Castlecliff

The northern harbour breakwater extended 900 ft by 1885. The freezing works was built in 1891.

• City1 — Whanganui • Caption1 — A café in Castlecliff • Council — Whanganui District Council • Area — 865 • Population Density Km2 — auto

Castlecliff covers 8.65 km2 and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km 2. Castlecliff had a population of 4,026 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 312 people (8.4%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 762 people (23.3%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,094 males, 1,920 females, and 12 people of other genders in 1,479 dwellings. 3.7% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 858 people (21.3%) aged under 15 years, 792 (19.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,719 (42.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 657 (16.3%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 70.6% European (Pākehā); 43.0% Māori; 6.3% Pasifika; 3.4% Asian; 0.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.5% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.3%, Māori by 12.5%, Samoan by 0.8%, and other languages by 5.1%. No language could be spoken by 2.5% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.1%. The percentage of people born overseas was 10.5, compared with 28.8% nationally. Religious affiliations were 23.9% Christian, 0.6% Hindu, 0.1% Islam, 6.3% Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% Buddhist, 0.9% New Age, and 1.3% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 58.0%, and 8.9% of people did not answer the census question. Of those at least 15 years old, 387 (12.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,845 (58.2%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 942 (29.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 111 people (3.5%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 1,350 (42.6%) full-time, 423 (13.4%) part-time, and 162 (5.1%) unemployed. Individual statistical areas • Name — Area (km 2) — Population — Density (per km 2) || Dwellings — Median age — Median income • Castlecliff West — 3.02 — 1,776 — 587 — 699 — 40.3 years — $30,800 • Castlecliff East — 2.81 — 2,109 — 751 — 729 — 34.4 years — $33,300 • Balgownie — 2.82 — 141 — 50 — 51 — 35.4 years — $27,900 • New Zealand — 38.1 years — $41,500

Castlecliff School is a state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of. It opened in 1892. Aranui School is another state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of. It opened in 1965. Te Kura o Kokohuia is a Year 1 to 8 state primary school, with a roll of. It was the first bilingual school in Whanganui. It was in existence in 1991. Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Tupoho is a Māori language immersion primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of. It started in 1996 as a satellite school of Te Kura o Kokohuia. All these schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of