Longlands is a rural community in the
Hastings District
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and
Hawke's Bay Region
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of New Zealand's
North Island
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. The area is on the southern and western outskirts of
Hastings city.
The Longlands Estate occupied much of the land around 1880, but was broken up into smaller farms and a freezing works in the early 20th century.
The area is a centre for growing fruit and vegetables.
Demographics
Longlands (including Irongate and
Pakipaki
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, covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Longlands had a population of 2,253 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 204 people (10.0%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 162 people (7.7%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 762 households, comprising 1,182 males and 1,074 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.1 males per female, with 426 people (18.9%) aged under 15 years, 366 (16.2%) aged 15 to 29, 1,071 (47.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 396 (17.6%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 82.3% European/
Pākehā
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, 20.1%
Māori
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, 5.9%
Pacific peoples, 2.9%
Asian
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, and 2.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 16.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 46.5% had no religion, 43.8% were
Christian
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, 1.6% had
Māori religious beliefs, 0.3% were
Hindu
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, 0.1% were
Muslim
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, 0.3% were
Buddhist
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and 1.7% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 345 (18.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 309 (16.9%) people had no formal qualifications. 348 people (19.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,008 (55.2%) people were employed full-time, 318 (17.4%) were part-time, and 39 (2.1%) were unemployed.
Railway station
Longlands
flag station
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on the
Palmerston North–Gisborne Line
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opened in 1912, after a deputation met the Minister of Railways, following the opening of a sheep and cattle yard in 1911.
The line through Longlands, from
Hastings
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east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
to
Paki Paki, had opened on 1 January 1875,
the last works being to complete the bridge over the nearby Irongate Stream, formerly the
Ngaruroro River
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. The piles of that bridge sank soon after construction. A shelter shed was built at Longlands in 1905,
to the south of Longlands Road. In 1936 Longlands was a main centre for railing cattle.
In 1947 frame levers at Longlands
tablet locked siding were fitted with chains, staples, and a points lock.
The station closed to all traffic on 18 May 1980, but a service siding was retained for about a decade.
References
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Hastings District
Populated places in the Hawke's Bay Region