Shiel Hill
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Shiel Hill | |
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Coordinates: 45°53′30″S 170°32′21″E / 45.8916°S 170.5393°E | |
Country | New Zealand |
City | Dunedin |
Local authority | Dunedin City Council |
Area | |
• Land | 137 ha (339 acres) |
Population (June 2023)[2] | |
• Total | 1,830 |
Waverley | The Cove |
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Andersons Bay | Ocean Grove |
Shiel Hill is a residential suburb of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located at the southeastern edge of the city's urban area, 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) southeast of the city's centre at the western end of the Otago Peninsula, close to the isthmus joining the peninsula to the mainland. As the name suggests, it is situated on the slopes of a hill at the start of the ridge which runs along the spine of the peninsula. The slopes rise to a series of crests generally known collectively as Highcliff, a name also often applied to the last suburban vestiges which remain as Dunedin's urban area becomes the rural land of the peninsula. More accurately, the name is that of a cliff which lies on the Pacific coast of the peninsula 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of Shiel Hill.
The suburb is almost entirely residential, though there are some retail premises on the suburb's main road, Highcliff Road. These include a small nexus of shops at the southwestern edge of Shiel Hill, at the point where the suburb joins the neighbouring suburb of
Notable features of Shiel hill include Rotary Park, a small public reserve surrounding reservoirs which serve the Peninsula hill suburbs. This park is located above steep slopes which drop 166 metres (545 ft) to the waters of the Otago Harbour close to
The suburb of Shiel Hill hit the news headlines in Dunedin in 1995 after one of Dunedin's most notorious crimes was committed in Every Street, close to the boundary of Shiel Hill and
Highcliff
East from Shiel Hill, Highcliff Road meets with McKerrow Street (which connects Shiel Hill with the neighbouring suburb of
Prominent features of Highcliff Road which lie near Shiel Hill include the Otago Peninsula Fallen Soldiers' Memorial, a war memorial atop a 225-metre (738 ft) peak known as Arthur's Seat (after the similarly named prominence in Edinburgh, Scotland). This 10-metre-tall (33 ft) monument was designed by E. H. Walden and R.A. Hosie, and stands on a rocky promontory known as Cadzow Rock. It was unveiled in March 1923.[4] Owing to its location, at the top of the peninsula's westernmost promontory, it is visible from much of central Dunedin.
Demographics
Shiel Hill covers 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 1,830 as of June 2023,[2] with a population density of 1,336 people per km2.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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2006 | 1,536 | — |
2013 | 1,599 | +0.58% |
2018 | 1,701 | +1.24% |
Source: [5] |
Shiel Hill had a population of 1,701 at the
Ethnicities were 81.1% European/Pākehā, 6.9% Māori, 2.1% Pasifika, 15.0% Asian, and 4.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 26.3, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 54.5% had no religion, 35.3% were Christian, 1.1% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 1.4% were Buddhist and 1.1% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 492 (36.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 144 (10.6%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $38,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 300 people (22.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 699 (51.5%) people were employed full-time, 249 (18.4%) were part-time, and 27 (2.0%) were unemployed.[5]
References
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-473-13772-4. p. 3-08
- ISBN 0-86868-030-3. p. 112
- ^ a b "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Shiel Hill (355400). 2018 Census place summary: Shiel Hill