 The Otamatea (Kaipara District) statistical area, which at 245 square kilometres is much larger than this settlement, surounds but does not include Maungaturoto.Paparoa is close to its western boundary.It had a population of 1,713 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 231 people (15.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 306 people (21.7%) since the 2006 census.