Judea is a suburb of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's

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. It is located on State Highway 2, east of

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. The suburb was established as a European fortified settlement in 1864, as part of an offensive against local Māori during the

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. India Rebout, later as the Judea Redoubt and Huria Redoubt, was one of three fortified European forts in Tauranga. The local Huria Marae and Tamatea Pokaiwhenua meeting house is a tribal meeting place of the Ngāti Ranginui

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Demographics

Judea covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Judea had a population of 4,467 at the

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, an increase of 459 people (11.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 615 people (16.0%) since the

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. There were 1,635 households, comprising 2,085 males and 2,382 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.88 males per female, with 912 people (20.4%) aged under 15 years, 870 (19.5%) aged 15 to 29, 1,935 (43.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 753 (16.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 78.0% European/

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, 23.9%

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, 3.2% Pacific peoples, 7.8%

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, and 2.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 17.7, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.9% had no religion, 34.2% were

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, 2.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% were

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, 0.3% were

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, 0.5% were

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and 3.1% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 591 (16.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 690 (19.4%) people had no formal qualifications. 390 people (11.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,692 (47.6%) people were employed full-time, 540 (15.2%) were part-time, and 153 (4.3%) were unemployed.

References

{{Tauranga Suburbs of Tauranga Populated places around the Tauranga Harbour