Scotts Landing

Scotts Landing, also called Mahurangi East, is a rural settlement in the Auckland Region of New Zealand. It is at the end of a narrow peninsula on the eastern side of Mahurangi Harbour. Algies Bay is to the north.

History
Casnell Island (Motu Maunganui), accessible from Scotts Landing at low tide via a causeway, was a pā site in the 16th century.

In 1852, the Scott homestead was constructed, later burning down in a fire. This was replaced by a new Georgian-style house, built in 1877.

Mahurangi Heads School operated from 1869. It closed in the 1920s or 1930s, but the school building was still standing about 1941.

Demographics
Statistics New Zealand describes Scotts Landing-Mahurangi East as a rural settlement, which covers 2.56 km2 and had an estimated population of as of  with a population density of  people per km2. Scotts Landing-Mahurangi East is part of the larger Algies Bay-Scotts Landing statistical area.

Scotts Landing-Mahurangi East had a population of 177 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 18 people (−9.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 12 people (7.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 87 households, comprising 90 males and 87 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.03 males per female, with 12 people (6.8%) aged under 15 years, 12 (6.8%) aged 15 to 29, 69 (39.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 84 (47.5%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 100.0% European/Pākehā, 6.8% Māori, and 1.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 55.9% had no religion, 30.5% were Christian and 3.4% were Buddhist.

Of those at least 15 years old, 60 (36.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 15 (9.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 39 people (23.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 42 (25.5%) people were employed full-time, 36 (21.8%) were part-time, and 3 (1.8%) were unemployed.

Amenities
Mahurangi Regional Park at Scott Point

Burton Wells Scenic Reserve is a park named after a local surveyor.