It stretches from Rainbow Point to Five Mile Bay on the west side of State Highway 1.

Wharewaka Point is a busy swimming beach during the summer.

After an M5.7 earthquake on 30 November 2022, 170 metres of the shoreline at Wharewaka Point collapsed into the lake.

The percentage of people born overseas was 18.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 44.4% had no religion, 47.0% were Christian, 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.3% were Hindu, 0.6% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 1.0% had other religions.