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Wharewaka is a suburb of
Taupō Taupō (), sometimes written Taupo, is a town located in the central North Island of New Zealand. It is situated on the edge of Lake Taupō, which is the largest freshwater lake in New Zealand. Taupō was constituted as a borough in 1953. It h ...
, New Zealand. It stretches from Rainbow Point to Five Mile Bay on the west side of
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. Wharewaka lies on a small point of land next to
Lake Taupō Lake Taupō (also spelled Taupo; or ) is a large crater lake in New Zealand's North Island, located in the caldera of Taupō Volcano. The lake is the namesake of the town of Taupō, which sits on a bay in the lake's northeastern shore. With ...
and 1.6 km northwest of the
Taupō Airport Taupō Airport (Māori: ''Te Papa Waka Rererangi o Taupō'', ) is a small airport to the south of Taupō township on the eastern shores of Lake Taupō, New Zealand. Scheduled flights are operated by Air New Zealand Link, using Bombardier DHC ...
. Wharewaka has a large proportion of
holiday homes A holiday cottage, holiday home, vacation home, or vacation property is accommodation used for holiday vacations, corporate travel, and temporary housing often for less than 30 days. Such properties are typically small homes, such as cottage ...
. Recent developments such as the Wharewaka Point Development and the Lakeside development have seen a rise in population. Wharewaka Point is a busy swimming beach during the summer. It is popular with tourists and locals alike. Wharewaka is also the location of the Summerset
retirement village A retirement community is a residential community or housing complex designed for older adults who are generally able to care for themselves. Assistance from home care agencies is allowed in some communities, and activities and socialization opp ...
. After an M5.7 earthquake on 30 November 2022, 170 metres of the shoreline at Wharewaka Point collapsed into the lake.


Demographics

Wharewaka covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Wharewaka had a population of 1,614 in the
2023 New Zealand census The 2023 New Zealand census, which took place on 7 March 2023, was the thirty-fifth national census in New Zealand. It implemented measures that aimed to increase the Census' effectiveness in response to the issues faced with the 2018 census, i ...
, an increase of 675 people (71.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 900 people (126.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 774 males and 840 females in 663 dwellings. 2.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 52.2 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 258 people (16.0%) aged under 15 years, 153 (9.5%) aged 15 to 29, 651 (40.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 549 (34.0%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 87.4%
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(
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); 10.6%
Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
; 2.2% Pasifika; 8.0% Asian; 0.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.6%, Māori by 2.8%, and other languages by 8.4%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk).
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was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 21.2, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 34.9%
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, 2.2%
Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...
, 0.2%
Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
, 0.4%
Māori religious beliefs Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...
, 0.2%
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, 0.4%
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, and 1.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 51.1%, and 8.9% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 318 (23.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 744 (54.9%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 288 (21.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $40,600, compared with $41,500 nationally. 210 people (15.5%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 573 (42.3%) full-time, 174 (12.8%) part-time, and 18 (1.3%) unemployed.


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{{Taupo District Suburbs of Taupō Populated places on Lake Taupō