Korokoro, New Zealand

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Korokoro
Suburb of Lower Hutt
Native bush with tree ferns, a stream, and two men visible in right foreground, at Korokoro. ATLIB 273165.png
Native bush with tree ferns, a stream, and two men in right foreground, at Korokoro
Korokoro, New Zealand
Country New Zealand
City Lower Hutt
Local authority Hutt City Council
Electoral wardHarbour
Community board Petone Community Board [1]
Established1900s
Area
 • Land185 ha (457 acres)
Population
 (2020 [2] )
 • Total1,600
Maungaraki
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 Alicetown, Ava
Horokiwi Petone
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Keen walkers on a stream crossing

Korokoro, a suburb of Lower Hutt City, lies in the south of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb occupies part of the western hills of the Hutt Valley; its eastern slopes overlook Petone and the Wellington harbour.

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Korokoro was established in the 1900s by the Liberal government (in office 1891–1912), and remained a relatively small settlement until the Lower Hutt City Council developed the area for private housing in the 1960s. [3] [ failed verification ]. Before 1989, Korokoro formed part of the Petone Borough, [4] which amalgamated with Lower Hutt City in that year. [5]

Korokoro has a full primary school established in 1904 called Korokoro School with over 180 pupils attend. The school has eight classrooms and is decile 10. [6]

Demographics

Korokoro statistical area covers 1.85 km2 (0.71 sq mi). [7] It had an estimated population of 1,590 as of June 2022, [8] with a population density of 859 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20061,284—    
20131,329+0.49%
20181,482+2.20%
Source: [9]

Korokoro had a population of 1,482 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 153 people (11.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 198 people (15.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 540 households. There were 744 males and 741 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 37.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 315 people (21.3%) aged under 15 years, 225 (15.2%) aged 15 to 29, 795 (53.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 147 (9.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 85.6% European/Pākehā, 10.9% Māori, 2.0% Pacific peoples, 10.9% Asian, and 3.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 24.3%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 58.5% had no religion, 30.2% were Christian, 1.2% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 501 (42.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 87 (7.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $52,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 729 (62.5%) people were employed full-time, 150 (12.9%) were part-time, and 45 (3.9%) were unemployed. [9]

Education

Korokoro School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, [10] [11] with a roll of 205 as of July 2022. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hutt City Wards and Suburbs" (PDF). Hutt City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Subnational population estimates". NZ.Stat. Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Te Ara: Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - central and west Retrieved: 24 January 2009
  4. ↑ "The Petone Chronicle". May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Our history". Hutt City: Te Awa Kairangi. Hutt City Council. Lower Hutt City. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018. 1989 Amalgamation of Lower Hutt, Petone, Wainuiomata and Eastbourne into Lower Hutt City
  6. ↑ Korokoro school website Retrieved: 6 April 2012
  7. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Korokoro (243300). 2018 Census place summary: Korokoro
  10. ↑ "Korokoro School Official School Website". korokoro.school.nz.
  11. ↑ "Korokoro School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  12. ↑ "Korokoro School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.

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