Ealing, New Zealand

Ealing
Rural locality
Coordinates: 44°03′S 171°25′E / 44.050°S 171.417°E / -44.050; 171.417Coordinates: 44°03′S 171°25′E / 44.050°S 171.417°E / -44.050; 171.417
Country	New Zealand
Region	Canterbury
Territorial authority	Ashburton District
Ward	Eastern

Ealing is a lightly populated rural locality on the bank of the Rangitata River in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.^[1] It has a community hall, a small combined Protestant faith church and a rural fire unit based in the centre of the town. Ealing was settled as a railway village in the 1870s whilst the Main South Line's bridge over the Rangitata River was being built. Along with the schools in nearby Lynnford and , the local school was shut due to population decline during the 1930s and students sent to the primary school in Hinds, a small nearby town to the northeast and in the west.^[2] The former school building is now the church. Ealing is more a common locality than a settlement, with the area being referred to as the "Ealing district". Each year a Guy Fawkes Night fireworks display and a Christmas party in Ealing District Hall are held to foster community spirit.

Demographics[]

Ealing is in the Ealing-Lowcliffe statistical area, which also includes Hinds, and covers 413.22 km² (159.55 sq mi)^[3] and had an estimated population of 1,720 as of June 2021,^[4] with a population density of 4.162 people per km².

Ealing-Lowcliffe had a population of 1,551 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 156 people (11.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 354 people (29.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 558 households. There were 837 males and 714 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.17 males per female. The median age was 30.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 405 people (26.1%) aged under 15 years, 360 (23.2%) aged 15 to 29, 705 (45.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 84 (5.4%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 74.9% European/Pākehā, 7.9% Māori, 2.1% Pacific peoples, 16.8% Asian, and 5.8% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 28.6%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 45.5% had no religion, 42.7% were Christian, 1.7% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 2.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 207 (18.1%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 189 (16.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $42,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 720 (62.8%) people were employed full-time, 183 (16.0%) were part-time, and 30 (2.6%) were unemployed.^[5]

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