Fitzroy, New Plymouth
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use New Zealand English Template:Stack begin Template:Infobox New Zealand suburbs Template:Adjacent place Template:Stack end Fitzroy (Template:Langx)[1] is a coastal suburb of New Plymouth, in the western North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the north-east of the city centre.
The area was initially named the Fitzroy Block after Governor Robert FitzRoy reduced the land purchased by the Plymouth Company from local Māori from Script error: No such module "convert". to Script error: No such module "convert". in the mid-1840s.[2]
Holy Trinity Church in Henui Street is listed as a Category I structure with Heritage New Zealand.[3]
Demographics
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Ethnicities were 89.0% European/Pākehā, 15.0% Māori, 2.6% Pacific peoples, 5.0% Asian, and 2.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 16.3, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 54.2% had no religion, 33.6% were Christian, 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.3% were Hindu, 1.1% were Muslim, 0.5% were Buddhist and 1.6% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 492 (17.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 537 (19.4%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $32,500, compared with $31,800 nationally. 528 people (19.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,374 (49.5%) people were employed full-time, 471 (17.0%) were part-time, and 84 (3.0%) were unemployed.[5]
Education
Fitzroy School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data students as of Template:NZ school roll data[6] The school celebrated its 125th jubilee in 2007.[7]
St John Bosco School is a coeducational contributing primary (years 1–6) school with a roll of Template:NZ school roll data students as of Template:NZ school roll data[8] It is a state integrated Catholic school, established in 1942.[9]
Notes
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