Middlemore is a suburb of the former

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, one of the four cities that made up the

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, in northern

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, until 2010. The suburb is located on flat land at the southern end of the Ōtāhuhu

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, at the end of an arm of the Tamaki River and 18 kilometres southeast of Auckland city centre. It is located on State Highway 1, and the

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railway passes by the Middlemore Hospital. Middlemore's most well-known landmarks are

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and the Auckland Golf Club course, which surrounds the hospital grounds. Adjacent to both the golf club and Otahuhu College is the private secondary school, King's College.

History

The name 'Middlemore' refers to a region that was once known as Kohuora and was farmed beginning in the 1840s by William Thorne Buckland, who was joined by his younger brother, Alfred Buckland, in 1850. the Middlemore name came from a home that was originally owned by Richard Fairburn, the son of Anglican missionary William Thomas Fairburn, the house is now a part of the nearby Auckland Golf Club clubhouse. The suburb of Middlemore sits on the previous site of the Waokauri / Pūkaki portage, which allowed overland connections for canoes between the Waitematā and Manukau harbours.

Demographics

Middlemore covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Middlemore had a population of 138 in the

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, an increase of 105 people (318.2%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 33 people (31.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 60 males and 78 females. 2.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 49.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 6 people (4.3%) aged under 15 years, 24 (17.4%) aged 15 to 29, 63 (45.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 45 (32.6%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 41.3% European (

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), 23.9% Māori, 26.1% Pasifika, 17.4% Asian, and 4.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 89.1%, Māori language by 8.7%, Samoan by 6.5%, and other languages by 26.1%. The percentage of people born overseas was 41.3, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 50.0%

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, 8.7%

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, 2.2%

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, and 2.2% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 30.4%, and 8.7% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 18 (13.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 66 (50.0%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 45 (34.1%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $33,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 9 people (6.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 51 (38.6%) people were employed full-time, 6 (4.5%) were part-time, and 6 (4.5%) were unemployed.

References

External links

Photographs of Middlemore
held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections. {{Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Area Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Area Suburbs of Auckland Populated places on the Tāmaki River