Nawton, New Zealand

Nawton is a community suburb in western Hamilton in New Zealand.

Features

Within Nawton are Playworx Kindy, an Anglican church, the Yardhouse bar, and the Sugar Bowl café

Demographics

Nawton covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km².
Nawton had a population of 11,391 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 267 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 1,023 people since the 2013 census. There were 5,538 males, 5,814 females and 39 people of other genders in 3,729 dwellings. 3.3% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 31.5 years. There were 2,715 people aged under 15 years, 2,661 aged 15 to 29, 4,776 aged 30 to 64, and 1,239 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 54.4% European ; 40.0% Māori; 10.3% Pasifika; 16.3% Asian; 1.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 1.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.3%, Māori language by 11.1%, Samoan by 1.2%, and other languages by 13.6%. No language could be spoken by 2.9%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.0%. The percentage of people born overseas was 19.7, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 27.4% Christian, 4.1% Hindu, 1.9% Islam, 2.9% Māori religious beliefs, 1.4% Buddhist, 0.4% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 2.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 51.6%, and 7.7% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 1,314 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 4,677 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 2,685 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $39,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 381 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,539 people were employed full-time, 972 were part-time, and 441 were unemployed.

Name	Area	Population	Density	Dwellings	Median age	Median income
Crawshaw	0.86	3,261	3,792	1,008	29.2 years	$37,500
Nawton West	1.09	3,756	3,446	1,230	33.7 years	$42,400
Nawton East	1.32	4,377	3,316	1,488	31.5 years	$38,600
New Zealand					38.1 years	$41,500

Community Centres and schools

There are at least two community centres in Nawton. These include the Western Community Centre and the Good News Community Centre, which opened in 2014.
Nawton Primary School is a state school for year 1 to 6 students with a roll of. The school opened in 1960.
Fraser High School is a secondary state school for year 9 to 13 students. It has a roll of. The school was established in 1920 and called Hamilton Manual Training Centre. It moved to what is now the site of Waikato Institute of Technology and became Hamilton Technical College in 1924, then moved to its current site in 1970 and was renamed to Fraser High School after a previous principal.
Both these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of
Crawshaw also has a primary school.

History

A community constable was removed from the area in 2014. Neil Tolan believed that the loss of community constables would have a radical impact on neighbourhoods and lead to unreported crimes. In 2014, it was found that a number of the suburb's homes were sinking. This meant that flooding and large-scale damage was caused. In April 2016, Nawton was found to be the Hamilton's worst suburb for dog attacks. In December of that year, Hamilton mayor Andrew King opened a million dollar playground at Dominion Park as part of the city council's Playgrounds of the Future plan. The playground became one of seven destination playgrounds in the city. In 2017, a petition called for a return of devoted community police officers. The petition was co-organized by Labour MP Sue Moroney, Western Community Centre manager Neil Tolan and city councillor James Casson at that year's Waitangi Day celebrations.