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Hawthorndale
Suburb
Bill Richardson Transport World
Coordinates: 46°24′35″S 168°23′18″E / 46.4098°S 168.3882°E / -46.4098; 168.3882
Country	New Zealand
City	Invercargill
Local authority	Invercargill City Council
Area
• Land	149 ha (368 acres)
Population
• Total	1,900

Richmond	Glengarry	Mill Road
Turnbull Thomson Park	Hawthorndale	Seaward Bush
Georgetown	Newfield	Rockdale

Hawthorndale is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill. It contains the city's Eastern Cemetery, and also Bill Richardson Transport World, a truck and classic car museum.

Demographics

The suburb is part of the Turnbull Thompson Park statistical area, which covers 1.49 km (0.58 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 1,900 as of June 2024, with a population density of 1,275 people per km. The statistical area is (incorrectly) named after Turnbull Thomson Park, in the south of the suburb.

The statistical area had a population of 1,764 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 33 people (1.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 39 people (2.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 696 households, comprising 828 males and 933 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female. The median age was 35.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 336 people (19.0%) aged under 15 years, 396 (22.4%) aged 15 to 29, 813 (46.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 216 (12.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 85.5% European/Pākehā, 17.2% Māori, 3.4% Pasifika, 6.3% Asian, and 1.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 10.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.9% had no religion, 36.4% were Christian, 0.9% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.9% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.2% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 198 (13.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 336 (23.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $34,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 204 people (14.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 822 (57.6%) people were employed full-time, 204 (14.3%) were part-time, and 45 (3.2%) were unemployed.

Education

Ascot Community School is a full primary school serving years 1 to 8 with a roll of 273 students as of August 2024. The school was established in 1999 through the merger three pre-existing schools:

• Surrey Park School, a primary school founded in 1940.
• Hawthorndale School, a primary school founded in 1958.
• Lithgow Intermediate School, an intermediate school founded in 1965 which had been amalgamated with Cargill High School in 1997 and 1998.

References

1. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
3. ^ "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Turnbull Thompson Park (361900). 2018 Census place summary: Turnbull Thompson Park
4. Education Counts: Ascot Community School
5. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
6. "Surrey Park School". Invercargill Archives. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
7. SEB Building Specifications New School, 1939. Invercargill. 1939.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
8. SEB Building Specification New School, 1958. Invercargill. 1958.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
9. "Lithgow School". ilibrary.co.nz. Invercargill City Libraries.
10. "Amalgamation between Cargill High School and Lithgow Intermediate School, 1997". Invercargill Archives. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

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