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Portland
Portland
	Coordinates: 35°48′06″S 174°19′45″E / 35.80167°S 174.32917°E
Country	New Zealand
Region	Northland Region
District	Whangarei District
Ward	Bream Bay Ward
Electorates	Whangārei; Te Tai Tokerau;
Government
• Territorial Authority	Whangarei District Council
• Regional council	Northland Regional Council
• Mayor of Whangārei	Vince Cocurullo
• Whangārei MP	Shane Reti
• Te Tai Tokerau MP	Mariameno Kapa-Kingi
Area
• Total	12.12 km2 (4.68 sq mi)
Population (2023 Census)
• Total	483
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)

Portland is a locality on the western side of Whangārei Harbour in Northland, New Zealand. Whangārei is about 10 km to the north. Tikorangi is a hill to the west with a summit 161 m above sea level.^[3]^[4]

The major industry is Portland Cement, which is New Zealand's largest cement manufacturer.^[5] It has a specialised loading dock on the harbour,^[6] and quarries Tikorangi for lime.^[7]

History

The Portland Cement Works, which started on Limestone Island in Whangārei Harbour in 1885, moved to Portland in 1916.^[8]^[9] The Cement works is now owned by Golden Bay Cement, a division of Fletcher Building.

Dominion Cement built a mile-long pier of disused tram rails in 1913.^[10]

The town had a railway station on the North Auckland Line from 1918 to 1975.^[11]

Demographics

Portland is in two SA1 statistical areas which cover 12.12 km² (4.68 sq mi).^[1] The SA1 areas are part of the larger Otaika-Portland statistical area.^[1]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	399	—
2013	333	−2.55%
2018	441	+5.78%
2023	483	+1.84%
The 2006 population is for a smaller area of 11.96 km² Source: ^[12]^[2]

Portland had a population of 483 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 42 people (9.5%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 150 people (45.0%) since the 2013 census. There were 246 males and 237 females in 141 dwellings.^[13] 3.1% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 99 people (20.5%) aged under 15 years, 102 (21.1%) aged 15 to 29, 216 (44.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 60 (12.4%) aged 65 or older.^[2]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 80.7% European (Pākehā), 42.9% Māori, 5.6% Pasifika, 0.6% Asian, and 1.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.7%, Māori language by 7.5%, and other languages by 3.1%. No language could be spoken by 2.5% (e.g. too young to talk). The percentage of people born overseas was 9.9, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 27.3% Christian, 3.1% Māori religious beliefs, 0.6% New Age, 0.6% Jewish, and 0.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 62.7%, and 4.3% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 42 (10.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 225 (58.6%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 99 (25.8%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 30 people (7.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 183 (47.7%) people were employed full-time, 57 (14.8%) were part-time, and 15 (3.9%) were unemployed.^[2]