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Raureka is a suburb of Hastings City, in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.

The suburb has three council-owned parks: Ebbett Park, St Leonards Park and Whenua Takoha Reserve.[2] Raureka locals established a campaign in 2018 to stop the council selling part of Ebbett Park to developers.[3]

Raureka has a community hub with community gardens based at Raureka School.[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	4,599	—
2013	4,527	−0.23%
2018	4,953	+1.81%
Source: [1]

Raureka, comprising the statistical areas of Raureka and Raceway Park, had a population of 4,953 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 426 people (9.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 354 people (7.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,722 households. There were 2,427 males and 2,523 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 1,050 people (21.2%) aged under 15 years, 1,077 (21.7%) aged 15 to 29, 2,052 (41.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 771 (15.6%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 65.8% European/Pākehā, 28.8% Māori, 9.3% Pacific peoples, 8.6% Asian, and 1.6% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 18.7%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 45.7% had no religion, 38.5% were Christian, 1.5% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 6.5% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 483 (12.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 939 (24.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,911 (49.0%) people were employed full-time, 582 (14.9%) were part-time, and 195 (5.0%) were unemployed.[1]

Individual statistical areas

Name	Population	Households	Median age	Median income
Raureka	3,033	1,014	34.1 years	$25,700[5]
Raceway Park	1,920	708	37.5 years	$28,600[6]
New Zealand			37.4 years	$31,800

Education

Raureka School is a co-educational state primary school,[7] with a roll of 306 as of July 2022.[8][9]

Ebbett Park School is a co-educational state primary school,[10] with a roll of 153 as of July 2022.[8][11]

Hastings Boys' High School is a state secondary school,[12][13] with a roll of 752 as of July 2022.[8][14]

References

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