Kingswell is a suburb in the New Zealand city of

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. The suburb has had a high rate of deprivation since the closure of the Ocean Beach freezing works in 1991.

Demographics

Kingswell covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Before the 2023 census, Kingswell had a larger boundary, covering . Using that boundary, Kingswell had a population of 3,516 at the

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, an increase of 126 people (3.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 330 people (10.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,365 households, comprising 1,704 males and 1,815 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.94 males per female, with 765 people (21.8%) aged under 15 years, 693 (19.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,569 (44.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 492 (14.0%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 82.5% European/

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, 22.7%

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, 5.9% Pasifika, 3.8% Asian, and 1.6% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 8.8, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 56.1% had no religion, 31.1% were

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, 0.8% had

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, 0.8% were

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, 0.1% were

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and 1.5% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 225 (8.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 876 (31.8%) people had no formal qualifications. 201 people (7.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,422 (51.7%) people were employed full-time, 405 (14.7%) were part-time, and 117 (4.3%) were unemployed.

Education

Clarendon School, a Year 1 to 6 state primary school, was established in 1971. It merged with Clifton School in Clifton, Invercargill South School in Appleby and Kew School in

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to form New River Primary School in

in 2004.

References

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