Status Report Children and young people in Porirua 2018

 
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Status Report Children and young people in Porirua 2018
Status Report
Children and young
people in Porirua 2018
Status Report Children and young people in Porirua 2018
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Status Report Children and young people in Porirua 2018
Contents
Executive summary                                3
Indicator summary table                          4
Introduction                                     8
Satisfaction with living in Porirua             10
Education                                        11
Health                                          14
Youth unemployment                              16
Engagement                                      17
Recreation                                      19
Housing                                        20
Safety                                          22

Executive summary
‘Children and young people at the heart of the        This year a new Young People’s Fund is being
city’ is a strategic priority for Council. We are     launched and we are encouraging applicants
interested in the wellbeing of the city’s children    to use the information in the Status Report to
and young people. Our annual Status Report            support their project proposals.
helps us to monitor the wellbeing of children
                                                      The Status Report is related to two
and young people aged 0–24 years across a
                                                      performance indicators in our Long-term Plan
range of domains including health, education,
                                                      2015-25, namely:
engagement, recreation, satisfaction with
living in Porirua, housing and safety. The data       •   To increase children and young peoples’
includes ethnic breakdowns and national                   satisfaction with living in Porirua; and
comparisons where available.
                                                      •   To monitor the wellbeing of children and
The Council uses the Status Report to monitor             young people in the domains of education,
progress towards better outcomes. It enables              health, employment, engagement and
us to review the way we support children and              recreation.
young people and make changes if required. It
also provides a platform for advocacy for issues
outside the control or direct influence of local
government.

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Status Report Children and young people in Porirua 2018
Indicator summary table
    Theme            Indicator                                     Status Comment
    Satisfaction     Porirua as a great place to live                    Good
    with living in
    Porirua
                     Satisfaction with Council events for                Good
                     children, young people and their families
                     Satisfaction with public facilities popular         Good
                     with children, young people & families
                     Resident satisfaction with various                  Good
                     services provided by the Council that
                     benefit children
    Education        Early Childhood Education                           Good but slightly below NZ average
                     National Standards – Reading, Writing               On par with NZ Porirua Māori and
                     and Math                                            Pasifika rates, on par with counterparts
                                                                         nationally, local European/Pakeha rate
                                                                         high than NZ European/Pakeha rate
                     18 year olds with NCEA level 2                      Below national average, small ethnic
                                                                         disparities Ethnic disparities larger
                                                                         nationally
                     Students attending school regularly                 On par with NZ (approximately 1/3 not
                                                                         attending regularly), ethnic disparities
                                                                         locally and nationally
                     Rate of transient students                          Porirua rate nearly double national rate
                                                                         with large ethnic disparities especially
                                                                         for Māori
                     Tertiary participation                              On par with NZ but ethnic disparities
                                                                         locally and nationally, high rates for
                                                                         European/Pakeha students in Porirua
                     Internet access                                     Improving but pockets of low access
                                                                         locally
    Health           Perceptions of overall health                       Good, young people equivalent to adults
                     Infant Immunisation                                 Good slightly above NZ rate, small ethnic
                                                                         disparities
                     Child oral health                                   Poor oral health with large ethnic
                                                                         disparities locally and nationally
                     ASH rate 0–4 years                                  Below national rate but ethnic disparities
                                                                         especially for Pasifika children
                     Stress                                              Stress levels in young people higher than
                                                                         other age groups
                     Isolation                                           Feelings of isolation higher for young
                                                                         people than other age groups
    Youth            Not in Education, Employment or                     Higher than the national rate
    Unemployment     training (NEET)
                     % young people receiving a benefit                  Higher than the national rate

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Theme          Indicator                                   Status Comment
Engagement     Desire to have more say                            Half of young people want to have
                                                                  more say – opportunity for improved
                                                                  engagement
               Understanding of Council decision                  Low levels of understanding at all ages,
               making processes                                   especially young people
               Confidence in Council decision making              Just over half of young people confident,
                                                                  room for improvement – all ages
               Enrolment – Local Body Elections                   Relatively high levels of local government
                                                                  enrolment by Porirua young people
               Enrolment – General Election                       Relatively high level of general election
                                                                  voter enrolment for young people in
                                                                  Porirua/Mana
               Voter turnout – General Election                   More young people in Porirua vote than
                                                                  their counterparts nationally.
Recreation     Physical activity                                  Porirua on par with NZ but improvement
                                                                  needed to meet Ministry of Health
                                                                  guidelines
               % of secondary students active                     Improvement needed to meet Ministry
                                                                  of Health Guidelines
Housing        Children and overcrowding                          Higher than national rate
               Damp and mould                                     On par with NZ but problem for 1 in 4
                                                                  homes locally and nationally
               Heating Affordability in winter                    One third of homes struggle to afford
                                                                  heating locally and nationally
               House prices                                       Increasingly unaffordable
               Volume of house sales                              Few houses on the market locally,
                                                                  regionally and nationally
               Waiting lists for social housing                   Waiting lists increased locally and
                                                                  nationally increased in 12 months
               Housing NZ properties and vacancies                Stock fully utilised locally and nationally;
                                                                  waiting list suggests shortage
               Housing Stress                                     Problem locally and nationally
Safety         Perception – Porirua a safe place to live          Good
               Perception – Porirua safe for children             Good
               under 14 years
               Safety in city centre after dark                   Young people feel less safe than older
                                                                  age groups
               Walking alone in neighbourhood                     Young people feel less safe than older
               at night                                           age groups
               Unintentional injuries                             Higher than national rate and increasing
               Substantiated findings of abuse                    Local rates increasing while national rates
                                                                  decreasing, Māori and Pasifika
                                                                  over-represented

