Kingswell is a suburb in the New Zealand city of

Invercargill Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...

. The suburb has had a high rate of deprivation since the closure of the Ocean Beach freezing works in 1991.

Demographics

Kingswell covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Kingswell had a population of 3,516 at the

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, an increase of 126 people (3.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 330 people (10.4%) since the

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. There were 1,365 households. There were 1,704 males and 1,815 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.94 males per female, with 765 people (21.8%) aged under 15 years, 693 (19.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,569 (44.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 492 (14.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 82.5% European/Pākehā, 22.7% Māori, 5.9% Pacific peoples, 3.8% Asian, and 1.6% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 8.8%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 56.1% had no religion, 31.1% were Christian, 0.8% were Hindu, 0.1% were Buddhist and 2.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 225 (8.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 876 (31.8%) people had no formal qualifications. 201 people (7.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,422 (51.7%) people were employed full-time, 405 (14.7%) were part-time, and 117 (4.3%) were unemployed.

Education

Clarendon School, a Year 1 to 6 state primary school, was established in 1971. It merged with Clifton School in

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Invercargill South School Appleby is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill. The suburb includes Appleby Park. Demographics The statistical area of Crinan is within Appleby but includes only its northern half, with the rest being part of the Kew statis ...

in Appleby and

Kew School Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...

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to form

New River Primary School Kew is a suburb in the New Zealand city of Invercargill. The suburb has a high rate of deprivation, dating back to the closure of the Ocean Beach freezing works in Bluff in 1991. Southland Hospital is located in Kew. The hospital was first prop ...

in 2004.

References

{{Invercargill Suburbs of Invercargill