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Otūmoetai
Suburb of Tauranga, New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Otūmoetai is a suburb of Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand.
| Matua | (Tauranga Harbour) | |
| Bellevue |
  Otūmoetai  |
Tauranga Central |
| Brookfield | (Waikareao Estuary) |
The Otūmoetai peninsula includes both the Otūmoetai suburb, and the neighbouring suburbs of Matua and Bellevue.
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History
The name is claimed to translate to "Peaceful Waters" from Māori to English, as the Matua Saltmarsh and Tauranga Harbour borders Otūmoetai. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "place where the tide stands still as if asleep" for Ōtūmoetai.[3]
Before the 1950s, Otūmoetai was largely orchards and farms but then houses started to be built in Brookfield, Otūmoetai Central and Pillans Point. Following this the suburb started to take shape and in the 1990s the last pieces of land left in the suburb were developed into housing.
In the 21st century, the suburb has gone through intensification with the building of apartments.
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Demographics
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Otūmoetai covers 3.32 km2 (1.28 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 8,620 as of June 2024,[2] with a population density of 2,596 people per km2.
Otūmoetai had a population of 8,334 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 300 people (3.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 1,179 people (16.5%) since the 2013 census. There were 4,026 males, 4,287 females, and 24 people of other genders in 3,282 dwellings.[6] 2.6% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 42.9 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,584 people (19.0%) aged under 15 years, 1,218 (14.6%) aged 15 to 29, 3,756 (45.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,779 (21.3%) aged 65 or older.[4]
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 87.1% European (Pākehā); 12.9% Māori; 2.2% Pasifika; 7.5% Asian; 1.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.2%, Māori by 2.4%, Samoan by 0.3%, and other languages by 9.7%. No language could be spoken by 1.7% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.5%. The percentage of people born overseas was 22.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.[4]
Religious affiliations were 30.8% Christian, 1.2% Hindu, 0.3% Islam, 0.5% Māori religious beliefs, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 2.0% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 57.5%, and 6.9% of people did not answer the census question.[4]
Of those at least 15 years old, 1,794 (26.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 3,609 (53.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,356 (20.1%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $44,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 939 people (13.9%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 3,279 (48.6%) full-time, 1,089 (16.1%) part-time, and 132 (2.0%) unemployed.[4]
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Education
Otūmoetai has two co-educational state primary schools for Year 1 to 6 students: Ōtūmoetai Primary School,[10][11] with a roll of 534 (as of July 2025),[12][13] and Pillans Point School,[14][15] with a roll of 500 (as of July 2025).[12][16] Ōtūmoetai Primary was established in 1895,[17] and Pillans Point opened in 1957.[18]
Ōtūmoetai College and Ōtūmoetai Intermediate are located in neighbouring Bellevue.[19]
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