 Key: Status
    Good                        Moderate issue             Mixed results              Of concern

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Key findings
    Satisfaction with living in Porirua                   Health
    1. Most young people consider Porirua a great         8. Most young people have a positive
       place to live and satisfaction levels with            perception of their overall health. Our infant
       council events and facilities popular with            immunisation rates remain high.
       children and young people remains high.
                                                          9. Concerns in the previous status report
    Education                                                related to child oral health and rates of
                                                             hospital admission for under-fives remain.
    2. The high levels of participation in early
                                                             The level of tooth decay remains high locally
       childhood education have been sustained
                                                             and nationally for Pasifika children and
       since the first status report, albeit with small
                                                             Māori children, particularly the former.
       ethnic disparities persisting.
                                                          10. Young people experience higher levels of
    3. Achievement rates in National Standards
                                                              stress levels and feelings of isolation than
       in reading, writing and maths are similar in
                                                              older age groups.
       Porirua to national rates. There are however
       ethnic disparities both locally and nationally.    Unemployment

    4. Porirua students are slightly below                11. Porirua young people are more likely to be
       the national average in NCEA level 2                   NEET (Not in Education, Employment or
       achievement. However, our Māori and                    Training) and receiving a benefit than their
       Pasifika students have higher achievement              counterparts nationally.
       rates than their counterparts nationally.
                                                          Engagement
    5. Attendance rates are of concern both               12. Overall young people would like to have
       locally and nationally with nearly a third not         more say in council decision-making and
       attending school regularly and significant             a better understanding of council
       ethnic disparities for Māori and Pasifika              decision-making processes.
       students.
                                                          13. Locally, young people have relatively high
    6. The rate of transient student (that is                 engagement in elections in local and
       students who change schools twice or more              central government, with higher enrolment
       between March and November of the school               and voter turnout than their counterparts
       year) is also of concern. Our rate is over twice       nationally.
       the national rate. Both attendance and
       transient rates were issues highlighted in the     Recreation
       previous status report.                            14. Approximately half of young people
                                                              in Porirua and New Zealand are doing
    7. Our tertiary participation rates are similar
                                                              enough physical exercise. There is room
       to the national rates as are our rates of
                                                              for improvement for both groups to meet
       internet access, however there is variability
                                                              Ministry of Health guidelines.
       across suburbs for the latter.

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Housing                                                Safety
15. In Porirua over a fifth of children live in        17. Most people consider Porirua a safe place
    overcrowded houses and quarter live in                 to live and safe for children. However young
    homes with damp and mould. A third of                  people are more likely to feel unsafe than
    young people struggle to afford to heat                older age groups, particularly in the city
    their home in winter. Poor housing is a                centre at night or walking alone in their
    known contributor to poor child health and             neighbour at night.
    is likely influencing the high rate of hospital
                                                       18. Increasing numbers of children and young
    admissions for children in Porirua.
                                                           people are experiencing abuse in their own
16. Rising house prices, falling house sales               homes, compared to the national trend
    and fully occupied social housing stock is             where findings of substantiated abuse have
    creating housing stress for families in Porirua.       declined. Accidental injury rates are also
    Housing stress means many families are                 higher in Porirua than nationally.
    struggling to cover their everyday costs
    because they are paying too great
    a proportion of their income (over a third)
    on housing costs.

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Introduction
    Porirua City Council has a strong commitment                         The Council has multiple roles it can play in
    to children and young people. In 2015 we                             improving the wellbeing of children and young
    included “Children and young people at the                           people. These include:
    centre of city decisions” as one of our strategic
                                                                         •   a provider – of facilities and services,
    priorities in our Long-term Plan. A focus on
    children and young people remains a priority                         •   an advocate – champion of initiatives and
    with “Children and young people at the heart                             amplifying children’s voices
    of our city” proposed for our next Long-term
    Plan 2018–38.                                                        •   a convenor – bringing groups together to
                                                                             find solutions and celebrate success
    The Council has asked that the wellbeing of
    children and young people is monitored in                            •   partner – working alongside others including
    the areas of education, health, employment,                              business, community and government
    engagement and recreation. That monitoring
                                                                         •   monitor – keeping a citywide overview on
    will assist in ensuring Council activities are
                                                                             the wellbeing of children and young people.
    well targeted and based on up-to-date
    information. It will aid in identifying trends,
                                                                         The Council will not duplicate the efforts
    emerging issues, and specific challenges which
                                                                         of other agencies. It will partner if it makes
    may require a response from the Council.
                                                                         sense to do so. It will deliver when it’s a local
    The Status Report will also be used as a                             government responsibility. Where needed, it will
    resource for applicants to the council’s new                         monitor progress and advocate if it thinks our
    funds for young people.                                              children or young people are missing out.

    A section has been included on housing                               Notes on the Data
    because it has an impact on the health and
                                                                         The Status Report brings together a selection
    education of children. Indicators related to
                                                                         of indicators from official sources on the key
    safety have been included because children
                                                                         subjects identified by the Council (as noted
    and young people have told us it is a priority
                                                                         above). It is not an exhaustive selection of
    for them.
                                                                         information and in future indicators may be
                                                                         added or deleted. There are some gaps in the
                                                                         Status Report due to the absence of local level
                                                                         datasets.1

    1   For example it was not possible to get data on the physical activity levels of primary aged students in Porirua, nor was it
        possible to get data on obesity levels of children and young people at a territorial authority level.

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No single indicator measures an outcome.           over time. The Labour Government is likely
The Council is not responsible for all of the      to introduce targets related to child poverty
outcomes and indeed for many it is central         reduction in 2018 and may give more priority
government that has the lead role (for             to reducing child obesity. The next report will
examples outcomes related to education,            reflect these shifts in government policies and
health, welfare and employment). This means        priorities.
the Council needs to consider the role it
                                                   As the Quality of Life Survey is two-yearly, data
will play and the resources it will apply to
                                                   in this report is for 2016. The Status Report for
contributing to the outcomes.
                                                   2019 will include data from the 2018 survey.
Some of the data sets have changed since the
first report in 2017 and will continue to change

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Satisfaction with living in Porirua
     Indicator                                      2017                                        2016
     Porirua as a great place to live      2        NA (survey two yearly)                      Strongly agree/agree
                                                                                                78%                  18–24 years
                                                                                                82%                          All
     Satisfaction with Council events               Good/Excellent                              Good/Excellent
     for children, young people and                 Children’s Day                        92%   Children’s Day             90%
     families3                                      Festival of the Elements              88%   Festival of the Elements   83%
                                                    Creekfest                             80%   Creekfest                  87%
                                                    Grand Traverse                        99%   Grand Traverse             92%
     Satisfaction with public facilities            Good/Excellent                              Good/Excellent
     popular with children, young                   Pātaka Art + Museum                   96%   Pātaka Art + Museum        95%
     people and families4                           Libraries                             95%   Libraries                  95%
                                                    Arena                                 95%   Arena                      94%
                                                    Swimming Pools                        88%   Swimming Pools             87%
                                                    Playgrounds                           87%   Playgrounds                87%
                                                    Sports fields                         88%   Sports fields               91%
     Resident satisfaction with various             Overall satisfied                     78% NA5
     services provided by the Council
     that benefit children

     Porirua – a great place to live                                        Satisfaction with council events,
     In 2016 over three quarters (78%) of young                             facilities and services
     people agree that Porirua is a great place to                          Satisfaction with council events for children,
     live and a third of young people (33%) felt their                      young people and families remains high in 2017.
     quality of life had improved in 2016 compared                          There was a drop in satisfaction with Creekfest
     with 12 months earlier.                                                between 2016 and 2017 but this may have
                                                                            been weather related.

                                                                            Our residents continue to have high levels
                                                                            of satisfaction with a broad range of facilities
                                                                            popular with children, young people and
                                                                            families. Three out of four residents are
                                                                            satisfied with various services we offer for
                                                                            children in the city.

     2   Quality of Life Survey 2016.
     3   Resident Satisfaction Survey.
     4   As above.
     5   This question was included in the residents survey for the first time in 2017.

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Education
Indicator                        Porirua                          New Zealand                     Status
Early Childhood                  June 2015–16 – Total             June 2015–16 – Total            Good but slightly below
Education6                       95%                              97%                             NZ
                                 Ethnic breakdown              Ethnic breakdown                   On par with NZ
                                 Māori                     96% Māori                       95%
                                 Pasifika                  93% Pasifika                    93%
                                 European/Pakeha           99% European/Pakeha             98%
National Standards7              2015–2016 – Total       2015–16 – Total                        On par with NZ, maths
                                 Reading           77.5% Reading:                          78% slightly below
                                 Writing             71% Writing:                           71%
                                 Math               73% Math:                              75%
                                 Ethnic breakdown       Ethnic breakdown                          Māori rates in Porirua on
                                 Māori                  Māori                                     par with NZ Māori rate
                                 Reading          70.5% Reading:                           69%
                                 Writing          62.5% Writing:                           62%
                                 Math              66% Math:                               65%
                                 Pasifika                      Pasifika                         Pasifika rates in Porirua on
                                 Reading                   68% Reading:                    66% par with NZ Pasifika rate
                                 Writing                   61% Writing:                   60.5%
                                 Math                      63% Math:                       63%
                                 European/Pakeha               European/Pakeha                  European/Pakeha rates
                                 Reading                   90% Reading:                    84% in Porirua are higher
                                 Writing                   84% Writing:                     71% than rates for European/
                                 Math                      85% Math:                       81% Pakeha in NZ
Qualifications 8                 2015-16 – Total           80% 2015-16 – Total             85% Below national rate
18 year olds with NCEA           Ethnic breakdown              Ethnic breakdown                Small ethnic disparities
Level 2 or equivalent            Māori                     81% Māori                       74% locally, larger disparities
                                 Pasifika                  83% Pasifika                    79% nationally
                                 European/Pakeha           86% European/Pakeha             88%
Students attending               2016 – Total              64% 2016 – Total                 67% Slightly lower than NZ rate
school regularly 9               Ethnic breakdown              Ethnic breakdown      On par with NZ rates but
The percentage of                Māori                     58% Māori            55% with ethnic disparities
students who have                Pasifika                  58% Pasifika          57% locally and nationally
attended more than               European/Pakeha           70% European/Pakeha 70.5%
90% of Term 2
Rate of transient                2016     9.2 (rate per 1000) 2016         5.0 (rate per 1000) Porirua rate nearly double
students (per 1000)10                                                                          the national rate
The number of students           Rate per 1000                   Rate per 1000                   Ethnic disparities
who changed school               Māori                      21.1 Māori                      12.2 particularly for Māori
twice or more during the         Pasifika                   5.6 Pasifika                     6.0 locally and nationally
period 1 March to 1 Nov          European/Pakeha            4.1 European/Pakeha              3.2

6    Porirua and NZ Education Profile 2015-16, Education Counts, Ministry of Education.
7    As above.
8    As above.
9    Ministry of Education: Education Counts.
10   As above.

