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1. Geography
Table 1.1: Total population by province and Census year, population density, Vanuatu: 1967-2009.......................................................... 11
Figure 1.1: Total population by five year age groups, Vanuatu: 1999 and 2009 .......................................................................................... 11
Table 1.2: Total population by place of residence and sex, and number of people living in households by household type ...................... 12
Figure 1.2: Average household size (private households) and province....................................................................................................... 14
Figure 1.3: Vanuatu population 1967-2009................................................................................................................................................. 14
2. Age
Table 2.1: Total population by 5-year age groups and by province and urban-rural residence ................................................................... 15
Table 2.2: Usually resident population by 5-year age groups and by province, island................................................................................. 17
Table 2.3: Total male population by 5-year age groups and urban, rural and island ................................................................................... 19
Table 2.4: Total female population by 5-year age groups and by province and urban-rural residence ....................................................... 22
Table 2.5: Usually resident population by 5-year age groups, sex and province.......................................................................................... 21
Figure 2.1: Usually resident population, age-sex pyramid........................................................................................................................... 21
Table 2.6: Usually resident population by single year and sex, and province............................................................................................... 24
3. Social topics
Table 3.1: Population living in private households by ethnic origin and sex, and by province and urban-rural residence .......................... 27
Table 3.2: Male population living in private households by ethnic origin and sex, and by province and urban-rural residence ................. 29
Table 3.3: Female population living in private households by ethnic origin and sex, and by province and urban-rural residence.............. 31
Table 3.4: Population living in private households by ethnic origin, 5-year age groups and sex ................................................................. 33
Table 3.5: Total Population by religion and by province and urban-rural residence.................................................................................... 34
Table 3.6: Male Population by religion and by province and urban-rural residence.................................................................................... 36
Table 3.7: Female Population by religion and by province and urban-rural residence ................................................................................ 38
Table 3.8: Total population by religion, 5-year age groups and sex ............................................................................................................ 40
Table 3.9: Population living in private households by citizenship and sex and by province and urban-rural residence .............................. 41
Figure 3.1: Population living in private households by citizenship and province ......................................................................................... 42
Table 3.10: Population living in private households by 5-year age groups, sex and citizenship................................................................... 43
Figure 3.2: Population living in private households by 5-year age groups, sex and citizenship.................................................................... 43
Table 3.11: Non-Vanuatu citizens living in private households by country of citizenship ............................................................................ 44
Figure 3.3: Non-Vanuatu citizens living in private households by country of citizenship............................................................................. 44
Table 3.12: Total population by marital status and sex and by province and urban-rural residence........................................................... 45
Table 3.13: Total population 15 years and older by marital status, 5-year age group and sex, province and urban, rural and province .... 47
4. Migration
Table 4.1: Population living in private households by place of birth, sex and by province and urban-rural residence................................ 51
Figure 4.1: Population living in private households by place of birth, sex and province .............................................................................. 52
Table 4.2: Population living in private households by place of birth if different than current place of residence, sex and by province and
urban-rural residence ................................................................................................................................................................................ 53
Table 4.3: Overseas born population by country of birth............................................................................................................................ 55
Figure 4.2: Overseas born population by country of birth........................................................................................................................... 55
Table 4.4: Total population and whether place of usual residence same as place of enumeration by sex and by province and urban-rural
residence ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Figure 4.3: Total population and whether place of usual residence same as place of enumeration by sex and province........................... 57
Table 4.5: Total population enumerated elsewhere than place of usual residence and place of usual residence by sex and by province
and urban-rural residence ......................................................................................................................................................................... 58
Table 4.6: Population usually residing overseas by country of residence .................................................................................................... 60
Figure 4.4: Population usually residing overseas by country of residence ................................................................................................... 60
Table 4.7: Total population and whether place of usual residence 5 years ago same as place of enumeration by sex and by province and
urban-rural residence ................................................................................................................................................................................ 61
Figure 4.5: Total population and whether place of usual residence 5 years ago same as place of enumeration by sex and province........ 62
Table 4.8: Total population where place of usual residence 5 years ago different than place of enumeration by sex and by province and
urban-rural residence ................................................................................................................................................................................ 63
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Table 4.9: Population who lived overseas 5 years ago by country of residence........................................................................................... 65
Figure 4.6: Population who lived overseas 5 years ago by country of residence ......................................................................................... 65
