Normandale, New Zealand facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Normandale |
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View toward Wellington from the top of Normandale Road
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| Basic information | |
| Region | Wellington Region |
| Local authority | Lower Hutt City |
| Electoral ward | Western |
| Date established | 1901 |
| Land area | 145 ha (0.56 sq mi)* |
| Population | 2110 (2020) |
| Surrounds | |
| North | Belmont Regional Park |
| Northeast | Tirohanga |
| East | Harbour View |
| Southeast | Melling |
| South | Alicetown |
| West | Maungaraki |
Normandale is a semi-rural suburb of Lower Hutt City, New Zealand, on the western hills of the Hutt Valley. It consists of two main roads – Normandale Road and Miromiro Road – and the hills between, and is a five minute drive from the Lower Hutt city centre.
Normandale contains historic woodland reserve Jubilee Park and part of Belmont Regional Park, Wellington's largest Regional Park. It also has many other smaller sections of native bush reserve, so native birds are very common; since 2019 Kiwibank has funded the suburb to suppress bird-killing predators as part of New Zealand's Predator Free project. Normandale is home to a primary school, a Playcentre, a church, a cattery, and a dog boarding kennel, and is otherwise entirely residential. As an older suburb made up entirely of narrow and steep hills, it is dominated by trees.
Demographics
Normandale statistical area covers 1.45 km2 (0.56 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 2,160 as of June 2022, with a population density of 1490 people per km2.
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| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 2006 | 1,941 | — |
| 2013 | 1,938 | −0.02% |
| 2018 | 2,010 | +0.73% |
Normandale had a population of 2,010 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 72 people (3.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 69 people (3.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 723 households. There were 1,002 males and 1,011 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female. The median age was 38.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 417 people (20.7%) aged under 15 years, 315 (15.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,065 (53.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 213 (10.6%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 87.2% European/Pākehā, 7.2% Māori, 3.1% Pacific peoples, 11.0% Asian, and 2.2% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).
The proportion of people born overseas was 24.9%, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people objected to giving their religion, 56.7% had no religion, 33.1% were Christian, 0.9% were Hindu, 0.1% were Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhist and 2.5% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 609 (38.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 129 (8.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $51,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 993 (62.3%) people were employed full-time, 231 (14.5%) were part-time, and 54 (3.4%) were unemployed.
Education
Normandale School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of 148 as of February 2024.
Images for kids
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Minoh Friendship House
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Normandale Road railway crossing c1880s. This crossing survived until the erection of the overbridge which provides access from Lower Hutt to Normandale. The photograph long predates the construction of the Western Hutt Road from Melling to Petone in 1938 – nowadays the State Highway 2 motorway.
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Panorama of Lower Hutt from upper Normandale
