Judea, New Zealand

Judea
Suburb
Coordinates: 37.697°S 176.134°E / -37.697; 176.134
Country	New Zealand
City	Tauranga
Local authority	Tauranga City Council
Electoral ward	Bethlehem General Ward
Area [1]
• Land	260 ha (640 acres)
Population  (June 2024)[2]
• Total	4,990

Bellevue	Brookfield	(Waikareao Estuary)
Bethlehem	Judea
	Gate Pa	Tauranga South

Judea is a suburb of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on State Highway 2, east of Bethlehem.

The suburb was established as a European fortified settlement in 1864,[3] as part of an offensive against local Māori during the New Zealand Wars.[4] India Rebout, later as the Judea Redoubt and Huria Redoubt, was one of three fortified European forts in Tauranga.[5]

Demographics

Judea covers 2.60 km^2 (1.00 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 4,990 as of June 2024,[2] with a population density of 1,919 people per km^2.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	3,852	—
2013	4,008	+0.57%
2018	4,467	+2.19%
Source: [6]

Judea had a population of 4,467 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 459 people (11.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 615 people (16.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,635 households, comprising 2,085 males and 2,382 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.88 males per female, with 912 people (20.4%) aged under 15 years, 870 (19.5%) aged 15 to 29, 1,935 (43.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 753 (16.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 78.0% European/Pākehā, 23.9% Māori, 3.2% Pacific peoples, 7.8% Asian, and 2.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 17.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.9% had no religion, 34.2% were Christian, 2.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% were Hindu, 0.3% were Muslim, 0.5% were Buddhist and 3.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 591 (16.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 690 (19.4%) people had no formal qualifications. 390 people (11.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,692 (47.6%) people were employed full-time, 540 (15.2%) were part-time, and 153 (4.3%) were unemployed.[6]

Individual statistical areas

Name	Area (km^2)	Population	Density (per km^2)	Households	Median age	Median income
Judea	0.88	2,604	2,959	1,011	37.9 years	$26,900[7]
Te Reti	1.72	1,863	1,083	624	36.3 years	$29,400[8]
New Zealand					37.4 years	$31,800

Marae

The local Huria Marae and Tamatea Pokaiwhenua meeting house is a tribal meeting place of the Ngāti Ranginui hapū of Ngāi Tamarawaho.[9][10]

References

1. "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
2. "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
3. Pugsley, Chris (Autumn 1998). "Walking the Waikato Wars: the Battle of Te Ranga, 21 June 1864". New Zealand Defence Quarterly (20): 1–7.
4. "Te Raupatu o Tauranga Moana: Report on the Tauranga confiscation claims" (PDF). justice.govt.nz. Waitangi Tribunal. 2004.
5. Simons, Roy (2004). Military Intelligence in the New Zealand Wars, 1845–1864 (Thesis). Palmerston North: Massey University.
6. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Judea (194000) and Te Reti (194100).
7. 2018 Census place summary: Judea
8. 2018 Census place summary: Te Reti
9. "Te Kāhui Māngai directory". tkm.govt.nz. Te Puni Kōkiri.
10. "Māori Maps". maorimaps.com. Te Potiki National Trust.