Lynmouth is a suburb of
New Plymouth in the
Taranaki Region
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The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth D ...
of
New Zealand
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. It is located to the west of the city centre.
Taranaki Base Hospital is between Lynmouth and
Westown
Westown is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the southwest of the city centre and west of Frankleigh Park.
According to the 2013 New Zealand census, Westown has a population of 3,414, an in ...
to the south.
Demographics
The Blagdon-Lynmouth statistical area covers .
Ithad a population of 2,523 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 126 people (5.3%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 108 people (4.5%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 975 households. There were 1,224 males and 1,299 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.94 males per female. The median age was 34.6 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 561 people (22.2%) aged under 15 years, 549 (21.8%) aged 15 to 29, 1,056 (41.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 354 (14.0%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 82.4% European/Pākehā, 21.5% Māori, 3.3% Pacific peoples, 7.1% Asian, and 1.9% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 15.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 52.6% had no religion, 35.1% were Christian, 1.0% were Hindu, 0.7% were Muslim, 1.1% were Buddhist and 2.1% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 342 (17.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 387 (19.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $29,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 966 (49.2%) people were employed full-time, 294 (15.0%) were part-time, and 96 (4.9%) were unemployed.
Education
Devon Intermediate is an intermediate (years 7-8) school with a
decile rating of 4 and a roll of
(). The school was established in 1958. The uniform consists of a polo shirt, sweatshirt and then for girls a choice of culottes or a skirt and boys wear shorts.
West End School and St Joseph's School are contributing primary (years 1-6) schools with decile ratings of 6 and 8, and rolls of and respectively
(). St Joseph's is a state integrated Catholic school.
All these schools are coeducational.
Sports
FC Western are an
association football
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club based at
Lynmouth Park, Devon Street West.
Notes
External links
Devon Intermediate websiteSt Joseph's School website
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Suburbs of New Plymouth