TAFEA PROVINCE
KEY - FACTS
The 2016 Post Pam mini census was carried out to update statistics on the population and socio-economic development, after the Tropical cyclone (TC) Pam, throughout all the provinces of Vanuatu. Population characteristic is vital information about Vanuatu and individual provinces.
Tafea province fact-sheet is a booklet that summarizes all information for Tafea province in eleven (11) key topics. The topics are being summarize and presented in a form of key findings.
The key findings are from the population information, housing information, education, information on labor, agriculture and forestry, livestock and fisheries, communication and energy, water and sanitation, disaster and lastly the information on registration.
KEY RESULT
1. POPULATION
POPULATION
Tafea province has a youthful population with 46% of the population under the age of 15 years of age. About a quarter of Tafea population are between the age of 15- 29 years and the percentage keeps decreasing as the age increases.
Age group by sex showed an interesting analysis. In Tafea, there are more males in the younger and older age groups while females dominated the population in the two middle groups 15-29 & 30-49.
Presenting Tafea population by Area council showed that majority of the population are from Tanna area councils with high proportion compared to the outer islands. West Tanna stood tall with over 8,000 people while Aniwa maintain as low as below 500
2. HOUSING
Housing or dwelling is defined as a structural building or shelter that houses a nuclear or an extended family. Housing materials in Vanuatu can be in the form of a traditional, modern or a makeshift style.
The statistical definition of a household (HH) in a census is ”a family that live together and share the cost and work of preparing a meal”.
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS
Out of the total private households in Vanuatu, 12% (6,853) are counted in Tafea province (Table 1). Table 2 showed that Tanna island has the highest number of private households (87%) compared to the outer islands in Tafea.
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
The size of a household refers to the number of family members living together. This can be calculated as total number of population surveyed divided by the total number of households surveyed. For Example: In Tafea total population (in private households) is 36,799 and the total private households is 6,853. Therefore, the average household size is: 36,799/6,853 = 5 person per household.
3. EDUCATION
The 2016 Mini Census questionnaire includes 2 questions pertaining to School Attendance. These questions were asked to household member living in the household that did or did not attend school. A person is considered to be in education if, during the survey week, they attended any form of education either full time or part time.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Figure 1 shows that majority of age 4 to 13 years old attended school during the census period. On the other hand majority of age 23 to 30 do not attend school. Overall as the age increases, the number of population that attended school decreases..
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
Tafea statistics of children that attended school shows that majority of the student falls in the Primary Level with over nine thousand children (see Table 2). The area council with most primary students is West Tanna with just over two thousand children. Middle bush Tanna, Whitesands, North Tanna and South West Tanna had over 1,000 primary students and the rest of the area councils had under 500 students attending Primary Schools. The least is from Aniwa area council with 104 primary students.
4. LABOUR FORCE
'Labour force' are the working-age population who during the survey reference week are classified as 'employed' and 'unemployed'.
Main Activity in the Last Seven Days
The Mini Census asked main activity during the last seven days. Main activity was asked to population aged 15 years and over and type of activity which were;
1. Employed ; Employer, Self employed, employee public/private sector.
2. Producing goods ; included producing goods for own consumption and sale.
3. Unpaid family Work ; includes family business and household duties.
4. Volunteer work ; includes community and church services.
5. Economically inactive ; are the population not involved in any work during the survey period but are in the working age group. This does not
include Retired, Disabled and full time students.
SHEFA PROVINCE
KEY - FACTS
The 2016 Post Pam mini census was carried out to update statistics on the population and socio-economic development, after the Tropical cyclone (TC) Pam, throughout all the provinces of Vanuatu. Population characteristic is vital information about Vanuatu and individual provinces.
Shefa province fact-sheet is a booklet that summarizes all information for shefa province in eleven (11) key topics. The topics are being summarize and presented in a form of key findings.
The key findings are from the population information, housing information, education, information on labor, agriculture and forestry, livestock and fisheries, communication and energy, water and sanitation, disaster and lastly the information on registration.
KEY RESULT
1. POPULATION
POPULATION
More than 40% of the population of Shefa is made up of the age of 30 to 49. The age group of 15 to 29 and the ages below 15 have less than 30% of population whereas the ages of 50+ have the least percentage
Age group by sex shows that in Shefa there are about equal size of males compared to females at almost all age groups. However, the number of males is slightly higher than the number of females
In Shefa province, Efate is the most populated island with about eighty four thousand people compared to other islands within the province as presented in figure 3. This means that Efate constitutes 87% of Shefa Population. The least populated island, on the other hand, is the outer islands of Efate with two thousand people.
