Pisa Moorings | |
Type: | Rural settlement |
Coordinates: | -44.978°N 169.239°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | New Zealand |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Otago |
Subdivision Type2: | Territorial authority |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Otago District |
Subdivision Type3: | Ward |
Subdivision Name3: | Cromwell Ward |
Subdivision Type4: | Community |
Subdivision Name4: | Cromwell Community |
Seat Type: | Electorates |
Leader Name: | Central Otago District Council |
Leader Title1: | Regional council |
Leader Name1: | Otago Regional Council |
Leader Title2: | Mayor of Central Otago |
Leader Title3: | Waitaki MP |
Leader Title4: | Te Tai Tonga MP |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Total Km2: | 1.35 |
Timezone1: | NZST |
Utc Offset1: | +12 |
Timezone1 Dst: | NZDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +13 |
Blank Name: | Local iwi |
Blank Info: | Ngāi Tahu |
Pisa Moorings is a small town in the Central Otago District of Otago region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located between Lake Dunstan on its east and on its west. Cromwell is 9 km southwest and Wānaka is 45 km north by road.
The residential housing at Pisa Moorings is being expanded as of 2019.[1]
Pisa Moorings is described as a rural settlement by Statistics New Zealand. It covers 1.35km2[2] and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. It is part of the larger Lindis-Nevis Valleys statistical area.
Pisa Moorings had a population of 570 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 225 people (65.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 408 people (251.9%) since the 2006 census. There were 216 households, comprising 282 males and 288 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female, with 120 people (21.1%) aged under 15 years, 75 (13.2%) aged 15 to 29, 294 (51.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 78 (13.7%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 95.8% European/Pākehā, 5.3% Māori, 2.6% Pasifika, 1.1% Asian, and 3.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 62.1% had no religion, 28.9% were Christian, 0.5% were Hindu, 0.5% were Buddhist and 1.1% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 102 (22.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 57 (12.7%) people had no formal qualifications. 108 people (24.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 282 (62.7%) people were employed full-time, 63 (14.0%) were part-time, and 9 (2.0%) were unemployed.