Doyleston is a minor

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town in the

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of New Zealand. It was named after Joseph Hastings Doyle, a publican from Christchurch who moved to the locality. Doyleston promised to be one of the main townships in the Ellesmere area, but before long

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overtook it and some businesses moved there. Doyleston had a

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for many years, but it consolidated with Leeston School in the late 1930s. Doyleston featured a hall on the main street (the second on the site), but partly due to a car crash it was pulled down, making way for new housing. Doyleston's main attraction now is Osborne Park, which has been the centre for junior

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in Ellesmere for a number of years.

Demographics

Doyleston covers . It is part of the Irwell statistical area. Doyleston had a population of 324 at the

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, an increase of 12 people (3.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 75 people (30.1%) since the

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. There were 120 households. There were 174 males and 147 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.18 males per female, with 72 people (22.2%) aged under 15 years, 36 (11.1%) aged 15 to 29, 186 (57.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 27 (8.3%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 93.5% European/Pākehā, 10.2% Māori, 0.9% Pacific peoples, 1.9% Asian, and 1.9% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). Although some people objected to giving their religion, 61.1% had no religion, 26.9% were Christian, 0.9% were Hindu and 1.9% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 24 (9.5%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 51 (20.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 153 (60.7%) people were employed full-time, 33 (13.1%) were part-time, and 3 (1.2%) were unemployed.

References

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