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Indicator                      Porirua                        New Zealand                     Status
     Tertiary participation         2016                    59% 2016                        60% On par with NZ
     % of school leavers            Ethnic breakdown       Ethnic breakdown       Ethnic disparities locally
     enrolled in tertiary within    Māori             46% Māori             50.5% and nationally, high rates
     one year of leaving            Pasifika         55.5% Pasifika          54% for European/Pakeha in
     school                         European/Pakeha    75% European/Pakeha    61% Porirua
     Internet access                Census 2013            73.5% Census 2013                73% On par with NZ but
     % of households                                                                            pockets of low access
                                    May 2016   11               May 2016                    79%
     connected to the                                                                           locally
                                    Porirua East            60% 2017 (UMR)12                93%
     internet
                                    Titahi Bay              80%

     Early Childhood Education                                       National Standards – Reading
     Nearly 900 five year olds started school in                     Writing and Math
     Porirua in 2016 and over 62,000 nationally.                     The proportion of students in Porirua achieving
     The majority had participated in early                          at or above the National Standard in reading,
     childhood education. The ECE rate in Porirua                    writing and math is very similar to student
     is high and very similar to the national rate.                  achievement rates nationally. There are
     The ethnic breakdown between Porirua and                        however large ethnic disparities in achievement
     nationally is almost identical. The area most in                rates within Porirua and within New Zealand.
     need of improvement is the Pasifika ECE rate                    For example nine out of ten European/Pakeha
     in Porirua which is 5% below the ethnic group                   students are at or above the National Standard
     with the highest rating – European/Pakeha.                      for reading in Porirua compared with seven out
                                                                     of ten Māori students.

                                                                     Note: The Minister of Education announced
                                                                     that starting in 2018 schools will no longer be
                                                                     compelled to report annually against National
                                                                     Standards to the Ministry of Education.13

     11 Chorus data cited in Community Internet Connectivity Report, 2 March 2017.
     12 State of the Internet NZ 2017, Internet NZ www.internetnz.nz/sites/default/files/SOTI%20FINAL.pdf
     13 Ministerial Press Release 12 December 2017 www.beehive.govt.nz/release/national-standards-ended

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18 year olds with NCEA level 2                        Tertiary participation
or equivalent                                         Porirua students have similar rates of tertiary
The proportion of Māori and Pasifika 18 year          participation one year after leaving school as
olds in Porirua with NCEA level 2 or equivalent       students nationally. The rates are similar to
is higher than the national rates. Rates are          previous year (2015).
trending up with an improvement of 6% for
                                                      Tertiary participation rates in Porirua are high
Māori and 8% for Pasifika compared with
                                                      for European/Pakeha students (75%) and
the previous year. Rates have improved at a
                                                      substantially lower for Pasifika (55.5%) and
national level also, but to a lesser degree.
                                                      Māori (46%). There are also ethnic disparities
                                                      nationally. Our European/Pakeha students’
Students attending school regularly
                                                      participation rate is 14% higher than the
Approximately two-thirds of students in Porirua       national rate for same ethnic group, our
and nationally attend school regularly, that          Pasifika rate is almost the same as the national
is, attended term 2, 2016 at least 90% of             rate and our Māori rate is lower than that of
the time. This leaves a third of students not         Māori student throughout the country.
attending regularly.

Rates of regular attendance are highest for           Internet access
European/Pakeha students both locally and             The latest Census showed that over seven out
nationally on 70%. The rate for Māori and             of ten of households in Porirua and in New
Pasifika students is 12% lower in Porirua. There      Zealand were connected to the internet (73.5%
are similar ethnic disparities at a national level.   and 73% respectively). There is considerable
                                                      variability in access across Porirua with 95% of
Good attendance rates are important as
                                                      households in Endeavour-Resolution connected
student who do not attend regularly struggle to
                                                      compared with 45% in Cannons Creek North
achieve academically.
                                                      and Waitangirua.

Rate of transience                                    More recent Chorus data has shown that there
In 2016 the rate of transient students in Porirua,    have been improvements with connectivity
that is, students that moved school twice or          increasing from 51% in Porirua East in March
more between 1 March and 1 November was 9.2.          2013 to 60% in May 2016, and connectivity
While this is an improvement of the 2015 rate         increasing in Titahi Bay from 69% to 80% over
of 11 it still far exceeds the national rate of 5.0   the same period.
students per 1000 students.                           National figures from a UMR survey in 2017
The rate of transience for local Māori students       found that 93% of New Zealanders can use
is twice the overall rate for Porirua and more        or access the internet but only 80% have a
than four times the national rate. Rates of           home connection. In addition to more people
transience for European and Pasifika kids are         being able to access the internet, the speed
much lower and similar to national rates.             of upload and download is increasing and
                                                      the amount of data being used is increasing
Rates of transience are important as students         rapidly, both locally and throughout the
who do not move schools have higher school            country.
leaver achievement rates than those who
change schools twice or more.

