people (41.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 444 people (126.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 300 households, comprising 393 males and 402 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female, with 132 people (16.6%) aged under 15 years, 123 (15.5%) aged 15 to 29, 360 (45.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 177 (22.3%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 86.4% European/Pākehā, 14.0% Māori, 2.6% Pacific peoples, 5.7% Asian, and 2.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 52.5% had no religion, 36.2% were Christian, 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% were Hindu, 0.4% were Buddhist and 3.0% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 129 (19.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 93 (14.0%) people had no formal qualifications. 132 people (19.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 366 (55.2%) people were employed full-time, 84 (12.7%) were part-time, and 18 (2.7%) were unemployed. Geography Awatoto is on a flood plain, separated from the Pacific Ocean by a shingle spit, just north of where the Clive, Ngaruroro and Tutaekuri River estuaries meet Hawke Bay. Until the 1931 earthquake the Tutaekuri flowed north to Ahuriri Lagoon, but a diversion was built from 1934. The Heretaunga Plains Flood Control Scheme, with stop banking, pumps and gravel and river mouth management, helps control floodwaters, but they can still reach the underside of bridges, requiring closures. Awatoto is some south of the Napier city centre at 39°S 176°E, on the coast of Hawke's Bay. State Highway 51 (until 1 August 2019 it was SH2) passes through Awatoto, along the coastline between Napier and Hastings. A cycleway opened from Bluff Hill to Awatoto in 2004. It was extended south in 2016, over a long x wide, 145 tonne, steel, clip-on bridge. Waitangi bridges Both road and railway cross the river estuary. The rail bridge is long, originally built in 1873. From about 1861 a road ran along the beach, with a punt to cross the estuary. Following sea erosion of the beach, a new bridge was built in 1865. Undermined piles closed the bridge in 1867. It was rebuilt in 1897. The bridge was closed for a fortnight in 1905, when temporary piles gave way under a traction