Harrowfield
{{short description|Suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2019}}
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{{Infobox New Zealand suburb
| name = Harrowfield
| image = Sewer_bridge_at_Tauhara_Gully,_Hamilton.jpg
| caption1 = Sewer bridge over the Kirikiriroa Stream carries a walkway/cycleway linking Harrowfield with Queenwood
| city1 = Hamilton, New Zealand
| council = Hamilton City Council
| ward = East Ward
| established = 1980s
| area = 42
| population = 579
| popdate = 2023 Census
| coordinates = {{coord|37|44|30.5|S|175|15|31.67|E|region:NZ|display=it}}
| map = {{infobox mapframe|zoom=13}}
| caption2 =
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Harrowfield
| north = Flagstaff
| northeast = Rototuna
| east = Callum Brae
| southeast = Queenwood
| south =Beerescourt
| southwest = St Andrews
| west = Pukete
| northwest = St Petersburg
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Harrowfield is a suburb in eastern Hamilton in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://hamilton.co.nz/maps/ListMaps.aspx|title=Hamilton Map|work=Hamilton City Council|accessdate=18 September 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923025338/http://hamilton.co.nz/maps/ListMaps.aspx|archivedate=23 September 2010}} It was built in about 1991.{{Cite web|url=http://retrolens.nz/map/#/1798962.1971884707/5820035.276281014/1799717.0128428906/5820551.823386293/2193/13|title=Survey Number: SN9124 taken on 8/02/1991|last=|first=|date=|website=retrolens.nz|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mapspast.org.nz/?zoom=14&x=1800894&y=5819901&layerid=NZMS260%201999|title=Topomap sheet S14|last=|first=|date=|website=www.mapspast.org.nz|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-05}}
Part of Tauhara Park borders the suburb. The park has a mini golf area, a playground, sports fields{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamilton.govt.nz:443/our-city/parks/parksandgardens/Pages/Destination-Parks.aspx|title=Destination Parks|last=|first=|date=|website=www.hamilton.govt.nz|language=en-NZ|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-05}} and walkway/cycleway paths, which connect Harrowfield to the Kirikiriroa Stream valley, Queenwood and Flagstaff.{{Cite web|url=https://www.livingstreets.org.nz/sites/default/files/Living%20Streets%20Hamilton.%20map%20for%20Sunday%20stroll%20November%2013%2C%20Tauhara%20and%20Mangaiti.pdf|title=Gully Walk Maps-Tauhara Park|last=|first=|date=|website=Living Streets|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} Some of the park, on the far side of Wairere Drive, covers the old Rototuna landfill. Since the late 1990s much of the leachate from the landfill has been collected for disposal at Pukete sewage works.{{Cite web|url=https://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/Services/Regional-services/Waste-hazardous-substances-and-contaminated-sites/Solid-waste/What-happens-to-our-waste/Waste-Disposal-Sites/|title=Waste disposal sites|last=|first=|date=|website=www.waikatoregion.govt.nz|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-05}} However residents were expressing concerns about it in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/7237596/Resident-suspects-white-liquid-oozing-from-landfill|title=Resident suspects white liquid oozing from landfill|website=Stuff |language=en|access-date=2020-04-05}}
Christmas lights in the suburb attract many visitors.{{Cite news|last=Nicholson|first=Danielle|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hamilton-news/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503366&objectid=11772195|title=Harrowfield lights up|work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=2020-04-05|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}
In 2017 development of a further 22 dwellings, including 8 duplexes, was approved. Previous developments were on plots of around {{Convert|1200|m2||abbr=on}}, rather than the higher {{Convert|320|m2||abbr=on}} density of the new one, which backs on to Wairere Drive.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/98355960/duplex-proposal-for-hamiltons-exclusive-harrowfield-area-perplexes-neighbours|title=Duplex proposal for Hamilton's exclusive Harrowfield area perplexes neighbours|website=Stuff |language=en|access-date=2020-04-05}}
Demographics
Harrowfield is marked on the 1:50,000 map{{Cite web|url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz377/Rototuna/|title=Rototuna, Waikato|website=NZ Topo Map|language=en|access-date=2020-04-05}} and is referred to as a suburb in its own right,{{Cite web|url=http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info/hamilton_streets/topics/show/1249-harrowfield-drive|title=Harrowfield Drive|last=|first=|date=|website=ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info|language=en|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-05}} but as a census area it is part of Queenwood.{{Cite web|url=http://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|title=ArcGIS Web Application|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com|access-date=2020-04-05}}
Harrowfield covers {{Convert|0.42|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 April 2025}}
{{Historical populations|2006|474|2013|471|2018|438|2023|579|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|7011946, 7011947 and 7011948}}}}
Horrowfield had a population of 579 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 141 people (32.2%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 108 people (22.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 273 males and 306 females in 207 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%2Bdo1.7011946%2B7011947%2B7011948.2023&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}} 2.1% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 96 people (16.6%) aged under 15 years, 120 (20.7%) aged 15 to 29, 258 (44.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 105 (18.1%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 75.1% European (Pākehā), 13.5% Māori, 2.1% Pasifika, 19.7% Asian, and 3.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.8%, Māori language by 3.6%, Samoan by 1.0%, and other languages by 21.2%. No language could be spoken by 1.6% (e.g. too young to talk). The percentage of people born overseas was 28.0, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 36.3% Christian, 1.6% Hindu, 1.6% Islam, 1.6% Buddhist, 0.5% Jewish, and 3.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 49.7%, and 5.7% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 174 (36.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 243 (50.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 66 (13.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 93 people (19.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 267 (55.3%) people were employed full-time, 69 (14.3%) were part-time, and 18 (3.7%) 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_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.7011946%2B7011947%2B7011948.2013%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=7011946, 7011947 and 7011948}}
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! ! colspan="4" |meshblock 0952109 south/ ! colspan="4" |0952108 centre/ ! colspan="4" |0952107 north/ ! rowspan="2" |National median income |
| Year
!{{abbr|Pop|Population}} !Average age !Households !Median income !Pop !Average age !Households !Median income !Pop !Average age !Households !Median income |
|---|
| 2001
|204 |43.1 |63 |$27,900 |129 |44.5 |45 |$32,000 |156 |38.3 |54 |$35,000 |$18,500 |
| 2006
|174 |49 |63 |$43,800 |132 |48 |45 |$33,800 |165 |44 |57 |$44,000 |$24,100 |
| 2013
|168 |53.3 |66 |$43,800 |117 |50.2 |45 |$36,700 |186 |47.5 |63 |$33,800 |$27,900 |
| 2018
|174 |49.3 |66 |$53,300 |117 |49.0 |45 |$44,600 |147 |52.3 |66 |$44,800 |$31,800 |
| 2023
|189 |42.3 |66 |120 |45.4 |45 |270 |37.3 |96 |$41,500 |