Oruanui or Ōruanui is a rural community in the

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and Waikato region of New Zealand's

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, located northwest of

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. The New Zealand

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gives a translation of "place of many pits" for ''Ōruanui''. The local Ōruanui Marae is a meeting place of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa

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of Ngāti Te Rangiita and Te Kapa o Te Rangiita. It includes the and Te Kapa o te Rangiita meeting house.

Demographics

Oruanui is in two SA1 statistical areas which cover . The SA1 areas are part of the larger Ohakuri statistical area. The SA1 areas had a population of 366 at the

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, an increase of 39 people (11.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 33 people (9.9%) since the

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. There were 141 households, comprising 180 males and 183 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female, with 81 people (22.1%) aged under 15 years, 33 (9.0%) aged 15 to 29, 195 (53.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 57 (15.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 93.4% European/

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, 11.5%

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, 1.6% Pacific peoples, 1.6%

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, and 0.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 65.6% had no religion, 27.0% were

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and 1.6% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 33 (11.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 63 (22.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 51 people (17.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 156 (54.7%) people were employed full-time, 66 (23.2%) were part-time, and 3 (1.1%) were unemployed.

References

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