Concord is a small residential suburb of the New Zealand city of

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. It is southwest of the city centre. It lay on

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until the construction of the

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in the 1990s, but is now bypassed by traffic from central Dunedin. The former Main South Road is now largely reduced to a narrow one-way street leading down from

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, virtually a long slip-road from the start of the motorway, though it is still two-way through Concord itself, and serves (along with Stevenson Road, which it becomes) as an important link road to Corstorphine and Calton Hill.

Demographics

Concord covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Concord had a population of 1,512 at the

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, an increase of 48 people (3.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 27 people (1.8%) since the

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. There were 564 households. There were 765 males and 747 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.02 males per female. The median age was 35.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 312 people (20.6%) aged under 15 years, 297 (19.6%) aged 15 to 29, 708 (46.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 198 (13.1%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 88.1% European/

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, 12.3% Māori, 5.8% Pacific peoples, 2.8% Asian, and 4.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 9.9%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 59.1% had no religion, 30.6% were Christian, 0.6% were Hindu, 2.0% were Muslim, 0.2% were Buddhist and 1.2% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 162 (13.5%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 285 (23.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $29,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. 117 people (9.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 618 (51.5%) people were employed full-time, 180 (15.0%) were part-time, and 48 (4.0%) were unemployed.

Education

Concord School is a state contributing primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of students as of It was established in 1914.

References

{{Dunedin suburbs Suburbs of Dunedin