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.[3] Raureka locals established a campaign in 2018 to stop the council selling part of Ebbett Park to developers.[4]
Raureka has a community hub with community gardens based at Raureka School.[5]
Raureka covers 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 5,760 as of June 2023,[2] with a population density of 2,717 people per km2.
Before the 2023 census, the suburb area had a smaller boundary, covering 2.08 km2 (0.80 sq mi).[1] Using that boundary, Raureka 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, comprising 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. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 18.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 45.7% had no religion, 38.5% were Christian, 3.0% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.5% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 3.5% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 483 (12.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 939 (24.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 306 people (7.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. 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.[6]
Raureka School is a co-educational state primary school,[9] with a roll of 253 as of February 2024.[10][11]
Ebbett Park School is a co-educational state primary school,[12] with a roll of 142 as of February 2024.[10][13]
Hastings Boys' High School is a state secondary school,[14][15] with a roll of 821 as of February 2024.[10][16]
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