The Edge
p. 117 · Read in the full issue
The Ladies Have The Edge
Niue Island now has more women than men.
A census in September shows that out of a population of 4,863 there are 2,468 women compared with 2,395 men. There are 903 homes on the island, which twice in recent years has been flattened by hurricanes which blew away many houses.
The biggest centre of popula tion is in the main town, Alofi, which has 1,111 people, includ ing Europeans.
Most Niue people are adherents of the London Missionary Society (4,126) and next in line are the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) with 438 and Roman Catholic (177), then Presbyterians (23) and Jehovah’s Witnesses (22). There is also one solitary agnostic (a European ).
Niue is a NZ dependency.