Korokoro, New Zealand

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Korokoro
Suburb of Lower Hutt
Native bush with tree ferns, a stream, and two men in right foreground, at Korokoro
Country	New Zealand
City	Lower Hutt
Local authority	Hutt City Council
Electoral ward	Harbour
Community board	Petone Community Board
Established	1900s
Area
• Land	185 ha (457 acres)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,600

		Maungaraki
	Korokoro	Alicetown, Ava
Horokiwi		Petone

Keen walkers on a stream crossing

Korokoro, a suburb of Lower Hutt City, lies in the south of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb occupies part of the western hills of the Hutt Valley; its eastern slopes overlook Petone and the Wellington harbour.

Korokoro was established in the 1900s by the Liberal government (in office 1891–1912), and remained a relatively small settlement until the Lower Hutt City Council developed the area for private housing in the 1960s.. Before 1989, Korokoro formed part of the Petone Borough, which amalgamated with Lower Hutt City in that year.

Korokoro has a full primary school established in 1904 called Korokoro School with over 180 pupils attend. The school has eight classrooms and is decile 10.

Demographics

Korokoro statistical area covers 1.85 km² (0.71 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 1,590 as of June 2022, with a population density of 859 people per km².

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	1,284	—
2013	1,329	+0.49%
2018	1,482	+2.20%
Source:

Korokoro had a population of 1,482 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 153 people (11.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 198 people (15.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 540 households. There were 744 males and 741 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.0 males per female. The median age was 37.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 315 people (21.3%) aged under 15 years, 225 (15.2%) aged 15 to 29, 795 (53.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 147 (9.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 85.6% European/Pākehā, 10.9% Māori, 2.0% Pacific peoples, 10.9% Asian, and 3.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 24.3%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 58.5% had no religion, 30.2% were Christian, 1.2% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 501 (42.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 87 (7.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $52,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 729 (62.5%) people were employed full-time, 150 (12.9%) were part-time, and 45 (3.9%) were unemployed.

Education

Korokoro School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of 205 as of July 2022.