Each district Community Compass report provide a wealth of detailed knowledge about wellbeing across the region and within districts. Indicators which are tracked include:

Economy

·       Retail spending by category

·       New businesses registration,  deregistration and type

·       Tourism spend by category and origin

Demography

·       Total population, age and ethnic cohort changes

·       Changes by SA2/sub district

Employment

·       Household income

·       Sole parent, job seeker and means tested benefit rates

·       Employment rate

Housing

·       Median sale price and rent

·       Years to save a deposit

·       Purchasing and renting affordability

·       Home ownership rate

Education

·       NCEA pass rate by school

·       Secondary school retention and exclusion rates

·       Leavers with no qualification

Deprivation

·       Overall and SA2 deprivation changes

Crime

·       Crime rate and type

·       Spatial patterns of crime

The reports are an easy to read and highly informative source of information on community wellbeing. The WWP is very grateful for the support of Dot Loves Data which allows us to regularly pubic these reports.

Dot Loves Data collates and shares much more data than can be seen on the compass reports. For more information contact Dot Loves Data at: support@communitycompass.co.nz