Unsworth Heights

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Unsworth Heights
Unsworth Heights
Coordinates: 36°45′32″S174°43′05″E / 36.759°S 174.718°E / -36.759; 174.718
CountryNew Zealand
City Auckland
Local authority Auckland Council
Electoral ward Albany ward
Local board Upper Harbour Local Board
Area
[1]
  Land186 ha (460 acres)
Population
 (June 2022) [2]
  Total6,020
Postcode(s)
0632
Rosedale Rosedale Windsor Park
Schnapper Rock
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Unsworth Heights is a suburb of North Shore in the Auckland metropolitan area in northern New Zealand. New Zealand State Highway 18 (Upper Harbour Highway) passes to the north of the suburb, and the Albany Highway to the south. The two routes intersect just to the west of Unsworth Heights. Unsworth Reserve is to the east. [3]

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Demographics

Unsworth Heights covers 1.86 km2 (0.72 sq mi) [1] and had an estimated population of 6,020 as of June 2022, [2] with a population density of 3,237 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20065,250    
20135,502+0.67%
20185,889+1.37%
Source: [4]

Unsworth Heights had a population of 5,889 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 387 people (7.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 639 people (12.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,860 households, comprising 2,889 males and 3,003 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 945 people (16.0%) aged under 15 years, 1,335 (22.7%) aged 15 to 29, 2,766 (47.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 849 (14.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 45.8% European/Pākehā, 5.0% Māori, 3.8% Pacific peoples, 42.3% Asian, and 10.1% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 56.5, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.2% had no religion, 42.9% were Christian, 0.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 4.4% were Hindu, 3.5% were Muslim, 2.0% were Buddhist and 2.5% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,656 (33.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 525 (10.6%) people had no formal qualifications. 909 people (18.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,583 (52.2%) people were employed full-time, 684 (13.8%) were part-time, and 174 (3.5%) were unemployed. [4]

Individual statistical areas
NameArea (km2)PopulationDensity (per km2)HouseholdsMedian ageMedian income
Unsworth Heights West0.752,3223,09673839.1 years$36,300 [5]
Unsworth Heights East1.113,5673,2141,12235.2 years$32,100 [6]
New Zealand37.4 years$31,800

Education

Westminster Christian School was established in 1981 to provide education for children of Christian families, using a Christ-centred curriculum founded on a Biblical World View. It is an inter-denominational, state-integrated, co-educational, full primary school for students from New Entrant to Year 8. The school has a roll of 370 students as of April 2023. [7] [8]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand . Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. Gregory's Auckland & Surrounds Street Directory (3rd ed.). 2008. map 56. ISBN   978-0-7319-2048-8.
  4. 1 2 "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Unsworth Heights West (119900) and Unsworth Heights East (120400).
  5. 2018 Census place summary: Unsworth Heights West
  6. 2018 Census place summary: Unsworth Heights East
  7. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  8. Education Counts: Westminster Christian School

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