Kelston, New Zealand

Kelston
Kelston
Suburb of Auckland Council
	Looking west from a residential to an industrial area in Kelston.
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Country	New Zealand
City	Auckland Council
Population (2018)
• Total	5,355

	Glendene
Glen Eden	Kelston	Whau River, Avondale
	New Lynn

Kelston is a residential suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. Originally a ceramics manufacturing centre, the area is now mostly residential, including a number of schools. Kelston is located in, and its name has been given to, the Kelston parliamentary electorate.

Demographics[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	4,668	—
2013	4,902	+0.70%
2018	5,355	+1.78%
Source: ^[1]

Kelston, comprising the statistical areas of Kelston North and Kelston South, had a population of 5,355 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 453 people (9.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 687 people (14.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,452 households. There were 2,685 males and 2,670 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.01 males per female, with 1,179 people (22.0%) aged under 15 years, 1,368 (25.5%) aged 15 to 29, 2,364 (44.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 444 (8.3%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 29.6% European/Pākehā, 16.0% Māori, 35.9% Pacific peoples, 34.1% Asian, and 3.5% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 44.6%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 27.3% had no religion, 47.1% were Christian, and 20.5% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 810 (19.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 723 (17.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,064 (49.4%) people were employed full-time, 513 (12.3%) were part-time, and 225 (5.4%) were unemployed.^[1]

Education[]

Kelston Boys' High School is a single-sex state secondary (years 9-15) school with a roll of 691 students. It is renowned for its rugby union team, the Kelston Boys High 1st XV. The school has produced a number of All Blacks, and regularly wins Auckland, nationwide and even worldwide secondary school rugby championships.^{[citation needed]}^[2]
Kelston Girls' College is a single-sex state secondary (years 9-15) school with a roll of 471.^[3]
Kelston Deaf Education Centre is a coeducational state special school with a roll of students. Opened in 1958, Kelston caters for hearing-impaired children from the northern half of the North Island, from preschool to year 15. It has boarding facilities. Some senior classes are held in conjunction with Kelston Boys High School.^[4]
Kelston Intermediate is a coeducational state intermediate (years 7-8) school with a roll of 377 students.^[5]
Kelston Primary School and St Leonards Road School are coeducational state contributing primary (years 1-6) schools with rolls of 300 and 403 students, respectively..^[6]^[7]