Cannons Creek, New Zealand

Cannons Creek is a suburb of Porirua City approximately 22km north of Wellington in New Zealand.

Cannons Creek
Suburb
Cannon's Creek is in the middle and upper part of the photo, with Waitangirua at the very top and Rānui at the bottom.
Coordinates: 41.141°S 174.866°E / -41.141; 174.866
Country	New Zealand
City	Porirua City
Local authority	Porirua City Council
Electoral ward	Onepoto General Ward Porirua Māori Ward
Area
• Land	392 ha (969 acres)
Population  (June 2024)[1]
• Total	9,250

	Waitangirua
Rānui	Cannons Creek
	Takapu Valley	Belmont Regional Park

Etymology

The name Cannons Creek comes from a creek that flows off of Cannons Head. It is named after William Cannon, an early settler of the area.^[2]

History

Cannons Creek was originally farmland until it slowly started to be developed as housing from the 1930s with a significant growth in the 1950s.^[3]

Most the suburb's streets are named after ships, English counties, and from Greek mythology.^[3]

Demographics

Cannons Creek, comprising the statistical areas of Cannons Creek North, Cannons Creek East and Cannons Creek South, covers 3.92 km² (1.51 sq mi).^[4] It had an estimated population of 9,250 as of June 2024, with a population density of 2,360 people per km².

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	8,604	—
2013	8,220	−0.65%
2018	8,973	+1.77%
Source: [5]

Cannons Creek North had a population of 8,973 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 753 people (9.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 369 people (4.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,262 households, comprising 4,383 males and 4,593 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female, with 2,589 people (28.9%) aged under 15 years, 2,313 (25.8%) aged 15 to 29, 3,375 (37.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 696 (7.8%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 24.3% European/Pākehā, 26.6% Māori, 62.7% Pasifika, 8.6% Asian, and 3.1% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 30.6, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 26.3% had no religion, 58.6% were Christian, 1.9% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% were Hindu, 2.9% were Muslim, 1.6% were Buddhist and 0.8% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 498 (7.8%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,653 (25.9%) people had no formal qualifications. 234 people (3.7%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,640 (41.4%) people were employed full-time, 840 (13.2%) were part-time, and 642 (10.1%) were unemployed.^[5]

Individual statistical areas

Name	Area (km2)	Population	Density (per km2)	Households	Median age	Median income
Cannons Creek North	1.06	3,474	3,277	915	27.1 years	$20,000[6]
Cannons Creek East	1.46	3,879	2,657	933	27.4 years	$19,900[7]
Cannons Creek South	1.41	1,620	1,149	414	27.9 years	$24,100[8]
New Zealand					37.4 years	$31,800

Education

Primary schools

Cannons Creek has four co-educational state contributing primary schools for Year 1 to 6 students:

• Cannons Creek School,^[9][10] with a roll of 142^[11]
• Glenview School,^[12] with a roll of .^[13]
• Maraeroa School,^[14][15] with a roll of 147.^[16]
• Russell School,^[17] with a roll of 103.^[18]

Windley School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,^[19] with a roll of 201 as of July 2025.^[20]

Holy Family School is a co-educational state-integrated Catholic primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,^[21][22] with a roll of 161 as of July 2025.^[23]

Intermediate school

Brandon Intermediate is a co-educational state intermediate school for Year 7 to 8 students,^[24][25] with a roll of 181 as of July 2025.^[26]

Secondary schools

Porirua College is a co-educational state secondary school for Year 9 to 13 students,^[27] with a roll of 603 as of July 2025.^[28] It was founded in 1968.^[29]