2. HOUSING
Housing or dwelling is defined as a structural building or shelter that houses a nuclear or an extended family. Housing materials in Vanuatu can be in the form of a traditional, modern or a makeshift style. Out of the total private households in Vanuatu, 36% (19,913) are counted in Shefa province.
The statistical definition of a ‘household (HH)’ in a census is “a family that live together and share the cost and work of preparing a meal”.
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
The size of a household refers to the number of family members living together. This can be calculated as total number of population surveyed divided by the total number of households surveyed. For Example: In Shefa, total population (in private households) is 96,405 and the total private households is 19,913. Therefore, the average household size is: 96,405/19,913 = 5 person per household.
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
Like all other provinces, almost 20% (3,595) of the total private households are headed by women (Figure 2). Usually males are the household head as shown in most provinces including Shefa. The highest number of female headed households are common in household with only 1 person living in the house. Shefa has shown otherwise that female headed households are more common in household with household size of 3 person and this is not likely for the males. The male headed households increase with the household size in Shefa and are at its highest with household size of 4 person
3. EDUCATION
The 2016 Mini Census questionnaire includes 2 questions pertaining to School Attendance. This applies to any person living in the household who had attended school. A person is considered to be involved in education if, during the survey week they attended any form of education either full time or part time.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Figure 1 shows that majority of children aged 4 to 8 years old attended school during census period. Overall as the age increases, the number of population that attended school decreases.
EDUCATIONAL LEVEL
Shefa statistics of children that attended school shows that majority are at the Primary Level with over 19 thousand children. Compared with the other levels, primary accounts for 76% of children attending school.
The Area Council with most primary children is Port Vila with over nine thousand children. Both Erakor and Eratap had over one thousand children while all other area councils had lower than that.
4. LABOUR FORCE
'Labour force' are the working-age population who during the survey reference week are classified as 'employed' and 'unemployed'. Figure 1 shows that 37 percent of the Labor force are in Shefa.
MAIN ACTIVITY IN THE LAST 7 DAYS
The Mini Census asked main activity during the last seven days. Main activity was asked to population aged 15 years and over under the following type of activity;
1. Employed ; Employer, Self employed, employee public/private sector.
2. Producing goods ; included producing goods for own consumption and sale.
3. Unpaid family Work ; includes family business and household duties.
4. Volunteer work ; includes community and church services.
5. Economically inactive ; are the population not involved in any work during the survey period but are in the working age group. This does not include Retired, Disabled and full time students.
TORBA PROVINCE
KEY - FACTS
The 2016 Post Pam mini census was carried out to update statistics on the population and socio-economic development, after the Tropical cyclone (TC) Pam, throughout all the provinces of Vanuatu. Population characteristic is vital information about Vanuatu and individual provinces.
Torba province fact-sheet is a booklet that summarizes all information for torba in eleven (11) key topics. The topics are being summarize and presented in a form of key findings.
The key findings are from the population information, housing information, education, information on labor, agriculture and forestry, livestock and fisheries, communication and energy, water and sanitation, disaster and lastly the information on registration.
KEY RESULT
1. POPULATION
POPULATION
More than 40% (4,179) of the population of Torba province is made up of young people under the age of 15 years. About a quarter (2,460) of Torba population are between the age of 15-29 years and the percentage keeps decreasing as the age increases
Age group by sex shows that in Torba, there are about equal size of males compared to females at almost all age groups. There are only a slightly higher number of females in the age group of 15-29
The majority of the Torba population are from Vanua Lava area council, as presented in figure 3, with over 3,000 people. The least population, on the other hand, is from Ureparapara with the population less than 500 people.
2. HOUSING
Housing or dwelling is defined as a structural building or shelter that houses a nuclear or an extended family. Housing materials in Vanuatu can be in the form of a traditional, modern or a makeshift style. Out of the total private households in Vanuatu, 3.5% (1,960) are counted in Torba province.
The statistical definition of a ‘household (HH)’ in a census is: “a family that live together and share the cost and work of preparing a meal”.
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS
Table 2 shows that Merelava has the highest number of private households compared to the other area councils in Torba. On the other hand Vanua Lava is the most populated area council.
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
The size of a household refers to the number of family members living together. This can be calculated as total number of population surveyed divided by the total number of households surveyed. For Example: In Torba total population (in private households) is 9,875 and the total private households is 1,960. Therefore, the average household size is: 9,875/1,960 = 5 person per household. The average household size of 5 person and below is higher in Mota compared to other area councils.
