Appleby is a locality in the

Tasman district Tasman District () is a local government district in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand. It borders the Canterbury Region, West Coast Region, Marlborough Region and Nelson City. It is administered by the Tasman District Council ...

in the

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of New Zealand. It is located around the Waimea River near the

Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere Tasman Bay (; officially Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere), originally known in English as Blind Bay, is a large V-shaped bay at the north end of New Zealand's South Island. Located in the centre of the island's northern coast, it stretches alon ...

. It was first settled in the early 1840s. State Highway 60 passes through the settlement. There are three buildings in Appleby registered with

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: *Springfield, a house on the corner of State Highway 60 and Cotterill Road, is registered as Category II with registration number 1646. *St Alban's Church on State Highway 60 is registered as Category II with registration number 1654. * Stafford Place at 61 Redwood Road is registered as Category I with registration number 1678. In addition, the Redwood Racing Stables, which belonged to Stafford Place, were located on State Highway 60 and were relocated to

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, are registered as Category I with registration number 246.

Demographics

The Appleby statistical area covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Before the 2023 census, the statistical area had a smaller boundary, covering . Using that boundary, Appleby had a population of 786 at the

2018 New Zealand census The 2018 New Zealand census, which took place on Tuesday 6 March 2018, was the thirty-fourth national census in New Zealand. The population of New Zealand was counted as 4,699,755 – an increase of 457,707 (10.79%) over the 2013 census. Resu ...

, an increase of 3 people (0.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 42 people (5.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 261 households, comprising 411 males and 378 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.09 males per female. The median age was 44.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 147 people (18.7%) aged under 15 years, 147 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 381 (48.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 114 (14.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 88.9% European/

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, 11.5%

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, 4.6% Pasifika, 2.3% Asian, and 2.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 14.5, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 57.3% had no religion, 30.9% were

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, 0.8% were

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and 1.1% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 87 (13.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 123 (19.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $31,200, compared with $31,800 nationally. 108 people (16.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 336 (52.6%) people were employed full-time, 129 (20.2%) were part-time, and 21 (3.3%) were unemployed.

Education

Appleby School is a state primary school for years 1 to 7 students. It had a roll of students as of The school opened on the current site in 1859. It will turn into Year 8 in 2026

Climate

References

{{Tasman District Populated places in the Tasman District Populated places around Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere