Allenton, New Zealand

Allenton is a suburb of Ashburton, in the Ashburton District and Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island.

The suburb has its own rugby club.

Ashburton Hospital is located in Allenton. It is a public hospital of Canterbury District Health Board with 54 beds, which provides maternity, medical and surgical services.

Demographics
Allenton covers 6.26 km2. It had an estimated population of as of  with a population density of  people per km2.

Allenton had a population of 6,789 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 459 people (7.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,101 people (19.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,673 households, comprising 3,324 males and 3,468 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 1,254 people (18.5%) aged under 15 years, 1,107 (16.3%) aged 15 to 29, 2,787 (41.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,644 (24.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 85.1% European/Pākehā, 7.5% Māori, 6.0% Pasifika, 6.1% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 17.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.1% had no religion, 50.7% were Christian, 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.1% were Hindu, 0.3% were Muslim, 0.5% were Buddhist and 1.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 723 (13.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,311 (23.7%) people had no formal qualifications. 861 people (15.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,634 (47.6%) people were employed full-time, 867 (15.7%) were part-time, and 126 (2.3%) were unemployed.