Hamilton Lake (suburb)

Hamilton Lake is a residential suburb of Hamilton, surrounding Lake Rotoroa and the Hamilton Lake Domain. Most of the housing in the suburb was built in the 1970s.[2] The roads close to the lake are considered to be amongst Hamilton's premium streets.[3]

Hamilton Lake
Suburb
Lake House
CountryNew Zealand
Local authorityHamilton
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total3,483
Maeroa Hamilton North Hamilton Central
Frankton
Hamilton Lake
 Hamilton West
Deanwell Melville

Demographics
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20063,054—    
20133,210+0.71%
20183,483+1.65%
Source: [1]

Hamilton Lake had a population of 3,483 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 273 people (8.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 429 people (14.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,344 households. There were 1,722 males and 1,761 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 34.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 495 people (14.2%) aged under 15 years, 978 (28.1%) aged 15 to 29, 1,566 (45.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 441 (12.7%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 65.8% European/Pākehā, 18.8% Māori, 4.6% Pacific peoples, 21.0% Asian, and 3.2% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 30.0%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 46.8% had no religion, 35.9% were Christian, 4.0% were Hindu, 1.6% were Muslim, 0.5% were Buddhist and 5.3% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 963 (32.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 357 (11.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $35,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,596 (53.4%) people were employed full-time, 435 (14.6%) were part-time, and 153 (5.1%) were unemployed.[1]

Education

Hamilton Girls' High School is a single-sex state secondary school for years 9 to 13 with a roll of 1727 as of March 2020.[4] It was founded in 1911 as Hamilton High School, and become single-sex in 1955 when Hamilton Boys' High School was created.[5]

Notable buildings
  • Lake House, 102 Lake Crescent, the homestead of the Rukuhia Estate, designed and built in 1873 by Isaac Richardson Vialou, Hamilton's first architect and mayor..[6]
  • Jolly House (Chateau Windemere), 39 Queen's Avenue, a residence built from 1910.[7]
  • Water Tower, 18 Ruakiwi Road, a utility building constructed from 1930.[8]


References
  1. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Hamilton Lake (179500). 2018 Census place summary: Hamilton Lake
  2. "Hamilton Lake, Hamilton City". OneRoof. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  3. Colleen Hawkes and Anabela Rea (2 April 2018). "Elite Streets: In Hamilton they're all street proud, but the water views win". Stuff.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. Education Counts: Hamilton Girls' High School
  5. "School History". Hamilton Girls' High School. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
  6. "Lake House". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  7. "Jolly House (Chateau Windemere)". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  8. "Water Tower". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

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