Cable Bay is a settlement on the southern side of

Doubtless Bay Doubtless Bay is a bay on the east coast of the Northland Region, north-east of Kaitaia, in New Zealand. It extends from Knuckle Point on Karikari Peninsula in the north to Berghan Point at Hihi in the south. There are rocky headlands, backed by ...

in Northland, New Zealand. runs through it. It is one of the

Taipa-Mangonui Taipa-Mangonui or Taipa Bay-Mangonui is a string of small resort settlements – Taipa, Cable Bay, Coopers Beach, and Mangōnui – that lie along the coast of Doubtless Bay and are so close together that they have run together to form one larger ...

string of settlements, separated from Taipa on the west by the

Taipa River The Taipa River is a river of the northern Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows west then north, reaching the south of Doubtless Bay at the township of Taipa. See also *List of rivers of New Zealand This is a list of all wa ...

and from

Coopers Beach Coopers Beach is a settlement on the southern side of Doubtless Bay in Northland Region, Northland, New Zealand. runs through it. It is one of the Taipa-Mangonui string of settlements, separated from Cable Bay, Northland, Cable Bay on the west ...

on the east by Otanenui Stream. The name comes from the Pacific Cable Station which was a terminus of a telegraph cable running between New Zealand and British Columbia as part of the All Red Line. The station was established in 1902 and operated until the terminus was moved to Auckland in 1912.

Demographics

Statistics New Zealand describes Cable Bay as a rural settlement. It covers . Cable Bay is part of the larger Taumarumaru statistical area. Cable Bay had a population of 891 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 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the sho ...

, an increase of 198 people (28.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 279 people (45.6%) since the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. There were 351 households, comprising 414 males and 477 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.87 males per female, with 132 people (14.8%) aged under 15 years, 105 (11.8%) aged 15 to 29, 381 (42.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 273 (30.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 80.5% European/Pākehā, 27.6% Māori, 3.4% Pacific peoples, 3.0% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Of those people who chose to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 49.2% had no religion, 36.7% were Christian, 2.0% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% were Hindu, 0.7% were Buddhist and 2.4% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 138 (18.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 162 (21.3%) people had no formal qualifications. 84 people (11.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 255 (33.6%) people were employed full-time, 114 (15.0%) were part-time, and 33 (4.3%) were unemployed.

Notes

{{Far North District Far North District Populated places in the Northland Region