Demographics
Onekawa covers 5.65 km2 (2.18 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 7,080 as of June 2025, [2] with a population density of 1,253 people per km2.
Historical population| Year | | |
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| 2006 | 5,754 | — |
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| 2013 | 5,955 | +0.49% |
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| 2018 | 6,597 | +2.07% |
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| 2023 | 6,855 | +0.77% |
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The 2006 population is for a smaller area of 5.53 km2.
Source: [6] [7] |
Onekawa had a population of 6,855 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 258 people (3.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 900 people (15.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 3,381 males, 3,447 females, and 27 people of other genders in 2,427 dwellings. [8] 2.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.0 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,536 people (22.4%) aged under 15 years, 1,440 (21.0%) aged 15 to 29, 2,862 (41.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,014 (14.8%) aged 65 or older. [6]
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 67.0% European (Pākehā); 37.5% Māori; 7.7% Pasifika; 7.7% Asian; 1.0% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.8%, Māori by 9.6%, Samoan by 2.5%, and other languages by 7.2%. No language could be spoken by 2.3% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.8%. The percentage of people born overseas was 15.9, compared with 28.8% nationally. [6]
Religious affiliations were 28.4% Christian, 1.4% Hindu, 0.4% Islam, 4.7% Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.7% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 54.7%, and 7.4% of people did not answer the census question. [6]
Of those at least 15 years old, 753 (14.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 2,964 (55.7%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,602 (30.1%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $36,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 252 people (4.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 2,619 (49.2%) full-time, 654 (12.3%) part-time, and 240 (4.5%) unemployed. [6]
Individual statistical areas| Name | Area
(km2) | Population | Density
(per km2) | Dwellings | Median age | Median
income |
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| Onekawa West | 3.11 | 225 | 72 | 147 | 57.6 years | $40,500 [9] |
| Onekawa Central | 0.68 | 1,563 | 2,299 | 582 | 38.5 years | $41,400 [10] |
| Onekawa East | 0.64 | 1,722 | 2,691 | 660 | 34.4 years | $30,900 [11] |
| Onekawa South | 1.23 | 3,345 | 2,720 | 1,041 | 31.3 years | $36,900 [12] |
| New Zealand | | | | | 38.1 years | $41,500 |
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Education
Onekawa School is a state primary school for Years 1 to 6, [15] with a roll of 344. [16] It opened after 1949 and before 1954. [17] [18]
Henry Hill School is a state primary school for Years 1 to 6, [19] [20] with a roll of 276. [21] It opened in 1963. [22] In 2002, Pirimai School merged with Henry Hill. [23]
St Patrick's School is a state-integrated Catholic primary school for Years 1 to 8, [24] [25] with a roll of 264. [26] It opened in 1878 as a Marist Brothers school for boys, and merged with Sisters of our Lady of the Missions in the 1980s to become co-educational. [27]
William Colenso College is a state secondary school for Years 7 to 13, [28] [29] with a roll of 380. [30] Hawke's Bay School for Teenage Parents is a teenage parenting facility within the college. [28] [31] [32] The college was formed by a merger of Colenso High School (opened in 1959) [33] and Wycliffe Intermediate School (opened in 1960) [34] in 2004. [35]
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Ara Hou is a Kura Kaupapa Māori immersion school for Years 1 to 13, [36] with a roll of 236. [37] It opened in 2002. [38]
All these schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of July 2025. [39]
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