Porirua Central
central business district of Porirua, New Zealand
Porirua Central is the central business district and central suburb of Porirua, in the Wellington region of New Zealand's North Island.
Demographics
Porirua Central statistical area, which also includes Kenepuru, covers 6.73 km2 (2.60 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 1,220 as of June 2025, with a population density of 181 people per km2.
Porirua Central had a population of 1,002 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 741 people (283.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 567 people (130.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 534 males, 468 females, and 3 people of other genders in 339 dwellings. 3.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 38.7 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 123 people (12.3%) aged under 15 years, 204 (20.4%) aged 15 to 29, 411 (41.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 264 (26.3%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 57.2% European (Pākehā); 14.7% Māori; 9.6% Pasifika; 28.1% Asian; 1.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.1% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".
“Porirua Central” enters the record as central business district of Porirua, New Zealand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Porirua, Central and central can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q104865467. Authority coordinates are -41.138, 174.841. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2025, 2023, 2018 and 2013.
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