Mount Wellington, New Zealand facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Wellington |
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| Basic information | |
| Local authority | Auckland Council |
| Electoral ward | Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Ward |
| Local board | Maungakiekie-Tamaki |
| Population | 25218 (2018) |
| Facilities | |
| Train station(s) | Sylvia Park Railway Station |
| Surrounds | |
| North | Ellerslie, St. John's Park, Panmure |
| East | Tamaki River, Pakuranga, Panmure |
| Southeast | Panmure |
| South | Westfield |
| West | Penrose |
Mount Wellington is a suburb in East Auckland, New Zealand, located 10 kilometres southeast of the city centre. It is surrounded by the suburbs of Stonefields, Tamaki, Panmure, Penrose, and Ellerslie, and by the Tamaki River. The suburb is named after the volcanic peak of Maungarei / Mount Wellington. Sylvia Park is a large business park and shopping centre located in the suburb.
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Maungarei
Maungarei / Mount Wellington is a 135-metre volcanic peak of the Auckland volcanic field. It is the youngest onshore volcano of the Auckland volcanic field, having been formed by an eruption around 10,000 years ago. It is the largest of Auckland's scoria cones. It is not expected to erupt again.
Economy
Retail
The Sylvia Park shopping centre opened in 2006, and an upgrade opened in 2020. The mall has 106,427 m2 of lettable space spread across two floors, alongside 4,053 carparks. Its 250 stores include anchor tenants The Warehouse, Farmers, Kmart, Pak'nSave and a 10-screen Hoyts Cinema.
Mt Wellington Shopping Centre has 22 stores spread across 9,000 m2, including anchor tenants Countdown and Supercheap Auto.
Demographics
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 2006 | 21,156 | — |
| 2013 | 23,283 | +1.38% |
| 2018 | 25,218 | +1.61% |
Mount Wellington, comprising the statistical areas of Mount Wellington North West, Mount Wellington North East, Mount Wellington Ferndale, Mount Wellington East, Mount Wellington West, Mount Wellington Central, Sylvia Park, Mount Wellington South West and Mount Wellington South East, had a population of 25,218 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 1,935 people (8.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 4,062 people (19.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 7,914 households. There were 12,558 males and 12,657 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female, with 4,716 people (18.7%) aged under 15 years, 6,246 (24.8%) aged 15 to 29, 11,397 (45.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 2,859 (11.3%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 38.8% European/Pākehā, 11.7% Māori, 21.6% Pacific peoples, 37.5% Asian, and 3.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 47.5%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 33.1% had no religion, 43.6% were Christian, and 18.2% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 5,919 (28.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 2,790 (13.6%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 11,424 (55.7%) people were employed full-time, 2,298 (11.2%) were part-time, and 873 (4.3%) were unemployed.
Education
Bailey Road School, Stanhope Road School and Sylvia Park School are state full primary schools (years 1–8) with rolls of 373, 529 and 517 students, respectively.
Panama Road School is a contributing primary school (years 1–6) with a roll of 272 students.
All these school are coeducational. Rolls are as of April 2023.
