Wharemoa
{{short description|Suburb of Greymouth, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2021}}
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{{Infobox New Zealand suburb
| name = Wharemoa
| city1 = Greymouth
| ward = Central
| council = Grey District Council
| image = Wharemoa.jpg
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| area = 124
| population = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Marsden|y}}
| popdate = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
| popref = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Wharemoa
| north = Greymouth Central
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Wharemoa is a southeastern suburb of Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand. Marsden Road is a major road running through the suburb. Sawyers Creek runs northwest through the suburb to join the Grey River / Māwheranui near its mouth on the Tasman Sea.{{cite map|url=https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz34505/Wharemoa/West-Coast|title=Wharemoa, West Coast|scale=1:50,000|first=Gavin|last=Harriss|author2=Land Information New Zealand|series=Topo50}}
Demographics
Marsden statistical area, which roughly corresponds to Wharemoa, covers {{Convert|1.24|km2||abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787| access-date=4 August 2023|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} It had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Marsden|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Marsden|y}}|R}}/1.24|0}} people per km2.
{{Historical populations|2006|1,176|2013|1,236|2018|1,221|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=}}
Marsden had a population of 1,221 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 15 people (−1.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 45 people (3.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 495 households, comprising 603 males and 618 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 38.6 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 258 people (21.1%) aged under 15 years, 222 (18.2%) aged 15 to 29, 534 (43.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 207 (17.0%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 89.4% European/Pākehā, 12.0% Māori, 1.2% Pasifika, 4.2% Asian, and 3.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 13.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.1% had no religion, 40.3% were Christian, 0.7% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.2% were Hindu, 0.7% were Muslim, 0.2% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 168 (17.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 228 (23.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $34,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 156 people (16.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 501 (52.0%) people were employed full-time, 153 (15.9%) were part-time, and 27 (2.8%) were unemployed.{{NZ census 2018|Marsden (310500)|marsden|Marsden}}
References
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{{Grey District|state=expanded}}