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Poriru

Poriru

Poriru

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The a City is a City a is a history of features City is part of the includes coastal

Poriru of the City served by Wellingto the city of a's name dates include State n Region suburbs approxima is likely from as the Highway in the and tely 183 derived far back as Porirua 1, State lower localities km2 from 'Pari- at least City Highway North of (18,251 rua', 1450AD. Centre, 58, the Island (Te Adventure hectares). meaning Early North City Johnsonvil Ika-a- , Aotea, Urban 'the settlers Shopping le-Porirua Māui) of Ascot areas are flowing of Ngai Tara Centre, Motorway New Park, largely on the two and Ngāti North City and the Zealand. Cannons the tides', Ira MegaCent North Porirua Porirua Creek western referring recognise re, Te Island City extends East, coast to the two d Porirua's Rauparaha main from Cannons around tidal strategic Arena trunk Kenepuru Creek the two estuary geographi (including railway. Drive in North, arms of arms of c Arena The the south Cannons the Porirua importanc Aquatic proposed (bordering Creek e and Centre), 27-km Wellingto South, Harbour (Onepoto plentiful New Transmissi n City), to Discovery, and there Arm and food Zealand on Gully Pukerua Elsdon- is a large Pāuatahan supplies, Police Motorway Bay in the Takapuwa rural ui and were Museum, is north hia, hinterland Inlet).

followed Pataka expected (bordering Endeavour . The by Ngāti Museum to begin Kāpiti , Inlet- urban Toa iwi led of Arts constructi Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. Coast), Porirua areas by Te and on mid- from Harbour, include Rauparaha Cultures, late 2014 Mana- residential in the Porirua and open on the Camborne , 1820s. Hospital to traffic west coast , Mana commerci Ngāti Toa Museum, in 2020. (Tasman Island, al, is tangata Porirua There will Sea), to Onepoto, industrial, whenua.

Eur Whitby interchang in the east i Hill, al and opean Lakes, es (bordering Papakōwh recreation settlemen Aotea connectin Upper ai, al land t dates Lagoon, g the Hutt City , use. Rural from Mana route to to the Pāuatahan areas are around Island State north-east ui, largely the 1820s, Scientific Highway and Hutt Plimmerto farming. industries access to Kenepuru. south- Central, being Belmont There will east).

Porirua whaling Regional also be East, and Park, two link Postgate, trading. Royal New roads Pukerua From the Zealand from the Bay, Rānui late 1830s Police eastern Heights, land was College, Porirua Resolution used for Whitireia suburbs of , Titahi sheep Polytechni Whitby Bay North, grazing, c (Porirua and Titahi Bay with some Campus), Waitangir South and timber 54km of ua.

Waitangir and ship coastline Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. ua.

building and industries beaches on the and a south- wide western range of shore of leisure, Porirua recreation Harbour. and Populatio outdoor n was opportunit minimal ies.

until the 1840s when land was opened up. The main trunk railway line opened in 1885, linking the area with Wellingto n, by Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. which time farming was the main land use. Significant residential developm ent occurred post-war years and there was rapid growth during the 1960s and early 1970s. Porirua achieved city status in 1965.

In the 1960s and 1970s substantia Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. l industrial areas were establishe d, generally west of the city centre and in Elsdon and Kenepuru. The populatio n of the City increased from about 16,000 in 1961 to 42,000 in 1981, then to nearly 46,000 in 1986. Growth then slowed, Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. reaching nearly 47,000 people in 1996, with minimal change to 2001. Growth resumed from 2001, with the populatio n rising to nearly 52,000 people in 2013. Growth is expected to continue for example with the further developm ent of the Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. southern part of Aotea.

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Porirua City is part of the Region in the lower North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) of . Porirua extends from Kenepuru Drive in the south (bordering Wellington City), to 10 Porirua City in the north (bordering Kāpiti Coast), from Tītahi Bay on the west coast (Tasman Sea), to in the east (bordering Upper Hutt City to the north-east and Hutt City to the south-east).

100 Aotea 110 Ascot Park

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. 120 Camborne 130 Cannons Creek East 140 Cannons Creek North 150 Cannons Creek South 160 Elsdon-Takapuwahia 170 Endeavour 200 Onepoto Hill and 210 220 Papakowhai 230 Paremata 250 and 260 Ranui Heights 270 Porirua East 280 Postgate 290 Pukerua Bay 310 Titahi Bay North 320 Titahi Bay South 330 340 Whitby 370 Northern Ward 380 Western Ward 390 Eastern Ward LabelNam KiloMtrSiz AreaSize Density e e Porirua 17,481 175 3 56,559 323.5

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. City Years 2,018 2,013 2,006 the Porirua City Community Profile provides demographic analysis for the [CT] and its small areas based on results from the [YEARS] Censuses of Population and Dwellings. The profile is updated with population estimates when releases new figures.

Population

56,559

2018 Usual residents

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. Land area

17,481 hectares (175 Km2)

Population density

323.5 persons per square km

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts.