Boulcott#Education
{{Short description|Suburb of Lower Hutt, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2021}}
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{{Infobox New Zealand suburb
| name = Boulcott
| image = Boulcott's Farm Heritage Golf Club.jpg
| caption1 = Boulcott's Farm Heritage Golf Club makes up a large area of the Boulcott suburb.
| city1 = Lower Hutt City
| council = Hutt City Council
| ward = Central
| established =
| area = 158
| population = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Boulcott|y}}
| popdate = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
| popsource = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
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| hospitals = Hutt Hospital, Boulcott Hospital
| coordinates = {{Coord|-41.203616|174.921551|region:NZ-WGN_type:city(2448)|display=it}}
| map = {{infobox mapframe|coord={{coord|-41.204|174.922}}|zoom=13}}
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Boulcott
| north =
| northeast = Avalon
| east = Epuni
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| south = Lower Hutt CBD
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| west = Tirohanga
| northwest = Belmont
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Boulcott is a central suburb of Lower Hutt, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. The suburb lies about a kilometre north-east of the Lower Hutt CBD.
Boulcott takes its name from Almon Boulcott (1815–1880), who farmed in the area in the 1840s.
[http://www.teara.govt.nz/Places/Wellington/WellingtonPlaces/9/en Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Hutt Valley - central and west] Retrieved: 10 January 2009 His father, John Ellerker Boulcott (1784–1855), was a director of the New Zealand Company.Louis E. Ward (1928), Early Wellington, Auckland, Whitcombe and Toombs [http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WarEarl-t1-body-d21-d20.html] Armed conflict took place in the area at Boulcott's Farm in 1846 during the Hutt Valley Campaign.
Two Lower Hutt hospitals; Hutt Hospital and Boulcott Hospital, lie in Boulcott.
Demographics
Boulcott statistical area covers {{Convert|1.58|km2||abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|access-date=10 June 2021|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} It had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Boulcott|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Boulcott|y}}|R}}/1.58|0}} people per km2.
{{Historical populations|2006|2,451|2013|2,487|2018|2,613|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=}}
Boulcott had a population of 2,613 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 126 people (5.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 162 people (6.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 936 households, comprising 1,236 males and 1,377 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.9 males per female. The median age was 40.6 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 447 people (17.1%) aged under 15 years, 471 (18.0%) aged 15 to 29, 1,245 (47.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 453 (17.3%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 71.8% European/Pākehā, 8.8% Māori, 5.5% Pasifika, 21.8% Asian, and 2.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 27.2, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 44.1% had no religion, 41.7% were Christian, 0.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 4.8% were Hindu, 0.9% were Muslim, 1.4% were Buddhist and 1.4% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 639 (29.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 324 (15.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $36,800, compared with $31,800 nationally. 522 people (24.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,101 (50.8%) people were employed full-time, 300 (13.9%) were part-time, and 96 (4.4%) were unemployed.{{NZ census 2018|Boulcott (244200)|boulcott|Boulcott}}
Education
Boulcott has two schools:
- Boulcott School, a state contributing primary (Year 1–6) school. It has {{NZ school roll data|2813|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}
- St Oran's College, a state-integrated Presbyterian girls' Year 7–13 secondary school. It has {{NZ school roll data|265|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}
The nearest state intermediate (Year 7 and 8) schools are Naenae Intermediate School in Avalon to the north-east or Hutt Intermediate School in Woburn to the south. The nearest state secondary (Year 9–13) school is Naenae College in Avalon.