Korokoro, New Zealand

Korokoro, a suburb of Lower Hutt City, lies in the south of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb occupies part of the western hills of the Hutt Valley; its eastern slopes overlook Petone and the Wellington harbour.

This article is about a place. For the animal, see Pouched lamprey.

Korokoro
Suburb
Native bush with tree ferns, a stream, and two men in right foreground, at Korokoro
Native bush with tree ferns, a stream, and two men in right foreground, at Korokoro
CountryNew Zealand
CityLower Hutt
Local authorityHutt City Council
Electoral wardHarbour
Community boardPetone Community Board[1]
Established1900s
Area
 • Land185 ha (457 acres)
Population
 (2020[2])
 • Total1,600
Maungaraki
Korokoro
 Alicetown, Ava
Horokiwi Petone
Keen walkers on a stream crossing

Korokoro was established in the 1900s by the Liberal government (in office 1891–1912), and remained a relatively small settlement until the Lower Hutt City Council developed the area for private housing in the 1960s.[3]. Before 1989, Korokoro formed part of the Petone Borough,[4] which amalgamated with Lower Hutt City in that year.[5]

Korokoro has a full primary school established in 1904 called Korokoro School with over 180 pupils attend. The school has eight classrooms and is decile 10.[6]

Demographics

Korokoro statistical area covers 1.85 km2 (0.71 sq mi).[7] It had an estimated population of 1,590 as of June 2022,[8] with a population density of 859 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20061,284—    
20131,329+0.49%
20181,482+2.20%
Source: [9]

Korokoro had a population of 1,482 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 153 people (11.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 198 people (15.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 540 households. There were 744 males and 741 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 37.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 315 people (21.3%) aged under 15 years, 225 (15.2%) aged 15 to 29, 795 (53.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 147 (9.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 85.6% European/Pākehā, 10.9% Māori, 2.0% Pacific peoples, 10.9% Asian, and 3.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 24.3%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 58.5% had no religion, 30.2% were Christian, 1.2% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 501 (42.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 87 (7.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $52,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 729 (62.5%) people were employed full-time, 150 (12.9%) were part-time, and 45 (3.9%) were unemployed.[9]

Education

Korokoro School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,[10][11] with a roll of 200 as of February 2023.[12]

References
  1. "Hutt City Wards and Suburbs" (PDF). Hutt City Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  2. "Subnational population estimates". NZ.Stat. Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. Te Ara: Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - central and west Retrieved: 24 January 2009
  4. "The Petone Chronicle". May 2014. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. "Our history". Hutt City: Te Awa Kairangi. Hutt City Council. Lower Hutt City. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018. 1989 Amalgamation of Lower Hutt, Petone, Wainuiomata and Eastbourne into Lower Hutt City
  6. Korokoro school website Retrieved: 6 April 2012
  7. "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  9. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Korokoro (243300). 2018 Census place summary: Korokoro
  10. "Korokoro School Official School Website". korokoro.school.nz.
  11. "Korokoro School Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
  12. "Korokoro School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.

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