Waialua

Waialua is a census-designated place and North Shore community in the Waialua District on the island of Oahu, City & County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the CDP had a population of 3,860.Waialua was one of the six original districts of ancient Hawaii on the island, known as moku. Waialua is a former (sugar) mill town and residential area, quite different in its quiet ambiance from nearby Haleiwa, which is more commercial and tourist oriented. The Waialua Sugar Mill is the center of this town and the historical base of its plantation history.The U.S. postal code for Waialua is 96791.GeographyWaialua is located at 21°34'31" North, 158°7'46" West, southwest of Haleiwa, reached on Waialua Beach Road or Kaukonahua Road . Kaukonahua Road turns eastward and, as State Rte. 803 then 801 runs up into the central plateau of Oahu to Wahiawā or to Schofield Barracks. Farrington Highway runs westward to Mokulēia.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.2km2, of which 5.7km2 is land and 0.5km2 is water. The total area is 8.30% water.