Milldale is a suburb of

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, 33 kilometres north of the city centre. The

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forms its eastern boundary. Construction of the suburb began in 2019, and will take approximately 12 years to complete. The development, which is planned to accommodate 4500 new dwellings on a 300 hectare site includes a town centre, schools and a retirement village In 2022, the developer of the suburb, Fulton Hogan, purchased a further 191

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of farmland adjacent to Milldale, known as Longburn Farm.

Demographics

Milldale covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Milldale had a population of 2,238 in the

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, an increase of 2,091 people (1422.4%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 2,076 people (1281.5%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,107 males, 1,125 females and 3 people of other genders in 708 dwellings. 2.5% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 33.2 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 627 people (28.0%) aged under 15 years, 339 (15.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,155 (51.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 114 (5.1%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 62.9% European (

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); 5.4%

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; 1.6% Pasifika; 32.6% Asian; 3.2% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.1% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 93.0%, Māori language by 0.7%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 37.5%. No language could be spoken by 4.0% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.1%. The percentage of people born overseas was 56.2, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 39.9%

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, 5.1%

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, 0.8%

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, 0.1%

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, 2.3%

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, 0.1%

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, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 46.2%, and 4.2% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 531 (33.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 642 (39.9%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 312 (19.4%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $71,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 480 people (29.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,155 (71.7%) people were employed full-time, 174 (10.8%) were part-time, and 42 (2.6%) were unemployed.

References

{{Rodney Local Board Area Dairy Flat Subdivision Populated places in the Auckland Region Hibiscus Coast Rodney Local Board Area