Makahu is a settlement in inland Taranaki, in the western North Island of New Zealand.

[3] Makahu is in an SA1 statistical area which covers 470.41 km2 (181.63 sq mi)[4] and includes an area within the Stratford District east of Strathmore.

The results were 95.2% European (Pākehā), 19.0% Māori, 1.6% Asian, and 3.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander".

The percentage of people born overseas was 6.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.

[7] Of those at least 15 years old, 18 (13.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 90 (65.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 33 (23.9%) people exclusively held high school qualifications.