Mangorei

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Mangorei
Rural community
Coordinates: 39°5′34″S 174°6′21″E / 39.09278°S 174.10583°E / -39.09278; 174.10583Coordinates: 39°5′34″S 174°6′21″E / 39.09278°S 174.10583°E / -39.09278; 174.10583
CountryNew Zealand
RegionTaranaki
DistrictNew Plymouth District
Ward
  • City
  • South-West
Area
[1]
 • Total188.54 km2 (72.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2018)[2]
 • Total1,998
 • Density11/km2 (27/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]

Demographics[]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20061,269—    
20131,683+4.12%
20181,998+3.49%
Source: [2]

The Mangorei statistical area covers 188.54 km2 (72.80 sq mi).[1] It 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. There were 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 (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

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

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 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 or higher degree, and 234 (15.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $38,300, compared with $31,800 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.[2]

Education[]

Mangorei School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of 360 students as of November 2021.[5][6] The school started as Lower Mangorei School in 1926, with a previous Lower Mangorei School and Kent School consolidating onto the present site.[7] Upper Mangorei School was closed in 1938 and Korito School was closed in 1939, with students from those schools increasing Mangorei School's roll.[8]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Mangorei (219100). 2018 Census place summary: Mangorei
  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. ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  6. ^ Education Counts: Mangorei School
  7. ^ "Educaton: 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.
  8. ^ "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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