Taharua is a rural community in the

Taupō District Taupō District is a territorial authority district in New Zealand. It covers 6,333 km² of land, and a further 610 km² of lake area, including Lake Taupō, New Zealand's largest lake, and Lake Rotoaira. The district stretches from the ...

and

Hawke's Bay Region Hawke's Bay ( mi, Te Matau-a-Māui) is a local government region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. The region's name derives from Hawke Bay, which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke. The region is ...

of New Zealand's

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, located around the Ōamaru and

Taharua River The Taharua River is a river of the northwestern Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows south from its origins 25 kilometres southwest of Taupo to reach the Mohaka River of which it is one of the earliest tributaries. See als ...

s, which are tributaries of the

Mohaka River The Mohaka river is on the North Island of New Zealand in the east central region of Hawke’s Bay. Mohaka is a Maori word, roughly translated it means “place for dancing”. The iwi (Māori tribes) associated with the Mohaka River are Ngāti ...

Demographics

Taharua statistical area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Taharua statistical area had a population of 57 at the

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, unchanged since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 24 people (−29.6%) 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 30 households, comprising 36 males and 21 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.71 males per female. The median age was 34.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 6 people (10.5%) aged under 15 years, 12 (21.1%) aged 15 to 29, 33 (57.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 6 (10.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 52.6% European/

Pākehā Pākehā (or Pakeha; ; ) is a Māori term for New Zealanders primarily of European descent. Pākehā is not a legal concept and has no definition under New Zealand law. The term can apply to fair-skinned persons, or to any non-Māori New Ze ...

, 26.3%

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, 31.6%

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, and 5.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 47.4, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 52.6% had no religion, 42.1% were

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, and 5.3% had Māori religious beliefs. Of those at least 15 years old, 6 (11.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 6 (11.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $43,200, compared with $31,800 nationally. 9 people (17.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 39 (76.5%) people were employed full-time,and 3 (5.9%) were part-time.

References

{{Taupō District Taupō District Populated places in the Hawke's Bay Region