Phillipstown is a small inner suburb of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It lies south-east of the city centre being bordered by Cashel Street to the north, Aldwins Road to the east, Ferry Road to the south, and Fitzgerald Avenue to the west.

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Suburb of Christchurch in Christchurch City Council, New Zealand

Phillipstown
Suburb of Christchurch
Phillipstown School in 1977
Coordinates: 43.535°S 172.657°E / -43.535; 172.657
Country	New Zealand
City	Christchurch
Local authority	Christchurch City Council
Electoral ward	Central Linwood
Area [1]
• Land	93 ha (230 acres)
Population  (June 2021)[2]
• Total	4,320

	Linwood
Christchurch Central City	Phillipstown
Waltham		Woolston, New Zealand

The Church of the Good Shepherd, a Category I heritage building registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, was located in the suburb until its demolition after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.[3]

Demographics

Phillipstown covers 0.93 km² (0.36 sq mi).[1] It had an estimated population of 4,320 as of June 2021,[2] with a population density of 4,645 people per km².

Phillipstown had a population of 4,014 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 396 people (10.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 699 people (21.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,668 households. There were 2,124 males and 1,893 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.12 males per female. The median age was 32.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 621 people (15.5%) aged under 15 years, 1,206 (30.0%) aged 15 to 29, 1,869 (46.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 318 (7.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 61.8% European/Pākehā, 16.0% Māori, 8.2% Pacific peoples, 23.2% Asian, and 4.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 33.0%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 47.0% had no religion, 32.5% were Christian, 5.7% were Hindu, 1.5% were Muslim, 0.7% were Buddhist and 6.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 618 (18.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 678 (20.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $27,500, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,794 (52.9%) people were employed full-time, 432 (12.7%) were part-time, and 213 (6.3%) were unemployed.[4]

Education

Phillipstown School was a full primary school which opened in 1877.[5] It merged with Woolston School in 2015 to form Te Waka Unua School on the Woolston site.[6]

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