Crawshaw, New Zealand
{{short description|Suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2019}}
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{{Infobox New Zealand suburbs
| name = Crawshaw
| image = CrawshawHamilton.jpg
| caption1 = A neighbourhood in Crawshaw, Hamilton.
| city1 = Hamilton, New Zealand
| ward = West Ward
| council = Hamilton City Council
| established =
| area = 86
| population = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Crawshaw|y}}
| popdate = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
| popref = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
| coordinates = {{coord|37|46|19.95|S|175|14|0.68|E|region:NZ|display=it}}
| map = {{infobox mapframe|zoom=13}}
| caption2 =
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Crawshaw
| north = Te Rapa
| northeast =
| east = Forest Lake
| southeast =
| south = Nawton
| southwest =
| west = Rotokauri
| northwest = Burbush
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Crawshaw is a compact suburb, close to Te Rapa railway depot, in western Hamilton in New Zealand,{{cite web|url=http://hamilton.co.nz/maps/ListMaps.aspx|title=Hamilton Map|work=Hamilton City Council|accessdate=18 September 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923025338/http://hamilton.co.nz/maps/ListMaps.aspx|archivedate=23 September 2010}} and extended in the 2018 census to cover {{Convert|0.86|km2|acre|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|url=http://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|title=Geographic Boundary Viewer|last=|first=|date=|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com|url-status=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128083841/http://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787 |archive-date=28 January 2018 |access-date=2020-04-04}} Although sometimes referred to as a suburb in its own right,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamilton.govt.nz:443/our-council/news/Pages/default.aspx?newsItem=2286|title=Game on for new Crawshaw sports court|website=www.hamilton.govt.nz|language=en-NZ|access-date=2020-04-04}} it is often described as being part of Nawton.{{Cite web|url=http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info/hamilton_streets/topics/show/1701-odlin-crescent|title=Odlin Crescent|last=|first=|date=|website=ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info|language=en|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ero.govt.nz/review-reports/crawshaw-school-07-09-2018/|title=Crawshaw School - 07/09/2018|website=Education Review Office|language=en-NZ|access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.qv.co.nz/property/35a-crawshaw-drive-nawton-hamilton-3200/376672|title=Property details for 35A Crawshaw Drive, Nawton, Hamilton, 3200|website=www.qv.co.nz|access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The southern part of the suburb was developed about 1913,{{Cite web|url=http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info/hamilton_streets/topics/show/1986-sunnyside-road|title=Sunnyside Road|last=|first=|date=|website=ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info|language=en|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info/hamilton_streets/topics/show/726-breckons-avenue|title=Breckons Avenue|last=|first=|date=|website=ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info|language=en|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}} but the northern in the 1960s{{Cite web|url=http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info/hamilton_streets/topics/show/1631-mooney-street|title=Mooney Street|last=|first=|date=|website=ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info|language=en|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and 1970s.{{Cite web|url=http://ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info/hamilton_streets/topics/show/1701-odlin-crescent|title=Odlin Crescent|last=|first=|date=|website=ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info|language=en|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Housing New Zealand properties, tenanted by low income families have been reported to make up a majority of homes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8677737/Fight-to-make-Crawshaw-playground-safe-for-kids|title=Fight to make Crawshaw playground safe for kids|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2020-04-04}}
Crawshaw Park was created between 1979 and 1985. It covers {{Convert|3.1|ha||abbr=on}}, includes some remnant kahikateas and forms a link in a green chain through Mooney Park, Bishops Lane Reserve, Crawshaw Park and Dominion Park.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-city/parks/parksandgardens/Documents/Neighbourhood%20and%20Amenity%20Reserves%20Management%20Plan%20-%20reduced%20size%20-%202007.pdf|title=Neighbourhood and Amenity Reserves Management Plan|last=|first=|date=May 2007|website=Hamilton City Council|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129083234/http://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-city/parks/parksandgardens/Documents/Neighbourhood%20and%20Amenity%20Reserves%20Management%20Plan%20-%20reduced%20size%20-%202007.pdf |archive-date=29 January 2015 |access-date=}}
Demographics
Crawshaw covers {{Convert|0.86|km2||abbr=on}}{{Cite web|title=Stats NZ Geographic Data Service|url=https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/data/|at=Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised)|access-date=8 April 2025}} and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Crawshaw|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Crawshaw|y}}|R}}/0.86|0}} people per km2.
