Otūmoetai is a suburb of

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in the

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region of

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. The Otūmoetai peninsula includes both the Otūmoetai suburb, and the neighbouring suburbs of Matua and

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History

The name is claimed to translate to "Peaceful Waters" from Māori to English, as the Matua Saltmarsh and

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borders Otūmoetai. The New Zealand

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gives a translation of "place where the tide stands still as if asleep" for ''Ōtūmoetai''. Before the 1950s, Otūmoetai was largely orchards and farms but then houses started to be built in Brookfield, Otūmoetai Central and Pillans Point. Following this the suburb started to take shape and in the 1990s the last pieces of land left in the suburb were developed into housing. In the 21st century, the suburb has gone through intensification with the building of apartments.

Demographics

Otūmoetai covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Otūmoetai had a population of 8,334 in the

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, an increase of 300 people (3.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 1,179 people (16.5%) since the 2013 census. There were 4,026 males, 4,287 females, and 24 people of other genders in 3,282 dwellings. 2.6% of people identified as

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. The median age was 42.9 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,584 people (19.0%) aged under 15 years, 1,218 (14.6%) aged 15 to 29, 3,756 (45.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,779 (21.3%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 87.1%

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); 12.9%

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; 2.2% Pasifika; 7.5% Asian; 1.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.2%, Māori by 2.4%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 9.7%. No language could be spoken by 1.7% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 22.5, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 30.8%

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, 1.2%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.5%

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, 0.5%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.1%

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, and 2.0% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 57.5%, and 6.9% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 1,794 (26.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 3,609 (53.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,356 (20.1%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $44,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 939 people (13.9%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 3,279 (48.6%) full-time, 1,089 (16.1%) part-time, and 132 (2.0%) unemployed.

Education

Otūmoetai has two co-educational state primary schools for Year 1 to 6 students: Ōtūmoetai Primary School, with a roll of and Pillans Point School, with a roll of Ōtūmoetai Primary was established in 1895, and Pillans Point opened in 1957. Ōtūmoetai College and Ōtūmoetai Intermediate are located in neighbouring

References

{{Tauranga Suburbs of Tauranga Populated places around the Tauranga Harbour