Roseneath, Wellington facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Roseneath
Suburb
Roseneath's peninsula, Oriental Bay at its foot
Country	New Zealand
Local authority	Wellington City
Electoral ward	Motukairangi/Eastern Ward
Area
• Land	55 ha (136 acre)
Population  (June 2022)
• Total	1,820

	Wellington Harbour
Oriental Bay	Roseneath	Evans Bay
Mount Victoria	Hataitai

Roseneath is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located east of Oriental Bay and north of Hataitai. The peninsula was named after Rosneath, a village on the Rosneath peninsula on Scotland's River Clyde, and has no association with roses.

Demographics

Roseneath statistical area covers 0.55 km² (0.21 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 1,820 as of June 2022, with a population density of 3309 people per km².

Roseneath had a population of 1,788 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 57 people (3.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 96 people (5.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 747 households. There were 873 males and 912 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female. The median age was 38.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 192 people (10.7%) aged under 15 years, 438 (24.5%) aged 15 to 29, 885 (49.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 273 (15.3%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 88.9% European/Pākehā, 4.9% Māori, 1.0% Pacific peoples, 7.7% Asian, and 4.4% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 34.6%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 58.7% had no religion, 28.5% were Christian, 1.2% were Hindu, 0.8% were Muslim, 1.2% were Buddhist and 5.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 954 (59.8%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 39 (2.4%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $58,200, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,023 (64.1%) people were employed full-time, 213 (13.3%) were part-time, and 33 (2.1%) were unemployed.

Education

Roseneath School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students. It opened in 1898 because Clyde Quay School had become overcrowded. It has a roll of 86 as of April 2023.

Images for kids

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  St Barnabas Church on Maida Vale Rd

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  Roseneath War Memorial