5. Health
Table 5.1: Population living in private households reporting difficulties in seeing by sex and urban, rural and island................................ 66
Figure 5.1: Population living in private households reporting difficulties in seeing ..................................................................................... 67
Table 5.2: Population living in private households by 5-year age group and sex, reporting difficulties in seeing........................................ 68
Figure 5.2: Population living in private households by 5-year age group and sex, reporting difficulties in seeing ..................................... 68
Table 5.3: Population living in private households reporting difficulties in hearing by sex and urban, rural and island.............................. 69
Figure 5.3: Population living in private households reporting difficulties in hearing ................................................................................... 70
Table 5.4: Population living in private households by 5-year age group and sex, reporting difficulties in hearing...................................... 71
Figure 5.4: Population living in private households by 5-year age group and sex, reporting difficulties in hearing .................................... 71
Table 5.5: Total population reporting difficulties in walking by sex and urban, rural and island ................................................................. 72
Figure 5.5: Total population reporting difficulties in walking ....................................................................................................................... 73
Table 5.6: Population living in private households by 5-year age group and sex, reporting difficulties in walking...................................... 74
Figure 5.6: Population living in private households by 5-year age group and sex, reporting difficulties in walking .................................... 74
Table 5.7: Population living in private households reporting difficulties in remembering by sex and urban, rural and island .................... 75
Figure 5.7: Population living in private households reporting difficulties in remembering ......................................................................... 76
Table 5.8: Population living in private households by 5-year age group and sex, reporting difficulties in remembering ............................ 77
Figure 5.8: Population living in private households by 5-year age group and sex, reporting difficulties in remembering........................... 77
Table 5.9: Population living in private households aged 15 years and over by sex and whether smoking, or consuming alcohol or kava by
province and urban-rural residence .......................................................................................................................................................... 78
Table 5.10: Population living in private households aged 15 years and over by 5-year age group and sex and whether smoking, or
consuming alcohol or kava ....................................................................................................................................................................... 80
6. Education, literacy, and internet use
Table 6.1: Total population 5 years and older by sex, and whether attending a formal educational institution by province and urban-rural
residence ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 81
Table 6.2: Total population 5 years and older by age and sex, and whether attending a formal educational institution ........................... 83
Table 6.3: Population living in private households 5 years and older who attend a formal educational institution by sex and level of
education attended and by province and urban-rural residence ............................................................................................................... 84
Table 6.4: Population living in private households 5 years and older who attend a formal educational institution by age and sex and level
of education attended ............................................................................................................................................................................... 85
Figure 6.1: Population living in private households 5 years and older who attend a formal educational institution by age and sex and
level of education attended....................................................................................................................................................................... 86
Table 6.5: Total population 15 years and older by sex and highest level of education completed by province and urban-rural residence 87
Table 6.6: Male population 15 years and older by sex and highest level of education completed by province and urban-rural residence 89
Table 6.7: Female population 15 years and older by sex and highest level of education completed by province and urban-rural residence
................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 91
Table 6.8: Population 15 years and older by age and sex and highest level of education completed.......................................................... 93
Figure 6.2: Population 15 years and older by sex and highest level of education completed ..................................................................... 94
Table 6.9: Population living in private households 5 years and older by age and sex and language ability ................................................. 95
Table 6.10: Population living in private households 5 years and older by sex, literacy in English language and urban, rural and island .... 96
Figure 6.3: Population living in private households 5 years and older able to write and read a simple sentence in English ....................... 97
Figure 6.4: Population living in private households 5 years and older not able to write and read a simple sentence in English................. 97
Table 6.11: Population living in private households 5 years and older by sex, literacy in French language and urban, rural and island..... 98
Figure 6.5: Population living in private households 5 years and older able to write and read a simple sentence in French ....................... 99
Figure 6.6: Population living in private households 5 years and older not able to write and read a simple sentence in French ................. 99
Table 6.12: Population living in private households 5 years and older by sex, literacy in Bislama language and urban, rural and island . 100
Figure 6.7: Population living in private households 5 years and older able to write and read a simple sentence in Bislama.................... 101
Figure 6.8: Population living in private households 5 years and older not able to write and read a simple sentence in Bislama.............. 101
Table 6.13: Population living in private households 5 years and older by sex, literacy in other language and urban, rural and island..... 102
Figure 6.9: Population living in private households 5 years and older able to write and read a simple sentence in other language ........ 103
Figure 6.10: Population living in private households 5 years and older not able to write and read a simple sentence in other language 103
Table 6.14: Population living in private households 5 years and older who cannot write and read a simple sentence in any language by
age and sex, urban, rural and island........................................................................................................................................................ 104
Table 6.15: Population living in private households aged 15 years and over and whether used the internet by sex and by province and
urban-rural residence .............................................................................................................................................................................. 106
