Durie Hill is a suburb of

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, in the

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and

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. The suburb was designed in 1920 by Samuel Hurst Seager as a garden suburb based on garden-city planning principles. It was designed with curvilinear streets, reserves, croquet lawns and tennis courts. The

Durie Hill Elevator The Durie Hill Elevator is a public elevator in Whanganui, on the North Island of New Zealand. It connects Anzac Parade beside the Whanganui River with the suburb of Durie Hill. It is ranked by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 1 Historic Pla ...

connects the suburb with Anzac Parade. The elevator and tunnel were proposed by

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editor John Ball and

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engineering instructor Edward Crow, but most residents of the new suburb refused to fund it. A revitalisation programme was launched in 2019, including the introduction of planter boxes and the founding of a village market.

Demographics

The statistical area of Bastia-Durie Hill, which covers , had a population of 2,130 at the

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, an increase of 18 people (0.9%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 9 people (-0.4%) since the

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. There were 900 households. There were 1,041 males and 1,089 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female. The median age was 46.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 375 people (17.6%) aged under 15 years, 297 (13.9%) aged 15 to 29, 1,011 (47.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 447 (21.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 89.0% European/Pākehā, 17.2% Māori, 1.7% Pacific peoples, 3.4% Asian, and 2.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 16.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 52.5% had no religion, 35.9% were Christian, 0.4% were Hindu, 0.7% were Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhist and 3.7% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 420 (23.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 264 (15.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $33,100, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 879 (50.1%) people were employed full-time, 267 (15.2%) were part-time, and 48 (2.7%) were unemployed.

Education

Durie Hill School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of .

References

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