Rosedale, Invercargill

Suburb in Invercargill, New Zealand

Rosedale
Suburb
Coordinates: 46°23′21″S 168°22′12″E / 46.3892°S 168.3700°E / -46.3892; 168.3700
Country	New Zealand
City	Invercargill
Local authority	Invercargill City Council
Area [1]
• Land	109 ha (269 acres)
Population  (June 2022)[2]
• Total	1,920

Grasmere	Waihopai	Myross Bush
Gladstone	Rosedale	Hargest
Avenal	Windsor	Waverley

Rosedale is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill.

Rosedale covers 1.09 km² (0.42 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 1,920 as of June 2022,^[2] with a population density of 1,761 people per km².

had a population of 1,872 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 39 people (2.1%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 6 people (0.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 753 households, comprising 864 males and 1,005 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.86 males per female. The median age was 45.6 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 363 people (19.4%) aged under 15 years, 249 (13.3%) aged 15 to 29, 906 (48.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 354 (18.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 90.5% European/Pākehā, 9.0% Māori, 1.8% Pasifika, 6.6% Asian, and 1.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 12.2, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 44.1% had no religion, 49.0% were Christian, 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.3% were Buddhist and 0.6% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 408 (27.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 252 (16.7%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $42,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. 432 people (28.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 834 (55.3%) people were employed full-time, 213 (14.1%) were part-time, and 30 (2.0%) were unemployed.^[3]

James Hargest Junior Campus is in Rosedale providing education for years 7 and 8. It was Rosedale Intermediate School until a 2004 consolidation of schools, when it was combined with Collingwood Intermediate School as part of James Hargest College.^[4]