Cannons Creek is a suburb of
Porirua
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City approximately 22km north of
Wellington
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Demographics
Cannons Creek, comprising the statistical areas of Cannons Creek North, Cannons Creek East and Cannons Creek South, covers .
It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km
2.
Cannons Creek had a population of 8,973 at the
2018 New Zealand census
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, an increase of 753 people (9.2%) since the
2013 census, and an increase of 369 people (4.3%) since the
2006 census
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. There were 2,262 households. There were 4,383 males and 4,593 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female, with 2,589 people (28.9%) aged under 15 years, 2,313 (25.8%) aged 15 to 29, 3,375 (37.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 696 (7.8%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 24.3% European/Pākehā, 26.6% Māori, 62.7% Pacific peoples, 8.6% Asian, and 3.1% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 30.6%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 26.3% had no religion, 58.6% were Christian, 0.8% were Hindu, 2.9% were Muslim, 1.6% were Buddhist and 2.7% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 498 (7.8%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,653 (25.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,640 (41.4%) people were employed full-time, 840 (13.2%) were part-time, and 642 (10.1%) were unemployed.
Education
Primary schools
Cannons Creek has four co-educational state contributing primary schools for Year 1 to 6 students:
* Cannons Creek School,
with a roll of
* Glenview School,
with a roll of .
* Maraeroa School,
with a roll of .
* Russell School,
with a roll of .
Windley School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,
with a roll of as of .
Holy Family School is a co-educational state-integrated Catholic primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,
with a roll of as of .
Intermediate school
Brandon Intermediate is a co-educational state intermediate school for Year 7 to 8 students,
with a roll of as of .
Secondary schools
Porirua College is a co-educational state secondary school for Year 9 to 13 students,
with a roll of as of .
It was founded in 1968.
References
External links
Cannons Creek East Community Profileat
Statistics NZCannons Creek North Community Profileat Statistics NZ
Cannons Creek South Community Profileat Statistics NZ
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Suburbs of Porirua