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Health
     Indicator                         Porirua                              New Zealand                         Status
     Perceptions of overall            2016                           2016                                  Good, young people
     health14                          81%               Young People NA                     Young People equivalent to adults
     Positive perception of            81%                        All 82%                             All15
     overall health
     Infant immunisation 16            Quarter ending 30 Sept   Quarter ending 30 Sept   Good, slightly above
     95% of infants aged               CCDHB                    NZ                       NZ rate
     eight months will have            2017           94% (94%) 2017           92% (94%)
     completed their primary           Ethnic breakdown                     Ethnic breakdown         Small ethnic
     course of immunisations           Māori           91% (94%)            Māori          87% (90%) disparities
     (6 weeks, 3 months and 5          Pasifika      93% (93.5%)            Pasifika       95% (96%)
     months) 2016 Sept Quarter         Euro/Pakeha    96% (94%)             Euro/Pakeha    93% (94%)
     data in brackets
     Child oral health                 Decay free at 5 years, 201617 Decay free at 5 years, 201618 Poor oral health
     % of children with no             56%                           60%                           locally and nationally
     decay in baby teeth at            Ethnic breakdown 2016                Ethnic breakdown 2016    Significant ethnic
     age 5                             Māori               45%              Māori                41% disparities locally
                                       Pasifika            37%              Pasifika            34% and nationally
                                       Other                71%             Other              69.5%
     Ambulatory Sensitive              Year to Dec 2016          Year to Dec 2016                               Porirua and CCDHB
     Hospitalisations (ASH)19          ASH rate per 100,000      ASH rate per 100,000                           rate below national
     Admissions to hospital            Porirua, 0-4 years  5,529 NZ, 0-4 years 6,776                            rate
     for conditions that could         CCDHB, 0-4 years    6,436
     have been prevented by            Porirua ethnic breakdown             Ethnic breakdown                  Large ethnic
     appropriate interventions         Māori                7,533           Māori                       7,212 disparity especially
     in a primary care or              Pasifika             8,827           Pasifika                   12,168 for Pasifika children
     community setting                 Other                3,018           Other                       6,677 locally and nationally
                                       CCDHB ethnic breakdown
                                       Māori                6,415
                                       Pacific             12,079
                                       Other                5,536
     Stress20                          2016                                 2016                        Stress levels in young
     How often felt in the last        Always/most of the time              Always/most of the time     people higher than
     12 months                         16%                    All           17%                7 cities other age groups
                                       31%           18-24 years            NA                 7 cities
     Isolation21                       2016                                 2016                                Feelings of isolation
     Frequency of feeling              Most of the time/always              Most of the time/always             higher for young
     isolated in the last year         6%                      All          5%                  7 cities        people than other
                                       12%            18-24 years           NA             18-24 years          age groups

     14 The Quality of Life Survey is carried out every two years. No data available in 2017. The next report is due out in October 2018.
     15 All = average total for other participating cities in the Quality of Life survey.
     16 Three monthly reporting Immunisation coverage, Ministry of Health www.health.govt.nz/our-work/preventative-health-
        wellness/immunisation/immunisation-coverage/national-and-dhb-immunisation-data
     17 Data suppled by Bee Healthy Regional Dental Service, December 2017 MoH www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-statistics/health-
        statistics-and-data-sets/oral-health-data-and-stats/age-5-and-year-8-oral-health-data-community-oral-health-service
     18 MoH www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-statistics/health-statistics-and-data-sets/oral-health-data-and-stats/age-5-and-year-
        8-oral-health-data-community-oral-health-service
     19 Data supplied by CCDHB, 13 December 2017, noting that different methods are used to calculate the ASH the ASH rate for
        100,000 for the domiciled population in Porirua and in NZ.
     20 Quality of Life Survey 2016.
     21 As above.

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Overall perceptions of health                                ASH or Ambulatory Sensitive Hospitalisations
Over eight out of ten young people aged 18-24                are admissions to hospital for conditions that
years have positive perceptions of their overall             could have been prevented or treated at the
health, similar to the rate for all adult ages in            primary health care level. A high ASH rate
Porirua.                                                     suggests the need for greater access and
                                                             quality in primary health care.
Immunisation
Infant immunisation rates at age eight months,               Stress and isolation23
remains high both locally and nationally with                Over one third (31%) of young people in Porirua
small ethnic disparities. Immunisation rates at              indicated that they had experienced stress that
age two years are also high on 95%, (95% for                 had had a negative effect on them in the last
Māori and 94% for Pacific children.22                        12 months – “always or most of the time”. This is
                                                             nearly twice the rate for respondents of all ages
Child oral health                                            (16%).
Poor oral health in children aged five is an                 12% of young people indicated that they felt
issue both locally and nationally. In 2016 just              isolated always/most of the time in the last
over five out of ten new entrants were decay                 twelve months. This is twice the all respondent
free in Porirua and six out of ten nationally.               rate for Porirua. The number of young people in
There are significant ethnic disparities locally             Porirua who rarely/never felt isolated in the last
and throughout New Zealand. 63% of Pasifika                  years (53%) is significantly lower than the all
children had experienced decay on arrival at                 age’s rate of 71%.
school and 66% of Pasifika children nationally.
The rates of tooth decay in Māori children                   It is important to monitor perceptions of
were also high at 55% (Porirua) and                          isolation as high levels can indicate that some
59% (New Zealand).                                           people may not be getting the social support
                                                             they need and this can impact on their physical
Hospital admissions for under fives                          and mental wellbeing and their quality of life in
                                                             general.
The Porirua ASH rate (hospital admission) is
lower than the national age for children aged                Note: Data on youth mental health, that is
under 5 years. However there are large ethnic                hospitalisation rates for self-harm and youth
disparities both locally and nationally. The rate            suicide have not been included in the 2018
of hospital admissions for Pasifika children in              report as data more current than that provided
Porirua, and nationally is more than twice the               in the 2017 report is unavailable.
rate of ‘other’. The rate of hospital admissions
for Māori children from Porirua is also high.

