Appleby is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city,

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. The suburb includes Appleby Park.

Demographics

The statistical area of Crinan is within Appleby but includes only its northern half, with the rest being part of the Kew statistical area. Crinan, which was renamed to Appleby North for the 2023 Census, covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Crinan had a population of 1,734 at the

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, an increase of 150 people (9.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 300 people (20.9%) since the 2006 census. There were 759 households, comprising 909 males and 825 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.1 males per female. The median age was 32.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 273 people (15.7%) aged under 15 years, 507 (29.2%) aged 15 to 29, 762 (43.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 195 (11.2%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 65.7% European/

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, 22.0%

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, 3.1% Pasifika, 19.9% Asian, and 2.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 24.0, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 51.0% had no religion, 30.4% were

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, 1.6% had

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, 3.1% were

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, 1.6% were

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, 0.7% were

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and 3.5% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 225 (15.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 402 (27.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $19,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 51 people (3.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 543 (37.2%) people were employed full-time, 252 (17.2%) were part-time, and 111 (7.6%) were unemployed.

Education

Cargill High School, a co-educational secondary school for Years 9 to 13, operated in Appleby from 1978 to 1998. It merged with Kingswell High School to become Mt Anglem College, which eventually became

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. Invercargill South School, a co-educational primary school, operated in Appleby from 1879 to 2005. It merged with

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, Clifton School in Clifton and Kew School in

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to form New River Primary School in

in 2005.

References

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