Ealing, New Zealand

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Ealing
Rural locality
Ealing, New Zealand
Coordinates: 44°03′S171°25′E / 44.050°S 171.417°E / -44.050; 171.417
Country New Zealand
Region Canterbury
Territorial authority Ashburton District
WardEastern
Electorates
Government
  Territorial authority Ashburton District Council
  Regional council Environment Canterbury
   Mayor of Ashburton Neil Brown
   Rangitata MP James Meager
   Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris

Ealing is a lightly populated rural locality on the bank of the Rangitata River in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. [1] It has a community hall, a small combined Protestant faith church and a rural fire unit based in the centre of the town. Ealing was settled as a railway village in the 1870s whilst the Main South Line's bridge over the Rangitata River was being built. Along with the schools in nearby Lynnford and Maronan, the local school was shut due to population decline during the 1930s and students sent to the primary school in Hinds, a small nearby town to the northeast and Carew in the west. [2] The former school building is now the church. Ealing is more a common locality than a settlement, with the area being referred to as the "Ealing district". Each year a Guy Fawkes Night fireworks display and a Christmas party in Ealing District Hall are held to foster community spirit.

Demographics

Ealing is in the Ealing-Lowcliffe statistical area, which also includes Hinds, and covers 413.19 km2 (159.53 sq mi) [3] and had an estimated population of 1,810 as of June 2023, [4] with a population density of 4.381 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20061,197    
20131,395+2.21%
20181,551+2.14%
Source: [5]

Ealing-Lowcliffe had a population of 1,551 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 156 people (11.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 354 people (29.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 558 households, comprising 837 males and 714 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.17 males per female. The median age was 30.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 405 people (26.1%) aged under 15 years, 360 (23.2%) aged 15 to 29, 705 (45.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 84 (5.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 74.9% European/Pākehā, 7.9% Māori, 2.1% Pasifika, 16.8% Asian, and 5.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 28.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 45.5% had no religion, 42.7% were Christian, 1.7% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 2.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 207 (18.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 189 (16.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $42,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 174 people (15.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 720 (62.8%) people were employed full-time, 183 (16.0%) were part-time, and 30 (2.6%) were unemployed. [5]

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References

  1. "Place name detail: Ealing". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board . Retrieved 21 March 2007.
  2. Hinds School - About the School Archived 7 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 21 March 2007
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  4. "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Ealing-Lowcliffe (337000). 2018 Census place summary: Ealing-Lowcliffe