St James Park | |
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Coordinates: 37°44′8.15″S175°17′6.38″E / 37.7355972°S 175.2851056°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Hamilton, New Zealand |
Local authority | Hamilton City Council |
Electoral ward | East Ward |
Area | |
• Land | 73 ha (180 acres) |
Population (June 2023) [2] | |
• Total | 2,150 |
Gordonton | ||
Rototuna | St James Park | Puketaha |
Huntington |
St James Park is a suburb in north-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand by a 2010 map. [3] It was developed by Chedworth/Grasshopper Joint Venture in 2001. In 2012 Hamilton Libraries described it as being in Huntington, [4] as do some valuers [5] and land agents. St James shopping area is in the centre of Rototuna, with a Countdown supermarket, a gym and a Palmers Garden Centre. [6]
St James covers 0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 2,150 as of June 2023, [2] with a population density of 2,945 people per km2.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2006 | 1,029 | — |
2013 | 1,710 | +7.53% |
2018 | 1,938 | +2.53% |
Source: [7] |
St James had a population of 1,938 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 228 people (13.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 909 people (88.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 576 households, comprising 960 males and 978 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 35.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 501 people (25.9%) aged under 15 years, 336 (17.3%) aged 15 to 29, 912 (47.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 189 (9.8%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 70.6% European/Pākehā, 10.2% Māori, 2.0% Pacific peoples, 24.9% Asian, and 2.9% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 33.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 47.8% had no religion, 37.5% were Christian, 3.1% were Hindu, 2.2% were Muslim, 1.4% were Buddhist and 1.7% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 525 (36.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 147 (10.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $39,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. 402 people (28.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 816 (56.8%) people were employed full-time, 228 (15.9%) were part-time, and 42 (2.9%) were unemployed. [7]
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