Boulcott

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Boulcott
Suburb of Lower Hutt City
Boulcott
Country New Zealand
CityLower Hutt City
Electoral wardCentral
Area
  Land158 ha (390 acres)
Population
 (June 2021) [1]
  Total2,780
Hospitals(s) Hutt Hospital, Boulcott Hospital
Belmont Avalon
Tirohanga
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Lower Hutt CBD

Boulcott is a central suburb of Lower Hutt City situated in the south of the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb lies about a kilometre north-east of the Lower Hutt CBD.

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Boulcott takes its name from Almon Boulcott (1815-1880), who farmed in the area in the 1840s. [2] His father, John Ellerker Boulcott (1784-1855), was a director of the New Zealand Company. [3] Armed conflict took place in the area at Boulcott's Farm in 1846 during the Hutt Valley Campaign.

Two Lower Hutt hospitals; Hutt Hospital and Boulcott Hospital, lie in Boulcott.

Demographics

Boulcott statistical area covers 1.58 km2 (0.61 sq mi). [4] It had an estimated population of 2,780 as of June 2021, [1] with a population density of 1,759 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20062,451    
20132,487+0.21%
20182,613+0.99%
Source: [5]

Boulcott had a population of 2,613 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 126 people (5.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 162 people (6.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 936 households. There were 1,236 males and 1,377 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.9 males per female. The median age was 40.6 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 447 people (17.1%) aged under 15 years, 471 (18.0%) aged 15 to 29, 1,245 (47.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 453 (17.3%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 71.8% European/Pākehā, 8.8% Māori, 5.5% Pacific peoples, 21.8% Asian, and 2.3% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 27.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 44.1% had no religion, 41.7% were Christian, 4.8% were Hindu, 0.9% were Muslim, 1.4% were Buddhist and 1.6% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 639 (29.5%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 324 (15.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $36,800, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,101 (50.8%) people were employed full-time, 300 (13.9%) were part-time, and 96 (4.4%) were unemployed. [5]

Education

Boulcott has two schools:

The nearest state intermediate (Year 7 and 8) schools are Naenae Intermediate School in Avalon to the north-east or Hutt Intermediate School in Woburn to the south. The nearest state secondary (Year 9–13) school is Naenae College in Avalon.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. Te Ara: The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - central and west Retrieved: 10 January 2009
  3. Louis E. Ward (1928), Early Wellington, Auckland, Whitcombe and Toombs
  4. "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Boulcott (244200). 2018 Census place summary: Boulcott
  6. 1 2 "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 27 April 2021.

Coordinates: 41°12′13″S174°55′18″E / 41.203616°S 174.921551°E / -41.203616; 174.921551