51.4% of homes in the Wairoa District had access to the internet.
Telecommunication and Internet statistics indicate the ability of residents in a private dwelling to communicate with people outside the dwelling and to use services provided through these media. Communication information is also used, in conjunction with other census variables, as a measure of social connectedness.
It is widely accepted that high speed internet access is an essential requirement to participate in the so-called "new economy" and households without internet service are increasingly being left behind in the information age, as both government and the private sector are increasingly conducting their business, or aspects of it, on-line.
Telecommunication and Internet statistics are also used, in conjunction with other Census variables such as Education, Household Income and Age Structure, to measure of social connectedness.
Derived from the Census question:
'Mark as many spaces as you need to show which of these are available here in this dwelling; a cellphone/mobile phone (that is here all or most of the time), a telephone, fax access, Internet access, none of these.'
Multi-response
Occupied private dwellings
| Telecommunications access | |||||||||
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| Wairoa District | 2013 | 2006 | Change | ||||||
| Connection type - multi-response | Number | % of households | Hawke's Bay Region % | Number | % of households | Hawke's Bay Region % | 2006 to 2013 | ||
| Access to a cellphone/mobile phone | 1,827 | 61.5 | 76.8 | 1,560 | 50.4 | 68.1 | +267 | 610 | 1416 |
| Access to a fax machine | 426 | 14.3 | 13.5 | 630 | 20.4 | 23.0 | -204 | 611 | 1416 |
| Access to a telephone | 2,148 | 72.3 | 81.1 | 2,364 | 76.4 | 87.0 | -216 | 612 | 1416 |
| Access to the internet | 1,527 | 51.4 | 67.2 | 1,122 | 36.3 | 52.8 | +405 | 613 | 1416 |
| No access to telecommunication systems | 159 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 237 | 7.7 | 2.6 | -78 | 614 | 1416 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window) 2006 and 2013. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window) , the population experts.
| Telecommunications access - Totals | ||||||||
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| Wairoa District | 2013 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Telecommunication - totals - multi-response | Number | % of households | Hawke's Bay Region % | Number | % of households | Hawke's Bay Region % | 2006 to 2013 | |
| Not stated/included | 192 | 6.5 | 5.0 | 615 | 210 | 6.8 | 3.8 | -18 |
| Total households | 2,973 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 617 | 3,093 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -120 |
| Total responding households | 2,781 | 93.5 | 95.0 | 619 | 2,883 | 93.2 | 96.2 | -102 |
| Total responses | 6,279 | 211.2 | 245.8 | 620 | 6,123 | 198.0 | 237.3 | +156 |
Source: Statistics New Zealand, Census of Population and Dwellings (opens a new window) 2006 and 2013. Compiled and presented in profile.id by .id (opens a new window) , the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the type of internet connection of households in the Wairoa District compared to the Hawke's Bay Region shows that there was a lower proportion of households with access to the internet, as well as a lower proportion of households with access to a cell/mobile phone.
Overall 51.4% of households had with access to the internet, and 61.5% had access to a cell/mobile phone, compared with 67.2% and 76.8% respectively in the Hawke's Bay Region.
Note: Percentages(%) are based on total population
Emerging groups
The largest changes in access to telecommunications in the Wairoa District, between 2006 and 2013 were:
- Access to the internet (+405 households)
- Access to a cellphone/mobile phone (+267 households)
- Access to a telephone (-216 households)