Hauraki District
{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hauraki District
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| settlement_type = Territorial authority district
| total_type = Total
| image_skyline = Paeroa Post Office.jpg
| image_caption = Normanby Road, Paeroa, with the former Paeroa Post Office building at left
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = New Zealand
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Waikato Region
| subdivision_type2 = Wards
| subdivision_name2 = Paeroa
Plains
Waihi
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| seat = Paeroa
| leader_name = Toby Adams
| leader_title = Mayor
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| leader_name2 = Hauraki District Council
| leader_title2 = Territorial authority
| area_land_km2 = 1270.12
| population_as_of = {{NZ population data 2018|||y}}
| population_footnotes = {{NZ population data 2018||||y}}
| population_total = {{NZ population data 2018|Hauraki district|y}}
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| timezone = NZST
| utc_offset = +12
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| utc_offset_DST = +13
| postal_code_type = Postcode(s)
| postal_code = [http://www.nzpost.co.nz/sites/default/files/uploads/shared/postcodemaps/hauraki-district.pdf Map of postcodes]
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| website = [http://www.hauraki-dc.govt.nz/ Hauraki District Council]
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Hauraki District is a territorial authority governed by the Hauraki District Council within the Waikato region of New Zealand. The seat of the council is at Paeroa.
The area covered by the district extends from the southwest coast of the Firth of Thames southeast towards Te Aroha, although that town lies beyond its boundaries. It extends eastwards to the Bay of Plenty coast, taking in the southernmost part of the Coromandel Peninsula. The rest of the peninsula is part of Thames-Coromandel District.
Features of the district include the Karangahake Gorge, Whiritoa, the Hauraki Plains, Ngatea and the gold mining town of Waihi.
Demographics
Hauraki District covers {{Convert|1270.12|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787| access-date=28 February 2022|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2018|Hauraki district|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2018|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Hauraki district|y}}|R}}/1270.12|1}} people per km2. {{NZ population data 2018|Paeroa|y}} live in Paeroa and {{NZ population data 2018|Waihi|y}} in Waihi.
{{Historical populations|2006|17,856|2013|17,808|2018|20,022|2023|21,318|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|Hauraki District (012)|hauraki-district|Hauraki District}}}}
Hauraki District had a population of 21,318 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,296 people (6.5%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 3,510 people (19.7%) since the 2013 census. There were 10,458 males, 10,797 females and 66 people of other genders in 8,343 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%2Bdo1.012%2Bw_01201%2Bw_01202%2Bw_01203.2023&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+. The median age was 47.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 3,792 people (17.8%) aged under 15 years, 3,000 (14.1%) aged 15 to 29, 9,039 (42.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 5,487 (25.7%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 83.6% European (Pākehā); 24.1% Māori; 3.6% Pasifika; 4.5% Asian; 0.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.6%, Māori language by 4.6%, Samoan by 0.2% and other languages by 5.7%. No language could be spoken by 1.7% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 14.4, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 27.3% Christian, 0.6% Hindu, 0.1% Islam, 1.7% Māori religious beliefs, 0.6% Buddhist, 0.6% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.5% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 59.0%, and 8.7% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 1,659 (9.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 9,870 (56.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 5,532 (31.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $32,000, compared with $41,500 nationally. 1,131 people (6.5%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 7,464 (42.6%) people were employed full-time, 2,433 (13.9%) were part-time, and 489 (2.8%) 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%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.012.2013%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=Hauraki District (012)}}
File:2023 NZ Census Population Density - Hauraki District.png
Local government
In 2010, the neighbouring Franklin District was abolished with the creation of the Auckland Council, and a stretch of the southwest coast of the Firth of Thames, around Kaiaua, was added to the Hauraki District.
Populated places
Hauraki District consists of the following towns, localities, settlements and communities:
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- Paeroa Ward:
- Awaiti
- Hikutaia South{{efn|group=haupp|Partly shared with Thames-Coromandel District.}}
- Karangahake
- Komata North
- Komata Reefs
- Komata
- Mackaytown
- Maratoto
- Netherton
- Paeroa
- Te Moananui
- Tirohia
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- Plains Ward:
- Horahia
- Kaiaua{{efn|group=haupp|name=frank|Formerly part of the defunct Franklin District.}}
- Kaihere
- Kerepehi
- Kopuarahi
- Mangatarata
- Miranda{{efn|group=haupp|name=frank}}{{efn|group=haupp|Also known as Pūkorokoro.}}
- Ngatea
- Orongo
- Patetonga
- Pipiroa
- Torehape
- Turua
- Waharau{{efn|group=haupp|name=frank}}
- Waitakaruru
- Whakatīwai{{efn|group=haupp|name=frank}}
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- Waihi Ward:
- Golden Cross
- Golden Valley
- Waiharakeke
- Waihi
- Waikino
- Waimata
- Waitawheta
- Waitekauri
- Whiritoa
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References
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{{Adjacent communities
| title = Adjacent cities and districts
| Centre = Hauraki
| N = Firth of Thames, Thames-Coromandel
| E = Bay of Plenty
| SE = Western Bay of Plenty
| S = Matamata-Piako
| W = Waikato
}}
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