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Nawton
Suburb
Nawton, Hamilton
Coordinates: 37°46′41″S 175°14′10″E / 37.778°S 175.236°E / -37.778; 175.236
Country	New Zealand
City	Hamilton, New Zealand
Local authority	Hamilton City Council
Electoral ward	West Ward
Area
• Land	241 ha (596 acres)
Population
• Total	8,700

Thornton	Crawshaw	Te Rapa
Grandview Heights	Nawton	Forest Lake, Maeroa
Western Heights	Dinsdale	Livingstone

Nawton is a community suburb in western Hamilton in New Zealand.

Features

Within Nawton are Playworx Kindy, an Anglican church, the Yardhouse bar, and the Sugar Bowl café

Demographics

Nawton covers 2.41 km (0.93 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 8,700 as of June 2024, with a population density of 3,610 people per km.

Nawton had a population of 7,875 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 396 people (5.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 609 people (8.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,604 households, comprising 3,732 males and 4,143 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.9 males per female, with 1,887 people (24.0%) aged under 15 years, 1,893 (24.0%) aged 15 to 29, 3,189 (40.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 906 (11.5%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 60.9% European/Pākehā, 34.2% Māori, 8.6% Pacific peoples, 14.0% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 18.2, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 47.5% had no religion, 32.2% were Christian, 2.5% had Māori religious beliefs, 3.7% were Hindu, 1.9% were Muslim, 1.7% were Buddhist and 3.6% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 846 (14.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,449 (24.2%) people had no formal qualifications. 561 people (9.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,997 (50.1%) people were employed full-time, 729 (12.2%) were part-time, and 387 (6.5%) were unemployed.

Community Centres and schools

There are at least two community centres in Nawton. These include the Western Community Centre and the Good News Community Centre, which opened in 2014.

Nawton Primary School is a state school for year 1 to 6 students with a roll of 520. The school opened in 1960.

Fraser High School is a secondary state school for year 9 to 13 students. It has a roll of 1453. The school was established in 1920 and called Hamilton Manual Training Centre. It moved to what is now the site of Waikato Institute of Technology and became Hamilton Technical College in 1924, then moved to its current site in 1970 and was renamed to Fraser High School after a previous principal.

Both these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of August 2024.

History

A community constable was removed from the area in 2014. Neil Tolan (a Hamilton community advocate) believed that the loss of community constables would have a radical impact on neighbourhoods and lead to unreported crimes. In 2014, it was found that a number of the suburb's homes were sinking. This meant that flooding and large-scale damage was caused. In April 2016, Nawton was found to be the Hamilton's worst suburb for dog attacks. In December of that year, Hamilton mayor Andrew King opened a million dollar playground at Dominion Park as part of the city council's Playgrounds of the Future plan. The playground (known as Te oko o Kirikiriroa) became one of seven destination playgrounds in the city. In 2017, a petition called for a return of devoted community police officers. The petition was co-organized by Labour MP Sue Moroney, Western Community Centre manager Neil Tolan and city councillor James Casson at that year's Waitangi Day celebrations.

See also

• List of streets in Hamilton
• Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand

References

1. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
3. "Hamilton Map". Hamilton City Council. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
4. ^ Caitlin Moorby (9 December 2016). "Hamilton's newest destination playground opens". Stuff. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
5. Chris Gardner (3 December 2013). "Why St Mark's Nawton is packed each Sunday". Stuff. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
6. "Police appeal for witnesses after aggravated robbery". Stuff. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
7. "Burglary fail: Hamilton teens steal about $3 in cafe smash then hand themselves in". The New Zealand Herald. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
8. ^ Elton Rikihana Smallman (20 January 2017). "Hamilton residents: Nawton has its problems, but it's no 'hellhole'". Stuff. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
9. ^ "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Nawton West (177100) and Nawton East (177200).
10. 2018 Census place summary: Nawton West
11. 2018 Census place summary: Nawton East
12. Libby Wilson (1 December 2019). "Sudden death near Hamilton community centre". Stuff. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
13. Libby Wilson (30 July 2014). "Good news as $1m Nawton centre opens". Stuff. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
14. Education Counts: Nawton School
15. "Nawton School 25th jubilee, 1960-1985 (collection record)". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
16. Education Counts: Fraser High School
17. "Heritage". Fraser High School. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
18. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
19. Aaron Leaman (17 June 2014). "Hamilton's sinking suburb". Retrieved 4 December 2019.
20. Te Ahua Maitland (21 April 2016). "Hamilton dog attacks highest in Nawton". Stuff. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
21. "Neighbours of Hamilton playground verbally abused". 6 January 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
22. Phillipa Yalden (6 February 2017). "Petition calls for reintroduction of dedicated community police officers". Retrieved 3 December 2019.

External links

• Western Community Centre Official Website
• photo of Nawton Hall in 1970s

• Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand