Blacks Point

Blacks Point is a locality near Reefton on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

Blacks Point is located south-west of Reefton on State Highway 7 adjacent to the Inangahua River.^[1] The settlement is one of many that were founded in the early 1870s, at a time when over 80 mines were being sunk into the gold-bearing quartz reefs in the Reefton area. Most of the settlers who formed the township of Blacks Point in 1873 were miners from Cornwall.^[2]

One attraction is the Blacks Point Museum, a former Wesleyan Methodist Church from 1876 converted to a museum that displays the history of a typical mining town.^[3]

Blacks Point and its environs, which include Crushington and Big River, cover 588.18 km² (227.10 sq mi)^[4] The area surrounds but does not include Reefton. It is part of the larger Inangahua statistical area.^[5]

The area had a population of 171 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 3 people (1.8%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 6 people (3.6%) since the 2013 census. There were 87 males and 84 females in 87 dwellings.^[8] 1.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 53.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 18 people (10.5%) aged under 15 years, 12 (7.0%) aged 15 to 29, 90 (52.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 48 (28.1%) aged 65 or older.^[6]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 94.7% European (Pākehā); 12.3% Māori; 1.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 98.2%, Māori by 1.8%, and other languages by 3.5%. No language could be spoken by 1.8% (e.g. too young to talk). The percentage of people born overseas was 10.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.^[6]

宗教的所属は、キリスト教が28.1% 、その他の宗教が1.8%でした。宗教を持たないと答えた人は63.2%で、7.0%の人は国勢調査の質問に回答しませんでした。^{[ 6 ]}

15歳以上の人のうち、21人（13.7%）が学士号以上の学位を取得しており、81人（52.9%）が高校卒業後の資格または卒業証書を取得しており、51人（33.3%）が高校卒業資格のみを有していた。中央値所得は30,500ドルで、全国平均の41,500ドルと比較すると低い。15人（9.8%）が100,000ドル以上を稼いでおり、全国平均の12.1%と比較すると高い。15歳以上の人の雇用状況は、63人（41.2%）がフルタイム、27人（17.6%）がパートタイム、3人（2.0%）が失業中であった。^{[ 6 ]}

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