22 CCDHB Annaul Report 2015/2016:46.
23 Note this data is from the Quality of Life Survey 2016.

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Youth unemployment
     Indicator                     Porirua                         New Zealand                    Status
     Youth unemployment       24   NEET Rate 15-24 years           NEET Rate 15-24 years          Higher than national rate
                                   19%                             12%
     (NEET = Not in Education, % of 18-24 year olds                % of 18-24 year olds           Higher than the national
     Employment or Training) receiving a benefit                   receiving a benefit            rate
                               14%                                 9%

     Youth unemployment and                                         Those most likely to be recieving a working age
     benefit receipt                                                benefit in Porirua are Māori (37%), followed by
     In September 2017 nearly one fifth (19%) of                    Pasifika (25.5%) and European (22%). Ethnic
     young people in Porirua were NEET – Not in                     disparities are shared locally and nationally.
     Education, Employment or Training. This is                     It is important to reduce the number of young
     7% higher than the figure for young people                     people in receipt of a benefit as much as
     nationally.                                                    possible, because life choices and outcomes are
     In September 2017, 4153 people in Porirua were                 substantively worse the longer a young person
     in reciept of a main benefit. Nearly one in five               recieves the benefit.
     (18% or 744) were aged between 18 and 24
     years24.

     24 Benefit Fact Sheets by TA Sept 2017, MSD - www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/statistics/
        benefit/index.html

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Engagement
Indicator                               Porirua                       New Zealand                   Status
Desire to have more say       26Agree/strongly agree Agree/strongly agree     Half of young people
Desire to have more say in what 57%                All 61%           7 cities want to have more
Council does                    51%        18-24 years NA       18-24 years say – opportunity for
                                                                              improved engagement
Understanding of Council                Agree/strongly agree       Agree/strongly agree     Low levels of
decision-making processes27                                        32%             7 cities understanding all
                                        38%                    All NA         18-24 years ages, especially young
                                        23%            18-24 years                          people
Confidence in Council decision          Agree/strongly agree   Agree/strongly agree     Just over half of young
making28                                47%                All 39%             7 cities people confident, room
Council makes decisions in the          53%        18–24 years NA         18–24 years for improvement – all
best interests of the city                                                              ages
Enrolment – local body                  % enrolled                    % enrolled                    Relatively high levels of
elections 201629                        95%                    All    89%                    All    local government voter
(Electoral Commission)                  70%            18–24 years    66%           18–24 years     enrolment by Porirua
                                        (est. eligible population     (est. eligible population     young people
                                        YP 5,190)                     YP 455,500)

                                        Young people                  Young people
                                        Gen. roll 3098                General roll 268,940
                                        Māori roll 543                Māori roll     32,491
Voter enrolment – general               18–24 years                   18–24 years                   Relatively high levels of
election 2017                           Mana 80%                      72%                           General Election voter
                                        All ages                      All ages                      enrolment for young
                                        Mana 97%                      92%                           People in Porirua/Mana
Voter turnout – general                 Mana electorate               All electorates               More young people in
elections 201730                        83% (all ages)                79.8% (all ages)              Porirua vote than their
                                                                                                    counterparts nationally.
                                        Mana electorate               All electorates
                                        18–24 years                   18–24 years
                                        74.5%           Māori         61.8%            Māori
                                        74.1%       Non-Māori         71.3%        Non-Māori

25   Quality of Life Survey 2016.
26   As above.
27   As above.
28   Neither the Electoral Commission or PCC has data on voter turnout by age for the local body elections 2016.
29   www.elections.org.nz/events/2017-general-election/2017-general-election-results/voter-turnout-statistics?electorate_
     name=All+electorates&voter_descent=2&=Apply

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Desire to have more say/                                      Enrolment – General Election 2017
     understanding of/confidence in                                Four out of five young people in Porirua
     council decision making processes                             enrolled to vote in the 2017 General Election,
     The Quality of Life survey asks a number of                   a result that compared favourably to their
     questions about what residents think about                    counterparts nationally. This signals a high level
     local government decision making; namely how                  of political engagement. However, there is still
     they rate their understanding of how decisions                room for improvement with nearly 1,100 young
     are made, their confidence in decisions being                 people (or one fifth of the estimated eligible
     made in the best interests of the city and                    population) that did not enroll.
     whether they would like to have more say.
                                                                   Nearly eight out of ten eligible voters (or 79.8%)
     Data in this report is derived from a youth                   voted in the 2017 General Elections, up 1.9% on
     analysis of the Quality of Life Survey. The 2016              the previous election and the highest turnout
     survey shows that over half of young people                   since 2005 elections (80.9%). Voter turnout in
     would like to have more say in what the                       the Mana Electorate was even higher than the
     council does, signaling a willingness for greater             New Zealand turnout on 83%.
     engagement that we could build upon.
                                                                   Voting – General Election 2017
     Levels of understanding of council decision-
                                                                   Nearly three quarters of young people in the
     making processes are low for young people and
                                                                   Mana Electorate, both Māori and non-Māori,
     for older age groups. Confidence that council
                                                                   voted in the 2017 General Election. There was
     decisions are in the best interests of the city
                                                                   higher than the voting rates from Māori and
     are slightly higher for young people but there is
                                                                   non-Māori young people nationally. It was also
     room for improvement for all ages.
                                                                   an improvement on the rates from the previous
                                                                   election in 2014.
     Local Government Elections 2016
     Seven out of ten (70%) young people aged                      Enrolment and voting, whether it is in local
     18–24 years were enrolled to vote in the last                 or central government elections is important
     local government election. This compares to                   because it is a fundamental way for people to
     66% for young people nationally.                              express their political will. Citizen participation
                                                                   in the political process and in civic affairs
     There is room for improvement in youth                        is a sign of a healthy democracy. It also
     enrolment, both locally and nationally, when                  reflects peoples’ sense of connection with and
     compared to the rates for all ages – 95% for                  investment in the issues that affect the society
     all voters in Porirua and 89% for all voters                  in which they live.30
     nationally.

     30 www.gpiwellingtonregion.govt.nz/outcomes/cultural/strong-and-tolerant/voter-turnout/#indicators

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Recreation
Indicator                                   Porirua                        New Zealand                   Status
Physical activity                           Quality of Life Survey         NZ Health Survey     Porirua on par with
                                                                                                 32

Frequency of doing physical                 49% young people               18-24 years      53% NZ but improvement
exercise                                    active 5 days or more                               needed to meet
                                                                                                Ministry of Health
                                                                                                guidelines

Physical activity                           Sport Wellington               NA                            Improvement needed
% secondary school students in              Insight tool                                                 to meet Ministry of
Porirua active (13–17 years)                41%                                                          Health Guidelines

In 2016 nearly half of young people in Porirua                      Physical activity is important because it
stated that they were physically active five                        improves overall health, making growing bodies
or more of the previous seven days32. This is                       stronger, more flexible and improve energy
similar to the all age’s average of 50%, and                        levels overall. It can also assist in maintaining
similar to the results in the Ministry of Health                    health body weight.
New Zealand Health Survey. The proportion of
                                                                    No local data was available on child obesity
secondary student active in sport was lower
                                                                    levels however the NZ Health Survey 2016/1733
on 41% however this does not include sports
                                                                    found:
participation at club level.
                                                                    •   around 1 in 8 children (aged 2–14 years) were
No data was available on physical activity
                                                                        obese (12%)
levels of younger children in Porirua.
                                                                    •   a further 21% were children were overweight
There is room for significant improvement
                                                                        but not obese
both locally and nationally. The Ministry of
Health recommends that children and young                           •   18% of Māori children were obese
people do at least sixty minutes of moderate or
vigorous physical activity every day. Only 10%                      •   29% of Pacific children were obese
of secondary school students met this target in
                                                                    •   children living in the most deprived areas
the 2012 Youth Survey. Participation rates tend
                                                                        were 2.5 times as likely to be obese as
to be higher at primary level, tapering off as
                                                                        children living in the least deprived areas.
children get older.

31 Physically active adults aged 15 years and over, NZ Health Survey 2014/15, Ministry of Health.
32 This data relates to young people aged 18-24 years. No data was available on physical activity rates for children at a territorial
   authority level.
33 www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-statistics/health-statistics-and-data-sets/obesity-statistics

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Housing
     Indicator                            Porirua                          New Zealand                     Status
     Children and overcrowding            2013                             2013                            Higher than
     % of children aged 0-14 years        22%                              16%                             national rate
     living in crowded households35
     Damp and mould                       2016                             2016                         On par with NZ but
     Home has a problem with              27%                              26%           7 city average problem for 1 in 4
     damp or mould during winter                                                                        homes locally and
     months36                                                                                           nationally

     Heating affordability                2016                             2016                         One third of homes
     Can afford to heat home              67%                              64%           7 city average struggle to afford
     properly during winter37                                                                           heating locally and
                                                                                                        nationally
     House prices and sales38             Prices Porirua Sept 2017         Prices Wellington Region        House prices rose
     compared to Sept quarter 12          Increased 9.4%                   and NZ                          faster in Porirua
     months earlier                                                        Increased 7.2% and 3.1%         than within the
                                                                           respectively                    region or NZ

                                          Volume of sales                  Volume of sales                 The volume of sales
                                          Porirua                          Wellington and NZ               has declined over
                                          Decreased 16%                    Decreased 15% and 17%           the same period
                                                                           respectively                    locally, regionally
                                                                                                           and nationally

     Social housing waiting list39        Sept 2017                      Sept 2017                      Greater %
                                          Priority A                  74 Priority A               4,908 of priority B
                                          Priority B                  55 Priority B                 936 applicants locally
                                          Total                      129 Total                  5,84440 than nationally

                                          Priority A                57% Priority A                  89%
                                          Priority B                43% Priority B                   11%
     HNZ properties & vacancies           Sept 201741                      Sept 201742                     Stock fully utilised
                                          Total 2,637                      Total 66,187                    locally and
                                          Vacancies 32 (1%)                Vacancies 1,562 (2%)            nationally
     Housing stress43                     % Income      % households       % Income % households Problem locally and
     % of households that pay more        30%                   39%        30%              44% nationally
     than 30%/40%/50% of their            40%                   24%        40%              30%
     income on rent                       50%                    15%       50%               21%

     34 The Determinants of Health for Children and Young People in the Hutt Valley, Capital and Coast and Wairarapa DHBs,
        November 2014.
     35 Quality of Life Survey 2016.
     36 As above.
     37 Porirua Quarterly Economic Monitor from Infometrics.
     38 www.housing.msd.govt.nz/information-for-housing-providers/register/housing-register.html
     39 Figure excludes those in social houses who have applied for a transfer.
     40 www.hnzc.co.nz/assets/Publications/Research/Housing-Statistics-Vacant-Properties/Vacant-Stock-Territorial-Local-Authority-
        September-2017.pdf
     41 Housing Quarterly Report, Sept 2017, MSD.
     42 Excludes social housing as rent is subsidised, source Census 2013.

