Matua, New Zealand

Matua is a suburb of Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Matua
Suburb
Country	New Zealand
Local authority	Tauranga
Electoral ward	Otumoetai/Pyes Pa
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	5,394

	(Tauranga Harbour)
	Matua
	Bellevue	Otūmoetai

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	5,076	—
2013	5,148	+0.20%
2018	5,394	+0.94%
Source: [1]

Matua North, comprising the statistical areas of Matua North and Matua South, had a population of 5,394 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 246 people (4.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 318 people (6.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,067 households. There were 2,550 males and 2,841 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.9 males per female, with 945 people (17.5%) aged under 15 years, 687 (12.7%) aged 15 to 29, 2,361 (43.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,398 (25.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 91.0% European/Pākehā, 8.6% Māori, 1.6% Pacific peoples, 4.4% Asian, and 2.1% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 22.5%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 52.1% had no religion, 37.9% were Christian, 0.6% were Hindu, 0.1% were Muslim, 0.4% were Buddhist and 2.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,125 (25.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 657 (14.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,938 (43.6%) people were employed full-time, 690 (15.5%) were part-time, and 117 (2.6%) were unemployed.[1]

Individual statistical areas

Name	Population	Median age	Median income
Matua North	2,859	47.6 years	$38,600
Matua South	2,535	48 years	$30,200
New Zealand		37.4 years	$31,800

Education

Matua School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[2][3] with a roll of 494 as of March 2020.[4] The school was established in 1965 as Levers Road School, and adopted its current name in 1966.[5]

References

1. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Matua North (192600) and Matua South (192900). 2018 Census place summary: Matua North 2018 Census place summary: Matua South
2. "Official School Website". matua.school.nz.
3. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
4. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.
5. "Our Community". Matua School. Retrieved 5 December 2020.