Waikato District is a territorial authority of New Zealand, in the northern part of Waikato region, North Island. Waikato District is administered by the Waikato District Council, with headquarters in Ngāruawāhia. The district is centred to the north and west of the city of Hamilton, and takes in much of the northern Waikato Plains and also the Hakarimata Range. The north of the district contains swampy floodplain of the Waikato River and several small lakes, of which the largest is Lake Waikare. Other than Ngāruawāhia, the main population centres are Huntly, Raglan, and Te Kauwhata. The main industries in the district are dairy farming, forestry, and coal mining. There is a major coal-fired power station at Huntly. Te Kauwhata is at the centre of a major wine region. Demographics At the 2006 census the district had a population of 43,959. Of these, 6834 lived in Huntly, 5106 in Ngāruawāhia, 2637 in Raglan, and 1294 in Te Kauwhata. In 2010, the district acquired part of the adjacent Franklin District, which was dissolved as part of the creation of the Auckland Council, increasing the area to . and adding the growing settlements of Tuakau and Pōkeno (see table below). The district's population in was . The largest census areas are shown in this table (in 2018 many area boundaries were altered, so not all are comparable with previous years, though the district remained unaltered) - Waikato District covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Waikato District had a population of 75,618 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 12,240 people (19.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 18,030 people (31.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 24,918 households, comprising 38,169 males and 37,449 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female. The median age was 37.6 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 17,724 people (23.4%) aged under 15 years, 13,239 (17.5%) aged 15 to 29, 35,130 (46.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 9,525 (12.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 76.8% European/Pākehā, 26.4% Māori, 4.2% Pacific peoples, 5.8% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 15.9, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 53.9% had no religion, 33.2% were Christian, 1.8% had