Harrowfield

Harrowfield
Suburb
Sewer bridge over the Kirikiriroa Stream carries a walkway/cycleway linking Harrowfield with Queenwood
Coordinates: 37°44′30.5″S175°15′31.67″E / 37.741806°S 175.2587972°E / -37.741806; 175.2587972
Country	New Zealand
City	Hamilton, New Zealand
Local authority	Hamilton City Council
Electoral ward	East Ward
Established	1980s
Area [1]
• Land	42 ha (104 acres)
Population  (2023 Census) [2]
• Total	579

St Petersburg	Flagstaff	Rototuna
Pukete	Harrowfield	Callum Brae
St Andrews	Beerescourt	Queenwood

Harrowfield is a suburb in eastern Hamilton in New Zealand. ^[3] It was built in about 1991. ^{[4] [5]}

Part of Tauhara Park borders the suburb. The park has a mini golf area, a playground, sports fields ^[6] and walkway/cycleway paths, which connect Harrowfield to the Kirikiriroa Stream valley, Queenwood and Flagstaff. ^[7] Some of the park, on the far side of Wairere Drive, covers the old Rototuna landfill. Since the late 1990s much of the leachate from the landfill has been collected for disposal at Pukete sewage works. ^[8] However residents were expressing concerns about it in 2012. ^[9]

Christmas lights in the suburb attract many visitors. ^[10]

In 2017 development of a further 22 dwellings, including 8 duplexes, was approved. Previous developments were on plots of around 1,200 m² (13,000 sq ft), rather than the higher 320 m² (3,400 sq ft) density of the new one, which backs on to Wairere Drive. ^[11]

Demographics

Harrowfield is marked on the 1:50,000 map ^[12] and is referred to as a suburb in its own right, ^[13] but as a census area it is part of Queenwood. ^[14]

Harrowfield covers 0.42 km² (0.16 sq mi) ^[1]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	474	—
2013	471	−0.09%
2018	438	−1.44%
2023	579	+5.74%
Source: [2] [15]

Horrowfield had a population of 579 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 141 people (32.2%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 108 people (22.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 273 males and 306 females in 207 dwellings. ^[16] 2.1% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 96 people (16.6%) aged under 15 years, 120 (20.7%) aged 15 to 29, 258 (44.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 105 (18.1%) aged 65 or older. ^[2]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 75.1% European (Pākehā), 13.5% Māori, 2.1% Pasifika, 19.7% Asian, and 3.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.8%, Māori language by 3.6%, Samoan by 1.0%, and other languages by 21.2%. No language could be spoken by 1.6% (e.g. too young to talk). The percentage of people born overseas was 28.0, compared with 28.8% nationally. ^[2]

Religious affiliations were 36.3% Christian, 1.6% Hindu, 1.6% Islam, 1.6% Buddhist, 0.5% Jewish, and 3.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 49.7%, and 5.7% of people did not answer the census question. ^[2]

Of those at least 15 years old, 174 (36.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 243 (50.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 66 (13.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 93 people (19.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 267 (55.3%) people were employed full-time, 69 (14.3%) were part-time, and 18 (3.7%) were unemployed. ^[2]

	meshblock 0952109 south/ SA1 7011948				0952108 centre/ SA1 7011947				0952107 north/ SA1 7011946				National median income
Year	Pop	Average age	House­holds	Median income	Pop	Average age	House­holds	Median income	Pop	Average age	House­holds	Median income
2001	204	43.1	63	$27,900	129	44.5	45	$32,000	156	38.3	54	$35,000	$18,500
2006	174	49	63	$43,800	132	48	45	$33,800	165	44	57	$44,000	$24,100
2013	168	53.3	66	$43,800	117	50.2	45	$36,700	186	47.5	63	$33,800	$27,900
2018	174	49.3	66	$53,300	117	49.0	45	$44,600	147	52.3	66	$44,800	$31,800
2023	189	42.3	66	$57,200 [17]	120	45.4	45	$50,700 [18]	270	37.3	96	$59,400 [19]	$41,500

See also

• List of streets in Hamilton
• Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand

References

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