Kingswell, New Zealand

Kingswell
Suburb
Interactive map of Kingswell
Coordinates: 46°26′31″S168°21′43″E / 46.442°S 168.362°E / -46.442; 168.362
Country	New Zealand
City	Invercargill City
Local authority	Invercargill City Council
Area [1]
• Land	195 ha (480 acres)
Population  (June 2025) [2]
• Total	2,410

Appleby	Strathern	Heidelberg
Kew	Kingswell	Tisbury
	Clifton

Kingswell is a suburb in the New Zealand city of Invercargill.

The suburb has had a high rate of deprivation since the closure of the Ocean Beach freezing works in 1991. ^[3]

Demographics

Kingswell covers 1.95 km² (0.75 sq mi) ^[1] and had an estimated population of 2,410 as of June 2025, with a population density of 1,236 people per km².

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	3,186	—
2013	3,390	+0.89%
2018	3,516	+0.73%
Source: [4]

Before the 2023 census, Kingswell had a larger boundary, covering 2.67 km² (1.03 sq mi). ^[1] Using that boundary, Kingswell had a population of 3,516 at the 2018 New Zealand census, 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/Pākehā, 22.7% Māori, 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 Christian, 0.8% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% were Hindu, 0.1% were Buddhist 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. ^[4]

Individual statistical areas (2018 boundaries)

Name	Area (km2)	Population	Density (per km2)	Households	Median age	Median income
Moulson	0.77	1,284	1,668	498	35.0 years	$27,500 [5]
Kingswell	1.90	2,232	1,175	867	37.5 years	$28,100 [6]
New Zealand					37.4 years	$31,800

Education

Clarendon School, a Year 1 to 6 state primary school, was established in 1971. ^[7] It merged with Clifton School in Clifton, Invercargill South School in Appleby and Kew School in Kew to form New River Primary School in Kew in 2004. ^[8]

References

1. "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
2. "Subnational population estimates - Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 29 October 2025.
3. Savory, Logan (12 September 2020). "Stark warning for Invercargill, 30 years on from the Ocean Beach closure". stuff.co.nz. Southland Times.
4. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Moulson (362800) and Kingswell (362900).
5. 2018 Census place summary: Moulson
6. 2018 Census place summary: Kingswell
7. "Clarendon School". Invercargill Archives. Invercargill City Council.
8. "Merger of Clifton School (3939), Clarendon School (3937), Kew School (3972) and Invercargill South School (3968)". gazette.govt.nz. New Zealand Government.