Canterbury Wellbeing Index
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) designed the Canterbury Wellbeing Index to monitor wellbeing and track the progress of social recovery from the 2010/11 earthquakes. The Index uses indicators to identify emerging social trends and issues. It also provides accurate and robust information to the Canterbury DHB, partner agencies and the community.
The Canterbury Wellbeing Index is updated and revised annually and was first published in June 2013.
The Canterbury Wellbeing Index was reviewed in 2017 rather than an updated volume being produced. Instead Community and Public Health came together with partner agencies to consider the purpose and content of the Index within the context of other monitoring activities.
The proposal for the next version of the Canterbury Wellbeing Index was approved by the Greater Christchurch Psychosocial Governance Group in December 2017. The new online tool will collate and curate high quality information about our region’s wellbeing status and factors influencing wellbeing (determinants). There will also be a focus on strengths-based measures and an analysis of equity.
The new Canterbury Wellbeing Index will be released in late 2018.
The latest Canterbury Wellbeing Index
In September 2016 the Canterbury Wellbeing Index was released by the Canterbury DHB. This was the first time the Canterbury DHB had released the information since inheriting the monitoring of psychosocial recovery from CERA on 1st March 2016.
- Download the Canterbury Wellbeing Index – September 2016 (9.71MB PDF)
- Download the Canterbury Wellbeing Index Summary – September 2016 (1.01MB PDF)
Sections of the 2016 Canterbury Wellbeing Index
- Participation in education (728KB PDF)
- Educational achievement: NCEA Level 2 pass rate (435KB PDF)
- Employment outcomes (869KB PDF)
- Household income (548KB PDF)
- Housing affordability and availability (1.54MB PDF)
- Keeping well and having access to health services (610KB)
- Mental wellbeing (1.84MB PDF)
- Risk factors (765KB PDF)
- Offending patterns (1.18MB PDF)
- Child abuse and neglect (398KB PDF)
- Participation in and attend the arts (365KB PDF)
- Sports participation (478KB PDF)
- Households are prepared for Civil Defence emergencies (295KB PDF)
- Social connectedness (632KB PDF)
- Civil participation (549Kb PDF)
- Population (713KB PDF)
For more information, contact:
Annabel Begg
Ph:+64 3 364 1777
Ring the Canterbury Support Line on 0800 777 846, if you are finding it hard and need support.
You will be able to talk to someone about accessing the kind of support you need.
Previous Canterbury Wellbeing Index Reports
June 2015 Canterbury Wellbeing Index
- Canterbury Wellbeing Index – updated August 2015 (5.7Mb PDF)
- Canterbury Wellbeing Index Summary – updated August 2015 (465Kb PDF)
- Section 1: Participation in education (910KB PDF)
- Section 2: Educational achievement (668Kb PDF)
- Section 3: Employment outcomes (778Kb PDF)
- Section 4: Household income (871K PDF)
- Section 5: Housing affordability and availability (872Kb PDF)
- Section 6: Keeping well and having access to health services (855Kb PDF)
- Section 7: Mental wellbeing (1.55Mb PDF)
- Section 8: Risk factors (1.1Mb PDF)
- Section 9: Offending patterns (801Kb PDF)
- Section 10: Child abuse and neglect (561Kb PDF)
- Section 11: Participation in and attend the arts (5KB PDF)
- Section 12: Sports participation (762Kb PDF)
- Section 13: Households are prepared for Civil Defence emergencies (493Kb PDF)
- Section 14: Social connectedness (620Kb PDF)
- Section 15: Civil participation (724K PDF)
- Section 16: Population (617Kb PDF)
June 2014 Canterbury Wellbeing Index
- Canterbury Wellbeing Index – updated July 2014 (5.8Mb PDF)
- Canterbury Wellbeing Index Summary – updated July 2014 (300Kb PDF)
June 2013 Canterbury Wellbeing Index
- Canterbury Wellbeing Index – updated December 2013 (4.3Mb PDF)