Warrington, known in

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as Ōkāhau,
Place names
' on Kāti Huirapa Runaka ki Puketeraki website, viewed 2012-01-04 is a small settlement on the coast of

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, in the

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of New Zealand. It is situated close to the northern shore of

Blueskin Bay Blueskin Bay is an estuary in coastal Otago, about 25 km north of Dunedin, New Zealand. The name also unofficially describes the rural district which includes the northern slopes of Mount Cargill, the southern slopes of the Kilmog, and the t ...

, an area of mudflats north of

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, and is administered as part of Dunedin City. Warrington is from

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linked by Coast Road. The

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passes through the township and a tourist train, the

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passes through the settlement once or twice a week between Dunedin and Palmerston. upA Futuro house in Warrington Warrington beach, a popular surf beach for locals and visitors from the city, is patrolled by volunteer lifeguards of the Warrington

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Club which established in Dunedin in 1957 and relocated here in 1976. Warrington Beach is occasionally used by

naturists Naturism is a lifestyle of practising non-sexual social nudity in private and in public; the word also refers to the cultural movement which advocates and defends that lifestyle. Both may alternatively be called nudism. Though the two terms a ...

for nude sunbathing. New Zealand has no official nude beaches, as public nudity is legal on any beach where it is "known to occur". St Barnabas Church is one of the area's oldest buildings.

Education

Warrington School is a year 0-8 (ages 5–13) full primary school, with a roll of students as at . A school has existed at Warrington since at least 1879. Warrington

Playcentre Playcentre is an early childhood education and parenting organisation which operates parent-led early childhood education centres throughout New Zealand and offers parents the opportunity to gain a Certificate in ''Early Childhood and Adult Educat ...

is an early childhood centre (ages 0–6).

Demographics

Warrington is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement. It covers , and is part of the much larger Bucklands Crossing statistical area. Warrington had a population of 489 at the

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, an increase of 42 people (9.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 60 people (14.0%) 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 237 households. There were 249 males and 240 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female, with 93 people (19.0%) aged under 15 years, 54 (11.0%) aged 15 to 29, 249 (50.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 90 (18.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 94.5% European/Pākehā, 11.0% Māori, 2.5% Asian, and 1.2% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). Although some people objected to giving their religion, 62.6% had no religion, 24.5% were Christian, 0.6% were Muslim and 3.7% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 153 (38.6%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 48 (12.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 183 (46.2%) people were employed full-time, 60 (15.2%) were part-time, and 9 (2.3%) were unemployed.

References

External links

Blueskin Bay community website

Warrington School website
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