Английская Википедия:Hillcrest, Auckland

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Шаблон:For Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Stack begin Шаблон:Infobox New Zealand suburb Шаблон:Adjacent place Шаблон:Stack end Hillcrest is a suburb of the contiguous Auckland metropolitan area located in New Zealand. Since 2010, it has been under the jurisdiction of the Auckland Council, and is located in the North Shore, surrounded by Glenfield, Wairau Valley, Northcote and Birkenhead.[1] The Auckland Northern Motorway passes to the east.[2]

Etymology

The name Hillcrest was given to the suburb by developer Ewen Allison.[3] Prior to this, the area was referred to by the name Sunnybrae,[3] which refers to Mr. Nicholson's farm in western Northcote.Шаблон:Sfn

Geology

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Regenerating kauri at Stancich Reserve

The Hillcrest area is primarily uplifted Waitemata Group sandstone, that was deposited on the sea floor during the Early Miocene, between 22 and 16 million years ago.[4] Prior to human settlement, the inland North Shore was a mixed podocarp-broadleaf forest dominated by kauri.[4]

Hillcrest Creek is a stream that flows east through the suburb, entering the Waitematā Harbour at Shoal Bay, east of the Auckland Northern Motorway.[5] Until the 1970s, the upper reaches of the creek were primarily swampland.[3] A traditional recorded name for Hillcrest Creek is Шаблон:Lang "The Drifting Canoe", a name which recalls an incident where a tapu drifted into the stream at high tide.[6][7]

Hillcrest is bordered by Sunnybrae Road and Ocean View Road in the east, Archers Road and Glenfield Road in the west, and Pupuke Road in the south. The highest point in the suburb is the hill at Speedy Crescent, which is Шаблон:Convert above sea-level.[3] The second highest point is an Шаблон:Convert hill to the south on Pupuke Road,[3] referred informally by residents in the early 20th century as Clay Hill.[8] The hill is the location of the Pupuke Road Reservoir and Pump Station.[9]

History

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Scottish immigrant Elizabeth Wilson (right) and her daughter outside Betsland, an early farm house in the Hillcrest area (circa 1880s)

Tāmaki Māori settlement of the Auckland Region began around the 13th or 14th centuries.[10][11] While poor clay soils of the inland forest of the North Shore hindered Māori settlement,Шаблон:Sfn inland areas were used for harvesting resources from the forests.Шаблон:Sfn

Hillcrest was a part of the Mahurangi Block, an area purchased by the Crown on 13 April 1841.Шаблон:Sfn Land speculators made purchases in the area in 1843.Шаблон:Sfn In 1867 Alexander Wilson, bought Шаблон:Convert of land near modern-day Moore Street, cultivating the land for fruit growing. Wilson called his farmhouse Betsland.Шаблон:Sfn Wilson was joined by Mr. Nicholson, who established a Шаблон:Convert property in western Northcote that he called Sunnybrae.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1942 during World War II, a camp was established at Hillcrest to house the First Auckland Battalion of the New Zealand Army, later becoming Camp Hillcrest, a base for the United States Army.[4] The suburb began developing as a suburb of Auckland in the 1960s and 1970s, after the construction of the Auckland Harbour Bridge.[8] Sunnybrae Normal School was opened in 1966 as a school to support teachers training at nearby North Shore Teachers College (now the site of AUT North Campus).[12] This was followed by Willow Park School, established in 1967.[13]

Demographics

Hillcrest covers Шаблон:Convert[14] and had an estimated population of Шаблон:Decimals as of Шаблон:NZ population data 2023 SA2 with a population density of Шаблон:Decimals people per km2.

Шаблон:Historical populations Hillcrest had a population of 10,548 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 732 people (7.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,026 people (10.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,471 households, comprising 5,079 males and 5,466 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.93 males per female, with 1,920 people (18.2%) aged under 15 years, 2,424 (23.0%) aged 15 to 29, 4,944 (46.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,263 (12.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 55.0% European/Pākehā, 6.7% Māori, 3.2% Pacific peoples, 40.0% Asian, and 3.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 46.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 51.8% had no religion, 34.4% were Christian, 0.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.6% were Hindu, 1.5% were Muslim, 2.5% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 3,123 (36.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 804 (9.3%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,857 people (21.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,542 (52.6%) people were employed full-time, 1,308 (15.2%) were part-time, and 288 (3.3%) were unemployed.[15]

Individual statistical areas
Name Area (km2) Population Density (per km2) Households Median age Median income
Hillcrest North (Auckland) 0.98 3,387 3,456 1,110 36.4 years $30,100[16]
Hillcrest West (Auckland) 0.88 3,240 3,682 1,068 35.3 years $39,000[17]
Hillcrest East (Auckland) 1.06 3,921 3,699 1,293 35.1 years $37,500[18]
New Zealand 37.4 years $31,800

Education

Sunnybrae Normal School and Willow Park School are coeducational contributing primary (years 1-6) schools with rolls of Шаблон:NZ school roll data and Шаблон:NZ school roll data respectively, as of Шаблон:NZ school roll data[19][20]

Amenities

  • Gurdwara Sahib North Shore, a Sikhism temple on Sunnybrae Road
  • McFetridge Park, a suburban park on Archers Road which has cricket and football fields.[21]
  • Monarch Park
  • Northcote Baptist Church. Beginning in 1949 in the home of Joseph and Sarah Thompson, the church was constructed in 1958. A new church complex was opened at the site on 5 August 1973.[8]
  • Stancich Reserve, a park which includes an area of kahikatea bush,[22] and the GirlGuiding hall for Hillcrest and Northcote.

References

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External links

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