Ōtaki Beach is a small settlement in the

Kāpiti Coast District The Kāpiti Coast District (officially the Kapiti Coast District), is a Districts of New Zealand, local government district of the Wellington Region in the lower North Island of New Zealand, north of Wellington, Wellington City. The district i ...

of the

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. It is located on the

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north of the mouth of

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, 4.0 kilometres northwest of Ōtaki. A cairn opposite 224 Marine Parade commemorates the shipwrecks of ''Felixstowe'', a barque, and ''City of Auckland'', a full-rigged ship carrying immigrants, in October 1878. Shipwrecks were common on Ōtaki beach in the 19th century. The area was divided into residential sections and roads built in the early 1920s.

Demographics

Ōtaki Beach is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a small urban area and covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Ōtaki Beach had a population of 1,818 at the

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, an increase of 198 people (12.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 129 people (7.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 765 households, comprising 852 males and 966 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.88 males per female. The median age was 47.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 309 people (17.0%) aged under 15 years, 258 (14.2%) aged 15 to 29, 789 (43.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 462 (25.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 74.8% European/

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, 37.0%

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, 3.5% Pasifika, 2.1% Asian, and 1.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 14.4, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.8% had no religion, 35.3% were

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, 2.0% had

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, 0.7% were

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, 0.2% were

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, 0.5% were

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and 2.5% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 309 (20.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 273 (18.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $25,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 153 people (10.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 603 (40.0%) people were employed full-time, 210 (13.9%) were part-time, and 84 (5.6%) were unemployed.

References

{{Kapiti Coast District Populated places in the Wellington Region Kāpiti Coast District Beaches of the Wellington Region