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Censusatlas 2001-Bonaire Census atlas 2001 Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles Bonaire N 0 W E 1 S 101 102 2 205 203 202 201 # 204 304 # 206 # # 305 303 508 302 3 Zones of Bonaire 506 301 5 403 1 Rincon 507 2 Nort Saliña 606 3 Antriol 601 4 602 4 Nikkiboko 604 5 Playa 6 Tera Kòra 6 Willemstad, July 2005 1 © Central Bureau of Statistics Fort Amsterdam z/n, Willemstad Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles Sint Maarten Office: 054 -22355 Curaçao Office: 09 461 1031 Bonaire Office: 0717-8676 Curaçao Fax: 599-9 461 1696 E-mail address: [email protected] Website: www.cbs.an This product is copyright protected. Use of the contents of this publication is allowed, provided that the source is stated. Price per copy ANG 50, - includes a cd-rom with colored maps, designed for printouts. 2 Preface The Central Bureau of Statistics Netherlands Antilles proudly presents the first thematic atlas that is completely dedicated to the island of Bonaire. This product is based on the results of the Population and Housing Census, held in 2001. In this publication the data will be presented on the level of neighborhoods, instead of the usual division of islands in zones or areas. By eliminating physically the level of zones or areas, the Central Bureau of Statistics creates a new perspective of analysis, which will subsequently suit more planners, developers and decision makers in their effort to solve problems on the level of neighborhoods. This publication is compiled by Drs. Sean de Boer, who is responsible for the dissemination of the census data at the Central Bureau of Statistics. The Director Drs. Francis Vierbergen 3 4 Table of contents PREFACE 3 INTRODUCTION 7 METHODOLOGICAL FRAME 8 1 POPULATION ISSUES 9 1.1 SIZE AND DENSITY OF THE POPULATION 9 1.2 POPULATION BY SEX AND AGE 10 1.3 ORIGIN OF THE POPULATION AND THE MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE 12 1.4 HEALTH PERCEPTION 13 1.5 RELIGION 14 1.6 INTENDED TO MIGRATE 15 2 ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE POPULATION 29 2.1 GENERAL 29 2.2 THE INCOME OF THE EMPLOYED POPULATION 30 2.3 HOUSEHOLD INCOME 31 2.4 UNEMPLOYMENT 32 2.4.1 Youth unemployment 32 3 EDUCATION 39 3.1 GENERAL 39 3.2 SCHOOL PARTICIPATION 39 3.2.1 Participation rate of the age group 0-3 years 40 3.3 LEVEL OF EDUCATION 40 3.5 DROP-OUT RATE AMONG THE YOUTH 41 4 LIVING ACCOMMODATION AND HOUSEHOLD SITUATION 47 4.1 GENERAL 47 4.2 STOCK OF DWELLINGS, DENSITY OF DWELLINGS AND THE AREA FOR LIVING PURPOSES 47 4.3 LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS, OCCUPANCY RATE AND SIZE OF HOUSEHOLDS 48 4.4 ADEQUACY OF LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS 48 4.5 RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP, THE MONTHLY RENT PAID AND THE RATIO BETWEEN RENT AND THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME 49 4.6 PRESENCE OF BASIC- AND LUXURIOUS APPLIANCES IN THE LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS 49 4.7 COMPOSITION OF HOUSEHOLDS 50 4.7.1 Female head of household 53 4.7.2 One-person households 53 4.7.3 One-parent family households 54 5 SOCIAL ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 69 APPENDIX 71 Graphs: Graph 1: Population of Bonaire 9 Graph 2: Sex ratio in Bonaire 10 Graph 3: Relative age distribution 11 Graph 4: Origin of the population in Bonaire 13 Graph 5: Economic status of the population 29 Graph 6: School participation 39 Graph 7: Composition of households 51 Table: Table 1: Status in employment 30 5 Thematic maps: Population in the neighborhoods 17 Sex ratio 18 Demographic burden 19 Population 0 – 14 years of age 20 Population 65 years and older 21 Foreign-born population 22 Papiamentu speaking households 23 Perception of health 24 Roman Catholics 25 Migration inclination 26 Migration inclination population 18-24 years 27 Economic burden 33 Income of the employed population 34 Household income 35 Unemployment rate 36 Unemployment rate 15-24 years 37 School participation 15-19 years 43 School participation 0-3 years 44 Level of education 45 Drop out rate 15-24 years of age 46 Total number of dwellings 55 Square meters for living purposes 56 Size of households 57 Living accommodations in bad condition 58 Uninhabited living dwellings 59 Rented – in property ratio 60 Average rent paid per accommodation 61 Basic appliances 62 Luxurious appliances 63 Female head of household 64 One-person household 65 One-parent households 66 Social-economic overview 69 6 Introduction In January 2001 the Central Bureau of Statistics conducted the fourth population and housing Census in the Netherlands Antilles. The following publication contains spatial displays of this census data regarding the socio-economic and living conditions of the population living in Bonaire. All themes in this publication refer primarily to the census data of 2001. Zones and neighborhoods divide the island of Bonaire. In Bonaire 6 zones along with 22 neighborhoods