Flagstaff, Hamilton

The District Plan lists two middens in the Te Awa O Katapaki valley.{{Cite web|title=Operative District Plan|url=https://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-council/council-publications/districtplans/ODP/Documents/Operative%20District%20Plan%20October%202017/Operative%20District%20Plan%20October%202017%20-%20Updates/Appendix_8_Historic_Heritage_Te_Awa_Lakes.pdf|date=18 October 2017|website=Hamilton City Council}}

Like most of western Waikato the land at Flagstaff was confiscated following the 1863 invasion of the Waikato. It was surveyed into 50-acre parcels as grants to militiamen of the Fourth Waikato Regiment.{{Cite web|title=WDC District Plan Review – Built Heritage Assessment - Historic Overview – Eastern Sector|url=https://wdcsitefinity.blob.core.windows.net/sitefinity-storage/docs/default-source/your-council/plans-policies-and-bylaws/plans/district-plan-review/section-32-reports/historic-heritage/appendix-10-4-1-5-historic-overview---5-eastern-sector.pdf?sfvrsn=8d2480c9_2|date=2018|website=Waikato District Council}}

Until Hamilton's suburbs extended to Flagstaff in the 1990s, the only roads through the area were Rototuna School Rd, River Rd and Sylvester Rd.{{Cite web|title=Sheet: N56|url=http://www.mapspast.org.nz/?zoom=14&x=1798879&y=5821552&layerid=NZMS1%201959|date=1944|website=www.mapspast.org.nz|access-date=2020-05-02}} River Road was shown on an 1865 map of the military settlements{{Cite web|title=Plan of the Military settlements in the Upper Waikato District|url=https://ap01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/delivery/64WAIKATO_INST/1276355280003401|website=ap01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com|access-date=2020-04-26}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and extended form Hamilton to Ngāruawāhia by 1879.{{Cite web|title=KIRIKIRIROA MEETING. WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18790712.2.12|date=12 Jul 1879|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2020-05-02}} A request to improve Flagstaff Hill Rd was made in 1909{{Cite web|title=Kirikiriroa Road Board. WAIKATO ARGUS|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19090306.2.11|date=6 Mar 1909|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2020-05-02}} and it was inspected in 1910.{{Cite web|title=Kirikiriroa Road Board. WAIKATO ARGUS|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19100205.2.22|date=5 Feb 1910|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2020-05-02}} Rototuna School Road was also on the 1865 map and was gravelled{{Cite web|title=Kirikiriroa Road Board. WAIKATO ARGUS|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19081003.2.6|date=3 Oct 1908|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2020-04-24}} in 1909.{{Cite web|title=Rototuna. WAIKATO ARGUS|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19090428.2.14|date=28 Apr 1909|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2020-04-24}} In 1908 J. and C. Sylvester asked Kirikiriroa Road Board for a road{{Cite web|title=Kirikiriroa Road Board. WAIKATO ARGUS|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIGUS19080502.2.11|date=2 May 1908|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2020-05-02}} and by 1917 the Board were planning to improve the road.{{Cite web|title=KIRIKIRIROA ROAD BOARD - WAIKATO TIMES|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19170109.2.40|date=9 Jan 1917|website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz|access-date=2020-05-02}}

Southern Flagstaff is in the Te Awa O Katapaki stream valley, which has a {{Convert|385|ha||abbr=on}} catchment. It has short-finned eels, mosquitofish and common smelt.{{Cite web|title=Te Awa O Katapaki Stream, Flagstaff, Waikato CBER Contract Report Number 13|url=https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10289/3771/CBER_13.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|last1=Hicks|first1=Dr Brendan J.|last2=Reynolds|first2=Gavin B.|last3=Laboyrie|first3=J. Lee|last4=Hill|first4=Christopher D. H.|date=9 October 2001|website=University of Waikato}} In 2013 fish passage was improved by a new culvert under River Rd.{{Cite web|title=Fish passage|url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/conservation/native-animals/fish/fish-passage/lessons-waikato-region-b.david.pdf|last=David|first=Bruno|date=2013|website=Department of Conservation}} Flows from the urban area are attenuated by Lake Magellan.{{Cite web|title=Proposed Waikato Regional Plan Change 1 - Waikato and Waipā River Catchments Further Submissions by Hamilton City Council|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/assets/WRC/Council/Policy-and-Plans/HR/Submissions/Further-submissions/Hamilton-City-Council.pdf|date=14 Sep 2018|website=Waikato Regional Council}}

The north of Flagstaff is in the {{Convert|3.2|km||abbr=on}} long southern branch of the Otama-ngenge stream valley. Giant kokopu live the stream. Glaisdale West lakes and wetland were built in 2015 to attenuate flows from the developed area and keep heavy metal run-off from vehicles out of Otama-ngenge stream.{{Cite web|title=Otama-ngenge Integrated Catchment Management Plan|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/assets/WRC/Services/Regional-planning-forecasting/OICMP.pdf|date=September 2015|website=Hamilton City Council}}

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Flagstaff covers {{Convert|5.21|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 3 2023 (generalised)|access-date=5 April 2025}} and had an estimated population of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Flagstaff North West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Flagstaff North East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Flagstaff South|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Flagstaff East|y}}|R}}|0}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|({{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Flagstaff North West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Flagstaff North East|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Flagstaff South|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Flagstaff East|y}}|R}})/5.21|0}} people per km².

{{Historical populations|2006|3,945|2013|5,898|2018|9,828|2023|12,777|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|Flagstaff North (175300), Flagstaff South (175500) and Flagstaff East (175800)}}}}

Flagstaff had a population of 12,777 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 2,949 people (30.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 6,879 people (116.6%) since the 2013 census. There were 6,168 males, 6,576 females and 30 people of other genders in 4,113 dwellings.{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.52630%2B175301%2B175302%2B175501%2B175801.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}} 2.4% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 37.5 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 2,991 people (23.4%) aged under 15 years, 2,013 (15.8%) aged 15 to 29, 5,571 (43.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 2,199 (17.2%) aged 65 or older.

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 61.3% European (Pākehā); 11.1% Māori; 2.3% Pasifika; 32.8% Asian; 2.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 93.5%, Māori language by 2.1%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 29.6%. No language could be spoken by 2.3% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 37.9, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 32.6% Christian, 5.2% Hindu, 2.3% Islam, 0.4% Māori religious beliefs, 1.6% Buddhist, 0.2% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 4.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 47.1%, and 6.5% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 3,246 (33.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 4,353 (44.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 2,187 (22.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $47,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 1,725 people (17.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 5,217 (53.3%) people were employed full-time, 1,233 (12.6%) were part-time, and 162 (1.7%) were unemployed.{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bib7%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.52630.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Flagstaff (52630)}}

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Endeavour School and Te Ao Mārama School are coeducational contributing primary schools (years 1–6) with rolls of {{NZ school roll data|6941|y}} and {{NZ school roll data|780|y}} students respectively as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}{{TKI|6941|Endeavour School}}{{TKI|780|Te Ao Mārama School}} Endeavour opened in 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.ero.govt.nz/review-reports/endeavour-school-07-02-2018/|title=Endeavour School - 07/02/2018|publisher=Education Review Office|date=7 February 2018}} and Te Ao Mārama opened in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.teaomārama.school.nz/|title=Welcome to Te Ao Mārama School|publisher=Te Ao Mārama School|access-date=14 October 2020}}

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