Brookfield, New Zealand
Brookfield is a suburb of Tauranga, in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. Demographics. Brookfield, comprising the statistical areas of Brookfield West and Brookfield East, had a population of 5,754 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 606 people (11.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 804 people (16.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,094 households. There were 2,814 males and 2,940 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 1,329 people (23.1%) aged under 15 years, 1,143 (19.9%) aged 15 to 29, 2,448  (42.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 831 (14.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 79.0% European/Pākehā, 21.5% Māori, 3.3% Pacific peoples, 8.5% Asian, and 1.9% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 20.5%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 52.2% had no religion, 33.5% were Christian, 0.8% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.4% were Buddhist and 5.8% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 849 (19.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 762  (17.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,262 (51.1%) people were employed full-time, 654 (14.8%) were part-time, and 198 (4.5%) were unemployed. Education. Brookfield School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of as of .