Raureka is a suburb of Hastings City, in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.

The suburb has three council-owned parks: Ebbett Park, St Leonards Park and Whenua Takoha Reserve. Raureka locals established a campaign in 2018 to stop the council selling part of Ebbett Park to developers.

Raureka has a community hub with community gardens based at Raureka School.

Demographics

Raureka covers 2.12 km (0.82 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 5,760 as of June 2023, with a population density of 2,717 people per km.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	4,599	—
2013	4,527	−0.23%
2018	4,953	+1.81%
Source:

Before the 2023 census, the suburb area had a smaller boundary, covering 2.08 km (0.80 sq mi). Using that boundary, Raureka had a population of 4,953 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 426 people (9.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 354 people (7.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,722 households, comprising 2,427 males and 2,523 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 1,050 people (21.2%) aged under 15 years, 1,077 (21.7%) aged 15 to 29, 2,052 (41.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 771 (15.6%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 65.8% European/Pākehā, 28.8% Māori, 9.3% Pacific peoples, 8.6% Asian, and 1.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 18.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 45.7% had no religion, 38.5% were Christian, 3.0% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.5% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 3.5% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 483 (12.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 939 (24.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 306 people (7.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,911 (49.0%) people were employed full-time, 582 (14.9%) were part-time, and 195 (5.0%) were unemployed.

Individual statistical areas in 2018

Name	Area (km)	Population	Density (per km)	Households	Median age	Median income
Raureka	1.06	3,033	2,861	1,014	34.1 years	$25,700
Raceway Park	1.02	1,920	1,882	708	37.5 years	$28,600
New Zealand					37.4 years	$31,800

Education

Raureka School is a co-educational state primary school, with a roll of 253 as of February 2024.

Ebbett Park School is a co-educational state primary school, with a roll of 142 as of February 2024.

Hastings Boys' High School is a state secondary school, with a roll of 821 as of February 2024.