Unsworth Heights is a suburb of North Shore in the

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metropolitan area in northern New Zealand.

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(Upper Harbour Highway) passes to the north of the suburb, and the Albany Highway to the south. The two routes intersect just to the west of Unsworth Heights. Unsworth Reserve is to the east.

Demographics

Unsworth Heights covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Unsworth Heights had a population of 6,348 in the

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, an increase of 144 people (2.3%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 537 people (9.2%) since the 2013 census. There were 3,099 males, 3,234 females and 18 people of other genders in 2,199 dwellings. 3.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 39.6 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 936 people (14.7%) aged under 15 years, 1,224 (19.3%) aged 15 to 29, 2,943 (46.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,245 (19.6%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 43.2%

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(

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); 6.0%

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; 4.0% Pasifika; 44.2% Asian; 9.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 90.6%, Māori language by 1.1%, Samoan by 0.7%, and other languages by 41.4%. No language could be spoken by 2.1% (e.g. too young to talk).

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was known by 0.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 55.8, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 40.2%

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, 4.0%

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, 3.5%

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, 0.2%

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, 2.7%

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, 0.2%

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, 0.1%

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, and 1.8% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 41.8%, and 5.7% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 1,539 (28.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 2,118 (39.1%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,389 (25.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $41,400, compared with $41,500 nationally. 606 people (11.2%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,790 (51.6%) people were employed full-time, 654 (12.1%) were part-time, and 120 (2.2%) were unemployed.

Education

Westminster Christian School was established in 1981 to provide education for children of Christian families, using a Christ-centred curriculum founded on a Biblical World View. It is an inter-denominational, state-integrated, co-educational, full primary school for students from New Entrant to Year 8. The school has a roll of students as of

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External links

{{Upper Harbour Local Board Area Suburbs of Auckland North Shore, New Zealand