{{Short description|Settlement in Waikato, New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Rukuhia | map_caption = | mapsize = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 9 | image_caption = | imagesize = | image_skyline = | motto = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = New Zealand | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Waikato | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Waipā District | subdivision_type3 = Ward | subdivision_name3 = Pirongia Ward | leader_title = Territorial Authority | leader_name = Waipā District Council | leader_title1 = Regional council | leader_name1 = Waikato Regional Council | leader_title2 = Mayor of Waipa | leader_name2 = {{NZ officeholder data|Waipa District Mayor|y}} | leader_title3 = Taranaki-King Country MP | leader_name3 = {{NZ officeholder data|Taranaki-King Country MP|y}} | leader_title4 = Hauraki-Waikato MP | leader_name4 = {{NZ officeholder data|Hauraki-Waikato MP|y}} | seat_type = Electorates | seat = {{ubl|Taranaki-King Country|Hauraki-Waikato (Māori)}} | total_type = Territorial <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> | settlement_type = Village <!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.--> | utc_offset_DST = +13 | website = | area_code = | postal_code = | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | coordinates = {{coord|-37.852237|175.305961|region:NZ_type:city|display=inline,title}} | timezone_DST = NZDT | utc_offset = +12 | timezone = NZST | area_footnotes = <ref name="Area"/> | area_total_km2 = 0.45 | population_footnotes = {{NZ population data 2018||||y}} | population_as_of = {{NZ population data 2018|||y}} | population_total = {{NZ population data 2018|Rukuhia|y}} | population_density_km2 = auto | elevation_m = | pushpin_mapsize = | official_name = }} '''Rukuhia''' is a rural community in the Waipa District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.
It is located just south of the Hamilton suburb of Glenview, west of the Waikato District town of Tamahere and north of the Waipa towns of Ōhaupō and Te Awamutu, on State Highway 3.
The area includes several farms on the flat between the Rukuhia Swamp and the Waikato River, and the Hamilton Airport industrial area.<ref name="nzhistory">{{cite web |title=Rukuhia |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/keyword/rukuhia |website=nzhistory.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage}}</ref>
''Rukuhia'' translates as 'gathered together, submerged or dived for'.<ref name="nzhistory" />
The Rukuhia School First World War Memorial was unveiled in June 1923, on the sixth anniversary of the Battle of Messines. It is a tribute to the 22 men from Rukuhia who served in World War I, including the nine who were killed or who died of wounds, and nine others who were wounded but survived. The memorial was rededicated on Armistice Day in 2003.<ref name="warmemorial">{{cite web |title=Rukuhia school war memorial |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/rukuhia-school-war-memorial |website=nzhistory.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage}}</ref>
The Rukuhia railway station was a station on the North Island Main Trunk in New Zealand,<ref>{{cite book|title=New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas|year=1965|publisher=Quail Map Co.|pages=3 & 4|edition=First}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Pierre|first=Bill|title=North Island Main Trunk|year=1981|publisher=A.H&A.W Reed|location=Wellington|isbn=0589013165|pages=289–290}}</ref> established during the extension of the railway line in the 1870s.<ref name="wt1878">{{cite news |title=Rapid progress with Hamilton to Ohaupo Railway Extension |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WT18780207.2.5 |work=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |agency=Waikato Times |volume=XI|issue=879 |date=7 February 1878 |page=2}}</ref><ref name="wt1895">{{cite news |title=Messrs Davys Bros, Rukuhia Sawmills and 2-mile horse tram |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WT18951119.2.3&cl=&srpos=0 |volume=XLV|issue=3648 |publisher=Waikato Times |date=19 November 1895 |page=2}}</ref> Tests in 1981 found that the track deformed by about 12mm each time a train went over it, due to the peat swamp.<ref name="nzgs">{{cite web |title=5.4 Railway Stabilisation through Peatlands |url=http://www.nzgs.org/publications/Geo_News/PDFs/25_Nov1982_NZGeoNews.PDF |website=nzgs.org |publisher=University of Auckland}}</ref>
==Demographics== Statistics New Zealand describes Rukuhia as a rural settlement, which covers {{Convert|0.45|km2||abbr=on}}.<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Urban Rural 2023 (generalised)|access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref> It had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2018|Rukuhia|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2018|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Rukuhia|y}}|R}}/0.45|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>. The settlement is part of the larger Lake Cameron statistical area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/sidebar/index.html?appid=3a406ce8fbb14367ab5caae21c07ab8b|title=Geographic Boundary Viewer|publisher=Stats NZ|at=Urban Rural – 2023 and Statistical Area 2 – 2023}}</ref>
