Newtown, New Zealand#Education
{{Short description|Suburb of Wellington City, New Zealand}}
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{{redirect|Newtown West|the Welsh electoral ward|Newtown West (Powys electoral ward)}}
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{{Infobox New Zealand suburb
| name = Newtown
| image = Wellington, May 2015 (26).JPG
| caption1 = Newtown Community Centre
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| coordinates = {{coord|-41.3137|174.7798|region:NZ-WGN_dim:500|format=dms|display=it}}
| city1 = Wellington City
| council = Wellington City Council
| ward = {{ubl|Paekawakawa/Southern Ward|Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori Ward}}
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| area = 256
| population = {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newtown North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newtown West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newtown South|y}}|R}}|0}}
| popsource = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
| popdate = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
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| hospitals = Wellington Hospital
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{{Adjacent place
| centre = Newtown
| north = Mount Cook{{cite web|url=http://www.wellington.govt.nz/maps/pdfs/suburbs/suburbs.pdf|title="Wellington City Suburb Boundaries, Feb. 2008|publisher=|access-date=2010-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522014936/http://www.wellington.govt.nz/maps/pdfs/suburbs/suburbs.pdf|archive-date=2010-05-22|url-status=dead}}
| northeast = Hataitai
| east = Evans Bay
| southeast = Kilbirnie, Melrose
| south = Berhampore
| southwest = Berhampore
| west = Vogeltown
| northwest = Mount Cook
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The suburb of Newtown lies in the southern part of Wellington in New Zealand. It lies east of Vogeltown, between Mount Cook and Berhampore. The main thoroughfares of Newtown are Riddiford St, leading from Mount Cook to Berhampore and Melrose, and Constable St, leading from Newtown to Kilbirnie.
History
Originally a working-class suburb, Newtown has followed gentrification trends in recent years, attracting large numbers of immigrants, students and young professionals and resulting in an ethnically diverse population. The Wellington City Council District Plan identifies Newtown as a suburb with an "identifiable or distinct character".Newtown! Community in a Wellington Suburb edited by Martin Doyle (1998, Wellington Safer Community Council, Wellington City Council) {{ISBN|0-909036-73-X}}
On 16 May 2023, a fire broke out at the 92-bed Loafers Lodge in Newtown. Five people died, 20 were injured, and many of the 99 people known to be living at the hostel were made homeless.{{cite news |last1=Melissa Nightingale |first1=& Georgina Campbell |title=Loafers Lodge hostel fire one year on: What happened and what’s changed? |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/loafers-lodge-hostel-fire-one-year-on-what-happened-and-whats-changed/CEMENL5WVFHKPFFUTXPNM6IETQ/ |access-date=14 November 2024 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=16 May 2024}}
Demographics
Newtown, comprising the statistical areas of Newtown North, Newtown West and Newtown South, covers {{Convert|2.56|km2||abbr=on}}.{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|access-date=29 June 2021|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}} It had an estimated population of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newtown North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newtown West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newtown South|y}}|R}}|0}} as of {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y|||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|({{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newtown North|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newtown West|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Newtown South|y}}|R}})/2.56|0}} people per km2.
