Maraenui is a suburb of the city of
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, in the
Hawke's Bay region
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of New Zealand's eastern
North Island
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.
The New Zealand
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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gives a translation of "great
marae" for ''Maraenui''.
It is a lower socio-economic neighbourhood with a mix of owner occupied and state-owned
Housing New Zealand properties, and has a high rate of synthetic drug use.
Demographics
Maraenui had a population of 3,504 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 411 people (13.3%) since the
2013 census, and a decrease of 33 people (-0.9%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 984 households. There were 1,731 males and 1,773 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 26.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 1,053 people (30.1%) aged under 15 years, 843 (24.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,326 (37.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 282 (8.0%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 44.9% European/Pākehā, 58.8% Māori, 14.1% Pacific peoples, 2.7% Asian, and 1.2% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 12.1%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 49.3% had no religion, 31.2% were Christian, 0.2% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.5% were Buddhist and 12.8% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 126 (5.1%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 711 (29.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $20,200, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,068 (43.6%) people were employed full-time, 357 (14.6%) were part-time, and 192 (7.8%) were unemployed.
Education
Maraenui Bilingual School is a co-educational state primary school,
with a roll of as of
Richmond School is a co-educational state primary school,
with a roll of as of
References
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Suburbs of Napier, New Zealand