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Parkvale is a suburb of Hastings City, in the Hawke's Bay Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Children in the settlement began being educated in hop-drying kiln building in 1919.[2] It remained a separate settlement from Hastings until the second half of the 20th century.[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	3,669	—
2013	3,882	+0.81%
2018	4,128	+1.24%
Source: [1]

Parkvale, comprising the statistical areas of Queens Square and Parkvale, had a population of 4,128 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 246 people (6.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 459 people (12.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,734 households. There were 1,947 males and 2,178 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female, with 741 people (18.0%) aged under 15 years, 741 (18.0%) aged 15 to 29, 1,689 (40.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 951 (23.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 79.9% European/Pākehā, 18.8% Māori, 5.4% Pacific peoples, 9.4% Asian, and 1.1% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 20.1%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 46.1% had no religion, 38.9% were Christian, 1.2% were Hindu, 0.8% were Muslim, 0.7% were Buddhist and 5.6% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 489 (14.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 777 (22.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,569 (46.3%) people were employed full-time, 471 (13.9%) were part-time, and 117 (3.5%) were unemployed.[1]

Individual statistical areas

Name	Population	Households	Median age	Median income
Queens Square	1,968	777	36.8 years	$26,700[4]
Parkvale	2,160	957	47.4 years	$27,200[5]
New Zealand			37.4 years	$31,800

Education

Parkvale School is a co-educational Year 1-6 state primary school,[6] with a roll of 452 as of March 2022.[7][8]

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Wananga Whare Tapere o Takitimu is a co-educational state Māori immersion primary school,[9] with a roll of 168 as of March 2022.[7][10]

Karamu High School is a co-educational state secondary school,[11][12] with a roll of 904 as of March 2022.[7][13]

References

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