Allenton is a suburb of Ashburton, in the

Ashburton District Ashburton District is a territorial authority district in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It encompasses the town of Ashburton, a number of small towns and settlements and the surrounding rural area, roughly coterminou ...

and

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of New Zealand's

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. The suburb has its own rugby club.

Ashburton Hospital The Canterbury District Health Board (Canterbury DHB or CDHB) was a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to the Canterbury region of New Zealand, north of the Rangitata River. It was responsible for roughly 579,000 resid ...

is located in Allenton. It is a public hospital of

Canterbury District Health Board The Canterbury District Health Board (Canterbury DHB or CDHB) was a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to the Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury region of New Zealand, north of the Rangitata River. It was responsible fo ...

with 54 beds, which provides maternity, medical and surgical services.

Demographics

Allenton covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Allenton had a population of 6,789 at the

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, an increase of 459 people (7.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,101 people (19.4%) 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 2,673 households. There were 3,324 males and 3,468 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 1,254 people (18.5%) aged under 15 years, 1,107 (16.3%) aged 15 to 29, 2,787 (41.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,644 (24.2%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 85.1% European/Pākehā, 7.5% Māori, 6.0% Pacific peoples, 6.1% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 17.4%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 40.1% had no religion, 50.7% were Christian, 1.1% were Hindu, 0.3% were Muslim, 0.5% were Buddhist and 1.5% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 723 (13.1%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,311 (23.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,634 (47.6%) people were employed full-time, 867 (15.7%) were part-time, and 126 (2.3%) were unemployed.

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