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Welbourn, New Zealand
Welbourn (often misspelled ''Welbourne'') is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the southeast of the city centre. Te Henui Stream runs through the suburb and State Highway 3 forms its western boundary. The suburb began as a railway settlement. Demographics Welbourn, which covers an area of , had a population of 3,261 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 264 people (8.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 465 people (16.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,215 households. There were 1,701 males and 1,563 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female. The median age was 40.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 648 people (19.9%) aged under 15 years, 609 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,392 (42.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 612 (18.8%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 84.6% European/Pākehā, 14.5% Māori, 2.5% Pacific peoples, 7.9% Asian, and 1.6% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strandon
Strandon is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the east of the city centre. Demographics Strandon covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Strandon had a population of 2,535 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 21 people (0.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 48 people (1.9%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,038 households, comprising 1,194 males and 1,341 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female. The median age was 46.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 372 people (14.7%) aged under 15 years, 426 (16.8%) aged 15 to 29, 1,167 (46.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 570 (22.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 88.5% European/Pākehā, 11.6% Māori, 1.2% Pacific peoples, 6.6% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 18.5, compared with 27.1% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrilands
Merrilands is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the south-east of the city centre. The Waiwhakaiho River runs past Merrilands to the east, and Te Henui Stream runs past to the west. Demographics Merrilands, which covers an area of , had a population of 2,925 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 114 people (4.1%) since the 2013 New Zealand census, 2013 census, and an increase of 138 people (5.0%) since the 2006 New Zealand census, 2006 census. There were 1,182 households. There were 1,404 males and 1,521 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.92 males per female. The median age was 42.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 540 people (18.5%) aged under 15 years, 501 (17.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,236 (42.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 642 (21.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 83.6% European/Pākehā, 14.7% Māori, 2.2% Pacific peoples, 7.3% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highlands Park, Taranaki
Highlands Park is a suburb of the New Zealand city of New Plymouth. History In 2011, a local chapter of the Exclusive Brethren proposed building a church in Highlands Park, near most of their 40 members lived nearby. Three nearby residents supported the proposal, but three others opposed it. As of February 2019, an audit by Taranaki Regional Council found Highlands Park had low levels of recycling contamination, compared to most other New Plymouth suburbs. In June 2019, a man was arrested on arson charges, after a fire broke out in his Highlands Park home. In September 2019, a worker at a Highlands Park rest home began taking her newborn black lamb to entertain residents. Demographics Highlands Park covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Highlands Park had a population of 3,318 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 309 people (10.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 828 people (33.3%) since the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklands, Taranaki
Brooklands is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the Taranaki region of the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the southern edge of the city and east of Vogeltown. The area is named after Brooklands farm, established in 1842. Features A large part of Brooklands is parkland, with Brooklands Park adjoining the New Plymouth racecourse and Pukekura Park. In 1957, its natural amphitheatre and lake were converted into the Bowl of Brooklands, recognised as one of New Zealand's finest outdoor concert venues. The Bowl plays host to many international acts and is the venue for the New Zealand edition of the WOMAD festival. The park includes a children's zoo, opened in 1965 and operated by the District Council. A former colonial hospital building built in 1847 was moved to the Brooklands estate in 1904. Named "The Gables" it is New Zealand's oldest surviving hospital building, and functions as a gallery for the Taranaki Arts Society. The world's only Lawn Bowls Museum is loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Plymouth Central
New Plymouth Central is the central business district and central suburb of New Plymouth, in the Taranaki region of the western North Island of New Zealand. Demographics The New Plymouth Central statistical area covers . It had a population of 1,110 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 42 people (-3.6%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 42 people (-3.6%) since the 2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small .... There were 525 households. There were 573 males and 534 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.07 males per female. The median age was 43.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 138 people (12.4%) aged under 15 years, 204 (18.4%) aged 15 to 29, 558 (50.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 207 (18.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 76.5% Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Plymouth
New Plymouth ( mi, Ngāmotu) is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, Devon from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Plymouth District, which includes New Plymouth City and several smaller towns, is the 10th largest district (out of 67) in New Zealand, and has a population of – about two-thirds of the total population of the Taranaki Region and % of New Zealand's population. This includes New Plymouth City (), Waitara (), Inglewood (), Ōakura (), Ōkato (561) and Urenui (429). The city itself is a service centre for the region's principal economic activities including intensive pastoral activities (mainly dairy farming) as well as oil, natural gas and petrochemical exploration and production. It is also the region's financial centre as the home of the TSB Bank (formerly the Taranaki Savings Bank), the largest of the remaining non-governm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Island
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest island. The world's 28th-most-populous island, Te Ika-a-Māui has a population of accounting for approximately % of the total residents of New Zealand. Twelve main urban areas (half of them officially cities) are in the North Island. From north to south, they are Whangārei, Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Rotorua, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Napier, Hastings, Whanganui, Palmerston North, and New Zealand's capital city Wellington, which is located at the south-west tip of the island. Naming and usage Although the island has been known as the North Island for many years, in 2009 the New Zealand Geographic Board found that, along with the South Island, the North Island had no official name. After a public consultation, the board officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand State Highway 3
State Highway 3 (SH 3) is one of New Zealand's eight national state highways. It serves the west coast of the country's North Island and forms a link between State Highway 1 and State Highway 2. Distances are measured from north to south. For most of its length SH 3 is a two-lane single carriageway, with at-grade intersections and property accesses, both in rural and urban areas. History A Mokau – Awakino horse track was widened to a dray track about 1897. It was then possible for a horse and buggy to cover the – now 162 km – from New Plymouth to Te Kuiti in 17½ hours. The first car to traverse the route from Auckland to New Plymouth seems to have been an 8 hp Cadillac in 1905, though Otorohanga to Te Kuiti was by train and, between Awakino and Mokau, a horse assisted on the beach. A 1910 Te Kuiti meeting called for metalling of the road to Awakino. Mount Messenger Tunnel opened in 1916 and its single lane was enlarged about 1983. £3,000 (2016 equi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 New Zealand Census
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2013 New Zealand Census
The 2013 New Zealand census was the thirty-third national census. "The National Census Day" used for the census was on Tuesday, 5 March 2013. The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,242,048, – an increase of 214,101 or 5.3% over the 2006 census. The 2013 census forms were the same as the forms developed for the 2011 census which was cancelled due to the February 2011 major earthquake in Christchurch. There were no new topics or questions. New Zealand's next census was conducted in March 2018. Collection methods The results from the post-enumeration survey showed that the 2013 census recorded 97.6 percent of the residents in New Zealand on census night. However, the overall response rate was 92.9 percent, with a non-response rate of 7.1 percent made up of the net undercount and people who were counted in the census but had not received a form. Results Population and dwellings Population counts for New Zealand regions. Note: All figures are for the census usually r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 New Zealand Census
The New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings ( mi, Te Tatauranga o ngā Tāngata Huri Noa i Aotearoa me ō rātou Whare Noho) is a national population and housing census conducted by government department Statistics New Zealand every five years. There have been 34 censuses since 1851. In addition to providing detailed information about national demographics, the results of the census play an important part in the calculation of resource allocation to local service providers. The 2018 census took place on Tuesday 6 March 2018. The next census is expected in March 2023. Census date Since 1926, the census has always been held on a Tuesday and since 1966, the census always occurs in March. These are statistically the month and weekday on which New Zealanders are least likely to be travelling. The census forms have to be returned by midnight on census day for them to be valid. Conducting the census Until 2018, census forms were hand-delivered by census workers during the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
