Riverside (

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: ''Ōruku'') is a suburb of

Whangārei Whangārei () is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the largest settlement of the Northland Region. It is part of the Whangarei District, created in 1989 from the former Whangarei City, Whangarei County and Hikurangi Town councils to admi ...

, in

Northland Region Northland (), officially the Northland Region, is the northernmost of New Zealand's 16 regions of New Zealand, local government regions. New Zealanders sometimes refer to it as the Winterless North because of its mild climate all throughout t ...

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. It is east of the city centre, across the

Hātea River The Hātea River is a river of New Zealand. It flows from the north-east of Whangārei southwards and into the northern head of Whangārei Harbour. Its lower length forms the eastern boundary of the city. The banks along the lower reaches are par ...

. Pohe Island is a 54 square kilometre open space which is adjacent to the mouth of the Hātea River and

Whangārei Harbour Whangārei Harbour is a large harbour on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The harbour stretches from Whangārei City, and the termination of the Hātea River, south east around the Onerahi peninsula and out to the Pacific Ocea ...

. it contains William Fraser Memorial Park. William Mackenzie Fraser, for whom the park is named, was an engineer for

Whangarei County Whangarei County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the North Island The North Island ( , 'the fish of Māui', historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger ...

from 1907 to 1918, held various positions with the Whangarei Harbour Board from 1920 until 1947, and was a County Council member from 1947 until his death in 1960.

Demographics

The Riverside statistical area, which includes the neighbouring suburb of Parahaki, covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Riverside had a population of 2,106 in the

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, an increase of 21 people (1.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 315 people (17.6%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,014 males, 1,086 females and 6 people of other genders in 831 dwellings. 3.8% of people identified as

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. The median age was 42.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 342 people (16.2%) aged under 15 years, 342 (16.2%) aged 15 to 29, 1,002 (47.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 420 (19.9%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 80.9%

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(

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); 29.2%

; 4.1% Pasifika; 5.1% Asian; 1.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.2%, Māori language by 6.8%, Samoan by 0.4%, and other languages by 7.8%. No language could be spoken by 2.6% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 21.9, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 28.6%

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, 0.6%

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, 0.3%

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, 1.3%

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, 0.7%

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, 0.6%

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, and 1.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 60.4%, and 6.0% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 282 (16.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,008 (57.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 381 (21.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $42,800, compared with $41,500 nationally. 165 people (9.4%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 891 (50.5%) people were employed full-time, 246 (13.9%) were part-time, and 57 (3.2%) were unemployed.

Notes

{{Whangarei District Populated places in the Northland Region Suburbs of Whangārei