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Statistics of the Manawatu-Horowhenua Region
Urban Population | |||||
Town | 1911 | 1936 | 1951 | 1961 |
1961 Maoris |
Feilding | 3,161 | 4,536 | 5,812 | 8,172 | 289 |
Foxton | 1,637 | 1,544 | 2,226 | 2,628 | 257 |
Palmerston North City | 10,991 | 22,202 | 30,894 | 41,014 | 723 |
Shannon | 752 | 965 | 1,042 | 1,398 | 234 |
Levin | 1,608 | 2,658 | 4,736 | 7,934 | 266 |
Otaki | 274 | 1,744 | 2,496 | 2,973 | 436 |
Total | 18,423 | 33,649 | 47,206 | 64,119 | 2,205 |
Land Occupation | ||
County | Average Area of Holdings 1960 | Area Occupied 1960 |
acres | acres | |
Kiwitea | 477 | 189,681 |
Pohangina | 452 | 106,211 |
Oroua | 201 | 114,748 |
Manawatu | 205 | 155,524 |
Kairanga | 165 | 100,896 |
Horowhenua | 246 | 239,466 |
County Population | |||||
County | 1911 | 1936 | 1951 | 1961 |
1961 Maoris |
Kiwitea | 2,781 | 2,442 | 2,298 | 2,339 | 100 |
Pohangina | 1,797 | 1,350 | 1,318 | 1,199 | 27 |
Oroua | 3,588 | 3,886 | 4,009 | 4,559 | 418 |
Manawatu | 4,461 | 5,283 | 6,114 | 7,288 | 403 |
Kairanga | 3,877 | 5,358 | 5,666 | 6,160 | 51 |
Horowhenua | 5,038 | 7,278 | 8,683 | 10,561 | 1,073 |
Total county | 21,542 | 25,597 | 28,088 | 32,106 | 2,072 |
Total region | 39,965 | 59,246 | 75,294 | 96,225 | 4,277 |
Cows in Milk | ||||
County | Cows in Milk | Dairy Cows in Milk per 100 Sheep Shorn 1960 | ||
1921–22 | 1951–52 | 1959–60 | ||
Kiwitea | 6,028 | 5,885 | 3,526 | 0·74 |
Pohangina | 3,888 | 3,827 | 2,745 | 1·19 |
Oroua | 8,941 | 11,475 | 8,958 | 2·60 |
Manawatu | 17,159 | 28,886 | 29,082 | 11·93 |
Kairanga | 16,261 | 21,423 | 21,091 | 11·18 |
Horowhenua | 16,666 | 35,275 | 36,496 | 16·18 |
Total | 68,943 | 106,771 | 101,898 | .. |
- The Pioneering Days in Palmerston North, Peterson, G. C. (1952)
- Introducing the Manawatu, Anderson, G., and Saunders, B. G. R. (Jt. eds.) (1963)
- New Zealand Geographer, Vol. 15 (1959), “The Element of Change in Palmerston North”, Anderson, G.
- Ib., Vol. 9 (1955), “The Villages of the Manawatu”, Anderson, G., and Franklin, S. H.
- Ib., Vol. 7 (1953), “Town and Region – a Comparison of Palmerston North, Wanganui, and New Plymouth”, Pownall, L. L.
- Pacific Viewpoint, Vol. 1 (1960), “The Village and the Bush – the Evolution of the Village Community, Wellington Province, New Zealand”, Franklin, S. H.