Blaketown
{{for|the Canadian town|Blaketown, Newfoundland and Labrador}}
{{short description|Suburb of Greymouth, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2023}}
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{{Infobox New Zealand suburbs
| name = Blaketown
| image = Blaketown.jpg
| city1 = Greymouth
| ward = Central
| council = Grey District Council
| map = {{infobox mapframe|coord={{coord|42|26|56|S|171|11|45|E}}|zoom=12}}
| area = 69
| population = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Blaketown|y}}
| popdate = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
| popref = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Blaketown
| north =
| northeast = Cobden
| east = Greymouth Central
| southeast =
| south = Karoro
| southwest =
| west = (Tasman Sea)
| northwest =
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Blaketown is a suburb to the west of Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand.{{LINZ|13427||2010-01-15}} The Grey River separates Blaketown from Cobden, and the Blaketown Lagoon separates it from the centre of Greymouth.{{cite book|title=Reed New Zealand Atlas|year=2004| isbn = 0-7900-0952-8 |editor=Peter Dowling |publisher=Reed Books|pages=map 69}}{{cite book|title=The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand|year=2005| isbn = 1-877333-20-4 |author=Roger Smith, GeographX|publisher=Robbie Burton|pages=map 156}}
The town is named after Isaac Blake, an early storekeeper in the district.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FDoQAAAAYAAJ&q=Blaketown+Blake&dq=Blaketown+Blake|title=Banking Under Difficulties|author=George Ogilvy Preshaw, P. O. Preshaw|year=1888|page=102}}
Demographics
Blaketown covers {{Convert|0.69|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787| access-date=28 December 2023|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Blaketown|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Blaketown|y}}|R}}/0.69|0}} people per km2.
{{Historical populations|2006|864|2013|840|2018|810|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=}}
Blaketown had a population of 810 at the 2018 New Zealand census, a decrease of 30 people (−3.6%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 54 people (−6.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 375 households, comprising 414 males and 396 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female. The median age was 42.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 135 people (16.7%) aged under 15 years, 147 (18.1%) aged 15 to 29, 390 (48.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 141 (17.4%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 93.3% European/Pākehā, 11.1% Māori, 1.9% Pasifika, 2.6% Asian, and 1.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 9.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 60.7% had no religion, 27.4% were Christian, 0.4% were Hindu, 0.7% were Muslim, 0.4% were Buddhist and 3.3% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 54 (8.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 234 (34.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $27,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 69 people (10.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 330 (48.9%) people were employed full-time, 108 (16.0%) were part-time, and 24 (3.6%) were unemployed.{{NZ census 2018|Blaketown (310200)|blaketown|Blaketown}}
Education
Blaketown School is a coeducational full primary (years 1–8) school with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|3295|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}{{TKI|3295|Blaketown School}}
References
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