Hāwea Flat is a rural settlement in the

Queenstown-Lakes District Queenstown-Lakes District, a local government district, is in the Otago Region of New Zealand that was formed in 1986. It is surrounded by the districts of Central Otago, Southland, Westland and Waitaki. Much of the area is often referred to a ...

of the

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of New Zealand. Lake Hāwea is 5 km north. The area was named for Hāwea-i-te-raki, an ancestor of the

Ngāti Hāwea Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori society. In Māori roughly means "people" or "nation", and is often translated as "tribe", or "a confederation of tribes". The word is both singular and plural in the Māori language, an ...

hapū. The macron was officially added to the place name in 2010. It is located to the east of between Albert Town and Lake Hāwea.

Demographics

Hāwea Flat is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement. It covers . It is part of the

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statistical area. Hāwea Flat had a population of 543 at the

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, an increase of 141 people (35.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 264 people (94.6%) 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 180 households. There were 273 males and 267 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female, with 144 people (26.5%) aged under 15 years, 57 (10.5%) aged 15 to 29, 315 (58.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 27 (5.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 97.8% European/Pākehā, 7.7% Māori, 0.6% Asian, and 1.7% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). Although some people objected to giving their religion, 72.4% had no religion, 18.2% were Christian, 1.1% were Hindu, 1.1% were Buddhist and 2.2% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 132 (33.1%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 33 (8.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 234 (58.6%) people were employed full-time and 78 (19.5%) were part-time.

Education

Hāwea Flat School is a contributing primary school for years 1 to 6 with a roll of students as of The school opened in 1882.

References

External links

History of Hāwea
{{Queenstown-Lakes Populated places in Otago Queenstown-Lakes District