Clarks Beach is a small town of

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, New Zealand. It is in the former

Franklin District Franklin District was a New Zealand territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial authority that lay between the Auckland metropolitan area and the Waikato Plains. As a formal territory, it was abolished on 31 October 2010 and divided be ...

local government area. Primarily a beachside rural town, situated within the

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, at the mouth of the

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, it fronts the harbour and is north facing. It is known as one of the few beaches where

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can be collected by hand at low tide. About 50 ha immediately to the east of the existing town was rezoned to allow mixed housing in 2016. The Clarks Beach Waterfront Estate development started subsequently in 2019. Seagrove aerodrome operated near Clarks Beach during World War II.

Demographics

Stats NZ describes Clarks Beach as a small urban area. It covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Clarks Beach had a population of 1,581 in the

2023 New Zealand census The 2023 New Zealand census, which took place on 7 March 2023, was the thirty-fifth national census in New Zealand. It implemented measures that aimed to increase the Census' effectiveness in response to the issues faced with the 2018 census, i ...

, an increase of 189 people (13.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 252 people (19.0%) since the 2013 census. There were 804 males, 774 females and 3 people of other genders in 576 dwellings. 2.7% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 45.0 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 285 people (18.0%) aged under 15 years, 237 (15.0%) aged 15 to 29, 726 (45.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 336 (21.3%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 83.3% European (

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); 19.5%

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; 7.8% Pasifika; 8.7% Asian; 0.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.5%, Māori language by 3.2%, Samoan by 0.8%, and other languages by 9.5%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 22.6, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 30.9%

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, 1.5%

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, 0.2%

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, 0.2%

Māori religious beliefs Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Co ...

, 0.6%

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, 0.4%

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, and 1.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 56.0%, and 8.7% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 267 (20.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 750 (57.9%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 282 (21.8%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $47,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 198 people (15.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 669 (51.6%) people were employed full-time, 165 (12.7%) were part-time, and 30 (2.3%) were unemployed.

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* {{Franklin Local Board Area Pukekohe Subdivision Franklin Local Board Area Populated places in the Auckland Region Populated places around the Manukau Harbour