| Kew | |||||
| Caption1: | The former Southland Hospital building | ||||
| City1: | Invercargill | ||||
| Council: | Invercargill City Council | ||||
| Coordinates: | -46.436°N 168.356°W | ||||
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| Area: | 203 | ||||
| Hospitals: | Southland Hospital | ||||
Kew is a suburb in the New Zealand city of Invercargill.
The suburb has a high rate of deprivation, dating back to the closure of the Ocean Beach freezing works in Bluff in 1991.[1]
Southland Hospital is located in Kew.[2] The hospital was first proposed in 1918 and completed in 1937.[3] It was known as Kew Hospital until at least the 1970s.[4]
The Kew Bowl, a former valedrome, is located in Kew.[5] It has been earmarked for housing development since its closure.[6] Habitat for Humanity purchased part of the site in 2019.[7] It held negotiations with Invercargill City Council, the Department of Conservation and Ngāi Tahu in 2021, to confirm the status of the land.[8]
The Kew statistical area, which included part of Appleby, covered 2.03km2[9] and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. In the 2023 Census, Kew became part of the Clifton-Kew statistical area, with the Appleby part of the old statistical area becoming Appleby South statistical area.
Kew statistical area had a population of 1,965 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 51 people (2.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 165 people (9.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 801 households, comprising 1,011 males and 954 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.06 males per female. The median age was 34.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 414 people (21.1%) aged under 15 years, 423 (21.5%) aged 15 to 29, 834 (42.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 291 (14.8%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 81.4% European/Pākehā, 23.4% Māori, 6.4% Pasifika, 4.3% Asian, and 2.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 11.0, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 53.9% had no religion, 31.6% were Christian, 0.5% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.2% were Buddhist and 2.9% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 141 (9.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 492 (31.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $23,800, compared with $31,800 nationally. 69 people (4.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 699 (45.1%) people were employed full-time, 240 (15.5%) were part-time, and 93 (6.0%) were unemployed.
New River Primary is a state school for years 1 to 6 with a roll of students as of The school was formed from the merger of Clarendon, Kew and Invercargill South schools with Clifton School at the beginning of 2005.[10]