Port Nelson, as its name suggests, is the main port area of

Nelson Nelson may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey * ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers * ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...

, New Zealand. It lies to the northwest of Nelson city centre, to the north of Washington Valley, at the southern end of

Nelson Haven Nelson Haven is an extensive area of mudflats northeast of Nelson, New Zealand. It is separated from Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere by the Boulder Bank and over 8 km long and up to 2 km wide. The area is regularly completely drowned and expose ...

. The harbour entrance lies at the southwestern end of

Boulder Bank The Boulder Bank (Māori: ''Te Taero a Keropa'' or ''Te Tāhuna o Tama-i-ea'') is a very unusual naturally formed landform in Nelson, New Zealand. It is a 13 kilometre long stretch of rocky substrate which begins at the Mackay Bluff and ends a ...

, immediately to the west of Port Nelson.Wise's Nelson-Blenheim "Easyread" Map

Geography

Port Nelson covers a land area of 0.98 km². Nelson Marina, a

marina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...

owned by

Nelson City Council Nelson City Council is a unitary local authority. It has its headquarters in Nelson. History Nelson City Council was created in 1992. Local governance of Nelson began with Nelson Province in 1853, which covered the entire upper South Island. ...

, is located in the Port Nelson area. The council also owns Custom House Reserve, a small area of public reserve around the port's custom house.

History

The estimated population of Port Nelson reached 40 in 1996. It reached 90 in 2001, 99 in 2006, and 33 in 2018.

Demography

Port Nelson had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Port Nelson had a population of 33 at the

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, a decrease of 48 people (-59.3%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 66 people (-66.7%) since the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. There were 9 households. There were 21 males and 9 females, giving a sex ratio of 2.33 males per female. The median age was 45.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 0 people (0.0%) aged under 15 years, 9 (27.3%) aged 15 to 29, 18 (54.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 6 (18.2%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 81.8% European/Pākehā, 18.2% Māori, 0.0% Pacific peoples, 0.0% Asian, and 0.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 36.4%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 54.5% had no religion, 36.4% were Christian and 9.1% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 3 (9.1%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 3 (9.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $24,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 21 (63.6%) people were employed full-time, 6 (18.2%) were part-time, and 0 (0.0%) were unemployed.

Transport

As of 2018, among those who commute to work, 44.4% drove a car, 11.1% rode in a car,11.1% use a bike, and 11.1% walk or run. No one took public transport.

References

External links

* {{Nelson, New Zealand

Suburbs of Nelson, New Zealand Populated places in the Nelson Region Populated places around Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere