Central Napier

Central Napier is the central area and business district of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island. It enjoys two schools in the main area - Nelson Park School and Napier Intermediate. The main shopping street/downtown area of Napier is Emerson Street. Central Napier enjoys Art Deco style architecture on surrounding buildings in Emerson Street. Housing in Central Napier is quite calm, with housing options available in various places throughout Central Napier. Most houses were built between 1900-2010.

Central Napier
Suburb
Blythe Memorial Fountain
Country	New Zealand
Local authority	Napier
Electoral ward	Nelson Park
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	420

Hospital Hill	Bluff Hill
	Central Napier	(Hawke Bay)
	Napier South

Economy

Retail

Mid City Plaza opened between 1920 and 1933. It covers 3,177 m², and had 9 tenants and 20 carparks in May 2019.[2]

Ocean Boulevard Mall opened in 1976. It contained just two tenants and no publicly available carparks in March 2020.[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	405	—
2013	414	+0.31%
2018	420	+0.29%
Source: [1]

Clive Square

Napier Central had a population of 420 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 6 people (1.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 15 people (3.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 126 households. There were 237 males and 186 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.27 males per female. The median age was 31.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 45 people (10.7%) aged under 15 years, 144 (34.3%) aged 15 to 29, 192 (45.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 36 (8.6%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 69.3% European/Pākehā, 23.6% Māori, 4.3% Pacific peoples, 11.4% Asian, and 4.3% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 35.0%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 52.1% had no religion, 30.7% were Christian, 0.7% were Muslim, 3.6% were Buddhist and 6.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 57 (15.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 42 (11.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $22,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 216 (57.6%) people were employed full-time, 60 (16.0%) were part-time, and 15 (4.0%) were unemployed.[1]

References

1. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Napier Central (214300). 2018 Census place summary: Napier Central
2. "Napier's historic Mid City Plaza". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. New Zealand Herald. 18 May 2019.
3. Fuller, Christian (4 March 2020). "Napier store owner considers future amid mall car park privatisation". New Zealand Media and Entertainment. Hawke's Bay Today.