Forbury, New Zealand
Forbury | |
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LDS Church lie to the west of Forbury Road, as seen from Wilson Avenue, Forbury | |
Coordinates: 45°54′10″S 170°29′20″E / 45.90278°S 170.48889°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Dunedin |
Local authority | Dunedin City Council |
Area | |
• Land | 56 ha (138 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 1,350 |
Caversham | South Dunedin | |
Kew |
Forbury
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St Clair | St Kilda |
Forbury is a small residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south-southwest of the city centre and lies immediately to the north of St Clair, between it and Caversham.
The suburb is low lying, having originally been marshy land reclaimed in the later 19th century. As such, it is often prone to flooding. It lies at the northwest corner of a plain that stretches across
The name Forbury is somewhat confusing, as it is used for several local features, not all of them within the suburb. Notable among these is the former Forbury Park Raceway, one of the city's main horse-racing venues, which actually lies in St Kilda. Forbury Corner, an important road junction, lies in Caversham, though not far from the northern boundary of Forbury.
Prominent features of Forbury include
History
Prior to European settlement, the area of Forbury was not permanently settled, but several tracking and walking routes crossed The Flat. The first non-native residents were the Valpys, who arrived in Otago in January 1849, and set up farms along the western edge of The Flat. The farms, named Caversham and The Forbury, were named by early settler
Much of the swampy ground along the route of Valpy's Track in the area of modern Forbury was reclaimed by
Although Forbury is now almost entirely a residential suburb, this was not always the case. One of Otago's principal quarries, Shiel's Brickmaking, existed close to the cliff to the west of Forbury Road from 1901 until the 1930s.[6]
Demographics
Forbury covers 0.56 km2 (0.22 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 1,350 as of June 2023,[2] with a population density of 2,411 people per km2.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2006 | 1,302 | — |
2013 | 1,293 | −0.10% |
2018 | 1,326 | +0.51% |
Source: [7] |
Forbury had a population of 1,326 at the
Ethnicities were 79.9% European/Pākehā, 13.8% Māori, 7.9% Pasifika, 8.1% Asian, and 3.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 18.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 52.5% had no religion, 35.1% were Christian, 0.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.9% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.9% were Buddhist and 2.3% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 213 (20.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 258 (24.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $24,800, compared with $31,800 nationally. 81 people (7.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 465 (43.7%) people were employed full-time, 156 (14.6%) were part-time, and 54 (5.1%) were unemployed.[7]
Education
King's High School and Queen's High School are single-sex secondary schools serving years 9 to 13[8][9] with rolls of 868 and 544 students, respectively as of February 2024[10]. King's opened in 1936[11] and Queen's in 1955.[12]
Bathgate Park School is a state full primary school serving years 1 to 8[13] with a roll of 125 students. The school was established in 2012 after the merger of Forbury School and Macandrew Intermediate.[14] A state-integrated Catholic primary school, St Bernadette's School, is also located in Forbury. It caters for year 1 to 6 students.[15] As of 2022[update], it has a roll of .[16]
Forbury is home to several kindergartens, and the headquarters of umbrella organisation Dunedin Kindergartens is based in the suburb on Forbury Road.
References
- Newton, B. A., (2003). Our St Clair: A resident's history, Dunedin: Kenmore Productions/Longacre Press. ISBN 0-473-09925-X
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ Newton, pp. 14–16.
- ^ Newton, pp. 25–27.
- ^ Newton, p. 37, pp. 42-44.
- ^ Newton, pp. 63–64.
- ^ a b "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Forbury (354600). 2018 Census place summary: Forbury
- ^ Education Counts: King's High School
- ^ Education Counts: Queen's High School
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "School Profile". King's High School. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ "Prospectus - About Queen's High School". Queen's High School. 2022. p. 3.
- ^ Education Counts: Bathgate Park School
- ^ "Nau mai, haere mai". Bathgate Park School. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Education Counts: St Bernadette's School
- ^ "St Bernadette's School (Forbury)". Education Review Office. Retrieved 14 January 2022.