Hawthorndale
Suburb in Invercargill, New Zealand
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Hawthorndale is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill. It contains the city's Eastern Cemetery, and also Bill Richardson Transport World, a truck and classic car museum.
Hawthorndale | |
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Bill Richardson Transport World | |
 Interactive map of Hawthorndale | |
| Coordinates: 46.4098°S 168.3882°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Invercargill |
| Local authority | Invercargill City Council |
| Area | |
| • Land | 149 ha (370 acres) |
| Population (June 2025)[2] | |
• Total | 1,850 |
| • Density | 1,240/km2 (3,220/sq mi) |
| Richmond | Glengarry | Mill Road |
| Turnbull Thomson Park |
  Hawthorndale  |
Seaward Bush |
| Georgetown | Newfield | Rockdale |
Demographics
The suburb is part of the Turnbull Thompson Park statistical area, which covers 1.49 km2 (0.58 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 1,850 as of June 2025,[2] with a population density of 1,242 people per km2. The statistical area is (incorrectly) named after Turnbull Thomson Park, in the south of the suburb.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1,725 | — |
| 2013 | 1,731 | +0.05% |
| 2018 | 1,764 | +0.38% |
| Source: [3] | ||
The statistical area had a population of 1,764 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 33 people (1.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 39 people (2.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 696 households, comprising 828 males and 933 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female. The median age was 35.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 336 people (19.0%) aged under 15 years, 396 (22.4%) aged 15 to 29, 813 (46.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 216 (12.2%) aged 65 or older.
Ethnicities were 85.5% European/Pākehā, 17.2% Māori, 3.4% Pasifika, 6.3% Asian, and 1.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.
The percentage of people born overseas was 10.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.
Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.9% had no religion, 36.4% were Christian, 0.9% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.9% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.2% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.
Of those at least 15 years old, 198 (13.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 336 (23.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $34,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 204 people (14.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 822 (57.6%) people were employed full-time, 204 (14.3%) were part-time, and 45 (3.2%) were unemployed.[3]