| Tauhara | |||||
| City1: | Taupō District | ||||
| Ward: | Taupō-Kaingaroa | ||||
| Population: | 1803 | ||||
| Popdate: | 2018 | ||||
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Tauhara is a suburb and geothermal area of Taupō in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
The area's main geographic feature, Mount Tauhara, is culturally significant to local Maori: [[hapū]]. It is privately owned but has a public walking track and viewing areas,[1] with panoramic views over Lake Taupō,[2] The tracks were closed in 2015 due to vandalism,[3] but later reopened when the vandalism subsequently stopped.[4]
In December 2018 Taupō District Council reduced the speed limit on the main Tauhara Road from 70 km/h to 50 km/h, to protect the safety of the area's increasingly urban population.[5]
Tauhara had a population of 1,803 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 264 people (17.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 225 people (14.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 603 households. There were 915 males and 888 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.03 males per female. The median age was 30.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 444 people (24.6%) aged under 15 years, 435 (24.1%) aged 15 to 29, 750 (41.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 168 (9.3%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 66.1% European/Pākehā, 48.8% Māori, 7.2% Pacific peoples, 4.0% Asian, and 1.5% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 9.5%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 59.9% had no religion, 25.3% were Christian, 0.3% were Hindu, 0.7% were Buddhist and 6.8% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 84 (6.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 330 (24.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $26,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 717 (52.8%) people were employed full-time, 225 (16.6%) were part-time, and 60 (4.4%) were unemployed.
Tauhara Primary School is a Year 1–6 state primary school[6] [7] with a roll of .[8] The school opened in 1959.[9]
Tauhara College is a state secondary school,[10] [11] with a roll of .[12] The college opened in 1976.[13]
Lake Taupo Christian School is a Year 1–13 state integrated Christian school,[14] with a roll of .[15] The school opened in 1993.[16]
All these schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of
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