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Mornington, Wellington

Suburb of Wellington City, New Zealand

Summary

Suburb of Wellington City, New Zealand

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name	Mornington
image	Vogelmorn Park.jpg
caption1	Vogelmorn Park in Mornington
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city1	Wellington City
council	Wellington City Council
ward
established	1878
area	99
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| mapframe-zoom = 11 Mornington is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, on the southern hills behind Brooklyn. It is named after the Duke of Wellington's father, the Earl of Mornington. The original Mornington is in County Meath, and was the Irish seat of the Duke's father. It was named in 1878 from the time when J.F.E. Wright (1827–1891) subdivided his land in the south-west of the city in partnership with Jacob Joseph, and created the suburbs of Mornington and Vogeltown.

Demographics

Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown statistical area, which includes Kingston and Vogeltown, covers 0.99 km2. It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.

Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown had a population of 3,165 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 237 people (8.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 276 people (9.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,221 households, comprising 1,569 males and 1,596 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 35.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 585 people (18.5%) aged under 15 years, 666 (21.0%) aged 15 to 29, 1,626 (51.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 288 (9.1%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 76.3% European/Pākehā, 7.9% Māori, 4.5% Pasifika, 17.7% Asian, and 4.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 30.9, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 55.0% had no religion, 27.1% were Christian, 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 4.8% were Hindu, 1.1% were Muslim, 2.0% were Buddhist and 3.7% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,215 (47.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 207 (8.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $45,900, compared with $31,800 nationally. 726 people (28.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,623 (62.9%) people were employed full-time, 318 (12.3%) were part-time, and 99 (3.8%) were unemployed.

Education

Ridgway School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of .

References

"ArcGIS Web Application".
{{NZ census 2018. Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown (252800). kingston-mornington-vogeltown. Kingston-Mornington-Vogeltown
"Ridgway School Official School Website".
"Ridgway School Education Review Office Report". [[Education Review Office]].
"Ridgway School Ministry of Education School Profile". [[Ministry of Education (New Zealand).

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