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Cape Colville Cape Colville is the northernmost point of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island. It lies 85 kilometres north of Thames, and 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Auckland, on the other side of the Hauraki Gulf. The small settle ...

and 20 km to

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on the northeastern side. The town is the service and social centre for the area, with a co-operatively-owned general store, Postal Delivery Centre, volunteer fire brigade, school, community hall and several houses. Just beyond the town is the beginning of the Te Moehau Range, which forms the bulk of the northern end of the Coromandel Peninsula, and contains valuable ecological areas, including a population of the

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. Colville the town took its name from the cape, which

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named on 18 November 1769 after Rear Admiral Lord Colville, under whom Cook had previously served (1759–1761) on HMS ''Northumberland'' in the

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. Colville was also known as Cabbage Bay, thought to be in reference to the cabbage trees in the bay. ColvilleStore

Colville township grew following the construction of a general store with a motor garage alongside. This was built by Richard (Dick) Goudie, a local man whose grandparents had settled in Cabbage Bay. Dick Goudie later ran a taxi service from the town, being the first to drive a motor vehicle across the new bridge at Papa Aroha which opened up the northern peninsula from Coromandel.

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for semi-precious stones such as

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and for

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are popular activities among tourists visiting the town. Another member of the Goudie family, John, developed a motor camp a few kilometres north of the town some years later. The Motukawao Islands lie five kilometres off the coast to the southwest of Colville, in the Hauraki Gulf.

Demographics

Colville township is in an SA1 statistical area which covers and includes the area around Colville Bay and to the east of it but not including the east coast of the peninsula. The SA1 area is part of the larger Colville statistical area. The SA1 statistical area had a population of 159 at the

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, an increase of 30 people (23.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 42 people (35.9%) since the

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. There were 66 households, comprising 78 males and 81 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female. The median age was 51.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 27 people (17.0%) aged under 15 years, 12 (7.5%) aged 15 to 29, 84 (52.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 36 (22.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 96.2% European/

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, 9.4%

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, 3.8% Pacific peoples, 1.9%

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, and 1.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 64.2% had no religion, 17.0% were Christian, 5.7% were

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and 1.9% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 36 (27.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 24 (18.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $21,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 6 people (4.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 51 (38.6%) people were employed full-time, 39 (29.5%) were part-time, and 3 (2.3%) were unemployed.

Colville statistical area

Colville statistical ara is much larger than the town, and covers the western side of the Coromandel Peninsula north of the Waikawau River and the entire area north of and including Kennedy Bay, but excludes Coromandel town. It covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Colville statistical area had a population of 1,485 at the

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, an increase of 195 people (15.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 114 people (8.3%) 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 573 households, comprising 756 males and 729 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.04 males per female. The median age was 52.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 231 people (15.6%) aged under 15 years, 171 (11.5%) aged 15 to 29, 714 (48.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 366 (24.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 75.6% European/

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, 37.8%

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, 2.8% Pacific peoples, 1.0%

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, and 1.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 14.3, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 58.4% had no religion, 26.5% were Christian, 4.6% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.2% were

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, 1.4% were

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and 2.6% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 189 (15.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 285 (22.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $22,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. 117 people (9.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 447 (35.6%) people were employed full-time, 270 (21.5%) were part-time, and 51 (4.1%) were unemployed.

Education

Colville School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a decile rating of 2 and a roll of students as of .

Notes

References

* {{Thames-Coromandel District Thames-Coromandel District Populated places in Waikato Populated places around the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana