Canterbury Wellbeing Index
The Canterbury Wellbeing Index monitors wellbeing and tracks the progress of social recovery from the 2010/11 earthquakes, using indicators to identify emerging social trends and issues. It provides accurate and robust information to the Canterbury DHB, partner agencies and the community.
The Canterbury Wellbeing Index consists of a range of indicators structured around health, knowledge and skills, economic wellbeing, social connectedness, civil participation, housing, safety and people.
The Canterbury Wellbeing Index is updated and revised annually and was first published in June 2013.
The Canterbury Wellbeing Index will be reviewed in 2017 so the 2017 volume of the Index will not be produced. Instead Community and Public Health will come together with partner agencies to consider the purpose and content of the Index within the context of other monitoring activities.
Share your thoughts on collected health and wellbeing data
What monitoring tools matter to you? Community and Public Health want to hear from you!
Community and Public Health has a role in promoting and monitoring wellbeing in the Canterbury region. Consequently they are interested in what sources of information about our population’s health and wellbeing you either currently use or would find useful.
Help Community and Public Health meet your needs by completing an online survey – it should take 15 to 20 minutes!
Share your thoughts before the survey closes on Tuesday 2nd August 2017.
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:
Emma Kenagy
Ph:+64 3 378 6707
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)