{{Historical populations|2006|7,881|2013|8,400|2018|9,180|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=}}
Newtown had a population of 9,180 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 780 people (9.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,299 people (16.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,351 households, comprising 4,314 males and 4,866 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female, with 1,056 people (11.5%) aged under 15 years, 3,420 (37.3%) aged 15 to 29, 3,825 (41.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 882 (9.6%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 65.5% European/Pākehā, 10.1% Māori, 8.2% Pasifika, 18.8% Asian, and 8.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 35.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 52.2% had no religion, 29.1% were Christian, 0.5% had Māori religious beliefs, 3.7% were Hindu, 4.7% were Muslim, 1.4% were Buddhist and 4.2% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 3,504 (43.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 780 (9.6%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,425 people (17.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,530 (55.8%) people were employed full-time, 1,194 (14.7%) were part-time, and 477 (5.9%) were unemployed.{{NZ census 2018|Newtown North (252900), Newtown West (253000) and Newtown South (253600)}}
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Name | Area (km2) | Population | Density (per km2) || Households | Median age | Median income | |
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Newtown North | style="text-align:right;"|0.70 | style="text-align:right;"|2,124 | style="text-align:right;"|3,034 | style="text-align:right;"|678 | 30.6 years | $33,000{{NZ census place summary 2018|newtown-north|Newtown North}} |
Newtown West | style="text-align:right;"|0.66 | style="text-align:right;"|3,414 | style="text-align:right;"|5,172 | style="text-align:right;"|1,269 | 29.0 years | $34,300{{NZ census place summary 2018|newtown-west|Newtown West}} |
Newtown South | style="text-align:right;"|1.19 | style="text-align:right;"|3,642 | style="text-align:right;"|3,061 | style="text-align:right;"|1,404 | 32.2 years | $30,500{{NZ census place summary 2018|newtown-south|Newtown South}} |
New Zealand | 37.4 years | style="text-align:left;"| $31,800 |
Features
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Government House on Rugby Street, Wellington Hospital located on Riddiford Street and Wellington Zoo all lie within the boundaries of Newtown. Newtown Park is located next to the Zoo, off Roy Street and provides a venue for athletics and football. The Park consists of a 400m all-weather running track, grandstand, changing rooms, community rooms and play area. Wellington City Council has spent $3.6 million on modernising facilities at Newtown Park to meet current and future needs for the athletics and soccer sports codes, and the wider community.{{cite web |title=Upgraded Newtown Park hosts Phoenix this Sunday |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0707/S00072/upgraded-newtown-park-hosts-phoenix-this-sunday.htm |website=Scoop |access-date=14 November 2024}}
Newtown Festival
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The annual Newtown Festival takes place over one day, culminating in the Newtown Festival Street Fair which is usually held on International Children's Day (usually the first Sunday in March). The event grew from small beginnings in 1995 with the opening of a neighbourhood park. It is now New Zealand's biggest free musical festival and street fair, with 16 outdoor stages, more than 1000 performers and crowds of 80,000 a year.{{cite news |title=80,000 people expected at Newtown Festival in Wellington |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/510704/80-000-people-expected-at-newtown-festival-in-wellington |access-date=13 November 2024 |work=Radio New Zealand }} Up until 2017 the festival was run by the Newtown Residents’ Association, and in 2017 a charitable trust, the Newtown Festival Trust, was established to support the organising team. Eleven blocks of Newtown's central Riddiford Street and eleven adjoining side streets are all closed to vehicles for the festival.{{cite web |title=Who is behind the Festival? |url=https://www.newtownfestival.org.nz/about-us/ |website=Newtown Festival |access-date=13 November 2024}}
Education
=Newtown School=
Newtown School is a co-educational contributing state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,{{cite web |title=Newtown School Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=2926 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|2926|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|}}.{{cite web |title=Newtown School Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=2926 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}}
The school has a Māori language immersion class, Ngāti Kotahitanga, providing an 80 per cent immersion environment. It also has an indoor heated swimming pool, computer suite, and separate junior and senior playgrounds.{{cite web |title=Newtown School Official School Website |url=http://www.newtown.school.nz |website=newtown.school.nz}}
=Other schools=
South Wellington Intermediate is a co-educational state intermediate school for Year 7 to 8 students,{{cite web |title=South Wellington Intermediate Official School Website |url=http://www.swis.school.nz |website=swis.school.nz}}{{cite web |title=South Wellington Intermediate Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=2994 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|2994|y}}.{{cite web |title=South Wellington Intermediate Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=2994 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}}
St Anne's School is a co-educational state-integrated Catholic primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,{{cite web |title=St Anne's School Education Review Office Report |url=http://www.ero.govt.nz/report-view?id=2997 |website=ero.govt.nz |publisher=Education Review Office}} with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|2997|y}} as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|}}.{{cite web |title=St Anne's School Ministry of Education School Profile |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/find-school/school/profile?school=2997 |website=educationcounts.govt.nz |publisher=Ministry of Education}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008125455/http://www.wcl.govt.nz/wellington/newtownberhampore.html History of Newtown & Berhampore]
{{Suburbs of Wellington City}}