Dairy Flat

Dairy Flat
Coordinates: 36.663°S 174.6393°E / -36.663; 174.6393
Country	New Zealand
Region	Auckland
Ward	Rodney
Community board	Rodney Local Board
Government
• Territorial Authority	Auckland Council
Area [1]
• Total	69.17 km^2 (26.71 sq mi)
Population  (June 2022)[2]
• Total	6,260
• Density	91/km^2 (230/sq mi)

Dairy Flat is a suburb of Auckland, 28 kilometers north of the city centre and 8 kilometers south of Orewa. Until the early 1990s most the district produced the most dairy farms 40 to 60 hectares (100 to 150 acres). The growth of Auckland city saw the Northern Motorway on State Highway 1 reduced to grazing sheep, horses, beef cattle or deer. It has a small village shopping centre and primary school that was established in 1878.

References

1. "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
2. "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022.