Clendon
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Clendon is a suburb of Auckland
city in northern New Zealand
. It is located to the west of Manurewa
. The suburb is in the Manurewa-Papakura ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland City.
Clendon is named after Captain James Reddy Clendon
who in 1840 traded land he owned in the Bay of Islands
with the newly formed New Zealand Government for 10,000 acres (40 km²) of land, then south of Auckland CBD
.
Clendon has a young, diverse and rapidly growing population. As of the 2001 census, 35.6% of Clendon's population is made up of people under the age of 15, compared to the New Zealand average of 22.7%. The population is made up largely of Pacific peoples and Māori, with the remaining approximately 30% of people stating a connection to either European, NZ Pākehā
, Asian or 'other'. The rate of unemployment in the Clendon community is 19.6%, compared to the New Zealand average of 7.5%.
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
city in northern New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It is located to the west of Manurewa
Manurewa
Manurewa is the southernmost major suburb of Manukau City, one of the four cities that make up the metropolitan area of Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 6km south of the Manukau City Centre, and 26km southeast of the Auckland CBD....
. The suburb is in the Manurewa-Papakura ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland City.
Clendon is named after Captain James Reddy Clendon
James Reddy Clendon
James Reddy Clendon was an early European settler in New Zealand, the first United States Consul to New Zealand, and a witness to the Treaty of Waitangi.-Early life:...
who in 1840 traded land he owned in the Bay of Islands
Bay of Islands
The Bay of Islands is an area in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Located 60 km north-west of Whangarei, it is close to the northern tip of the country....
with the newly formed New Zealand Government for 10,000 acres (40 km²) of land, then south of Auckland CBD
Auckland CBD
The Auckland CBD is the geographical and economic heart of the Auckland metropolitan area. Bounded by several major motorways and by the harbour coastline in the north, it is surrounded further out by mostly suburban areas...
.
Clendon has a young, diverse and rapidly growing population. As of the 2001 census, 35.6% of Clendon's population is made up of people under the age of 15, compared to the New Zealand average of 22.7%. The population is made up largely of Pacific peoples and Māori, with the remaining approximately 30% of people stating a connection to either European, NZ Pākehā
Pakeha
Pākehā is a Māori language word for New Zealanders who are "of European descent". They are mostly descended from British and to a lesser extent Irish settlers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, although some Pākehā have Dutch, Scandinavian, German, Yugoslav or other ancestry...
, Asian or 'other'. The rate of unemployment in the Clendon community is 19.6%, compared to the New Zealand average of 7.5%.