Hinds, New Zealand

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Hinds
Rural settlement
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Hinds is located 44 degrees south of the equator
Hinds, New Zealand
Coordinates: 44°00′S171°34′E / 44.000°S 171.567°E / -44.000; 171.567
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
Area
[1]
 • Total2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Population
 (June 2023) [2]
 • Total340
 • Density160/km2 (400/sq mi)

Hinds is a small town in the Mid-Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located on the Canterbury Plains on the south bank of the Hinds River, which reaches the Pacific Ocean between the nearby localities of Longbeach and Lowcliffe. Other localities around Hinds include Ealing to the west, Willowby, Windermere, and Winslow to the northeast, and Eiffelton to the southeast.

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Naming

The township and the surrounding district are named after the Hinds River. [3] The river in turn was named after the Reverend Samuel Hinds, a member of the Canterbury Association that organised the settlement of Canterbury. [4]

History

State Highway 1 and the Main South Line railway pass through Hinds. Passenger trains have not regularly operated through Hinds since the cancellation of the daily Southerner service on 10 February 2002, but freight trains run multiple times every day. The town also has a primary school; it dates from 1881 and the original classrooms are still in use. The school's size was boosted in the 1930s when rural schools in Ealing, Maronan, and Lynnford were closed and their students sent to Hinds. There were plans to build a secondary school in Hinds, but these never eventuated and the primary school gained land set aside for the secondary school. [5]

In 2011 with the closure of the rural school in Lowcliffe their students were sent to Hinds.

Demographics

Hinds is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement, and covers 2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi). [1] It had an estimated population of 340 as of June 2023, [2] with a population density of 156 people per km2. Hinds is part of the Ealing-Lowcliffe statistical area. [6]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
2006282—    
2013300+0.89%
2018291−0.61%
Source: [7]
Hinds is home of a number of agricultural firms Hinds 28.jpg
Hinds is home of a number of agricultural firms
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Hinds celebrating Hinds

Hinds had a population of 291 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 9 people (−3.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 9 people (3.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 114 households, comprising 153 males and 138 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.11 males per female, with 57 people (19.6%) aged under 15 years, 54 (18.6%) aged 15 to 29, 150 (51.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 36 (12.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 90.7% European/Pākehā, 14.4% Māori, 2.1% Pasifika, 2.1% Asian, and 1.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 55.7% had no religion, 30.9% were Christian, 1.0% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.1% were Hindu, 1.0% were Muslim and 1.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 9 (3.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 75 (32.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 21 people (9.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 129 (55.1%) people were employed full-time, 39 (16.7%) were part-time, and 12 (5.1%) were unemployed. [7]

Education

Hinds School is a full primary school catering for years 1 to 8. [8] It has 143 students as of February 2024. [9] The school opened in 1881. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
  3. ↑ Cyclopedia Company Limited (1903). "Hinds". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand . Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 167. ISBN   9780143204107.
  5. ↑ Hinds School - About the School Archived 7 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 20 March 2007
  6. ↑ 2018 Census place summary: Ealing-Lowcliffe
  7. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. 7027113 and 7027115.
  8. ↑ Education Counts: Hinds School
  9. ↑ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  10. ↑ Gilbert Donaldson, ed. (1981). "Hinds School centennial, 1881-1981". Hinds School.
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