3. EDUCATION
The 2016 Mini Census questionnaire includes 2 questions pertaining to School Attendance. This applies to any person living in the household who had attended school or not. A person is considered to be involved in education if, during the survey week they attended any form of education either full time or part time.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Majority of age 9 to 13 years old attended school during census period. Overall as the age increases, the number of population that attended school decreases.
SEX RATIO
The sex ratio is simply the ratio of males to females in a population. The data is based on students currently attending school. In Torba Province, for every 100 females attending school there are 5 males more.
4. LABOUR FORCE
'Labour force' are the working-age population who during the survey reference week are classified as 'employed' and 'unemployed'.
MAIN ACTIVITY IN THE LAST 7 DAYS
The Mini Census asked about the main activity during the last seven days. Main activity was asked to population aged 15 years and over under the following;
1. Employed ; Employer, Self employed, employee public/private sector.
2. Producing goods ; included producing goods for own consumption and sale.
3. Unpaid family Work ; includes family business and household duties.
4. Volunteer work ; includes community and church services.
5. Economically inactive ; are the population not involved in any work during the survey period but are in the working age group. This does not include Retired, Disabled and full time students
SANMA PROVINCE
KEY - FACTS
The 2016 Post Pam mini census was carried out to update statistics on the population and socio-economic development, after the Tropical cyclone (TC) Pam, throughout all the provinces of Vanuatu. Population characteristic is vital information about Vanuatu and individual provinces.
Sanma province fact-sheet is a booklet that summarizes all information for sanma province in eleven (11) key topics. The topics are being summarize and presented in a form of key findings.
The key findings are from the population information, housing information, education, information on labor, agriculture and forestry, livestock and fisheries, communication and energy, water and sanitation, disaster and lastly the information on registration.
KEY RESULT
1. POPULATION
POPULATION
Forty percent (20,765) of the population of Sanma province is made up of young people under the age of 15 years. About a quarter (14,105) of Sanma population is between age of 15-29 years and the percentage keeps decreasing as the age increases
Age group by sex shows that in Sanma, there are more males compared to females at almost all age groups. There are only a slightly higher number of females’ age group of 15-29
The majority of the Sanma population are from Luganville area council, as presented in figure 3, with over 15,000 (30%) people. The least population, on the other hand, is from North West Santo with the population less than 2,000 (3%) people.
2. HOUSING
Housing or dwelling is defined as a structural building or shelter that houses a nuclear or an extended family. Housing materials in Vanuatu can be in the form of a traditional, modern or a makeshift style.
The statistical definition of a ‘household (HH)’ used in a census is; “a family that live together and share the cost and work of preparing a meal”.
PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS
Out of the total private households in Vanuatu, 19.4% (10,704) are counted in Sanma province, mostly centered in Luganville compared to other area councils
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
The size of a household refers to the number of family members living together. This can be calculated as total number of population surveyed divided by the total number of households surveyed. In Sanma the total population (in private households) is 52,145 and the total private households is 10,704. Therefore, the average household size is: 52,145/10,704 = 5 person per household. Figure 1 indicates that in West Malo the average household size is smaller compared to other area councils with the biggest household size in Luganville.
3. EDUCATION
The 2016 Mini Census questionnaire includes 2 questions pertaining to School Attendance. This applies to any person living in the household who had attended school. A person is considered to be involved in education if, during the survey week they attended any form of education either full time or part time.
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
Majority of age 4 to 8 years old attended school during census period. Overall as the age increases, the number of population that attended school decreases.
SEX RATIO
The sex ratio is simply the ratio of males to females in a population. This data is based on students currently attending. According to Sanma Province, there are more males attending school than females.
4. LABOUR FORCE
'Labour force' are the working-age population who during the survey reference week are classified as 'employed' and 'unemployed'. Figure 1 shows that 20 percent (29,099) of the total Labor force are in Sanma.
MAIN ACTIVITY IN THE LAST 7 DAYS
The Mini Census asked main activity during the last seven days. Main activity was asked to population aged 15 years and over under the following type of activity;
1. Employed includes Employer, Self employed, employee public/private sector.
2. Producing goods included producing goods for own consumption and sale.
3. Unpaid family work includes family business and household duties.
4. Volunteer work includes community and church services.
5. Economically inactive are the population not involved in any work during the survey period but are in the working age group. This does not include Retired, Disabled and excluding full time students.