Baylys Beach is a beach and settlement on the west coast of
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New Zealand. The beach is on the northern side of the settlement, with
Ripiro Beach
Ripiro Beach is a sandy stretch on the west coast of Northland, New Zealand, extending from Pouto Peninsula in the south to Maunganui Bluff in the north.
At 66 miles (107km) long it is the longest driveable beach in New Zealand, longer than t ...
on the southern side. Dargaville is to the east.
History
The
Battle of Moremonui was fought about 6 km northwest of Baylys Beach between
Ngāti Whātua and
Ngāpuhi iwi in 1807 or 1808.
The coast saw many shipwrecks during the 19th century.
Aurora was wrecked in 1840 when leaving
Kaipara Harbour and the French corvette L'Alcméne was wrecked in 1851 with the loss of 12 lives.
The beach may have been named after an early settler named Bayly who owned 20 km of the shoreline. The name has been in use since at least 1918.
Demographics
Statistics New Zealand describes Baylys Beach as a rural settlement, which covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2. Baylys Beach is part of the larger
Kaipara Coastal statistical area.
Baylys Beach had a population of 309 at the
2018 New Zealand census
Eighteen or 18 may refer to:
* 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19
* one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018
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, unchanged since the
2013 census, and an increase of 30 people (10.8%) since the
2006 census. There were 141 households, comprising 156 males and 153 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female, with 42 people (13.6%) aged under 15 years, 36 (11.7%) aged 15 to 29, 162 (52.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 72 (23.3%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 88.3% European/Pākehā, 19.4% Māori, 5.8% Pacific peoples, 2.9% Asian, and 2.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 55.3% had no religion, 35.0% were Christian and 1.0% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 39 (14.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 57 (21.3%) people had no formal qualifications. 39 people (14.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 120 (44.9%) people were employed full-time, 36 (13.5%) were part-time, and 9 (3.4%) were unemployed.
Notes
External links
Community website
{{Kaipara District
Kaipara District
Populated places in the Northland Region