Bishopdale is one of the suburbs of Nelson, New Zealand.
It lies to the south of Nelson city centre, inland from Wakatu, at the foot of the Grampians Reserve.Wise's Nelson-Blenheim "Easyread" Map
History
in 1858 Edmund Hobhouse was consecrated as the first bishop of the newly-formed Anglican Diocese of Nelson. In 1862 he purchased a four-acre plot of land in the south of Neslon to establish a Bishop's Residence, to be known as Bishopdale. Bishop Hobhouse returned to England in 1866, but gifted the Bishopdale Estate to the diocese.
The original estate is now preserved as the , with the Bishopdale suburb having grown around the estate.
Geography The suburb has several public reserves: Bishopdale Reserve, Bishopdale Retention Dam Bank, and Station Reserve..
Demography Bishopdale covers . It is part of the larger Grampians statistical area.
Bishopdale had a population of 624 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 90 people (16.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 132 people (26.8%) since the 2013 census. There were 288 males, 330 females, and 3 people of other genders in 240 dwellings. 3.8% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 93 people (14.9%) aged under 15 years, 96 (15.4%) aged 15 to 29, 318 (51.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 114 (18.3%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 78.4% European (Pākehā); 12.5% Māori; 2.9% Pasifika; 10.6% Asian; 1.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 6.2% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.2%, Māori by 3.4%, Samoan by 1.4%, and other languages by 16.8%. No language could be spoken by 2.4% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 32.2, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 34.1% Christian, 2.4% Hindu, 0.5% Islam, 0.5% Māori religious beliefs, 1.4% Buddhist, 0.5% New Age, 0.5% Jewish, and 1.4% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 47.6%, and 10.6% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 159 (29.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 246 (46.3%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 123 (23.2%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 51 people (9.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 288 (54.2%) full-time, 63 (11.9%) part-time, and 12 (2.3%) unemployed.
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