Figure 6.11: Population living in private households aged 15 years and over who used the internet by sex ............................................ 107
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Table 6.16: Population living in private households aged 15 years and over and whether used the internet by age and sex and by
province and urban-rural residence ........................................................................................................................................................ 108
7. Labour force and main daily activity
Table 7.1 Population 15 years and older in private households and labour force status, by province and urban-rural residence............ 111
Figure 7.1 Population 15 years and older in private households and labour force status.......................................................................... 112
Table 7.2 Male population 15 years and older in private households and labour force status, by province and urban-rural residence... 113
Figure 7.2 Male population 15 years and older in private households and labour force status................................................................. 114
Table 7.3 Female population 15 years and older in private households and labour force status, by province and urban-rural residence115
Figure 7.3 Female population 15 years and older in private households and labour force status ............................................................. 116
Table 7.4: Population 15 years and older in private households by sex, whether doing any work during the week before the Census, by
province and urban-rural residence ........................................................................................................................................................ 117
Figure 7.4: Population 15 years and older in private households by sex, whether doing any work during the week before the Census.. 118
Table 7.5: Population 15 years and older in private households by 5 year age group and sex, whether doing any work during the week
before the Census, by province and urban-rural residence...................................................................................................................... 119
Table 7.6: Population 15 years and older in private households who had a job but did not work during the week before the Census by sex
and by province and urban-rural residence............................................................................................................................................. 122
Figure 7.5: Population 15 years and older in private households who had a job but did not work during the week before the Census by
sex............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 123
Table 7.7: Population 15 years and older in private households who had a job but did not work during the week before the Census by
age and sex and by province and urban-rural residence......................................................................................................................... 124
Table 7.8: Working population 15 years and older in private households by sex and employment status, and by province and urban-rural
residence ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 127
Figure 7.6: Working population 15 years and older in private households by sex and employment status .............................................. 128
Table 7.9: Population 15 years and older in private households by age and sex, employment status and by province and urban-rural
residence ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 129
Table 7.10: Working population 15 years and over in private households by occupation, sex and by province and urban-rural residence...
................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 132
Table 7.11: Working population 15 years and over in private households by industry, sex and by province and urban-rural residence . 133
Table 7.12: Population 15 years and older in private households by sex who did not work during the week before the Census and did not
have a job, and whether actively looking for work, by province and urban-rural residence.................................................................... 135
Figure 7.7: Population 15 years and older in private households by sex who did not work during the week before the Census and did not
have a job, and whether actively looking for work.................................................................................................................................. 136
Table 7.13: Population 15 years and older in private households who did not work during the week before the Census and did not have a
job by age and sex and whether actively looking for work by province and urban-rural residence......................................................... 137
Table 7.14: Population 15 years and older in private households by sex who did not work during the week before the Census and who
did not look for work by reasons for not looking for work and by province and urban-rural residence.................................................. 140
Table 7.15: Population 15 years and older in private households who did not work during the week before the Census and who did not
look for work by age and sex, by reasons for not looking for work and by province and urban-rural residence..................................... 142
Table 7.16: Unemployed population 15 years and older in private households and whether available to work by sex, and by province and
urban-rural residence .............................................................................................................................................................................. 145
Figure 7.8: Unemployed population 15 years and older in private households and whether available to work by sex ............................ 146
Table 7.17: Unemployed population 15 years and older in private households by age and sex and whether available to work and by
province and urban-rural residence ........................................................................................................................................................ 147
8. Demography
8.1. Orphanhood
Table 8.1.1: Total population by 5 year age group, whether biological mother is still alive and by province ............................................ 150
Table 8.1.2: Total population by 5 year age group, whether biological father is still alive and by province .............................................. 151
8.2. Fertility
Table 8.2.1: Female population 15 years and older by 5-year age group and whether ever given birth by province and urban-rural
residence ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 152
Table 8.2.2: Female population 15 years and older by 5-year age group and total number of children ever born alive by province and
urban-rural residence .............................................................................................................................................................................. 153
Figure 8.2.1: Female population 15 years and older, total and average number of children ever born alive, province ............................ 155
Table 8.2.3: Female population 15 years and older by 5-year age group and total number of children dead by province and urban-rural
residence ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 156
Figure 8.2.2: Female population 15 years and older and total number of children dead, province........................................................... 158
Table 8.2.4: Female population aged 15-49 years by live births in 12 months preceding the Census by sex of child, by province and urbanrural