{{Historical populations|2006|2,892|2013|2,889|2018|3,249|2023|3,261|percentages=pagr|align=left|source={{NZ census 2018|Crawshaw (176800)|crawshaw|Crawshaw}}}}
Crawshaw had a population of 3,261 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 12 people (0.4%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 372 people (12.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,626 males, 1,626 females and 9 people of other genders in 1,008 dwellings.{{cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_005&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=doTotal%2Bdo1.176800.2023&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_DWD_003|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for dwellings, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses}} 3.5% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 29.2 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 888 people (27.2%) aged under 15 years, 795 (24.4%) aged 15 to 29, 1,332 (40.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 243 (7.5%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 49.3% European (Pākehā); 49.6% Māori; 12.9% Pasifika; 11.6% Asian; 2.6% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.1% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.6%, Māori language by 13.9%, Samoan by 1.2%, and other languages by 11.3%. No language could be spoken by 3.1% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.0%. The percentage of people born overseas was 16.3, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 24.2% Christian, 2.8% Hindu, 1.6% Islam, 4.1% Māori religious beliefs, 0.9% Buddhist, 0.5% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 2.2% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.8%, and 7.9% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 297 (12.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,317 (55.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 759 (32.0%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $37,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 81 people (3.4%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,206 (50.8%) people were employed full-time, 258 (10.9%) were part-time, and 153 (6.4%) were unemployed.{{Cite web|url=https://explore.data.stats.govt.nz/vis?fs[0]=2023%20Census%2C0%7CTotals%20by%20topic%23CAT_TOTALS_BY_TOPIC%23&pg=0&fc=Variable%20codes&bp=true&snb=9&df[ds]=ds-nsiws-disseminate&df[id]=CEN23_TBT_008&df[ag]=STATSNZ&df[vs]=1.0&dq=hq011%2Bhq010%2Bhq009%2Bhq008%2Bhq007%2Bhq006%2Bhq005%2Bhq004%2Bhq003%2Bhq002%2Bhq001%2Bhq000%2Bws1%2Bsp99%2Bra80%2Bra08%2Bra07%2Bra06%2Bra05%2Bra01%2Bra04%2Bra03%2Bra02%2Bra00%2Brb1%2Bls66%2Bls03%2Bls02%2Bls05%2Bls04%2Bls01%2Beg6%2Beg5%2Beg4%2Beg3%2Beg2%2Beg1%2BbiTotal%2Bbi0%2Bbi1%2BasTotalLG%2Bas4%2Bas3%2Bas2%2Bas1%2Bws4%2Bws3%2Bws2%2Bge3%2Bge2%2Bge1%2Brc%2BasMed%2BegTotal%2BlsTotal%2BgeTotal%2BrbTotal%2BraTotal%2BhqTotal%2BibTotal%2Bib7%2Bibmed%2BwsTotal.176800.2013%2B2018%2B2023&to[TIME]=false&ly[rw]=CEN23_TBT_IND_003&ly[cl]=CEN23_YEAR_001|publisher=Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa – Aotearoa Data Explorer|access-date=3 October 2024|title=Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses|at=Crawshaw (176800)}}
Crawshaw census area had a block of about 25 houses from Nawton East added in 2018. The population increased by about a quarter from 1996 to 2018. They are poorer and younger than the 37.4 years of the national average, with more than double Hamilton's Māori average of 23.7%.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stats.govt.nz/tools/2018-census-place-summaries/hamilton-city#ethnicity-culture-and-identity|title=2018 Census place summaries {{!}} Hamilton|last=|first=|date=|website=www.stats.govt.nz|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207180308/https://www.stats.govt.nz/tools/2018-census-place-summaries/hamilton-city |archive-date=7 December 2020 |access-date=2020-04-04}} The table below uses the older, slightly smaller census area for the older figures.-{{Cite web|url=https://www.stats.govt.nz/tools/2018-census-place-summaries/crawshaw|title=2018 Census place summaries {{!}} Crawshaw|last=|first=|date=|website=www.stats.govt.nz|url-status=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-04-04}}
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Population !Average age !Households !Median income !National median income |
| 1996
|2,541 | | | |
| 2001
|2,874 |24.7 |897 |$16,100 |$18,500 |
| 2006
|2,838 |25.3 |912 |$21,900 |$24,100 |
| 2013
|2,796{{Cite web|url=http://archive.stats.govt.nz/StatsMaps/Home/People%20and%20households/2013-census-quickstats-about-a-place-map.aspx|title=2013 Census map – QuickStats about a place|website=archive.stats.govt.nz|access-date=2020-04-04|archive-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403173441/http://archive.stats.govt.nz/StatsMaps/Home/People%20and%20households/2013-census-quickstats-about-a-place-map.aspx|url-status=dead}} (2,889) |26.1 |906 |$22,600 |
| 2018
|3,249 |26.9 |963 |$23,800 |$31,800 |
| 2023
|3,261 |26.2 |1,008 |$41,500 |
Education
Crawshaw School is a coeducational state primary school for years 1 to 8, with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|2096|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}{{TKI|2096|Crawshaw School}} The school opened in 1988.{{cite news|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/101664538/hamilton-teachers-witness-life-love-death-in-schools-30-years|title=Hamilton teachers witness life, love, death in school's 30 years|newspaper=Waikato Times|date=22 February 2018|first=Kelley|last=Tantau}}
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