College Estate

College Estate is a suburb of Whanganui, in the Whanganui District and Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island.

Demographics

College Estate covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km².
College Estate had a population of 1,278 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 6 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 135 people since the 2013 census. There were 618 males, 654 females, and 3 people of other genders in 489 dwellings. 2.6% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 42.2 years. There were 237 people aged under 15 years, 225 aged 15 to 29, 522 aged 30 to 64, and 288 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 81.9% European ; 22.1% Māori; 4.2% Pasifika; 7.0% Asian; 0.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 4.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.4%, Māori by 5.4%, Samoan by 0.5%, and other languages by 8.2%. No language could be spoken by 1.4%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.6%. The percentage of people born overseas was 16.4, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 35.0% Christian, 1.2% Hindu, 2.1% Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.9% New Age, and 1.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 51.4%, and 7.3% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 231 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 561 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 243 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $31,700, compared with $41,500 nationally. 81 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 414 full-time, 147 part-time, and 30 unemployed.

Education

Public education

Carlton School is a state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of. It opened in 1957.
Whanganui Intermediate is a state intermediate school, with a roll of. It opened in 1933.
Whanganui High School is a state secondary school, with a roll of. It opened in 1958.
Whanganui City College is another state secondary school, with a roll of. It opened as Wanganui Technical College in 1911. Because student numbers were too high for the facilities, girls were phased out between 1957 and 1962, and the school changed its name to Wanganui Boys College in 1964. It became co-educational again with the adoption of its current name in 1994.

Private education

is a state-integrated Anglican primary school, with a roll of as of. It opened in 1927 in Grey Street, and moved to a shared campus with Whanganui Collegiate in 2017.
Whanganui Collegiate School is a state-integrated secondary school, with a roll of. It opened in 1854.
All these schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of