Paekākāriki Hill is a rural locality in

Porirua Porirua, ( mi, Pari-ā-Rua) a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand, is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area. The name 'Porirua' is a corruption of 'Pari-rua', meaning "the tide swee ...

in New Zealand's

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. It is located inland, behind

Paraparaumu Paraparaumu () is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. It lies on the Kapiti Coast, north of the nation's capital city, Wellington. Like other towns in the area, it has a partner settlement at the coast called Paraparaumu Bea ...

and

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. Paekākāriki Hill Road runs approximately north to south from

Paekākāriki Paekākāriki () is a town in the Kapiti Coast District in the south-western North Island, New Zealand, and one of the northernmost suburbs of Wellington. It lies north of Porirua and northeast of the Wellington CBD. The town's name comes from ...

Pāuatahanui Pāuatahanui (; ) is a village in New Zealand's North Island. It is at the far eastern end of what was known as the Pāuatahanui Inlet (since renamed to Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour), an arm of the Porirua Harbour, northeast of Wellington. In loc ...

. Grays Road runs along the northern coast of

Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour, commonly known as Porirua Harbour, is a natural inlet in the south-western coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The harbour is within the main urban area of the Wellington Region, and is surrounded by the city of ...

's Pauatahunui Arm, which forms the locality's southern boundary. Paekākāriki Hill Road, built in 1849, was the main highway north until 1939. The road, which is now fully sealed, is narrow and winding. It has views of the coast. The

Battle of Battle Hill The Battle Hill engagement took place from 6 to 13 August 1846, during the New Zealand Wars and was one of the last engagements of the Hutt Valley Campaign. The engagement was between Ngāti Toa on one side and a colonial force of European troop ...

, part of the

New Zealand Wars The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. They were previously commonly referred to as the Land Wars or the M ...

, was fought in the area in 1846.

Demographics

Paekākāriki Hill statistical area covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Paekākāriki Hill had a population of 375 at the

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, an increase of 12 people (3.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 24 people (6.8%) since the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. There were 135 households. There were 192 males and 183 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female. The median age was 45.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 75 people (20.0%) aged under 15 years, 63 (16.8%) aged 15 to 29, 177 (47.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 60 (16.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 93.6% European/Pākehā, 10.4% Māori, 1.6% Pacific peoples, 4.0% Asian, and 3.2% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 20.8%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 64.0% had no religion, 28.0% were Christian, 1.6% were Hindu and 2.4% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 87 (29.0%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 36 (12.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $47,500, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 168 (56.0%) people were employed full-time, 48 (16.0%) were part-time, and 9 (3.0%) were unemployed.

References

{{Porirua Populated places in the Wellington Region Suburbs of Porirua