residence......................................................................................................................................................................................... 159
Table 8.2.5: Year of birth of last child born by sex of child, by province and urban-rural residence of mother......................................... 160
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9. Household characteristics
Table 9.1: Number of private households in 1999 and 2009 by province and urban-rural residence........................................................ 161
Figure 9.1: Number of private households in 1999 and 2009 by province................................................................................................. 162
Table 9.2: Household size by province and urban-rural residence............................................................................................................. 163
Figure 9.2: Number of private households and household size.................................................................................................................. 164
Table 9.3: Number of private households by type of living quarters and by province and urban-rural residence .................................... 165
Table 9.4: Main language spoken in private households by province and urban-rural residence.............................................................. 167
Figure 9.3: Main language spoken in private households by province and urban-rural residence ............................................................ 168
Table 9.5: Main material used for walls, floors, and roof by province and urban-rural residence............................................................. 169
Table 9.6: Number of private households by number of rooms, and by province and urban-rural residence........................................... 171
Figure 9.4: Number of private households by number of rooms, urban-rural residence........................................................................... 172
Table 9.7: Number of private households by main source of drinking water and by province and urban-rural residence........................ 173
Figure 9.5: Number of private households by main source of drinking water, urban-rural residence....................................................... 174
Table 9.8: Number of private households by main source of washing water and by province and urban-rural residence ....................... 175
Figure 9.6: Number of private households by main source of washing water, urban-rural residence....................................................... 176
Table 9.9: Number of private households by main toilet facility and by province and urban-rural residence........................................... 177
Figure 9.7: Number of private households by main toilet facility, urban-rural residence.......................................................................... 178
Table 9.10: Number of private households by main form of household rubbish disposal and by province and urban-rural residence .... 179
Figure 9.8: Number of private households by main form of household rubbish disposal, urban-rural residence ..................................... 180
Table 9.11: Number of private households by main source of lighting and by province and urban-rural residence ................................. 181
Figure 9.9: Number of private households by main source of lighting, urban-rural residence .................................................................. 182
Table 9.12: Number of private households by main source of cooking energy and by province and urban-rural residence..................... 183
Figure 9.10: Number of private households by main source of cooking energy, urban-rural residence.................................................... 184
Table 9.13: Number of private households by housing tenure and by province and urban-rural residence ............................................. 185
Figure 9.11: Number of private households by housing tenure, urban-rural residence............................................................................. 186
Table 9.14: Number of privately owned houses by age of building and by province and urban-rural residence ...................................... 187
Figure 9.12: Number of privately owned houses by age of building, urban-rural residence...................................................................... 188
Table 9.15: Number of privately owned houses by land tenure and by province and urban-rural residence............................................ 189
Figure 9.13: Number of privately owned houses by land tenure, urban-rural residence........................................................................... 190
Table 9.16: Number of insecticide treated bednets in private households and by province and urban-rural residence........................... 191
Figure 9.14: Percent of private households with and without insecticide treated bednets, province and urban-rural residence ............ 192
Table 9.17: Number of private households and number of children <5 years sleeping under bednets and by province and urban-rural
residence ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 193
Figure 9.15: Percent of children <5 years sleeping under bednets, province and urban-rural residence .................................................. 194
Table 9.18: Number of private households and availability of household durables in working order by province and urban-rural residence
................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 195
Table 9.19: Total number of household items in working order by province and urban-rural................................................................... 197
Table 9.20: Number of private households which had livestock by province and urban-rural residence.................................................. 199
Figure 9.16: Number of private households which had livestock by province ........................................................................................... 200
Table 9.21: Total number of livestock owned by private households by province and urban-rural........................................................... 201
Figure 9.17: Total number of livestock owned by private households by province ................................................................................... 202
Table 9.22: Number of private households growing cash crops, type of cash crop and by province and urban-rural residence ............. 203
Table 9.23: Number of private households involved in fishing in the last six months by province and urban-rural residence.................. 205
Table 9.24: Number of private households by main source of household income and by province and urban-rural residence ............... 207
Figure 9.18: Number of private households by main source of household income, urban-rural residence............................................... 208
Part 2: Census 2009 background
1.1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................................................................... 209
1.2.Administrative framework ............................................................................................................................................................. 210
1.3.Census preparations........................................................................................................................................................................ 213
1.4.Census enumeration ....................................................................................................................................................................... 215
1.5.Census data processing................................................................................................................................................................... 216 |
