User:Qwoa/Elsdon, New Zealand

Elsdon is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Porirua located immediately to the west to of the city's CBD. The area was named after Elsdon Best, a historian who studied archaeological sites in the area. Its industrial area, the largest in the city, is known for housing the factory used by New Zealand chocolate company Whittaker's; constructed in 1969, it remains the company's sole production site to this day.

Demographics
Elsdon is combined with the neighbouring suburb of Takapūwāhia for statistical purposes. The total population of the two suburbs was 2,418 as of the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 261 from the 2013 census.

The same census revealed numerous trends in the area that differ from New Zealand as a whole. Ethnically, the statistical area was 52.9% Māori, 47.8% European, 28.7% Pacific peoples, 10% Asian, 0.7% MELAA, and 0.6% other. Meanwhile, New Zealand in its entirety is 70.2% European and only 16.5% Māori. Other differences include a larger Christian population (44.3% in the area compared to 36.5% nationally) and lower median income ($25,700 in the area compared to $31,800 nationally).

Education
Porirua School, a co-educational state primary school for Years 1 to 6, is located in Elsdon.

OneSchool Global, a co-educational private composite school for Years 1 to 13 with numerous international sites, has a campus in the suburb.

High school students living in Elsdon are zoned for the state secondary school Mana College in Takapūwāhia.