Glenview is a suburb in southern

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. It was named by Bruce Lugton of developers Lugton Lands. He chose Glenview because he felt it depicted the area perfectly. It was defined as a suburb in 1963. Glenview was the site of New Zealand's first

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in 1969, grocer Erwin Leonard Guy Abel's Big A Plaza. Today Glenview has a small shopping centre and Resthills Park.

Demographics

Glenview covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Glenview had a population of 4,722 at the

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, an increase of 546 people (13.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 651 people (16.0%) since the

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. There were 1,620 households, comprising 2,292 males and 2,430 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.94 males per female, with 1,059 people (22.4%) aged under 15 years, 1,080 (22.9%) aged 15 to 29, 1,983 (42.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 594 (12.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 68.4% European/

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, 23.8%

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, 5.1% Pacific peoples, 18.1%

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, and 3.1% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 25.4, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 43.9% had no religion, 38.8% were

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, 1.0% had Māori religious beliefs, 4.5% were

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, 1.3% were

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, 1.1% were

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and 3.2% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 819 (22.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 588 (16.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 504 people (13.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,911 (52.2%) people were employed full-time, 486 (13.3%) were part-time, and 186 (5.1%) were unemployed.

Education

Glenview School is a coeducational contributing primary school for years 1 to 6 with a roll of as of The school opened in 1964.

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{{Hamilton, New Zealand Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand

Demographics

Education

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