Te Papapa is a suburb of

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. It is located nine kilometres to the southeast of

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, on the northern shore of

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, an arm of the

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. The residential and light-industrial suburb lies between the suburbs of

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, Penrose, and Southdown, and is at the northern end of the

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which connects it with the

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suburb of

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. Train services on the

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run through the suburb on the

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line, which reopened in 2010. Services at Te Papapa station commenced on 19 September 2010.

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's head office is located at 173 Captain Springs Road in the Te Papapa area. It has been suggested that the name of the suburb refers to a fortress built of rock slabs. However, at the time Te Papapa Railway Station first opened the area around was commonly known as "Pumpkin Flat" and a short article in the Auckland Star reported that the general manager of the railways had chosen to name the station after the "Maori long pumpkin or Te Papapa" in remembrance of the commonly used name.

Demographics

Te Papapa covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Te Papapa Station

Te Papapa had a population of 3,150 in the

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, a decrease of 87 people (−2.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 90 people (2.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,557 males, 1,578 females and 15 people of other genders in 1,086 dwellings. 4.4% of people identified as

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. The median age was 34.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 597 people (19.0%) aged under 15 years, 672 (21.3%) aged 15 to 29, 1,605 (51.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 273 (8.7%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 53.0%

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); 12.3%

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; 23.6% Pasifika; 23.7% Asian; 3.3% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.3% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 93.0%, Māori language by 2.7%, Samoan by 3.9%, and other languages by 27.8%. No language could be spoken by 3.0% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 37.8, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 41.6%

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, 3.4%

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, 2.6%

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, 0.6%

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, 1.0%

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, 0.2%

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, 0.2%

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, and 1.4% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 44.6%, and 4.5% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 942 (36.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,008 (39.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 609 (23.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $54,800, compared with $41,500 nationally. 504 people (19.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,587 (62.2%) people were employed full-time, 237 (9.3%) were part-time, and 78 (3.1%) were unemployed.

Education

Te Papapa School is a coeducational contributing primary school (years 1–6) with a roll of as of

References

External links

Photographs of Te Papapa
held in Auckland Libraries' heritage collections. {{Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Area Suburbs of Auckland