Allenton is a suburb of Ashburton, in the

Ashburton District Ashburton District is a Districts of New Zealand, territorial authority district in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It encompasses the town of Ashburton, New Zealand, Ashburton, a number of small towns and settlements an ...

and

Canterbury Region Canterbury () is a region of New Zealand, located in the central-eastern South Island. The region covers an area of , making it the largest region in the country by area. It is home to a population of The region in its current form was estab ...

of New Zealand's

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. The suburb has its own rugby club.

Ashburton Hospital The Canterbury District Health Board (Canterbury DHB or CDHB; ) was a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to the Canterbury region of New Zealand, north of the Rangitata River. It was responsible for roughly 579,000 res ...

is located in Allenton. It is a public hospital of

Canterbury District Health Board The Canterbury District Health Board (Canterbury DHB or CDHB; ) was a district health board with the focus on providing healthcare to the Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury region of New Zealand, north of the Rangitata River. It was responsibl ...

with 54 beds, which provides maternity, medical and surgical services.

Demographics

Allenton covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Allenton had a population of 6,789 at the

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, an increase of 459 people (7.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,101 people (19.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,673 households, comprising 3,324 males and 3,468 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 1,254 people (18.5%) aged under 15 years, 1,107 (16.3%) aged 15 to 29, 2,787 (41.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,644 (24.2%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 85.1% European/

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, 7.5%

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, 6.0% Pasifika, 6.1% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 17.4, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.1% had no religion, 50.7% were

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, 0.4% had

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, 1.1% were

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, 0.3% were

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, 0.5% were

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and 1.1% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 723 (13.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,311 (23.7%) people had no formal qualifications. 861 people (15.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,634 (47.6%) people were employed full-time, 867 (15.7%) were part-time, and 126 (2.3%) were unemployed.

References

{{Ashburton District, New Zealand Suburbs of Ashburton