Ko Maungatapere he nohanga o Te Tai-tokerau. E ai ki Toitū Te Whenua, he nohanga (he 'locality' rānei ki te reo Pākehā) he wāhi nohoia e te tangata, engari kāore anō kia tae te nui o te taupori ki te nui e taea ai te kī he tāone tonu tēnei. Ko Te Tai-tokerau tētahi o ngā takiwā o Aotearoa; koia tonu te rohe o Ngā Puhi me ērā atu iwi rongonui o reira.
Ko ngā wāhi e pātata ana, ko Whangārei-terenga-paraoa e 11 kiromita ki te rāwhiti, ko Tangiteroria e 18 kiromita ki te tonga mā uru.[1][2]
E ai ki te kautenui o te tau 2006, e 1281 te taupori o Maungatapere. Mai i te kautenui o te 2001, e 228 te pikinga ake o te tokomaha tāngata.[3]
Ko te kura o Maungatapere he kura tuatahi mō ngā taitama me ngā kōhine o ngā taumata 1 tae noa ki te 8. Nō te tau 1879 i whakatū ai.[4] Ko 9 te whakatauranga ōtekau; ā, e 193 te tokomaha o te rārangi ingoa.[5]