Information provided below is sourced from Statistics New Zealand

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Population

At the 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings:

• The census usually resident population count for Maungaraki¹ was 3,411, a change of -1.8 percent since 1996.
• In comparison, the Lower Hutt City's population has changed by -0.4 percent and the population for New Zealand as a whole has changed by 3.3 percent since 1996.

Numbers of people counted

	Maungaraki	Lower Hutt City	New Zealand
Males	1,689	46,650	1,823,007
Females	1,722	48,828	1,914,273
Total	3,411	95,478	3,737,277
Change since 1996 Census	-63	-393	118,974

¹The area used for this profile is based on Statistics New Zealand's area unit.

Age profile

At the 2001 Census:

• 19.8 percent of people in Maungaraki were under the age of 15 years, compared with 24.0 percent in Lower Hutt City and 22.7 percent for all of New Zealand.
• 6.6 percent of people in Maungaraki were aged 65 years and over compared with 10.5 percent of Lower Hutt City and 12.1 percent for all of New Zealand.

 

Age distribution (years)

	Maungaraki	Lower Hutt City	New Zealand
0-14	19.8%	24.0%	22.7%
15-64	73.7%	65.5%	65.3%
65+	6.6%	10.5%	12.1%

Education

At the 2001 Census:

• 44.1 percent of people aged 15 years and over in Maungaraki had a post-school qualification, compared with 33.6 percent for Lower Hutt City and 32.2 percent for New Zealand as a whole.

 

Highest qualification

	Maungaraki	Lower Hutt City	New Zealand
No qualification	14.2%	26.7%	27.7%
School	41.7%	39.7%	40.1%
Post-school	44.1%	33.6%	32.2%

Ethnic groups (total responses)

At the 2001 Census:

• 85.8 percent of people in Maungaraki said they belong to the European ethnic group, compared with 76.7 percent for Lower Hutt City and 80.1 percent for all of New Zealand.

 

 

Ethnic groups (total responses)

	Maungaraki	Lower Hutt City	New Zealand
European	85.8%	76.7%	80.1%
Maori	5.7%	16.0%	14.7%
Pacific Peoples	2.4%	9.4%	6.5%
Asian	11.4%	7.0%	6.6%
Other	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%

Income

At the 2001 Census:

• The median income of people in Maungaraki is $29,700, compared with $22,000 for Lower Hutt City and $18,500 for all of New Zealand.

 

Income

	Maungaraki	Lower Hutt City	New Zealand
100,001 or more	3.2%	2.7%	2.4%
70,001 - 100,000	5.6%	3.4%	2.7%
50,001 - 70,000	12.6%	7.4%	6.4%
40,001 - 50,000	11.5%	8.1%	7.1%
30,001 - 40,000	16.6%	14.1%	12.1%
20,001 - 30,000	15.1%	17.7%	16.5%
10,001 - 20,000	13.7%	22.1%	24.9%
1 - 10,000	17.8%	19.6%	22.5%
Nil	3.7%	4.5%	4.7%
Loss	0.2%	0.5%	0.7%

Employment

At the 2001 Census:

• The unemployment rate in Maungaraki was 4.0 percent, compared with Lower Hutt City percent for 7.8 and 7.5 percent for all of New Zealand.
• The most popular occupational group in Maungaraki was Professionals (21.5 percent). The most popular occupational group in Lower Hutt City was Clerks (18.3 percent) and for New Zealand as a whole was Service and Sales Workers (14.8 percent).

 

Families

At the 2001 Census:

• There were 987 families in Maungaraki.

Family type

	Maungaraki	Lower Hutt City	New Zealand
Couples with child(ren)	45.9%	45.4%	42.1%
Couples without children	42.6%	34.4%	39.0%
One parent with child(ren)	11.6%	20.2%	18.9%

 

Households

At the 2001 Census:

• The average household size in Maungaraki was 2.6 people, compared with 2.7 for Lower Hutt City and 2.7 for all of New Zealand.
• 99.3 percent of households in Maungaraki had access to a telephone, compared with 96.8 percent for Lower Hutt City and 96.3 percent for all of New Zealand.
• 57.4 percent of households in Maungaraki had access to the internet, compared with 40.0 percent for Lower Hutt City and 37.4 percent for all of New Zealand.
• 97.1 percent of households in Maungaraki had access to a motor vehicle, compared with 86.8 percent for Lower Hutt City and 89.9 percent for the whole of New Zealand.

• There were 1,260 households in Maungaraki.
• 77.1 percent of dwellings in Maungaraki were owned with or without a mortgage, compared with 66.8 percent for Lower Hutt City and 67.8 percent for all of New Zealand.

 

Information from data collected in the 2001 Household Expenditure Survey shows that:

• The total average annual spending for households in Maungaraki was $54,538 compared with $46,099 for households in Lower Hutt City and $43,682 for the whole of New Zealand.

 

Average annual household spending for select groups

	Maungaraki	Lower Hutt City	New Zealand
Food	$8,175	$7,321	$7,004
Housing	$11,887	$10,154	$10,159
Housing Operation	$6,805	$5,876	$5,472
Transportation	$10,311	$8,341	$7,358

Business

In 2002:

• There were 142 business locations (geographic units) in Maungaraki compared with 7,369 in Lower Hutt City and 309,749 for all of New Zealand.

 

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