Prestons is a suburb on the northeastern side of Christchurch city.

Suburb of Christchurch in Christchurch City Council, New Zealand

Prestons
Suburb of Christchurch
Coordinates: 43.474°S 172.669°E / -43.474; 172.669
Country	New Zealand
City	Christchurch
Local authority	Christchurch City Council
Electoral ward	Bunwood
Area [1]
• Land	398 ha (983 acres)
Population  (June 2021)[2]
• Total	4,560

Belfast	Bottle Lake
Marshland	Prestons	Parklands
Mairehau	Shirley	Burwood

The suburb is named for Thomas Herbert Preston (1824–1884), a local resident and chair of the Avon Road Board. It was first planned as a residential suburb in 2007,[3] and constructed in the 2010s.[4]

Demographics

Prestons covers 3.98 km² (1.54 sq mi).[1] It had an estimated population of 4,560 as of June 2021,[2] with a population density of 1,146 people per km².

Prestons had a population of 3,048 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 2,811 people (1186.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 2,886 people (1781.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,137 households. There were 1,485 males and 1,566 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female. The median age was 39.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 624 people (20.5%) aged under 15 years, 462 (15.2%) aged 15 to 29, 1,428 (46.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 534 (17.5%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 87.7% European/Pākehā, 8.1% Māori, 1.8% Pacific peoples, 8.8% Asian, and 2.6% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 19.8%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 51.4% had no religion, 39.2% were Christian, 1.6% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 0.5% were Buddhist and 1.8% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 591 (24.4%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 306 (12.6%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $43,900, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,317 (54.3%) people were employed full-time, 378 (15.6%) were part-time, and 51 (2.1%) were unemployed.[5]

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