Belmont, Auckland

Belmont

Shops in central Belmont
Basic information
Local authority Auckland City
Electoral ward North Shore
Date established 1855
Population 3,297 (2006)
Facilities
Surrounds
North Hauraki
Northeast (Hauraki Gulf)
East (Hauraki Gulf)
Southeast Narrow Neck
South (Waitemata Harbour)
Southwest Bayswater
West (Waitemata Harbour)
Northwest Hauraki

Belmont is an Auckland suburb. The name, which means "good view or hill" derives from a farm estate called "Belmont" subdivided in 1885.

The population of the "Seacliffe" statistical area, which is substantially the same as Belmont, was 3,297 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 162 from 2001.[1] The suburb is in the North Shore ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland City.

Education

Takapuna Grammar School is a secondary (years 9-13) school with a roll of 1587.[2] The school was built in 1926[3] and opened the following year. The adjacent Belmont Intermediate is an intermediate (years 7-8) school with a roll of 518.[4]

Belmont School is a contributing primary (years 1-6) school with a roll of 299.[5] It was founded in 1912 and moved to its current site in 1913.[6]

Wilson School is a special school for students with intellectual or physical disabilities.[7] It has a roll of 65.[8] It was previously called the Wilson Home School.[9]

All these schools are co-educational. Wilson School has a decile rating of 9, and the other schools have decile ratings of 10.

Notes

  1. ↑ Quickstats about Seacliffe
  2. ↑ Te Kete Ipurangi schools database: Takapuna Grammar School
  3. ↑ "Shore landmarks : [Takapuna Grammar School]". North Shore Times Advertiser. 1 November 2001. p. 128.
  4. ↑ Te Kete Ipurangi schools database: Belmont Intermediate
  5. ↑ Te Kete Ipurangi schools database: Belmont School
  6. ↑ "Steam tram to Belmont School". North Shore Times Advertiser. 11 April 1978. p. 30.
  7. ↑ "Education Review Report: Wilson School". Education Review Office. January 2008.
  8. ↑ Te Kete Ipurangi schools database: Wilson School
  9. ↑ "Education Review Report: Wilson School". Education Review Office. May 2005.

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Coordinates: 36°48′29″S 174°47′24″E / 36.808°S 174.790°E