A city of inclusive and diverse communities

• What are inclusive and diverse communities?
• What we are monitoring?
• 2007 Baseline report

This page provides information on the 'inclusive and diverse communities' outcome. It defines the outcome, explains what is being monitored, provides information from the 2007 Baseline report and links to the outcome indicator sheets and various stories of success relating to this outcome.

What are inclusive and diverse communities?

Our diversity is seen, heard, valued and celebrated. All people feel a sense of belonging and participate in the community.

We will know we are succeeding when:

Our city is built on strong communities.

• Everybody feels a sense of community belonging.
• There is a sense of connectedness within neighbourhoods.
• Everybody has access to excellent community resources and facilities.
• Our voluntary sector is well supported and valued for its contribution to our city.

A diverse range of people feel at home in Christchurch.

• All people feel welcome and safe in Christchurch.
• People can retain their language and cultures.
• We are sensitive to the different views, values and aspirations of people within Christchurch.
• Our services respond to the diversity of our population.

Everybody is able to participate, particularly those who are most vulnerable.

• Disadvantage is reduced, particularly for people on low incomes, refugees and new migrants, Maori and Pacific Island people and people with disabilities.
• We support our children and young people and their families/whanau.

What we are monitoring?

Headline indicators

• Social networks and groups
  
• "I feel a sense of community with others in my local neighbourhood" [PDF 19KB]
  
• Socio-economic disadvantage
  
• Proportion of Christchurch population by New Zealand Deprivation Index, 2001 and 2006 [PDF 20KB]
• Distribution of Christchurch Population by meshblock: New Zealand Deprivation Index, 2006 [PDF 339KB]
• Income gap between low and high income earners, Canterbury [PDF 19KB]
• Population living in households with low incomes [PDF 21KB]
  
• Diversity
  
• Christchurch as a place to live with a diverse ethnic population [PDF 20KB]
• Distribution of Maori speakers as a proportion of the Maori population, 2006 [PDF 263KB]
  
• Overall quality of life
  
• Perception of overall quality of life for residents of Christchurch [PDF 18KB]
  

Key indicators

• Ethnic diversity
  
• Residents who speak the first language of their ethnic group, 2006 [PDF 23KB]
• Ability to hold a conversation about everyday life in English, 2006 [PDF 416KB]
• Proportion of the Maori population by ancestry and iwi affiliation [PDF 20KB]
  
• Income support
  
• Percentage of people over 15 years of age on means tested benefits [PDF 20KB]
  
• Unpaid work
  
• Number of employed people who participate in unpaid activities outside the home, 2001–2006 [PDF 19KB]
• Percentage of people engaged in unpaid work outside the home, 2001–2006 [PDF 18KB]

2007 Baseline report

Strong communities

• Christchurch resident surveys report that people continue to have a high overall quality of life (91 per cent good or very good quality of life).
• 68 per cent of people have a sense of connectedness within their neighbourhood.

People feel at home

• Christchurch is becoming more diverse and the City aims to make all people feel welcome and safe. Retaining language is an important aspect of maintaining cultural identity. 25 per cent of Maori in 2006 could speak Te Reo Maori.

Everybody can participate

• Compared with the rest of New Zealand, Christchurch has more people living in higher rather than lower deprivation decile groups; 22 per cent of the population live in households with income less than 60 per cent of the national median average.
  

Tell us your stories of success at: monitor@ccc.govt.nz

Authorising Unit: Strategy Support

Last reviewed: Monday, October 17, 2011

Next review: Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Keywords: diversity