Clover Park

Clover Park is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. It is governed by the Auckland Council, and is in the Manukau ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland city.

Clover Park
Suburb
Country	New Zealand
Local authority	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	Manukau Ward
Local board	Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board
Population  (2018)
• Total	8,922

Papatoetoe	Otara, Flat Bush	Flat Bush
Manukau Central	Clover Park	Chapel Downs, Manukau Heights
Wiri	Hill Park (NZ), Manurewa East	Goodwood Heights, Totara Heights

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	8,064	—
2013	7,941	−0.22%
2018	8,922	+2.36%
Source: [1]

Clover Park, comprising the statistical areas of Clover Park North and Clover Park South, had a population of 8,922 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 981 people (12.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 858 people (10.6%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,938 households. There were 4,425 males and 4,500 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female, with 2,448 people (27.4%) aged under 15 years, 2,277 (25.5%) aged 15 to 29, 3,510 (39.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 690 (7.7%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 14.9% European/Pākehā, 17.9% Māori, 56.4% Pacific peoples, 27.2% Asian, and 1.5% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 40.5%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 21.2% had no religion, 56.9% were Christian, 7.2% were Hindu, 2.4% were Muslim, 3.7% were Buddhist and 3.9% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 666 (10.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,467 (22.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,225 (49.8%) people were employed full-time, 759 (11.7%) were part-time, and 408 (6.3%) were unemployed.[1]

Education

Redoubt North School is a full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of 625.[2]

Kia Aroha College is a secondary school (years 7-13) school with a roll of 187. Some classes are taught in Māori language and some in Pacific languages.[3] It was formed in January 2011 when Clover Park Middle School merged with Te Whanau o Tupuranga.[4]

References

1. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Clover Park North (157700) and Clover Park South (157900). 2018 Census place summary: Clover Park North 2018 Census place summary: Clover Park South
2. Education Counts: Redoubt North School
3. Education Counts: Kia Aroha College
4. "Campus History". Kia Aroha College. Retrieved 13 September 2020.