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Napier South
Suburb of Napier, New Zealand From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Napier South is a suburb of the city of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island.[3] It consists of the statistical areas of McLean Park and Nelson Park. For some purposes, such as postal, it extends to include the Napier Central statistical area (the central business district), which is covered here at Central Napier.
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Napier South covers 2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 4,990 as of June 2024,[2] with a population density of 2,354 people per km2.
Napier South had a population of 4,731 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 186 people (4.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 210 people (4.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,833 households, comprising 2,235 males and 2,496 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.9 males per female, with 969 people (20.5%) aged under 15 years, 870 (18.4%) aged 15 to 29, 2,163 (45.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 729 (15.4%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 83.8% European/Pākehā, 21.3% Māori, 2.9% Pacific peoples, 4.8% Asian, and 2.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 15.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 56.0% had no religion, 30.1% were Christian, 2.0% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% were Hindu, 0.7% were Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhist and 2.9% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 699 (18.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 708 (18.8%) people had no formal qualifications. 468 people (12.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,839 (48.9%) people were employed full-time, 597 (15.9%) were part-time, and 162 (4.3%) were unemployed.[4]

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Education
Nelson Park School is a co-educational Year 0–6 state primary school situated on Kennedy Road/Jull Street with a roll of 330.[7] It opened as Napier West School in 1914.[8]
Napier Intermediate is a co-educational state intermediate school situated on Jull Street with a roll of 387.[9] It was founded in 1933.[10] It sits on what was originally going to be the second site of Napier Technical College, but this did not happen due to the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.[11]
Both schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of March 2025.[12]
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