Ratapiko is a locality in

Taranaki Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth Dist ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. Kaimata is about six kilometres to the north-west. Lake Ratapiko is just to the south-east of the locality.

Demographics

Tarata statistical area, which also includes Purangi, covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Tarata had a population of 570 at the

2018 New Zealand census Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the sho ...

, a decrease of 12 people (−2.1%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 36 people (−5.9%) 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 210 households, comprising 312 males and 258 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.21 males per female. The median age was 35.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 141 people (24.7%) aged under 15 years, 93 (16.3%) aged 15 to 29, 285 (50.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 45 (7.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 95.8% 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 ...

, 13.7%

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

, 0.5% Pacific peoples, and 3.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 7.9, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 53.7% had no religion, 37.4% were

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

and 1.6% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 45 (10.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 75 (17.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $35,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. 66 people (15.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 267 (62.2%) people were employed full-time, 75 (17.5%) were part-time, and 18 (4.2%) were unemployed.

Marae

Te Upoko o te Whenua Marae and Ngārongo meeting house are a meeting place for Ngāti Maru. In October 2020, the Government committed $500,000 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the marae, creating 15 jobs.

Education

Ratapiko School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of students as of The school was accepted as an

Enviroschool Ecological sustainability is part of the values in the Ministry of Education curriculum. The 2009 Government Budget removed funding for Education for Sustainability, effective from December. By 2018 1,161 schools used Enviroschools, founded by Te ...

in 2017.https://www.ratapiko.school.nz/enviro-school

Demographics

Marae

Education

Notes

Further reading

General historical works

School