{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Coroglen |native_name = Ōunuora ([[Māori language|Māori]]){{citation needed|date=February 2021}} |image_skyline = The Coroglen Tavern.jpg |image_caption = The Coroglen Tavern |area_footnotes = <ref name="Area"/> |area_total_km2 = 21.92 |population_total = 135 |population_as_of = 2023 Census |population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2023"/> |population_density_km2 = auto |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[New Zealand]] |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = [[Waikato]] |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = [[Thames-Coromandel District]] |subdivision_type3 = Ward |subdivision_name3 = Mercury Bay ward |subdivision_type4 = Community Board |subdivision_name4 = Mercury Bay Community |leader_title = Council |leader_name = [[Thames-Coromandel District Council]] |leader_title1 = Regional council |leader_name1 = [[Waikato Regional Council]] |leader_title2 = [[Mayor of Thames-Coromandel]] |leader_name2 = {{NZ officeholder data|Thames-Coromandel District Mayor|y}} |leader_title3 = [[Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)|Coromandel MP]] |leader_name3 = {{NZ officeholder data|Coromandel MP|y}} |leader_title4 = [[Hauraki-Waikato|Hauraki-Waikato MP]] |leader_name4 = {{NZ officeholder data|Hauraki-Waikato MP|y}} |seat_type = Electorates |seat = {{ubl|[[Coromandel (New Zealand electorate)|Coromandel]]|[[Hauraki-Waikato]] (Māori)}} |postal_code_type = Postcode |postal_code = 3591 | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 10 |coordinates = {{coord|36|55|26|S|175|41|31|E|scale:10000_region:NZ|display=it}} }}
'''Coroglen''' ([[Māori language|Māori]]: ''Ōunuora'') is a locality in the [[Coromandel Peninsula]], [[New Zealand]]. It lies on [[State Highway 25 (New Zealand)|State Highway 25]], 18 kilometres south of [[Whitianga]] and 26 kilometres north west of [[Tairua]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004|isbn=0-7900-0952-8|editor=Peter Dowling |publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 16}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005|isbn=1-877333-20-4|author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 41}}</ref> The "Tapu-Coroglen Road", a windy gravel road, connects it across the [[Coromandel Range]] with [[Tapu, New Zealand|Tapu]] on the west coast of the peninsula.
==History== The town was founded as "Gumtown" in the late 19th century with a [[Agathis australis|kauri]] sawmill, later becoming an important location in the [[kauri gum]] trade.<ref name=King>{{cite book|title=The Coromandel|author=Michael King|author-link=Michael King (historian)|pages=97|year=1993|isbn=0-908884-29-X}}</ref><ref name="HaywardGum">{{cite book |last1=Hayward |first1=Bruce W. |author-link1=Bruce Hayward |title=Kauri Gum and the Gumdiggers |publisher=The Bush Press |date=1989 |isbn=0-908608-39-X |page=4}}</ref> In the early 1900s, Gumtown had three stores, a bakery, a butcher's, a bootmaker, a blacksmith, a hotel, two boarding houses, and a billiard saloon.<ref>King, p 99</ref> Currently, Coroglen has a tavern (famous for live music performances), a school, a pre school and a community garden.
==Demographics== Coroglen is in an SA1 statistical area which covers {{Convert|21.92|km2||abbr=on}}.<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 1 2023 (generalised)|access-date=1 March 2025}}</ref> The SA1 area is part of the larger [[Mercury Bay South]] statistical area.<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|mercury-bay-south|Mercury Bay South}}</ref>
{{Historical populations|2006|111|2013|126|2018|129|2023|135|percentages=pagr|align=left|title=Historical population for Coroglen and surrounds|source=<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|7010637}}</ref><ref name="Census 2023"/>}} The SA1 area had a population of 135 in the [[2023 New Zealand census]], an increase of 6 people (4.7%) since the [[2018 New Zealand census|2018 census]], and an increase of 9 people (7.1%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]]. There were 63 males and 75 females in 48 dwellings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_009&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.7010637.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}}</ref> 2.2% of people identified as [[LGBTQ|LGBTIQ+]]. The median age was 46.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 21 people (15.6%) aged under 15 years, 27 (20.0%) aged 15 to 29, 57 (42.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 33 (24.4%) aged 65 or older.<ref name="Census 2023"/>
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 88.9% [[European New Zealanders|European]] ([[Pākehā]]), 17.8% [[Māori people|Māori]], and 2.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 100.0%, Māori language by 4.4%, and other languages by 6.7%. The percentage of people born overseas was 11.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.<ref name="Census 2023"/>
The only religious affiliation given was 20.0% [[Christianity in New Zealand|Christian]]. People who answered that they had [[Irreligion in New Zealand|no religion]] were 71.1%, and 8.9% of people did not answer the census question.<ref name="Census 2023"/>
Of those at least 15 years old, 9 (7.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 78 (68.4%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 30 (26.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $32,200, compared with $41,500 nationally. 3 people (2.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 51 (44.7%) people were employed full-time and 24 (21.1%) were part-time.<ref name="Census 2023">{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_012&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bib7%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.7010637.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=7010637}}</ref>
==Education== Coroglen School is a co-educational full primary (years 1–8) school<ref>{{TKI|1707|Coroglen School}}</ref> with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1797|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}} The school started in 1896.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coroglen.school.nz/p/about-our-school.html|title=Our School|publisher=Coroglen School|access-date=2 September 2022}}</ref>
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
{{Thames-Coromandel District}}
[[Category:Thames-Coromandel District]] [[Category:Populated places in Waikato]] [[Category:Kauri gum]]