Whitemans Valley is a rural locality of Upper Hutt located in the lower North Island of New Zealand. Situated roughly 4 kilometers south of the Upper Hutt city centre, the area has a variety of farms and lifestyle blocks.
The first settler to discover the valley was George Whiteman in 1846 while he was pig-hunting. Settlement in the valley was founded by the Whiteman family in 1871.
Whitemans Valley covers , and is part of Mangaroa statistical area.
Whitemans Valley had a population of 744 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 21 people (2.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 54 people (7.8%) since the 2013 census. There were 357 males and 387 females in 258 dwellings. 3.6% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 135 people (18.1%) aged under 15 years, 120 (16.1%) aged 15 to 29, 405 (54.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 84 (11.3%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 93.5% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 8.9% MÃÂori; 0.4% Pasifika; 2.8% Asian; 0.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 4.4% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 98.0%, MÃÂori by 1.2%, and other languages by 5.6%. No language could be spoken by 2.4% (e.g. too young to talk). The percentage of people born overseas was 17.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 25.8% Christian, 0.4% Islam, 0.8% New Age, and 2.4% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 62.5%, and 7.7% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 159 (26.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 372 (61.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 75 (12.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 153 people (25.1%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 390 (64.0%) full-time, 69 (11.3%) part-time, and 9 (1.5%) unemployed.