Manurewa Marae

Demographics

Demographics of Manurewa*

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Manukau is the third largest city in New Zealand with a population of 332,900 and is growing by 7000 people every year. The city is one of the most culturally diverse areas in New Zealand, with over 160 ethnic groups.
The city is divided into 7 electoral wards: Manurewa, Mangere, Otara, Howick, Pakuranga, Papatoetoe, Botany-Celvedon. The Ward system was designed to allow for the recognition of communities within a district and to increase community involvement in the local government system. Ward boundaries are defined at meshblock level, but are not area unit definable.
Manurewa is divided into Manurewa East and Manurewa Central. Based on 2006 Census, population of Manurewa East is 2,307, a change of 2% since 2001 and of Manurewa Central 3,882, a change of 7.5% since 2001.

Area Unit	1996 Census Usually Resident Population Count	2001 Census Usually Resident Population Count	2006 Census Usually Resident Population Count
Manurewa East	2,181	2,262	2,307
Manurewa Central	3,399	3,612	3,882

Manurewa is ethnically diverse with majority of its residents identifying their ethnic grouping as European (49%), Maori (27%), Pacific (22%), and Asian (9%).
Manurewa is very young with 44% of its population under 25 years of age. 29% are under 15 years and 37% under the age of 20.
About 47% of Manurewa’s residents are couples with children, 27% are one parent wit children, and 26% are couple without children.
About 29% of Manurewa’s residents have no formal qualifications.
In their employment status, 83% of Manurewa’s residents are paid employees.
Among sources of personals income, about 45% of Manurewa’s residents list wages, salary, commissions and bonuses paid by employer. At the same time, only 12% have total personal income of $30,001 to $40,000 and 15% total household income of $50,001 to $70,000.

Manurewa East

At the 2001 Census:

27% of people in Manurewa East were under the age of 15 years, and 10.7% were aged 65 years and over.
20.2% of people aged 15 years and over in Manurewa East had a post-school qualification.
52.3% of people in Manurewa East said they belong to the European ethnic group.
The median income of people in Manurewa East was $15,600.
The unemployment rate in Manurewa East was 12.5%.
The most popular occupational group in Manurewa East was Clerks (19.1%).
There were 543 families in Manurewa East with 43.1% being couples with children, 30.9% one parent with children, and 26% couples without children.
The average household size in Manurewa East was 3.2 people.
25.8% of households in Manurewa East had access to the internet.
There were 687 households in Manurewa East.
58.4% of dwellings in Manurewa East were owned with or without a mortgage.
Based on the 2001 Household Expenditure Survey, total average annual spending for households in Manurewa East was $41,336.

Manurewa Central

At the 2001 Census:

24.8% of people in Manurewa Central were under the age of 15 years and 14% were aged 65 years and over.
20.7% of people aged 15 years and over in Manurewa Central had a post-school qualification.
61.1% of people in Manurewa Central said they belong to the European ethnic group.
The median income of people in Manurewa Central was $17,200.
The unemployment rate in Manurewa Central was 11.8 percent.
The most popular occupational group in Manurewa Central was Clerks (18.6%).
There were 837 families in Manurewa Central with 41.9% being couples with children, 30.5% one parent with children, and 27.6% couples without children.
The average household size in Manurewa Central was 2.8 people.
27% of households in Manurewa Central had access to the internet.
There were 1,218 households in Manurewa Central.
59.6% of dwellings in Manurewa Central were owned with or without a mortgage.
Based on the 2001 Household Expenditure Survey, total average annual spending for households in Manurewa Central was $39,930.

* Note: Information is based on Statistics NZ 2001 Census and will be updated when facts and figures for 2006 are released.