are identified. Since there is no information available about zoning of neighborhoods in Bonaire, the Central Bureau of Statistics uses criteria defined by experts of the Department of Environment development and Housing (DROV)1 in Curaçao as a points of reference. According to DROV one must assume: The already known neighborhoods in the community (either by historical or cultural agreement); That a neighborhood could be easily recognized in a spatial environment; That an entity such as a neighborhood counts a minimum of 25 houses within a beam of one-third mile (500 meters) That an entity such as a neighborhood, finally, must have at its disposition a church, a school, a community center or a commercial or recreational area. The spatial themes in this publication present most of the time the data by equal intervals or brackets. The brackets are usually arranged from the lowest through the highest and are presented in gray scales. The intensity varies from patterns with light gray through patterns with dark gray. The division of data in five brackets guaranties a clear interpretation of the data. Some of the topics can only be used as an indication. The reason for this is the fact that great parts of the population are densely concentrated on relative small areas while other parts reside less densely concentrated in areas much greater in size. In some cases there are no data presented for some of the neighborhoods. Therefore it is impossible to compare these neighborhoods with the each other within an area. This compilation is divided in five chapters. Each chapter will discuss a main topic. The five main topics are: population issues, the economic situation in neighborhoods, education issues, household and living accommodations and finally a chapter with an overall view of the socio-economic situation in the neighborhoods. 1 Geocodesysteem Curaçao versie 2003, Eilandgebied Curaçao, Dienst Ruimtelijke Ontwikkeling & Volkshuisvesting 7 Methodological frame The Central Bureau of Statistics designed the basic map of the island of Bonaire. This basic map is digitally adapted from its original in the software ARCVIEW 3.3 for use with geographical data. Data become geographical when geographical codes are attached to home addresses and to persons living in households at these addresses. These geographical data are subsequently connected to spatial display systems and from this moment on it is called Geographical Information System. Geographical Information Systems have the possibility to archive, compute, manipulate, analyze and display the spatial data. In addition, all of the presented maps of Bonaire encompass the definition for that specific theme. The reader will be therefore referred to the concerning theme. It is also very important to consider the fact that the presented indicators in this publication cannot be compared with data derived from administrative sources. It is often the case that definitions used in compiled administrative records usually differ from those used in the Census. Finally, it has to be mentioned that the purpose of this publication is generally descriptive. The relation between variables or indicators will be merely analyzed in this publication. 8 1 Population issues 1.1 Size and density of the population In 2001, the census counted 175,653 persons living in the Netherlands Antilles. Of the total number 10,791 persons inhabits Bonaire. The population of Bonaire, therefore, represents 6.1% of the total population of the Netherlands Antilles. If the size of the population of Bonaire in 2001 is compared with the size in 1992, the population increased with only 604 inhabitants. This increment in size of the population is equivalent to almost 6 percent. Population of Bonaire 1930 - 2001 (index 1930 = 100) index 200 175 150 125 100 75 1930 1960 1972 1981 1992 2001 Year CBS, Census data Graph 1 Graph 1 gives an insight in the development of the size of the population, starting with the year 1930. According to the graph it seems that nothing happened between 1930 and 1960, but since 1960 the population of Bonaire grew explosively in size. The growth took place most of the time between the years 1960 and 1972 and between 1981 and 1992. The map on page 17 shows the population in the neighborhoods. The most populated neighborhoods according to the map are 303/Antriol Pariba with 1,430 inhabitants and 403/Nikiboko with 1,535 inhabitants. The neighborhoods 205/Sabadeco, 304/Lagun Hill, 602/Lima and 604/Punt Vierkant, on the contrary, are known as the least dense with a population that varies between 18 and 33 inhabitants per neighborhood. 9 1.2 Population by sex and age In Bonaire, fifty-one percent (50.8%) of the population is female and forty-nine percent (49.2%) is male. The following graph shows the sex ratio, and this is the number of females divided by the number of males and subsequently multiplied by 100, meaning the total number of females per 100 males.
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