Hatfields Beach

Hatfields Beach, officially Ōtānerua / Hatfields Beach,[1] is a northern coastal suburb of Auckland, in New Zealand. It is on the Hibiscus Coast Highway about 40 kilometres (by road) north of the city centre.

Hatfields Beach
Suburb
CountryNew Zealand
Local authorityAuckland Council
Electoral wardAlbany Ward
Population
 (2018)
 • Total1,554
Puhoi Waiwera
Hatfields Beach
 (Hauraki Gulf)
Wainui Orewa

The Hatfield family was established in what was then called Otenerua in 1859[2] and the area was known at Hatfield Bay by 1870.[3] Members of the family included John B Hatfield and his son, John Alexander Hatfield.[4]

The Auckland Unitary Plan proposes that the block to the north of Hatfields, between State Highway 1 and the Hibiscus Coast Highway, and south of the Waiwera River, which at the time the plan was produced was a mixture of native bush and marginal farmland, be redeveloped to include clusters of rural lifestyle blocks with protected areas and a walking trail to Waiwera.[5]

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20061,194—    
20131,380+2.09%
20181,554+2.40%
Source: [6]
Hatfields Beach, looking south towards Orewa

Hatfields Beach had a population of 1,554 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 174 people (12.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 360 people (30.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 558 households. There were 768 males and 786 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 40.4 years, with 300 people (19.3%) aged under 15 years, 288 (18.5%) aged 15 to 29, 735 (47.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 225 (14.5%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 93.2% European/Pākehā, 11.6% Māori, 2.5% Pacific peoples, 3.5% Asian, and 1.4% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 29.0%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 58.5% had no religion, 31.7% were Christian, and 3.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 243 (19.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 183 (14.6%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $41,000. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 699 (55.7%) people were employed full-time, 222 (17.7%) were part-time, and 27 (2.2%) were unemployed.[6]

Notable residents
  • Robert Muldoon, former Prime Minister, had a bach in Hatfields Beach, built by his father in law in 1959.[7]

Notes
  1. "Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara and the Crown - Deed of Settlement of Historical Claims" (PDF). New Zealand Government. 9 September 2011. p. 56.
  2. "Shipping Intelligence. Port of Auckland". Daily Southern Cross. 22 November 1859. p. 2.
  3. "Hatfield Bay". New Zealand Herald. 31 December 1870. p. 3.
  4. "Supreme Court. —Criminal Sittings". New Zealand Herald. 9 April 1874. p. 3.
  5. "I511 Hatfields Precinct" (PDF). Auckland Council. 8 May 2020.
  6. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Hatfields Beach (112800). 2018 Census place summary: Hatfields Beach
  7. Gustafson, Barry (2001). His Way: a Biography of Robert Muldoon. Auckland University Press. pp. 52, 101. ISBN 186940243X.

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