Gate Pa or Gate Pā is a suburb of

Tauranga Tauranga (, Māori language for "resting place," or "safe anchorage") is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty Region and the List of cities in New Zealand, fifth-most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of or roughly 3% of t ...

, in the

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of New Zealand's

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. It is the location of the

Battle of Gate Pā The Tauranga campaign was a six-month-long armed conflict in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty region, Bay of Plenty in early 1864, and part of the New Zealand Wars that were fought over issues of land ownership and sovereignty. The campaign was a se ...

in the 1864

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of the

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Demographics

Gate Pa covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Gate Pa had a population of 3,843 in the

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, an increase of 147 people (4.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 525 people (15.8%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,929 males, 1,899 females, and 18 people of other genders in 1,299 dwellings. 3.4% of people identified as

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. The median age was 32.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 837 people (21.8%) aged under 15 years, 867 (22.6%) aged 15 to 29, 1,701 (44.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 441 (11.5%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 64.0%

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(

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); 31.5%

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; 8.9% Pasifika; 14.1% Asian; 1.2% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.6%, Māori by 7.2%, Samoan by 1.9%, and other languages by 12.1%. No language could be spoken by 2.4% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 24.4, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 30.4%

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, 2.1%

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, 0.9%

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, 3.7%

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 ...

, 0.7%

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, 0.5%

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, and 4.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 50.0%, and 7.9% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 513 (17.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,626 (54.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 873 (29.0%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $40,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 120 people (4.0%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 1,644 (54.7%) full-time, 345 (11.5%) part-time, and 117 (3.9%) unemployed.

Economy

The Gate Pa Shopping Centre opened in 2006 and covers 10,000 m². It has 450 carparks and 21 shops, including

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and Spotlight.

Education

Gate Pā School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of as of The school was open as Tauranga South School by 1941. It changed its name to Gate Pā School in 2001.

Tauranga Girls' College Tauranga Girls' College is a state single-sex girls secondary school in Tauranga, New Zealand. It offers the National Certificate of Educational Achievement, NCEA system of qualifications. The school has a roll of students from years 9 to 13 (a ...

is a state girls' secondary school established in 1958, with a roll of . The school, previously part of Tauranga College, opened as a single-sex school in 1958.

References

{{Tauranga Suburbs of Tauranga Populated places around the Tauranga Harbour Pā sites