Maungaturoto
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The township is located close to the Otamatea River, an estuarial arm of the Kaipara Harbour 25 kilometres north of Wellsford and 45 kilometres south of Whangārei.
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Demographics
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People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 82.7% European (Pākehā); 29.0% Māori; 4.2% Pasifika; 3.3% Asian; 0.7% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.7%, Māori language by 6.5%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 4.9%. No language could be spoken by 2.0% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 39.7% Christian, 1.0% Hindu, 0.7% Islam, 5.5% Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.7% New Age, and 0.3% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 42.7%, and 9.1% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 60 (8.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 411 (57.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 222 (30.8%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $34,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 84 people (11.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 309 (42.9%) people were employed full-time, 102 (14.2%) were part-time, and 15 (2.1%) were unemployed.[4]
Maungatūroto statistical area
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Maungatūroto had a population of 1,308 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 39 people (3.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 219 people (20.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 630 males, 672 females and 6 people of other genders in 465 dwellings.[5] 2.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 40.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 270 people (20.6%) aged under 15 years, 219 (16.7%) aged 15 to 29, 558 (42.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 264 (20.2%) aged 65 or older.[6]
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 84.4% European (Pākehā); 26.8% Māori; 3.9% Pasifika; 3.0% Asian; 0.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.9%, Māori language by 6.4%, Samoan by 0.2%, and other languages by 4.8%. No language could be spoken by 1.6% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.2%. The percentage of people born overseas was 13.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 38.3% Christian, 0.7% Hindu, 0.5% Islam, 4.1% Māori religious beliefs, 0.2% Buddhist, 1.1% New Age, and 0.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 45.2%, and 9.4% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 84 (8.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 615 (59.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 312 (30.1%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $34,900, compared with $41,500 nationally. 120 people (11.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 453 (43.6%) people were employed full-time, 159 (15.3%) were part-time, and 21 (2.0%) were unemployed.[6]
Education
Otamatea High School is a secondary (years 7–13) school[7] with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data students.[8] The school held its 50th reunion in 2016.[9] The District High School was established in Maungaturoto in 1939.[10] Otamatea High School won the Goodman Fielder Composite School of the Year Award in 2000.[11]
Maungaturoto School is a contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data students.[12] It first opened in 1874.[13][14]
Otamatea Christian School is a composite state-integrated (years 1–13) school with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data students.[15]
All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of Template:NZ school roll data
Railway station
About Script error: No such module "convert". south west of the town,[16] Maungaturoto had a station on the North Auckland Line from 13 August 1915 to 12 June 1987. Passenger trains ended on 31 July 1967.[17] Refreshment rooms opened in 1923,[18] and had a hostel built for female refreshment room staff in 1940, but closed in November 1956. An engine shed was moved from Wellsford in 1920. Maungaturoto station also had a Script error: No such module "convert". x Script error: No such module "convert". goods shed, loading bank, cattle yards and a passing loop for 52 wagons. It was Script error: No such module "convert". from Auckland,[19] Script error: No such module "convert". south east of Huarau and Script error: No such module "convert". north west of Bickerstaffe.[20]
Notes
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External links
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