Waikoukou Valley

The Tikokopu, Wharauroa and Waikoukou rivers were dammed in the 1800s to log kauri.{{Cite journal| last1 = Hayward | first1 = B. W.| author-link1=Bruce Hayward |last2 = Diamond | first2 = J. T.| author-link2=J. T. Diamond | title = Kauri Dam Sites in the Waitakere Ranges | journal = Tane |volume = 6 |pages=105-120 | accessdate = 2022-05-03| date = 1975| url = http://www.thebookshelf.auckland.ac.nz/docs/Tane/Tane-21/18%20Kauri%20Dam%20Sites%20in%20the%20Waitakere%20Ranges.pdf}}

A post office was established at William Blake's premises in 1861.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18610524.2.11?query=Waikoukou|newspaper=Daily Southern Cross|title=Post Office - Mails|date=24 May 1861|page=2}} Blake was running a saw mill by 1862,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18621023.2.3.4?query=Waikoukou|newspaper=Daily Southern Cross|title=Kauri Timber|date=23 October 1862|page=2}} but he moved to Taranaki in 1866,{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18681207.2.52.2?query=Waikoukou|newspaper=Daily Southern Cross|title=Police Court—Saturday. [Before T. Beckham, Esq., R.M.] |date=December 1868|page=5}} with the saw mill sold the following year.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18670309.2.7?&query=Waikoukou|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|title=Land Sale|date=9 March 1867|page=4}} Milling continued by the Wilkins brothers until the 1880s.{{cite web|url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/technicalpublications/TP146%20Kaipara%20River%20Catchment%20Water%20Allocation%20Strategy%202001%20Part%20B.pdf|title=TP146 Kaipara River Catchment Water Allocation Strategy 2001 Part B|publisher=Auckland City Council|year=2001|page=21}}

A flax mill was operating by 1870.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18700103.2.21?query=Waikoukou|newspaper=Daily Southern Cross|title=Waitakere-the Flax and Gum Industry|page=4}}

Land use moved from extraction to dairy farming in the 1920s, although there was some debate on whether to replant trees towards the end of the decade.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19281107.2.131.6?query=Waikoukou|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|title=Butter or Timber?|date=7 November 1928|page=16}}{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19290223.2.12?query=Waikoukou|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|title=Forests or Farms|date=23 February 1929|page=8}} Electricity was supplied to the area in 1930.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19300217.2.118?query=Waikoukou|newspaper=Auckland Star|title=Electric Power|date=17 February 1930|page=8}}

Waikoukou Valley statistical area covers {{Convert|52.86|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=16 December 2024}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Waikoukou Valley|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Waikoukou Valley|y}}|R}}/52.86|0}} people per km².

{{Historical populations|2006|1,401|2013|1,518|2018|1,728|2023|1,749|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|Waikoukou Valley (112600)|waikoukou-valley|Waikoukou Valley}}}}

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Waikoukou Valley had a population of 1,749 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 21 people (1.2%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 231 people (15.2%) since the 2013 census. There were 885 males, 852 females and 12 people of other genders in 579 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%2Bdo1.112600.2023&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}} 3.3% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 44.9 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 306 people (17.5%) aged under 15 years, 318 (18.2%) aged 15 to 29, 873 (49.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 249 (14.2%) aged 65 or older.

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 94.5% European (Pākehā); 8.4% Māori; 2.2% Pasifika; 3.8% Asian; 0.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.1% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.6%, Māori language by 0.5%, and other languages by 9.3%. No language could be spoken by 1.4% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 21.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 23.8% Christian, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Islam, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.3% Jewish, and 1.2% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 65.9%, and 7.7% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 264 (18.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 828 (57.4%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 264 (18.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $50,000, compared with $41,500 nationally. 306 people (21.2%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 783 (54.3%) people were employed full-time, 243 (16.8%) were part-time, and 33 (2.3%) 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.112600.2013%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=Waikoukou Valley (112600)}}

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