Paengaroa
Paengaroa is a village in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. It is from Maketu, from Te Puke, from Tauranga and from Rotorua.
Paengaroa is located on State Highway 33 approximately 2 km from the junction with New Zealand [State Highway 2|State Highway 2], and at the eastern end of the Tauranga Eastern Motorway, which was opened in 2015.
Paengaroa is a largely rural settlement with many farms and a few shops. Some residents also commute to Tauranga. It has 2.27 hectares of commercial land.
Demographics
Paengaroa is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement, which covers. It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. It is part of the larger Pongakawa statistical area.Paengaroa had a population of 879 in the 2023 [New Zealand census], an increase of 84 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 225 people since the 2013 census. There were 453 males, 423 females, and 3 people of other genders in 279 dwellings. 1.7% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.1 years. There were 225 people aged under 15 years, 162 aged 15 to 29, 378 aged 30 to 64, and 117 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 78.5% European ; 34.1% Māori; 2.0% Pasifika; 4.8% Asian; 1.0% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 2.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.2%, Māori by 8.5%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 4.8%. No language could be spoken by 2.4%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 11.6, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 19.5% Christian, 1.0% Hindu, 2.7% Māori religious beliefs, 0.3% Buddhist, 1.0% New Age, and 1.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 64.5%, and 8.9% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 75 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 375 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 204 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $38,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 42 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 351 full-time, 78 part-time, and 12 unemployed.
Notable people from Paengaroa
- Kiri Allan, Member of Parliament for the East Coast electorate and former Minister of Justice