Alfredton is a farming community in the southern North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the southeast of Eketāhuna.
Alfredton has a school, church, a now closed 9-hole golf course, community domain and a community hall.
The town is named after Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria.
Demographics Alfredton locality covers . It is part of the larger Nireaha-Eketāhuna statistical area.
Alfredton had a population of 165 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 3 people (1.9%) since the 2018 census, and unchanged since the 2013 census. There were 84 males and 78 females in 60 dwellings. 3.6% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 33.5 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 36 people (21.8%) aged under 15 years, 39 (23.6%) aged 15 to 29, 69 (41.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 18 (10.9%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 92.7% European (Pākehā); 16.4% Māori; 1.8% Asian; and 1.8% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA). English was spoken by 98.2%, Māori by 1.8%, and other languages by 5.5%. No language could be spoken by 1.8% (e.g. too young to talk). The percentage of people born overseas was 9.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 21.8% Christian, and 1.8% Buddhist. People who answered that they had no religion were 67.3%, and 7.3% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 36 (27.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 69 (53.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 24 (18.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $43,500, compared with $41,500 nationally. 15 people (11.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 75 (58.1%) full-time, 24 (18.6%) part-time, and 3 (2.3%) unemployed.
Education
Alfredton School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of . It opened in 1887.
Climate
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