Grahams Beach
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|official_name = Grahams Beach
|image_skyline = Grahams Beach4.jpg
|image_caption = The reserve at Grahams Beach
|area_total_km2 = 4.28
|population_footnotes = {{NZ population data 2018||||y}}
|population_as_of = {{NZ population data 2018|||y}}
|population_total = {{NZ population data 2018|Big Bay-Grahams Beach|y}}
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = New Zealand
|subdivision_type1= Region
|subdivision_name1= Auckland Region
|subdivision_type2= Ward
|subdivision_name2= Franklin ward
|subdivision_type3= Community board
|subdivision_name3= Franklin Local Board
|leader_title = Territorial Authority
|leader_name = Auckland Council
|leader_title2 = Mayor of Auckland
|leader_name2 = {{NZ officeholder data|Auckland Mayor|y}}
|leader_title3 = Port Waikato MP
|leader_name3 = {{NZ officeholder data|Port Waikato MP|y}}
|leader_title4 = Hauraki-Waikato MP
|leader_name4 = {{NZ officeholder data|Hauraki-Waikato MP|y}}
|seat_type = Electorates
|seat = {{ubl|Port Waikato|Hauraki-Waikato}}
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Grahams Beach is a rural settlement on the northern tip of the Āwhitu Peninsula and south coast of the Manukau Harbour in the Auckland Region of New Zealand.{{cite map|url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz5217/Grahams-Beach/Auckland|title=Grahams Beach, Auckland|publisher=NZ Topo Map|first=Gavin|last=Harriss|date=March 2022}} The settlement as described by Statistics New Zealand also includes Big Bay.
Once known as Graham's Beach, it was on a ferry route between Waiuku and Onehunga in 1895.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18950801.2.3.3?query=Grahams+Beach|newspaper=Auckland Star|date=1 August 1895|title=Advertisements - Shipping}} A wharf was built in about 1903.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19031114.2.41?query=Grahams+Beach|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|date=14 November 1903|title=Wharf at Grahams Beach, Awitu}} A primary school flourished in Graham's Beach around 1927.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19270810.2.103.9?query=Grahams+Beach|newspaper=The Sun (Auckland)|date=10 August 1927|title=Dates for Tenders}} It closed in 1949 when rural schools in the area were consolidated to Awhitu District School.{{cite web|url=https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/manukau/id/5481/|title=12 September 1949|publisher=Auckland Libraries|access-date=26 July 2022}}
Demographics
Statistics New Zealand describes Big Bay-Grahams Beach as a rural settlement, which covers {{Convert|4.28|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Urban Rural 2023 (generalised)|access-date=26 January 2025}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2018|Big Bay-Grahams Beach|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2018|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Big Bay-Grahams Beach|y}}|R}}/4.28|0}} people per km2. Grahams Beach is part of the larger Āwhitu statistical area.{{NZ census place summary 2018|awhitu|Āwhitu}}
{{Historical populations|2006|150|2013|90|2018|93|2023|120|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|7009364 and 7009358}}|footnote=The 2006 population is for a larger area of 8.68 km2, including Orua Bay.}}
Big Bay-Grahams Beach had a population of 120 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 27 people (29.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 30 people (33.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 57 males and 60 females in 63 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%2Bdo1.1110.2023&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}} The median age was 62.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 6 people (5.0%) aged under 15 years, 6 (5.0%) aged 15 to 29, 54 (45.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 51 (42.5%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 95.0% European (Pākehā), 15.0% Māori, 2.5% Asian, and 5.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 100.0%, and other languages by 2.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 15.0, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 35.0% Christian. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.0%, and 5.0% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 15 (13.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 69 (60.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 33 (28.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $28,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 6 people (5.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 39 (34.2%) people were employed full-time and 12 (10.5%) were part-time.{{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%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.1110.2013%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=Big Bay-Grahams Beach (1110)}}
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