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Avalon is a suburb of
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, in the
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of New Zealand. It was formed as a private residential development in the 1970s on land formerly occupied by
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s on the left (eastern)
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of the Hutt River. It features mostly
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-inspired designed houses, often split-level, with 3 or 4
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s. It also features Avalon Park, one of the biggest playgrounds in Lower Hutt. The Hutt City Council formally defines Avalon as the area bounded by Percy Cameron Street and the Wingate Overbridge in the north, the Hutt Valley rail line in the east, Fairway Drive and Daysh Street in the south, and the Hutt River in the west.


Avalon Studios

Avalon came to the attention of most New Zealanders as the early centre of the country's nationwide
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-broadcasting production, particularly with the opening of the purpose-built Avalon Studios in 1975. Given that New Zealand started regular public television-broadcasting for the first time in 1960, and instituted networked television in 1969 with only a single (and state-owned) channel available to viewers, the sole provider of television-broadcasting acquired a monopoly position of immense influence within the New Zealand mass media, and the name "Avalon" summarised and expressed that clout for many years. Avalon also became the focus of New Zealand
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-production - through and building on the
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, which
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bought in the late 1990s and incorporated into his
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facility. Avalon was the filming location for the 2002 television show '' 100 Hours''.
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(founded in 1980) inherited the Avalon real-estate and continued to operate some functions from Avalon, even though its activities mostly moved to
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in the course of the 1980s. Avalon produced television-shows such as ''
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'' and the New Zealand Lotteries Commission's live Lotto draw. Avalon Studio comprises two main buildings; a 10-storey tower and a single-story warehouse-style building. The tower is a 10-storey concrete building. The main tower was built in 1975, it was designed in a Soviet-era architecture style. It has 10-storeys with 23,000m2 of floor space, there are also a number of satellites on top. When the tower was first built it dominated the skyline in Lower Hutt City, it is still the tallest building in Avalon. At the end of 2010 there were rumours the show ''Good Morning'' would shift to Auckland, and it was known the contract by the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB) shows Trackside (horse racing) and the Lotto draws was to end in mid-2013. In 2011 TVNZ announced that it would sell off the site for good by 2013 and shift its remaining shows to Auckland, thus consolidating the broadcaster's Auckland focus. In April 2012 a consortium, Avalon Holdings, bought the Avalon Studios with the expectation of officially taking possession in early 2013. In 2017 the studio facilities were used for filming of the Scarlett Johansson starrer ''
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''. In March 2019 an application was lodged to transform the 10-storey Avalon Tower into 61 residential units.


Demographics

Avalon, comprising the statistical areas of Avalon West and Avalon East, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Avalon had a population of 5,094 at the
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, an increase of 291 people (6.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 432 people (9.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,974 households, comprising 2,418 males and 2,676 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.9 males per female, with 900 people (17.7%) aged under 15 years, 897 (17.6%) aged 15 to 29, 2,127 (41.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,167 (22.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 57.8% European/
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, 14.3%
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, 12.9% Pasifika, 24.4% Asian, and 4.2% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas was 31.9, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 37.5% had no religion, 42.5% were
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, 0.8% had
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, 7.5% were
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, 2.7% were
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, 1.8% were
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and 2.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 885 (21.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 843 (20.1%) people had no formal qualifications. 588 people (14.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,842 (43.9%) people were employed full-time, 528 (12.6%) were part-time, and 237 (5.7%) were unemployed.


Education

Avalon has five schools. *Avalon Intermediate School is a state intermediate (Year 7–8) school, and has students as of *Avalon School is a state contributing primary (Year 1–6) school, and has students as of *Kimi Ora School is a state special school for students with physical disabilities, and has students as of * Naenae College is a state secondary (Year 9–13) school, and has students as of The school opened in 1953. *Naenae Intermediate School is a state intermediate (Year 7–8) school, and has students as of


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