Maungaturoto

Coordinates: 36°06′S 174°22′E / 36.100°S 174.367°E / -36.100; 174.367
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Maungaturoto
Maungatūroto
Northland Regional Council
Area
[1]
 • Total3.17 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2023)[2]
 • Total1,010
 • Density320/km2 (830/sq mi)

Maungaturoto is a small town in the Northland Region of New Zealand.

The township is located close to the

Wellsford and 45 kilometres south of Whangārei
.

The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "mountain standing up in lagoons" for Maungatūroto.[3]

Demographics

Statistics New Zealand describes Maungaturoto as a rural settlement, which covers 3.17 km2 (1.22 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 1,010 as of June 2023,[2] with a population density of 319 people per km2. Maungaturoto is part of the larger Maungaturoto statistical area.

Historical population for Maungaturoto settlement
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006861—    
2013789−1.24%
2018912+2.94%
Source: [4]

Maungaturoto settlement had a population of 912 at the

2006 census
. There were 318 households, comprising 450 males and 468 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 204 people (22.4%) aged under 15 years, 186 (20.4%) aged 15 to 29, 360 (39.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 171 (18.8%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 84.9% European/Pākehā, 24.7% Māori, 2.3% Pacific peoples, 2.6% Asian, and 0.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 41.8% had no religion, 43.1% were Christian, 3.6% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% were Hindu, 0.3% were Muslim, 0.3% were Buddhist and 1.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 63 (8.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 171 (24.2%) people had no formal qualifications. 96 people (13.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 306 (43.2%) people were employed full-time, 108 (15.3%) were part-time, and 27 (3.8%) were unemployed.[4]

Maungaturoto statistical area

Maungaturoto statistical area covers 21.60 km2 (8.34 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 1,420 as of June 2023,[5] with a population density of 66 people per km2.

Historical population for Maungaturoto statistical area
YearPop.±% p.a.
20061,113—    
20131,089−0.31%
20181,269+3.11%
Source: [6]
Photo taken from Gorge Road, Maungaturoto
Fonterra in Maungaturoto
View from the Hills of Maungaturoto

Maungaturoto had a population of 1,269 at the

2006 census
. There were 450 households, comprising 639 males and 630 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.01 males per female. The median age was 37.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 291 people (22.9%) aged under 15 years, 234 (18.4%) aged 15 to 29, 510 (40.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 231 (18.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 85.8% European/Pākehā, 23.4% Māori, 2.8% Pacific peoples, 2.4% Asian, and 0.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 12.3, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 43.0% had no religion, 42.1% were Christian, 2.8% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 0.2% were Buddhist and 1.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 87 (8.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 222 (22.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $24,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. 147 people (15.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 438 (44.8%) people were employed full-time, 147 (15.0%) were part-time, and 30 (3.1%) were unemployed.[6]

Education

Otamatea High School is a secondary (years 7–13) school[7] with a roll of 691 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 202 students.[12] A school first opened in Maungaturoto in 1874.[13]

Otamatea Christian School is a composite state-integrated (years 1–13) school with a roll of 31 students.[14]

All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of February 2024.[15]

Railway station

An A class steam engine hauls a southbound Northland Express through Maungaturoto in the late 1920s with an AB class engine at its shed on the left.
The North Auckland Line at Maungaturoto in 2011.

About 2 km (1.2 mi) 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 30 ft (9.1 m) x 20 ft (6.1 m) goods shed, loading bank, cattle yards and a passing loop for 52 wagons. It was 89 mi 60 ch (144.4 km) from Auckland,[19] 3.82 km (2.37 mi) south east of Huarau and 6 km (3.7 mi) north west of Bickerstaffe.[20]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
  3. ^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. 7001073, 7001075, 7001076, 7001078 and 7001079.
  5. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Maungaturoto (109600). 2018 Census place summary: Maungaturoto
  7. ^ "Our school". Otamatea High School. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  8. ^ Education Counts: Otamatea High School
  9. ^ "Otamatea High School and Maungaturoto District High School 50th Reunion 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  10. ISBN 0-473-06176-7
    .
  11. ^ "Welcome to Maungaturoto Information Pack" (PDF). Real Town Maungaturoto Inc. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  12. ^ Education Counts: Maungaturoto School
  13. ^ Ryburn, p 222
  14. ^ Education Counts: Otamatea Christian School
  15. ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  16. ^ "1:63360 map Sheet: N28 Maungaturoto". www.mapspast.org.nz. 1943. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  17. ^ Names & Opening & Closing Dates of Railway Stations in New Zealand by Juliet Scoble (2012)
  18. ^ "MAUNGATUROTO. NORTHERN ADVOCATE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 March 1923. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  19. ^ "Stations" (PDF). NZR Rolling Stock Lists. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  20. ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (First ed.). Quail Map Co. 1965. pp. 3 & 4.

External links

36°06′S 174°22′E / 36.100°S 174.367°E / -36.100; 174.367

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