Port Whangārei

Suburb in Whangārei, New Zealand

Port Whangārei
Suburb
Coordinates: 35°44′42″S 174°20′46″E / 35.745°S 174.346°E / -35.745; 174.346
Country	New Zealand
City	Whangārei
Local authority	Whangarei District Council
Electoral ward	Whangārei Urban Ward
Area [1]
• Land	681 ha (1,683 acres)
Population  (June 2024)[2]
• Total	200

Morningside	Riverside	Parahaki
Raumanga	Port Whangārei	Onerahi
Oakleigh	(Whangārei Harbour)	Onerahi

Port Whangārei (Māori: Kioreroa) is an industrial area of Whangārei, in Northland Region, New Zealand. It is southeast of the city centre, connected by a bridge across Limeburners Creek. It was once called Kioreroa.^[3] The southernmost part of the area contains Port Nikau which has commercial buildings and recreational, commercial and superyacht berths.^[4]

One of the early cemeteries for Whangārei was Kioreroa Cemetery, on the western part of what is now Port Whangārei. It was used from 1882 to 1946.^[5]

The area was developed from the 1920s as Whangārei's port, and in the mid-1960s it was the ninth-busiest port in New Zealand.^[6] It needed more space to handle the increasing size of ships, and Northport was developed at Marsden Point to replace it, with the transition complete in 2007.^[7]

There has been a suggestion that the Royal New Zealand Navy might establish a base at Port Whangārei.^[8]

The statistical area of Port-Limeburners, which includes a slightly larger area than Port Whangārei, covers 6.81 km² (2.63 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 200 as of June 2024,^[2] with a population density of 29.4 people per km².

Port-Limeburners had a population of 84 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 18 people (−17.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 45 people (115.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 51 males and 33 females in 69 dwellings.^[11] 7.1% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 55.9 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 6 people (7.1%) aged under 15 years, 15 (17.9%) aged 15 to 29, 39 (46.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 27 (32.1%) aged 65 or older.^[10]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 85.7% European (Pākehā), 21.4% Māori, and 7.1% Asian. English was spoken by 100.0%, and other languages by 25.0%. The percentage of people born overseas was 46.4, compared with 28.8% nationally.

Religious affiliations were 21.4% Christian, and 3.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 60.7%, and 10.7% of people did not answer the census question.

Of those at least 15 years old, 12 (15.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 24 (30.8%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 36 (46.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $33,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 33 (42.3%) people were employed full-time, 6 (7.7%) were part-time, and 3 (3.8%) were unemployed.^[10]