Brookfield, New Zealand

Brookfield
Suburb
Interactive map of Brookfield
Coordinates: 37°41′25″S 176°08′08″E / 37.690325°S 176.135607°E / -37.690325; 176.135607
Country	New Zealand
City	Tauranga
Local authority	Tauranga City Council
Electoral ward	Matua-Otūmoetai General Ward Bethlehem General Ward
Area [1]
• Land	238 ha (590 acres)
Population  (June 2025)[2]
• Total	6,270
• Density	2,630/km2 (6,820/sq mi)

Bellevue	Otūmoetai
Bethlehem	Brookfield	(Waikareao Estuary)
	Judea

Brookfield is a suburb of Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Demographics

Brookfield covers 2.38 km² (0.92 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 6,270 as of June 2025,^[2] with a population density of 2,634 people per km².

Brookfield had a population of 6,024 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 270 people (4.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 873 people (16.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,958 males, 3,045 females, and 21 people of other genders in 2,139 dwellings.^[5] 3.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 34.8 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,311 people (21.8%) aged under 15 years, 1,197 (19.9%) aged 15 to 29, 2,664 (44.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 849 (14.1%) aged 65 or older.^[3]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 77.1% European (Pākehā); 22.9% Māori; 4.5% Pasifika; 11.1% Asian; 1.2% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.8%, Māori by 6.3%, Samoan by 0.4%, and other languages by 12.2%. No language could be spoken by 2.5% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 23.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.^[3]

Religious affiliations were 28.8% Christian, 1.4% Hindu, 0.6% Islam, 2.0% Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, and 3.3% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.3%, and 7.5% of people did not answer the census question.^[3]

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,101 (23.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 2,550 (54.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,059 (22.5%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $43,000, compared with $41,500 nationally. 411 people (8.7%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 2,553 (54.2%) full-time, 636 (13.5%) part-time, and 150 (3.2%) unemployed.^[3]

Education

Te Kura o Manunui is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,^[8][9] with a roll of 314 as of March 2026.^[10][11] Previously named Brookfield School, it was rebuilt on a new site and renamed at the beginning of 2023.^[12][13] The school offers full-immersion Māori language classes and bilingual classes.^[14]

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