Editing Banks Peninsula (section)

== Demographics ==
Banks Peninsula Ward of Christchurch City Council, which encompasses the area south of the [[Port Hills]], covers {{convert|973.13|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=15 October 2021|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}}</ref>

{{Historical populations|2006|8,166|2013|8,235|2018|8,850|percentages=pagr|source=<ref name="Census 2018"/>}}
Banks Peninsula Ward had a population of 8,850 at the [[2018 New Zealand census]], an increase of 615 people (7.5%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]], and an increase of 684 people (8.4%) since the [[2006 New Zealand census|2006 census]]. There were 3,747 households. There were 4,374 males and 4,476 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female. The median age was 48.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 1,410 people (15.9%) aged under 15 years, 999 (11.3%) aged 15 to 29, 4,710 (53.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,728 (19.5%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 93.1% European/Pākehā, 8.3% Māori, 1.3% Pacific peoples, 3.1% Asian, and 2.0% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 26.8%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 58.9% had no religion, 29.0% were Christian, 0.3% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.7% were Buddhist and 3.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 2,400 (32.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 804 (10.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $36,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,807 (51.2%) people were employed full-time, 1,383 (18.6%) were part-time, and 135 (1.8%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Banks Peninsula Ward (06016)|banks-peninsula-ward|Banks Peninsula Ward}}</ref>