The demographics of New Zealand encompass the gender, ethnic, religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds of the 5.2 million people living in New Zealand. New Zealanders predominantly live in urban areas on the North Island. The five largest cities are Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, and Tauranga. Few New Zealanders live on New Zealand's smaller islands. Waiheke Island is easily the most populated smaller island with 9,420 residents, while Great Barrier Island, the Chatham and Pitt Islands, and Stewart Island each have populations below 1,000. New Zealand is part of a realm and most people born in the realm's external territories of Tokelau, the Ross Dependency, the Cook Islands and Niue are entitled to New Zealand passports.
Hamilton is an inland city in the North Island of New Zealand. Located on the banks of the Waikato River, it is the seat and most populous city of the Waikato region. With a territorial population of 185,300, it is the country's fourth most-populous city. Encompassing a land area of about 110 km2 (42 sq mi), Hamilton is part of the wider Hamilton Urban Area, which also encompasses the nearby towns of Ngāruawāhia, Te Awamutu and Cambridge. In 2020, Hamilton was awarded the title of most beautiful large city in New Zealand.
Ruakura is a semi-rural suburb of Hamilton City, in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The University of Waikato is nearby.
Fairfield is a suburb to the northeast of central Hamilton, New Zealand. Fairfield is named after the dairy farm of John Davies, who bought 100 acres from F. R. Claude. This area experienced rapid growth in the 1950s and 60s.
Te Rapa is a mixed light industrial, large-scale retail and semi-rural suburb to the northwest of central Hamilton, New Zealand that is built on a flat area that was previously the bed of an ancient river, the forerunner to the present Waikato River.
Hamilton East is a suburb in central Hamilton in New Zealand. The suburb's primary commercial and retail precinct is located along Grey Street. Hamilton East is characterised by villas and bungalows built early in the 20th century.
Pullenvale is a western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Pullenvale had a population of 3,276 people.
Flagstaff is a suburb in north-east Hamilton, New Zealand. It was originally called Dulverton on council plans, but it was officially named Flagstaff in 1986 when it was declared as a suburb. The area was heavily developed in the 1990s.
Western Heights is a suburb on the western boundary of the city of Hamilton in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand.
Crawshaw is a compact suburb, close to Te Rapa railway depot, in western Hamilton in New Zealand, and extended in the 2018 census to cover 0.86 km2. Although sometimes referred to as a suburb in its own right, it is often described as being part of Nawton.
Glenview is a suburb in southern Hamilton in New Zealand. It was named by Bruce Lugton of developers Lugton Lands. He chose Glenview because he felt it depicted the area perfectly. It was defined as a suburb in 1963.
Hamilton North is a suburb in central Hamilton in New Zealand. It was not depicted a suburb until there was a need to distinguish between the different parts of the Hamilton CBD. The suburbs of Hamilton Central and Hamilton North were divided in 1963.
Pukete is a 1970s riverside suburb in northwestern Hamilton in New Zealand.
St Andrews is a suburb in north-western Hamilton in New Zealand. One of its main features is an 18-hole golf course built on an old flood plain on the west bank of the Waikato River. This area was regularly flooded before the construction of the Karapiro HEP dam further up river.
Fairview Downs is a suburb in eastern Hamilton in New Zealand.
Harrowfield is a suburb in eastern Hamilton in New Zealand. It was built in about 1991.
St James Park is a suburb in north-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand by a 2010 map. It was developed by Chedworth/Grasshopper Joint Venture in 2001. In 2012 Hamilton Libraries described it as being in Huntington, as do some valuers and land agents. St James shopping area is in the centre of Rototuna, with a Countdown supermarket, a gym and a Palmers Garden Centre.
St Petersburg is a suburb in north-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand. In the 2013 census it was in meshblock 0951707, which was part of Sylvester area and had a population of 822 in 240 houses. In 2018 that meshblock was split into 4 meshblocks and is part of Flagstaff South. Others also describe it as part of Flagstaff.
Huntington is a suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand.
Tauwhare is a small rural community in the Waikato District on the outskirts of Hamilton. The Waitakaruru Arboretum and Sculpture Park is located here.
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