Mangorei

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Mangorei
Rural community
Lake Mangamahoe - 0.jpg
Lake Mangamahoe
Mangorei
Coordinates: 39°07′41″S174°05′24″E / 39.128°S 174.090°E / -39.128; 174.090
Country New Zealand
Region Taranaki Region
Territorial authority New Plymouth District
Ward
  • Kōhanga Moa General Ward
  • Te Purutanga Mauri Pūmanawa Māori Ward
CommunityInglewood Community
Electorates
Government
  Territorial Authority New Plymouth District Council
  Regional council Taranaki Regional Council
Area
[1]
  Total188.54 km2 (72.80 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2022) [2]
  Total2,210
  Density12/km2 (30/sq mi)

Mangorei is a locality on the outskirts of New Plymouth in Taranaki, New Zealand. The city centre is about 5 km to the north-west. State Highway 3 passes to the south-west. [3] [4]

Contents

Lake Mangamahoe is a lake on the eastern side of State Highway 3. [5]

Demographics

Mangorei statistical area covers 188.54 km2 (72.80 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 2,210 as of June 2022, [2] with a population density of 12 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20061,269    
20131,683+4.12%
20181,998+3.49%
Source: [6]

Mangorei had a population of 1,998 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 315 people (18.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 729 people (57.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 702 households, comprising 1,041 males and 957 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female. The median age was 41.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 450 people (22.5%) aged under 15 years, 270 (13.5%) aged 15 to 29, 1,074 (53.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 204 (10.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 95.9% European/Pākehā, 7.7% Māori, 0.5% Pacific peoples, 1.5% Asian, and 2.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 14.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 58.7% had no religion, 32.6% were Christian, 0.3% were Muslim, 0.3% were Buddhist and 1.7% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 306 (19.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 234 (15.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $38,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. 354 people (22.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 840 (54.3%) people were employed full-time, 315 (20.3%) were part-time, and 33 (2.1%) were unemployed. [6]

Education

Mangorei School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of 311 students as of April 2023. [7] [8] The school started as Lower Mangorei School in 1926, with a previous Lower Mangorei School and Kent School consolidating onto the present site. [9] Upper Mangorei School was closed in 1938 and Korito School was closed in 1939, with students from those schools increasing Mangorei School's roll. [10]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. Roger Smith, GeographX (2005), The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand, Robbie Burton, pp. map 84, ISBN   1-877333-20-4
  4. North Island Provincial Town Maps (5th ed.), Wises Maps, p. 94
  5. "Lake Mangamahoe". New Plymouth District Council. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Mangorei (219100). 2018 Census place summary: Mangorei
  7. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  8. Education Counts: Mangorei School
  9. "Education: Primary Education. [In continuation of E.—2, 1926.] Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1927 Session I, E-02". 1927. p. 27.
  10. "History". Mangorei School. Retrieved 25 February 2021.

Further reading

General historical works

  • Mangorei History Group (comp.) (2002), Upper Mangorei: the place, the people through the years, Mangorei, [N.Z.]: Mangorei History Group, ISBN   0-473-08471-6

People

  • Waswo, Irene (1988), Introducing the Andrews family, n.p.: Irene Waswo
  • Wells, Zaccheus W.; Mullon, Herbert D. (tr.) (1970), Diary of Zaccheus William Wells, 1 Jan., 1861, to 31 December, 1864, Mangorei and New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand: transcribed from the original in the possession of the family, New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: H. D. Mullon
  • Wells, Zaccheus W.; Mullon, Herbert D. (tr.) (1971), Diary of Zaccheus William Wells, 1 Jan., 1861, to 31 December, 1864, Mangorei and New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand: transcribed from the original in the possession of the family (2nd ed.), New Plymouth, [N.Z.]: H. D. Mullon

School

  • Mangorei Primary School: 50th Jubilee, Mangorei, [N.Z.]: Mangorei School 50th Jubilee Committee, 1976
  • Mangorei School 75[th] jubilee: Labour Weekend 2001, 19/20th October, Mangorei, [N.Z.]: 75th Jubilee Organising Committee, 2001

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