Harrisville, New Zealand
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| subdivision_name1 = Waikato
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| subdivision_name2 = Waikato District
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Harrisville is a locality about 3 km northeast of Tuakau and 5.5 km southeast of Pukekohe in the North Island of New Zealand.
The area was named for an early landowner and politician, Benjamin Harris, and was largely settled by Danes.{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand|volume=2. Auckland Provincial District|year=1902|article=Harrisville|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d2-d12.html}}{{Cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18820617.2.10?query=Major%20Harris&items_per_page=10&phrase=2&snippet=true|newspaper=Timaru Herald|volume=XXXVI|issue=2414|date=17 June 1882|page=2|title=The Franklin North Election}}{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18931129.2.74?query=Major%20Harris&items_per_page=10&phrase=2&page=2&snippet=true|newspaper=Auckland Star|volume=XXIV|issue=283|date=29 November 1893|title=Untitled}}
History
The population decline of Harrisville is evinced by the town going from weekly church services to having none at all in 1914.{{cite book | last=Derbyshire | first=Noel William | title=Serving the Community: a history of the Pukekohe Anglican Parish|publisher=Wily Publications | date=2016 | isbn=978-1-927167-30-4|page=77}}
Demographics
Harrisville is in an SA1 statistical area which covers {{Convert|4.18|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 1 2023 (generalised)|access-date=8 March 2025}} The SA1 area is part of the larger Tuakau Rural statistical area.
{{Historical populations|2013|138|2018|126|2023|117|percentages=pagr|align=left|title=Historical popualtion for Harrisville|source=}}
Harrisville had a population of 117 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 9 people (−7.1%) since the 2018 census, and a decrease of 21 people (−15.2%) since the 2013 census. There were 66 males and 54 females in 39 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_009&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.7032418.2023&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}} 2.6% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 39.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 15 people (12.8%) aged under 15 years, 27 (23.1%) aged 15 to 29, 63 (53.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 15 (12.8%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 56.4% European (Pākehā), 7.7% Māori, 15.4% Pasifika, and 25.6% Asian. English was spoken by 97.4%, and other languages by 23.1%. The percentage of people born overseas was 38.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 41.0% Christian, and 5.1% Hindu. People who answered that they had no religion were 46.2%, and 7.7% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 21 (20.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 45 (44.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 39 (38.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $50,700, compared with $41,500 nationally. 9 people (8.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 60 (58.8%) people were employed full-time, 12 (11.8%) were part-time, and 3 (2.9%) 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_012&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.7032418.2013%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=7032418}}
=Tuakau Rural statistical area=
Tuakau Rural statistical area, which surrounds but does not include Tuakau, covers {{Convert|43.04|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised)|access-date=8 March 2025}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Tuakau Rural|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Tuakau Rural|y}}|R}}/43.04|0}} people per km2.
{{Historical populations|2006|1,335|2013|1,371|2018|1,491|2023|1,581|percentages=pagr|align=left|title=Historical population for Tuakau Rural|source={{NZ census 2018|Tuakau Rural (169900)|tuakau-rural|Tuakau Rural}}|footnote=The 2006 population is for a larger area of 46.00 km2.}}
Tuakau Rural had a population of 1,581 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 90 people (6.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 210 people (15.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 822 males, 756 females and 3 people of other genders in 528 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%2Bdo1.169901.2023&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}} 1.9% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 44.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 231 people (14.6%) aged under 15 years, 315 (19.9%) aged 15 to 29, 750 (47.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 285 (18.0%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 79.9% European (Pākehā); 15.2% Māori; 5.7% Pasifika; 12.7% Asian; 0.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.2%, Māori language by 2.7%, Samoan by 1.1%, and other languages by 13.9%. No language could be spoken by 1.5% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 22.4, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 34.3% Christian, 1.7% Hindu, 0.4% Islam, 0.6% Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.4% New Age, and 1.3% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 53.5%, and 7.4% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 231 (17.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 759 (56.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 357 (26.4%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $44,900, compared with $41,500 nationally. 204 people (15.1%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 756 (56.0%) people were employed full-time, 219 (16.2%) were part-time, and 24 (1.8%) 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.169901.2013%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=Tuakau Rural (169901)}}
Education
Harrisville School is a co-educational state primary school covering years 1 to 6,{{TKI|1303|Harrisville School}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1303|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}} The school opened in 1877.{{cite web|url=https://www.harrisville.school.nz/|title=Welcome to Harrisville Primary School|publisher=Harrisville School|accessdate=24 August 2019}} In the 2019 Education Review Office report, 38% of the students were Māori.{{cite web|url=https://www.ero.govt.nz/review-reports/harrisville-school-28-05-2019/|title=Harrisville School - 28/05/2019|publisher=Education Review Office|date=28 May 2019|accessdate=24 August 2019}}
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