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Egmont Village is a settlement in Taranaki, New Zealand. State Highway 3 runs through it. New Plymouth is 12 km to the north-west, and Inglewood is 6 km to the south-east. Waiwhakaiho River and Mangaoraka Stream flow past to the west and east, respectively.[3][4]

Egmont Village
Coordinates: 39°8′44″S 174°8′42″E
Country	New Zealand
Region	Taranaki
District	New Plymouth District
Ward	South-West
Area [1]
• Total	1.44 km2 (0.56 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[2]
• Total	327
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)

Demographics

Egmont Village is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement and covers 1.44 km² (0.56 sq mi). It is part of the wider Mangaoraka statistical area, which covers 81.68 km² (31.54 sq mi).[1]

The population of Egmont Village was 327 in the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 48 (17.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 51 (18.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 165 males and 162 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female. Ethnicities were 312 people (95.4%) European/Pākehā, 24 (7.3%) Māori, 6 (1.8%) Pacific peoples, and 6 (1.8%) Asian (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). Of the total population, 69 people (21.1%) were under 15 years old, 51 (15.6%) were 15–29, 171 (52.3%) were 30–64, and 36 (11.0%) were over 65.[2]

Mangaoraka

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	1,251	—
2013	1,548	+3.09%
2018	1,818	+3.27%
Source: [5]

Mangaoraka had a population of 1,818 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 270 people (17.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 567 people (45.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 624 households. There were 933 males and 888 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female. The median age was 39.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 432 people (23.8%) aged under 15 years, 267 (14.7%) aged 15 to 29, 915 (50.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 207 (11.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 94.6% European/Pākehā, 10.1% Māori, 1.3% Pacific peoples, 1.0% Asian, and 2.3% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 10.9%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 57.1% had no religion, 32.0% were Christian, 0.2% were Buddhist and 1.8% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 222 (16.0%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 264 (19.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $37,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 798 (57.6%) people were employed full-time, 246 (17.7%) were part-time, and 27 (1.9%) were unemployed.[5]

Education

Egmont Village School is a coeducational full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of 175 students as of March 2022.[6][7] The school was founded in 1877.[8] The school is the location of the Egmont Village Blockhouse, a defensive building set up in 1868, due to settlers' fears during Tītokowaru's War.[9]

Further reading

General historical works

• McKercher, Cheryl; Holland, Ann (c. 2005). Egmont Village: 125 years. Inglewood, [N.Z.]: C. McKercher & A. Holland in association with Villa Photographic and Polygraphia. ISBN 1-877332-28-3. OCLC 156731978.

School

• Egmont Village School: 81st jubilee, 1877-1958. Egmont Village, [N.Z.]: Egmont Village School Jubilee Committee. 1958.

• Marsh, Bill (1977). Egmont Village School centennial 1877-1977. Egmont Village, [N.Z.] : Stratford, [N.Z.]: The Centennial Committee ; Stratford Press.

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