Port Whangārei

Port Whangārei is an industrial area of Whangārei, in Northland Region, New Zealand. It is southeast of the city centre, connected by a bridge across Limeburners Creek. It was once called Kioreroa.[1] The southernmost part of the area contains Port Nikau which has industrial buildings and commercial berths.[2]

For the port at the entrance to Whangārei Harbour, see Northport, New Zealand.

Port Whangārei
Suburb
CountryNew Zealand
Local authorityWhangarei District Council
Population
 (2018)
 • Total102
Morningside Riverside Parahaki
Raumanga
Port Whangārei
 Sherwood Rise
Oakleigh (Whangārei Harbour) Onerahi

History

One of the early cemeteries for Whangārei was Kioreroa Cemetery, on the western part of what is now Port Whangārei. It was used from 1882 to 1946.[3]

The area was developed from the 1920s as Whangārei's port, and in the mid-1960s it was the ninth-busiest port in New Zealand.[4]. It needed more space to handle the increasing size of ships, and Northport was developed at Marsden Point to replace it, with the transition complete in 2007.[5]

There has been a suggestion that the Royal New Zealand Navy might establish a base at Port Whangārei.[6]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
200651—    
201339−3.76%
2018102+21.20%
Source: [7]

The statistical area of Port-Limeburners, which includes a slightly larger area than Port Whangārei, had a population of 102 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 63 people (161.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 51 people (100.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 36 households. There were 69 males and 30 females, giving a sex ratio of 2.3 males per female. Of the total population, 9 people (8.8%) were aged up to 15 years, 9 (8.8%) were 15 to 29, 66 (64.7%) were 30 to 64, and 18 (17.6%) were 65 or older. Figures may not add up to the total due to rounding.

Ethnicities were 64.7% European/Pākehā, 26.5% Māori, 2.9% Pacific peoples, 14.7% Asian, and 2.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 35.3, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 58.8% had no religion, 26.5% were Christian, and 14.7% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 12 (12.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 15 (16.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $22,800. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 51 (54.8%) people were employed full-time, 6 (6.5%) were part-time, and 3 (3.2%) were unemployed.[7]

Notes
  1. "Official Name: Port Whangārei". New Zealand Gazetteer. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. "Tai Tokerau Northland Growth Study" (PDF). Ministry for Primary Industries. February 2015. p. 77.
  3. [Historic Cemeteries "http://www.wdc.govt.nz/FacilitiesandRecreation/Cemeteries/Pages/Historic-Cemeteries.aspx"] Check |url= value (help). Whangarei District Council. 15 January 2020. External link in |title= (help)
  4. "Whangarei". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. 1966.
  5. "Ports of Whangarei" (PDF). Whangarei District Council. May 2010. p. 3.
  6. "Whangārei set for 'massive growth' thanks to infrastructure spend-up". Northern Advocate. 1 February 2020.
  7. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Port-Limeburners (107900). 2018 Census place summary: Port-Limeburners

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