Masterton East (also known as Eastside or Cameron Block) is a suburb of

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, a town on New Zealand's

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. It is a low socio-economic area with social housing, with about 15% of Masterton's population. About 30% of the population are

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, primarily belonging to

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. A central feature of the park is McJorrow Park, a soccer park. Playgrounds, an asphalt basketball court, a sunshade, seating and outside tables were installed in the park between 2015 and 2017. The park features Te Awhina Cameron Community House, a community centre that hosts

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classes, playgroup, cooking classes and furniture workshops. The building was renovated between 2013 and 2014. In 2018,

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and the Eastside Community Group worked on a project to slow vehicles through the area. Some cars were significantly damaged by one steep obstacle installed on River Road. Later the same year,

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students developed ideas to improve the area, including further road changes and turning graffiti into public art. The ideas was passed on to the Eastside Community Group to consider.

Demographics

Masterton East, comprising the statistical areas of Cameron and Soldiers Park and McJorrow Park, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Masterton East had a population of 3,837 at the

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, an increase of 261 people (7.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 444 people (13.1%) since the

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. There were 1,449 households. There were 1,860 males and 1,977 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.94 males per female, with 822 people (21.4%) aged under 15 years, 816 (21.3%) aged 15 to 29, 1,533 (40.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 663 (17.3%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 72.0% European/Pākehā, 36.8% Māori, 7.6% Pacific peoples, 4.3% Asian, and 1.3% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 10.7%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 52.6% had no religion, 32.1% were Christian, 0.6% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 0.2% were Buddhist and 6.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 285 (9.5%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 852 (28.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,227 (40.7%) people were employed full-time, 426 (14.1%) were part-time, and 171 (5.7%) were unemployed.

Education

Makoura College Makoura College (spelled Makora College prior to 1990) is a state co-educational secondary school located in Masterton, New Zealand. The school opened in 1968 as the town's second state secondary school, alongside Wairarapa College. Serving Y ...

is a co-educational state secondary school for Year 9 to 13 students, with a roll of as of . It was founded in 1968. The Wairarapa Teen Parent Unit is attached to the school. Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Wairarapa is a co-educational state Māori language immersion area school for Year 1 to 15 students, with a roll of .

References

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