CENSUS RETURNS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 17, 23 October 1945, Page 5

CENSUS RETURNS

WHAKATANE BOROUGH INCREASE THOUSAND NEW RESIDENTS The census returns for the Borough of Whakatane show that the population has grown from 17.°,3 in i If)3f> to 12801 in the present year. This means that in the intervening nine years approximate]}- 1071 new residents have been added to the town. The new figu*e is yet a further in, dication of the phenomenal growth of the town ; and if the. overflow population now living at Chopo through laclc of accommodation within the Borough were added it would increase this figure by a i'ur-» ther 270. A similar striking increase is expected from the County figures when these, become available. By way of comparison it is interesting to note the position in other centres which have already been announced. They are. as follows:—

The keen "demand tor sections for building in Whakatane makes it doubly certain that when the build. ing restrictions ease there will be an intensive building programme daring the next decade which must have a big bearing on future population statistics,

1936 1945 Lyttelton 3264 ?551 Pukekohe 2536 3303 Marton 2757 2911 Wliakatane 1733 2S04 Te Kuiti 2499 2746 Taumarunui 2(540 2698 Te Arolia 2360 2140 Paeroa 214.9 2251 Eltham 1899 <S55 Oliakune 1394 ' 1408 Matamata 1323 1681 Opoti'ki 1508 1568 Raetahi usi 1076 Mercer 312 290