Māngere East or Mangere East is a

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, New Zealand, under the governance of

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. It is located to the south of

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, north of

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, west of

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, east of

Māngere Māngere () or Mangere is one of the largest suburbs in Auckland, in northern New Zealand. It is located on mainly flat land on the northeastern shore of the Manukau Harbour, to the northwest of Manukau City Centre and 15 kilometres south of ...

and Māngere Bridge, and southwest of

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. In 2019, the name of the suburb was officially gazetted as Māngere East.

Demographics

Māngere East covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Māngere East had a population of 27,372 at the

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, an increase of 2,298 people (9.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 3,051 people (12.5%) since the

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. There were 5,721 households, comprising 13,641 males and 13,740 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female, with 7,383 people (27.0%) aged under 15 years, 7,224 (26.4%) aged 15 to 29, 10,632 (38.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 2,145 (7.8%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 12.7% European/

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, 15.9%

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, 65.2% Pacific peoples, 20.1%

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, and 1.1% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 41.7, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 15.1% had no religion, 63.1% were

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, 1.8% had Māori religious beliefs, 6.6% were

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, 5.3% were

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, 1.2% were

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and 2.0% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 1,974 (9.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 4,461 (22.3%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,224 people (6.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 9,780 (48.9%) people were employed full-time, 2,100 (10.5%) were part-time, and 1,269 (6.3%) were unemployed. Massey Homestead (15578581404)

Education

Kedgley Intermediate School Kedgley Intermediate School is an middle school, intermediate school (years 7–8) in Papatoetoe, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand The school opened in February 1958 as ''Papatoetoe Intermediate School''. Classes were held in part of Papatoetoe ...

is an intermediate school (years 7–8) with a roll of . Robertson Road School, Mangere East and Sutton Park School are full primary schools (years 1–8) with rolls of , and students, respectively. Kingsford and Papatoetoe North schools are contributing primary schools (years 1–6) with rolls of and students, respectively. St Mary MacKillop Catholic School is a state-integrated full primary school (years 1–8) with a roll of . De La Salle College is a state-integrated boys' Catholic secondary school (years 7–13) with a roll of . All these schools except De La Salle are coeducational. Rolls are as of

Community facilities

*Tri Duc Temple, a Vietnamese Buddhist temple is located in the suburb.

Notable people

William Massey William Ferguson Massey (26 March 1856 – 10 May 1925), commonly known as Bill Massey, was a politician who served as the 19th prime minister of New Zealand from May 1912 to May 1925. He was the founding leader of the Reform Party, New Zea ...

– Prime Minister of New Zealand (1912–1925) * Tupou Neiufi – Commonwealth Games and Paralympics athlete

References

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