Trentham () is the most populous suburb of

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, five kilometres to the southwest of the Upper Hutt city centre. The suburb includes the

Trentham Racecourse Trentham Racecourse is the main thoroughbred horse racecourse for the Wellington city area in New Zealand. It is located in the suburb of Trentham in Upper Hutt, next to Trentham Military Camp. The races are conducted by the Wellington Racing Cl ...

, the base of the

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, the site of

Hutt International Boys' School Hutt International Boys' School (usually known by its acronym, HIBS) is a state integrated boys' secondary school in Trentham, Upper Hutt, New Zealand founded in 1991. The school is multi-denominational and affiliated with the Anglican faith. ...

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Trentham Military Camp Trentham Military Camp is a New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) facility located in Trentham, Upper Hutt, near Wellington. Originally a New Zealand Army installation, it is now run by Defence and accommodates all three services. It also hosts Jo ...

was used extensively for training soldiers in preparation for

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assembly plant operated in Trentham between 1967 and 1990.

History

The area was settled in the 1840s. The name "Trentham" was initially given by Richard Barton, the first European Settler in the area, in honour of his former employer, the

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. One of the Duke of Sutherland's subsidiary titles was Viscount Trentham, of Trentham in the County of Stafford. The Barton family memory lives on in the area, with Barton Road, Barton Avenue and an area of native trees called

Barton's Bush Barton's Bush, in Trentham Memorial Park, is the largest remaining area of lowland mixed podocarp/broadleaf forest in the Hutt Valley of New Zealand. Named after Richard Barton who settled in the area in 1841, it was his desire that this section ...

, which is within the reserve now known as Trentham Memorial Park. Richard Barton was interred in the grounds of St John's Church, and there are also memorials to him in the form of brass plaques within the Church building.

Demographics

Trentham, comprising the statistical areas of Poets Block, Brentwood (Upper Hutt City), Trentham North and Trentham South, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Trentham had a population of 9,606 at the

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, an increase of 1,077 people (12.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,341 people (16.2%) since the

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. There were 3,330 households. There were 5,040 males and 4,560 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.11 males per female, with 1,674 people (17.4%) aged under 15 years, 2,010 (20.9%) aged 15 to 29, 4,308 (44.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,614 (16.8%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 72.7% European/Pākehā, 21.1% Māori, 7.2% Pacific peoples, 10.7% Asian, and 3.3% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 21.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 44.3% had no religion, 39.3% were Christian, 2.6% were Hindu, 0.7% were Muslim, 1.1% were Buddhist and 5.1% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 1,317 (16.6%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,563 (19.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,618 (45.6%) people were employed full-time, 888 (11.2%) were part-time, and 363 (4.6%) were unemployed. Brentwood manor

Education

Trentham School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of as of . Brentwood School, a co-educational state primary school for year 1 to 6 students, opened in 1955 to deal with the overflow from Trentham School. The school was closed in 2004 and merged with Trentham School.

Fergusson Intermediate Fergusson Intermediate is a state co-educational intermediate school in the city of Upper Hutt, situated in the Wellington region of New Zealand. The school's classes are mixed, which means that both Year 7s and Year 8s are included in one class. ...

is a co-educational state intermediate school for Year 7 to 8 students, with a roll of .

Upper Hutt College Upper Hutt College is a state school, state Mixed-sex education, co-educational secondary school located in Trentham, New Zealand, Trentham in the city of Upper Hutt, New Zealand. The school opened in 1962 as the city's second state secondary sc ...

is a co-educational state primary school for Year 9 to 15 students, with a roll of . It was founded in 1962.

is a state-integrated Christian secondary school for Year 7 to 13 students, with a roll of . It was founded in 1991.

References

{{Upper Hutt Suburbs of Upper Hutt Populated places on Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River