20         Status Report: Children and young people in Porirua 2018
Children and overcrowding                                  are ready to be matched to a suitable property.
The proportion of children aged 0-14 years                 Priority A applicants have been assessed as
who live in overcrowded conditions is relatively           having a severe housing need.
high. In 2013 approximately 2,500 children                 Very high occupancy rates for HNZ homes
(22%) were living in overcrowded households in             locally and nationally indicates a shortage in
Porirua. This compares with 12% for the CCDHB              supply. This places financial stress on families
area and 16% for New Zealand.43                            that cannot afford to rent in the private market
                                                           and cannot access subsidised housing.
Healthy homes
Over a quarter of Porirua people report their              Housing stress
home having a problem with damp and mould                  It is generally accepted that a household
and over a third of local people struggle to               will experience ‘housing stress’ if a household
pay for home heating during winter. Problems               spends more than 30% of its income on housing
with damp, mould and the adequacy and                      costs (either rent or mortgage).44 Housing is
affordability of home heating are problems                 arguably the single biggest expenditure item in
shared at a local and a national level.                    a household budget so when housing costs are
                                                           high there is less money for other items and less
Social housing register and HNZ                            choices available.
vacancies
                                                           Nearly four in ten (39%) private rental
The numbers people waiting for social housing
                                                           households are paying more than 30% of their
in Porirua has increased by 11% in the year to
                                                           household income on rent and are therefore
September 2017 in Porirua. Pressure on social
                                                           experiencing ‘housing stress’. One in five
housing is greater nationally with figures
                                                           households pay over 40% of their income on
showing a 27% increase over the same period.
                                                           rent and 15% commit over half their household
The Housing Register represents applicants                 income. This problem is not unique to Porirua,
not currently in social housing who have been              with national figures even higher.
assessed as eligible for social housing, and who

43 The Determinants of Health for Children and Young People in Hutt Valley, Capital and Coast and Wairarapa DHBs,
   November 2014: 93,98.
44 www.repository.digitalnz.org/system/uploads/record/attachment/415/how_affordable_is_housing_in_new_zealand_and_
   what_strategies_are_available_to_reduce_housing_stress_.pdf

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Safety
     Indicator                    Porirua                            New Zealand                      Status
     Safe place to live  46       2017                           No directly comparable               NA
                                  Yes                        89% national data
     Safe for children            2017                            No directly comparable              NA
     under 14 years47             Yes                         79% national data
     Safety in city centre        Quality of Life 2016               Citizens’ Satisfaction           Young people feel less
     after dark                   26% 18-24 year olds agree          Survey 2016/1748                 safe than older age
                                  very or fairly safe                47% agree feel safe/very         groups
                                  compared to 37% for all            safe (adults)
                                  ages
     Walking alone in             Quality of Life 2016               Citizens’ Satisfaction           Young people feel less
     neighbourhood at             Walking alone in local             Survey 2016/17                   safe than older age
     night                        neighbourhood at night             68% agree feel safe/very         groups
                                                                     safe
                                  58% 18-24 year olds agree
                                  very or fairly safe
                                  compared to 68% for all
                                  ages
     Unintentional                No. hospital discharges            No. hospital discharges   Porirua rate higher
     injuries49                   for 0-9 years olds                 for 0-9 years olds        than national rate and
                                  Rate/100,000                       Rate/100,000              increasing
                                  2016                 990.0         2016                824.3
                                  2015                 856.8         2015                821.9
     Substantiated                Porirua CYF site                 NZ                                Porirua rate increasing
     findings of abuse            2016/17                      213 2016/17                    12,117 while national rate
     (Distinct children and       2015/16                      172 2015/16                  13,598 decreasing
     young people)50
                                  Increase 41 or 24%                 Decrease 1,481 or 11%
                                  Ethnic breakdown               Ethnic breakdown                     Local rates increasing
                                  2016/1751                      2016/17                              while national rates
                                  Māori                     50% Māori                                 decreasing
                                  Pasifika                 28.5% Pasifika                             Māori and Pasifika over-
                                  European/Pakeha            37% European/Pakeha                      represented
                                  Other                     10 %

     45 Annual Residents Survey 2017.
     46 As above.
     47 NZ Police Citizens’ Satisfaction Survey, Gravitas, 2017.
     48 NZ Injury Query System psm-dm.otago.ac.nz/niqs/index.php
     49 Distinct means counted only once for the period shown www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/
        statistics/cyf/findings.html#Downloadthelatestnationalandlocalleveldata3
     50 The percentage exceeds 100% as some children and young people identify as multiple ethnicities. Data supplied by Ministry for
        Vulnerable Children via email 15 December 2017.

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Perceptions of safety                                            Substantiated findings of abuse
Nearly nine out of ten residents consider Porirua                In Porirua the number of substantiated findings
a safe place to live in 2017 similar to numbers in               of abuse increased by 24% or 41 children and
2016. Approximately eight out of ten residents                   young people in 2017 compared to the previous
consider Porirua a safe place for children in                    12 months.
annual resident’s surveys in 2016 and 2017.
                                                                 This differs from the national trend which saw
Young people feel less safe than other older                     an 11% decrease in children and young people
age groups in their neighbourhood at night and                   with substantiated findings of abuse.
in the city centre at night.
                                                                 Māori and Pasifika children and young
                                                                 people are over-represented in abuse data,
Unintentional injuries
                                                                 particularly Māori children.
Unintentional injury rates (accidents) for
children aged under 10 years in Porirua are                      A finding of abuse or neglect is made after an
higher than the national rate and have                           investigation or assessment is completed by
increased on the figure twelve months prior.                     Child, Youth and Family and abuse or neglect
Unintentional injury is a leading cause of                       is substantiated. Abuse includes emotional,
hospitalisation for children in New Zealand.51                   physical and sexual abuse as well as neglect.

While local data by ethnicity was unavailable,                   Note: Data has been requested on the ethnic
research shows that rates of unintentional                       breakdown on abuse data at a national level
injury tend to be higher for Māori and Pasifika                  but was not available in time.
children and there are correlations between
high levels of poverty and high rates of
unintentional injury in children. Boys also tend
to have higher rates of unintentional injuries
compared to the rate for girls.

51   Injury Prevention Aoteaora www.injuryprevention.org.nz/focus-areas/child-and-youth/

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