Mahora, New Zealand

Mahora is a suburb of the city of Hastings, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island.

Demographics
Mahora covers 2.87 km2 and had an estimated population of as of  with a population density of  people per km2.

Mahora had a population of 8,106 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 879 people (12.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,080 people (15.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,877 households, comprising 3,885 males and 4,221 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.92 males per female, with 1,770 people (21.8%) aged under 15 years, 1,515 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 3,426 (42.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,401 (17.3%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 72.2% European/Pākehā, 25.1% Māori, 7.2% Pacific peoples, 9.2% Asian, and 1.3% 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, 43.0% had no religion, 40.1% were Christian, 2.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.1% were Hindu, 0.9% were Muslim, 0.8% were Buddhist and 4.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 954 (15.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,461 (23.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 624 people (9.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,069 (48.4%) people were employed full-time, 903 (14.3%) were part-time, and 225 (3.6%) were unemployed.

Education
Mahora School is a co-educational state primary school, with a roll of  as of

St Mary's School is a co-educational Catholic primary school, with a roll of  as of