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Mangorei
Mangorei is a locality on the outskirts of New Plymouth in Taranaki, New Zealand. The city centre is about 5 km (3.1 mi) to the north-west. State Highway 3 passes to the south-west.

Lake Mangamahoe is a lake on the eastern side of State Highway 3.

Demographics

Mangorei statistical area covers 188.56 km (72.80 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 2,250 as of June 2023, with a population density of 12 people per km.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20061,269—    
20131,683+4.12%
20181,998+3.49%
Source:

Mangorei had a population of 1,998 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 315 people (18.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 729 people (57.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 702 households, comprising 1,041 males and 957 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female. The median age was 41.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 450 people (22.5%) aged under 15 years, 270 (13.5%) aged 15 to 29, 1,074 (53.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 204 (10.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 95.9% European/Pākehā, 7.7% Māori, 0.5% Pacific peoples, 1.5% Asian, and 2.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 14.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 58.7% had no religion, 32.6% were Christian, 0.3% were Muslim, 0.3% were Buddhist and 1.7% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 306 (19.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 234 (15.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $38,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. 354 people (22.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 840 (54.3%) people were employed full-time, 315 (20.3%) were part-time, and 33 (2.1%) were unemployed.

Education

Mangorei School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of 256 students as of February 2024. The school started as Lower Mangorei School in 1926, with a previous Lower Mangorei School and Kent School consolidating onto the present site. Upper Mangorei School was closed in 1938 and Korito School was closed in 1939, with students from those schools increasing Mangorei School's roll.

Notes

  1. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005), The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand, Robbie Burton, pp. map 84, ISBN 1-877333-20-4
  4. ^ North Island Provincial Town Maps (5th ed.), Wises Maps, p. 94
  5. ^ "Lake Mangamahoe". New Plymouth District Council. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Mangorei (219100). 2018 Census place summary: Mangorei
  7. ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  8. ^ Education Counts: Mangorei School
  9. ^ "Education: Primary Education. [In continuation of E.—2, 1926.] Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1927 Session I, E-02". 1927. p. 27.
  10. ^ "History". Mangorei School. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

Further reading

General historical works

  • Mangorei History Group (comp.) (2002), Upper Mangorei: the place, the people through the years, Mangorei, [N.Z.]: Mangorei History Group, ISBN 0-473-08471-6

People

  • Waswo, Irene (1988), Introducing the Andrews family, n.p.: Irene Waswo
  • Wells, Zaccheus W.; Mullon, Herbert D. (tr.) (1970), Diary of Zaccheus William Wells, 1 Jan., 1861, to 31 December, 1864, Mangorei and New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand: transcribed from the original in the possession of the family, New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: H. D. Mullon
  • Wells, Zaccheus W.; Mullon, Herbert D. (tr.) (1971), Diary of Zaccheus William Wells, 1 Jan., 1861, to 31 December, 1864, Mangorei and New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand: transcribed from the original in the possession of the family (2nd ed.), New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: H. D. Mullon

School

  • Mangorei Primary School: 50th Jubilee, Mangorei, [N.Z.]: Mangorei School 50th Jubilee Committee, 1976
  • Mangorei School 75[th] jubilee: Labour Weekend 2001, 19/20th October, Mangorei, [N.Z.]: 75th Jubilee Organising Committee, 2001
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