Editing New Plymouth (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations|2006|49,395|2013|52,872|2018|57,219|percentages=pagr|source=<ref name="Census 2018"/>}}
New Plymouth's City Ward, which covers {{Convert|111.33|km2||abbr=on}},<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787|access-date=22 April 2024|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}}</ref> had a population of 57,219 at the [[2018 New Zealand census]], an increase of 4,347 people (8.2%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]], and an increase of 7,824 people (15.8%) since the [[2006 New Zealand census|2006 census]]. There were 22,269 households. There were 27,870 males and 29,346 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female. The median age was 40.8 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 11,220 people (19.6%) aged under 15 years, 9,831 (17.2%) aged 15 to 29, 25,251 (44.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 10,917 (19.1%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 84.9% European/Pākehā, 15.9% Māori, 2.4% Pacific peoples, 6.6% Asian, and 2.2% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 18.1%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 50.7% had no religion, 37.3% were Christian, 1.1% were Hindu, 0.7% were Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhist and 2.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 8,880 (19.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 8,919 (19.4%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $30,500, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 21,486 (46.7%) people were employed full-time, 7,098 (15.4%) were part-time, and 1,755 (3.8%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|New Plymouth City Ward (03301)|new-plymouth-city-ward|New Plymouth City Ward}}</ref>