Stoke, New Zealand
Stoke
Omaio ( UTC+13 (NZDT) | |
|---|---|
| Postcode | 7011 |
| Area code | 03 |
Stoke (
In 2010 it was voted the "Keep New Zealand Beautiful People's Choice Best Place in New Zealand".[4]
A group of streets in Stoke, between Main Road Stoke and Nayland Road, are named after famous literary figures: Kipling, Tennyson, Keats, Shelley, Marlowe, Browning, Dickens, Homer and Coleridge.
Facilities
Saxton's Field is an outdoor sports ground with softball, cricket, football, and hockey fields, a court for netball and an archery programme.
Saxtons' Stadium is a home of indoor sports such as
.Isel Park is an historic park and house, which form part of the legacy left by the Marsden family of Stoke. It includes the Isel Park research facility which is part of the Nelson Provincial Museum.[5]
The Stoke Hand sculpture is located outside Stoke library.
Demographics
Stoke covers 22.60 km2 (8.73 sq mi).[1] It had an estimated population of 19,980 as of June 2023,[2] with a population density of 884 people per km2.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 15,183 | — |
| 2013 | 16,788 | +1.45% |
| 2018 | 18,672 | +2.15% |
| Source: [6] | ||
Before the 2023 census, Stoke had a smaller boundary, covering 22.25 km2 (8.59 sq mi).
Ethnicities were 89.7% European/Pākehā, 10.4% Māori, 2.3% Pasifika, 4.4% Asian, and 2.1% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 17.7, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 53.8% had no religion, 35.4% were Christian, 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.5% were Hindu, 0.1% were Muslim, 0.7% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 2,466 (16.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 3,393 (22.0%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,866 people (12.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 6,930 (44.9%) people were employed full-time, 2,394 (15.5%) were part-time, and 396 (2.6%) were unemployed.[6]
| Name | Area (km2) |
Population | Density (per km2) |
Households | Median age | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadgreen-Monaco | 1.14 | 2,376 | 2,084 | 927 | 44.2 years | $27,500[7] |
| Nayland | 0.84 | 1,899 | 2,261 | 717 | 38.5 years | $30,300[8] |
| Aldinga | 1.11 | 3,168 | 2,854 | 1,236 | 51.1 years | $26,500[9] |
| Maitlands | 0.77 | 2,148 | 2,790 | 867 | 41.5 years | $31,300[10] |
| Saxton | 3.86 | 57 | 15 | 27 | 37.1 years | $31,900[11] |
| Suffolk | 2.00 | 2,721 | 1,361 | 1,041 | 53.1 years | $27,000[12] |
| Omaio | 5.47 | 3,387 | 619 | 1,311 | 44.0 years | $26,800[13] |
| Enner Glynn | 7.06 | 2,916 | 413 | 1,095 | 41.9 years | $34,600[14] |
| New Zealand | 37.4 years | $31,800 |
Education
Stoke School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students/[15][16] It has a roll of 199 as of February 2024.[17]
Nelson Christian Academy is a co-educational private Christian primary school for Year 1 to 8 students.[18] It has a roll of 296.[19]
Local high schools include
References
- ^ a b c "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ISBN 9780143204107.
- Fairfax New Zealand. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
The Nelson suburb traditionally joked about as being a retirement village is officially New Zealand's favourite place. Stoke was awarded the honour at the Keep New Zealand Beautiful Awards in Parliament last night...
- ^ Isel House and Park – legacy of the Marsden family The Prow. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Broadgreen-Monaco (304400), Nayland (305000), Aldinga (305100), Maitlands (305400), Saxton (305700), Suffolk (305800), Omaio (305900) and Enner Glynn (306000).
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Broadgreen-Monaco
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Nayland
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Aldinga
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Maitlands
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Saxton
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Suffolk
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Omaio
- ^ 2018 Census place summary: Enner Glynn
- ^ "Stoke School Official School Website". stoke.school.nz.
- Education Review Office.
- ^ "Stoke School Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
- Education Review Office.
- ^ "Nelson Christian Academy Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
- ^ "Find schools in Nelson City". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.