Takapu Valley

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Takapu Valley
Suburb
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Takapu Valley looking NE on a clear winters afternoon
Takapu Valley
Coordinates: 41°09′50″S174°51′22″E / 41.164°S 174.856°E / -41.164; 174.856
CountryNew Zealand
City Wellington
Local authority Wellington City Council
Electoral ward
Community board Tawa Community Board [2]
Area
 • Land1,177 ha (2,908 acres)
Population
 (2018) [3]
 • Total
87
Postcode(s)
5028 [4]
Train stations Takapu Road Railway Station
Ranui Heights, Cannons Creek
Tawa
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 Belmont
Grenada North, Horokiwi

Takapu Valley, one of the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand, is a rural area. The only road, Takapu Road, which runs by the Takapu Stream, goes down past Grenada North to the intersection with the Johnsonville-Porirua Motorway, and to Tawa where most facilities are. There is a supermarket and the Takapu Road Railway Station near the motorway intersection, but neither is in the valley itself.

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History

The valley was settled in the 19th century, when country sections were sold by the New Zealand Company, many to absentee landowners. An early farmer was John Edwards who arrived in Wellington on the ‘’Catherine Stewart Forbes’’with his wife Phoebe and eight children in 1841. Three of their sons Edward, Thomas and William farmed in the valley. [5]

Access was via the Old Porirua Road which passed the entrance to Takapu Valley.

The Takapu Road School operated from the 1890s to the 1920s.

James and Lionel Nairn transferred their dairy herd to Takapu Road in the 1920s, as in Khandallah (and Ngaio) houses were replacing the remaining farms. [6]

In 2017 the Woodman Farm in Takapu Valley which had been in the same family for 150 years was up for sale. [7]

Demographics

Takapu Valley

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
200684—    
201372−2.18%
201887+3.86%
Source: [3]

Statistical area 7021150 covers Takapu Valley, and has an area of 11.77 km2 (4.54 sq mi) [8] It had a population of 87 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 15 people (20.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 3 people (3.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 27 households, comprising 48 males and 42 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.14 males per female. The median age was 39.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 24 people (27.6%) aged under 15 years, 15 (17.2%) aged 15 to 29, 45 (51.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 6 (6.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 96.6% European/Pākehā, 6.9% Māori, and 6.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 41.4% had no religion, 37.9% were Christian and 3.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 15 (23.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 6 (9.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $38,800, compared with $31,800 nationally. 15 people (23.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 42 (66.7%) people were employed full-time, 12 (19.0%) were part-time, and 3 (4.8%) were unemployed. [3]

Takapu-Horokiwi

Takapu-Horokiwi statistical area includes Horokiwi and covers 19.10 km2 (7.37 sq mi). [8] It had an estimated population of 280 as of June 2024, [9] with a population density of 15 people per km2.

Historical population for Takapu-Horokiwi
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006258—    
2013246−0.68%
2018273+2.10%
Source: [10]

Takapu-Horokiwi had a population of 273 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 27 people (11.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 15 people (5.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 96 households, comprising 144 males and 129 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.12 males per female. The median age was 44.0 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 54 people (19.8%) aged under 15 years, 36 (13.2%) aged 15 to 29, 156 (57.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 24 (8.8%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 89.0% European/Pākehā, 7.7% Māori, 4.4% Asian, and 5.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 24.2, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 49.5% had no religion, 29.7% were Christian, 1.1% were Muslim and 3.3% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 78 (35.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 24 (11.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $43,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. 69 people (31.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 135 (61.6%) people were employed full-time, 33 (15.1%) were part-time, and 3 (1.4%) were unemployed. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ward maps and boundaries". Wellington City Council . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Tawa Community Board". Wellington City Council . Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. 7021150.
  4. ↑ "Wellington-Wairarapa Region" (PDF). Postcode Listings - Urban areas. New Zealand Post. 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Carman, Arthur (1982) [1956]. Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road: 1840-1982 (3 ed.). Wellington: Wright and Carman. pp. 142–150.
  6. ↑ Bremner, Julie (1987). Wellington’s Northern Suburbs 1919-1945. Wellington: Millwood Press. pp. 94, 98. ISBN   0-908582-80-3.
  7. ↑ "150-year-old farm goes on market". Stuff (Fairfax). 9 August 2017.
  8. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Takapu-Horokiwi (248200). 2018 Census place summary: Takapu-Horokiwi
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