{{Historical populations|2006|123|2013|132|2018|159|2023|159|percentages=pagr|align=left|title=Historical population for Rukuhia|source=<ref name="Census 2023"/><ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|7012672}}</ref>}} Rukuhia had a population of 159 in the 2023 New Zealand census, unchanged since the 2018 census, and an increase of 27 people (20.5%) since the 2013 census. There were 81 males and 78 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_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.1183.2023&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> 1.9% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 36.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 48 people (30.2%) aged under 15 years, 15 (9.4%) aged 15 to 29, 78 (49.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 15 (9.4%) aged 65 or older.<ref name="Census 2023"/>
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 88.7% European (Pākehā); 15.1% Māori; 3.8% Pasifika; 3.8% Asian; and 1.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA). English was spoken by 96.2%, Māori language by 3.8%, Samoan by 1.9%, and other languages by 7.5%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.9%. The percentage of people born overseas was 18.9, compared with 28.8% nationally.<ref name="Census 2023"/>
Religious affiliations were 41.5% Christian, 3.8% Hindu, and 1.9% Islam. People who answered that they had no religion were 49.1%, and 5.7% of people did not answer the census question.<ref name="Census 2023"/>
Of those at least 15 years old, 36 (32.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 51 (45.9%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 24 (21.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $53,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 18 people (16.2%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 75 (67.6%) people were employed full-time and 15 (13.5%) 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_008&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.1183.2013%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=Rukuhia (1183)}}</ref>
===Lake Cameron statistical area=== Lake Cameron statistical area covers {{Convert|51.52|km2||abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised)|access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref> and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Lake Cameron|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Lake Cameron|y}}|R}}/51.52|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>.
{{Historical populations|2006|1,170|2013|1,278|2018|1,479|2023|1,488|percentages=pagr|align=left|title=Historical population for Lake Cameron|source=<ref name="Census 2023 LC"/><ref name="Census 2018 LC">{{NZ census 2018|Lake Cameron (181600)|lake-cameron|Lake Cameron}}</ref>}} Lake Cameron had a population of 1,488 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 9 people (0.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 210 people (16.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 747 males, 738 females and 3 people of other genders in 495 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_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.181600.2023&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> 1.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 39.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 336 people (22.6%) aged under 15 years, 246 (16.5%) aged 15 to 29, 705 (47.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 201 (13.5%) aged 65 or older.<ref name="Census 2023 LC"/>
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 85.1% European (Pākehā); 11.9% Māori; 2.2% Pasifika; 8.7% Asian; 1.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.0%, Māori language by 3.0%, Samoan by 0.4%, and other languages by 11.5%. No language could be spoken by 1.8% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.2%. The percentage of people born overseas was 21.2, compared with 28.8% nationally.<ref name="Census 2023 LC"/>
Religious affiliations were 41.3% Christian, 1.0% Hindu, 1.0% Islam, 0.2% Māori religious beliefs, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.2% New Age, and 1.8% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 47.2%, and 6.5% of people did not answer the census question.<ref name="Census 2023 LC"/>
Of those at least 15 years old, 360 (31.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 567 (49.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 225 (19.5%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $51,600, compared with $41,500 nationally. 195 people (16.9%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 672 (58.3%) people were employed full-time, 186 (16.1%) were part-time, and 21 (1.8%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2023 LC">{{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_008&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.181600.2013%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=Lake Cameron (181600)}}</ref>
==Education==
Rukuhia School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,<ref name="moe">{{TKI|1938|Rukuhia School}}</ref> with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|1938|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|}}.<ref name="ero">{{cite web |title=Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=1938 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}}</ref> The school opened in 1907.<ref>{{cite book|title=100 years--1907-2007 : Rukuhia School Centennary (collection record)|publisher=WorldCat|oclc=796187227 }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Waipa District}}
Category:Waipā District Category:Populated places in Waikato Category:Populated places on the Waikato River