Suburb in New Zealand

St Andrews
Suburb
A neighbourhood in St Andrews, Hamilton
Coordinates: 37°45′8.31″S 175°15′19.7″E / 37.7523083°S 175.255472°E / -37.7523083; 175.255472
Country	New Zealand
City	Hamilton, New Zealand
Local authority	Hamilton City Council
Electoral ward	West Ward
Area [1]
• Land	260 ha (640 acres)
Population  (June 2023)[2]
• Total	5,640

Pukete	Flagstaff	Harrowfield
Te Rapa	St Andrews	Queenwood
Forest Lake	Beerescourt	Chartwell

St Andrews is a suburb in north-western Hamilton in New Zealand.^[3] One of its main features is an 18-hole golf course^[4] built on an old flood plain on the west bank of the Waikato River. This area was regularly flooded before the construction of the Karapiro HEP dam further up river.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics

Saint Andrews covers 2.60 km² (1.00 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 5,640 as of June 2023,^[2] with a population density of 2,169 people per km².

Saint Andrews had a population of 5,361 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 366 people (7.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 210 people (4.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,929 households, comprising 2,562 males and 2,796 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.92 males per female, with 1,119 people (20.9%) aged under 15 years, 1,071 (20.0%) aged 15 to 29, 2,304 (43.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 870 (16.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 73.5% European/Pākehā, 23.3% Māori, 5.0% Pacific peoples, 11.1% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 19.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 49.9% had no religion, 35.5% were Christian, 1.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.7% were Hindu, 0.6% were Muslim, 0.9% were Buddhist and 1.8% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 861 (20.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 771 (18.2%) people had no formal qualifications. 705 people (16.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,190 (51.6%) people were employed full-time, 519 (12.2%) were part-time, and 204 (4.8%) were unemployed.^[5]

Education

Hamilton Junior High School is a school catering for years 7–10. It has 100 students.^[8]

Hamilton North School is a special school catering for students with intellectual disabilities. It has 146 students.^[9]

Both these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of February 2024.^[10]

References

See also

• List of streets in Hamilton
• Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand