Frankleigh Park

Frankleigh Park
Frankleigh Park
Suburb of New Plymouth District
Country	New Zealand
City	New Plymouth District
Electoral ward	City
Area
• Land	211 ha (521 acres)
Population (2018)
• Total	2,979

	New Plymouth Central
Westown	Frankleigh Park	Vogeltown
Ferndale

Frankleigh Park is a suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the south of the city centre.^[3] The suburb is built around the site of early settler Henry King's farm, Woodleigh, the father of William Cutfield King.

The suburb is one of the older and more established suburbs of the city, lying in the valley of the . It lies between the suburbs of Westown to the west, and Vogeltown to the east.

Some of the main streets include Brois Street, Veale Road, Frankley Road, Fernleigh Street, Govett Avenue, and Ashmore Drive. Frankleigh Park is home to a primary school, a kindergarten and a shopping centre, and has two large parks, Sutherland Park and Ferndale Park.

Demographics[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	2,880	—
2013	2,832	−0.24%
2018	2,979	+1.02%
Source: ^[2]

Frankleigh Park, which covers an area of 2.11 km² (0.81 sq mi),^[1] had a population of 2,979 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 147 people (5.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 99 people (3.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,131 households. There were 1,479 males and 1,503 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 37.7 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 669 people (22.5%) aged under 15 years, 504 (16.9%) aged 15 to 29, 1,368 (45.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 444 (14.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 88.8% European/Pākehā, 14.9% Māori, 1.9% Pacific peoples, 5.1% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 17.6%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 54.4% had no religion, 33.5% were Christian, 1.0% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 0.4% were Buddhist and 3.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 507 (21.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 342 (14.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $33,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,152 (49.9%) people were employed full-time, 378 (16.4%) were part-time, and 93 (4.0%) were unemployed.^[2]