Western Bay of Plenty District is a
territorial district within the
Bay of Plenty
The Bay of Plenty ( mi, Te Moana-a-Toi) is a region of New Zealand, situated around a bight of the same name in the northern coast of the North Island. The bight stretches 260 km from the Coromandel Peninsula in the west to Cape Runaw ...
Region of
New Zealand
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. The district envelops Tauranga City by land, and includes
Matakana Island
Matakana Island is located in the western Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's North Island. A long, flat barrier island, it is in length but rarely more than wide. The island has been continuously populated for centuries by Māori tribes that ar ...
, at the entrance to
Tauranga Harbour
Tauranga Harbour is the natural tidal harbour that surrounds Tauranga CBD and the Mount Maunganui area of Tauranga, New Zealand, and which flows into the Pacific Ocean at Mount Maunganui. The harbour is effectively two flooded river systems separ ...
.
Local government
The seat of the Western Bay of Plenty District Council is at Greerton in
Tauranga City (which is a separate area that is not part of the district). The district came into being in the local government reorganisation of 1989; with minor modifications to the boundaries, it merged the old Tauranga County and Te Puke Borough. The greatest changes were in the northwest, with
Waihi Beach
Waihi Beach is a coastal town at the western end of the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's North Island. It lies 10 kilometres to the east of the town of Waihi, at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula. The main beach is 10 kilometres long. The town ...
being transferred to the district from the old
Ohinemuri County
Ohinemuri County was one of the counties of New Zealand of the North Island.
The Ohinemuri County Council first met on 17 November 1885. It was formed from a portion of Thames County. A 1919 petition resulted in loss of the western part of the a ...
, and in the vicinity of Tauranga City, where some of the hinterland, formerly in the county, was transferred to the city.
The wards (for the purposes of electing district councillors) are the following:
* Waihi Beach-Katikati Ward: (seat at Katikati)
**
Waihi Beach
Waihi Beach is a coastal town at the western end of the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand's North Island. It lies 10 kilometres to the east of the town of Waihi, at the foot of the Coromandel Peninsula. The main beach is 10 kilometres long. The town ...
Sub-Division
**
Katikati
Katikati is a town in New Zealand (North Island) located on the Uretara Stream near a tidal inlet towards the northern end of Tauranga Harbour, 28 kilometres south of Waihi and 40 kilometres northwest of Tauranga. State Highway 2 passes through ...
Sub-Division
* Kaimai Ward: (seat at
Ōmokoroa)
* Te Puke-Maketu Ward: (seat at Te Puke)
**
Te Puke
Te Puke is a town located 18 kilometres southeast of Tauranga in the Western Bay of Plenty of New Zealand. It is particularly well-known for the cultivation of Kiwifruit.
Te Puke is close to Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Papamoa, and Maketu, whi ...
Sub-Division
**
Maketu
Maketu is a small town on the Bay of Plenty Coast in New Zealand.
Maketu is located in the Western Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Maketu has an estuary from which the Kaituna River used to flow. It is also adjacent to Newdicks Beach located on t ...
Sub-Division
Population
Western Bay of Plenty District covers
and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2. live in Waihi Beach, in Katikati, and in Te Puke.
Western Bay of Plenty District had a population of 51,321 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 7,629 people (17.5%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 9,495 people (22.7%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 18,462 households, comprising 25,647 males and 25,677 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 45.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 9,555 people (18.6%) aged under 15 years, 8,130 (15.8%) aged 15 to 29, 22,881 (44.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 10,758 (21.0%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 81.4% 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 ...
, 19.2%
Māori
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, 2.7%
Pacific peoples, 6.5%
Asian
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, and 1.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 19.2, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 51.1% had no religion, 33.3% were
Christian
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, 2.0% had
Māori religious beliefs, 1.0% were
Hindu
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, 0.1% were
Muslim
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, 0.5% were
Buddhist
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and 4.3% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 6,735 (16.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 7,935 (19.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $30,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. 6,438 people (15.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 19,869 (47.6%) people were employed full-time, 7,083 (17.0%) were part-time, and 1,215 (2.9%) were unemployed.
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