Bay of Plenty District Health Board serves a population of 259,090 people (2020/21 projection).
- Bay of Plenty’s population tends to be older than the national average.
- Bay of Plenty has a higher proportion of Māori in comparison to the national average, and a lower proportion of Pacific people.
- Bay of Plenty has a relatively low proportion of people in the least deprived section of the population while the most deprived sections are over-represented.
Population by age, 2020/21
Bay of Plenty’s population tends to be older than the national average.
DHB population | National population | |
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00–09 | 13.0% | 12.6% |
10–19 | 12.8% | 13.0% |
20–29 | 10.7% | 13.9% |
30–39 | 11.9% | 13.6% |
40–49 | 11.8% | 12.3% |
50–59 | 12.8% | 12.7% |
60–69 | 12.3% | 10.8% |
70–79 | 9.7% | 7.3% |
80–89 | 4.2% | 3.2% |
90+ | 0.9% | 0.7% |
Ethnic mix, 2020/21
Bay of Plenty has a higher proportion of Māori in comparison to the national average, and a lower proportion of Pacific people.
DHB population | National population | |
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Other | 72.6% | 76.7% |
Māori | 25.6% | 16.6% |
Pacific | 1.8% | 6.7% |
Deprivation, 2020/21
Bay of Plenty has a relatively low proportion of people in the least deprived section of the population while the most deprived sections are over-represented.
Deprivation is reported in ‘quintiles’. Quintile 1 represents the least deprived section of the population while quintile 5 represents the most deprived section.
Nationally, each quintile represents 20% of the population. The percentages in each quintile will vary for each DHB.
- If a DHB has more than 20% of people within a quintile, it means there are more people in that deprivation group than the national average.
- If it has less than 20% of people within a quintile, it means there are fewer people in that deprivation group than the national average.
More information
- Enrolment in a primary health organisation – demographics data for people enrolled in primary health organisations
Contact Bay of Plenty DHB
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