Gulf Harbour is a suburb development some 4 km from the end of the

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, and 7 km from Whangaparaoa Town Centre, towards the northern end of

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, New Zealand. It has one of the country's largest

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s, and had, until 2023, one of the country's top

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courses, and used to be regarded as a retreat for Auckland's well-off. The site is sometimes also known as Hobbs Bay and was sold in the early seventies by landowners, the Hobbs family, who still retain some of the coastal area including the Hobbs Bay beach. A limited

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service operates between Gulf Harbour and downtown

Demographics

Gulf Harbour covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km².

Gulf Harbour had a population of 5,988 in the

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, an increase of 387 people (6.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 1,683 people (39.1%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,973 males, 3,003 females and 12 people of other genders in 2,190 dwellings. 2.6% of people identified as

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. The median age was 42.2 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,197 people (20.0%) aged under 15 years, 789 (13.2%) aged 15 to 29, 2,868 (47.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,131 (18.9%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 82.1%

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(

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); 6.7%

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; 2.5%

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; 15.5% Asian; 2.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.1% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.8%, Māori language by 1.1%, Samoan by 0.2%, and other languages by 22.8%. 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 46.6, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 34.5%

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, 1.7%

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, 0.9%

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, 0.1%

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, 0.9%

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, 0.4%

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, 0.2%

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, and 1.4% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 51.4%, and 8.8% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 1,050 (21.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 2,316 (48.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,113 (23.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $47,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 879 people (18.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,457 (51.3%) people were employed full-time, 630 (13.1%) were part-time, and 93 (1.9%) were unemployed.

Education

Gulf Harbour School is
decile 10
primary school (years 1–6) school with a roll of students. Wentworth College is a secondary (years 7–13) school with a roll of students. It is a private school which opened in 2003. Wentworth Primary School is a private primary school which opened in February 2008 on the same site. It has a roll of students. All three schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of . The closest public high school to Gulf Harbour is Whangaparaoa College.

References

External links

Gulf Harbour School website

Wentworth College website

Wentworth Primary website
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