Cannons Creek, New Zealand
Cannons Creek is a suburb of Porirua City approximately 22km north of Wellington in New Zealand. Demographics. Cannons Creek, comprising the statistical areas of Cannons Creek North, Cannons Creek East and Cannons Creek South, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km. Cannons Creek had a population of 8,973 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 753 people (9.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 369 people (4.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,262 households. There were 4,383 males and 4,593  females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female, with 2,589 people (28.9%) aged under 15 years, 2,313 (25.8%) aged 15 to 29, 3,375 (37.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 696 (7.8%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 24.3% European/Pākehā, 26.6% Māori, 62.7% Pacific peoples, 8.6% Asian, and 3.1% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 30.6%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 26.3% had no religion, 58.6% were Christian, 0.8% were Hindu, 2.9% were Muslim, 1.6 % were Buddhist and 2.7% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 498 (7.8%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,653 (25.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,640 (41.4%) people were employed full-time, 840 (13.2%) were part-time, and 642 (10.1%) were unemployed. Education. Primary schools. Cannons Creek has four co-educational state contributing primary schools for Year 1 to 6 students: Windley School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of . Holy Family  School is a co-educational state-integrated Catholic primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of as of . Intermediate school. Brandon Intermediate is a co-educational state intermediate school for Year 7 to 8 students, with a roll of as of . Secondary schools. Porirua College is a co-educational state secondary school for Year 9 to 13 students, with a roll of as of . It was founded in 1968.