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Ardmore, New Zealand
Ardmore, New Zealand
Locality
	View of Ardmore Airport and surrounding farmland, backed by the Hunua Ranges.
	Coordinates: 37°02′S 175°00′E / 37.033°S 175.000°E
Country	New Zealand
Council	Auckland Council
Electoral ward	Franklin Ward
Local board	Franklin Local Board
Area
• Land	4,427 ha (10,939 acres)
Population (June 2024)
• Total	1,490

Alfriston	Brookby	Clevedon
Takanini	Ardmore
Papakura North		Hūnua

Ardmore is a large rural locality of Auckland, New Zealand, located to the south-east of Auckland CBD, just 27 km away. Ardmore is in the Franklin Ward, one of the thirteen administrative divisions of Auckland, and is under local governance of Auckland Council.

History

Ardmore's first Church, St Peters Church, was constructed in 1861. In 1892 St Peters burnt down and St James was constructed the following year on the same site. In 1961—as part of a centennial for the Church congregation—two stained glass windows were installed.^[2]

The area contains Ardmore Airport, which is one of Auckland's busiest airports due to Ardmore Flying School. This rural tranquility is located just to the east of the Auckland Metropolitan Area with Papakura being the closest town (within the Auckland urban area). Ardmore has a state co-educational primary school which provides education for the local children but the older teenaged children are sent to several colleges throughout the Auckland area.^{[citation needed]}

Ardmore Teachers' Training College was situated adjacent to the airfield from 1948 to 1974. The college opened in 1948 to help address the shortage of teachers in New Zealand caused by the 'baby boom' after WW2. It was New Zealand's only fully residential teachers' college and during its 27-year history, trained around 8500 teachers. The closure of the college in 1974 was the end of an era and nothing remains at the site to indicate its existence except for a memorial stone.^[3]

Auckland University's School Of Engineering was established at the aerodrome in 1948, using old World War II military barracks and hangars. It remained there until 1969, when it moved to a much larger new building in Symonds Street in central Auckland, near the University's other faculties. While at Ardmore, the school offered only Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering degrees. The school would move from Ardmore in 1969.^[4]

The aerodrome was used for the NZ Grand Prix in the 1950s and 1960s before the Pukekohe Park Raceway was completed. Bruce McLaren was a winner there, and the circuit hosted many famous drivers including Jack Brabham, Prince Bira, Stirling Moss and Reg Parnell.^[5]

Demographics

Ardmore covers 44.27 km² (17.09 sq mi)^[6] and had an estimated population of 1,490 as of June 2024,^[1] with a population density of 34 people per km².

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	1,191	—
2013	1,296	+1.21%
2018	1,386	+1.35%
Source: ^[7]

Ardmore had a population of 1,386 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 90 people (6.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 195 people (16.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 426 households, comprising 714 males and 669 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.07 males per female. The median age was 41.1 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 273 people (19.7%) aged under 15 years, 249 (18.0%) aged 15 to 29, 669 (48.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 192 (13.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 84.0% European/Pākehā, 18.6% Māori, 5.2% Pacific peoples, 7.6% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 18.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 47.8% had no religion, 39.2% were Christian, 1.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.9% were Hindu, 0.4% were Muslim, 0.9% were Buddhist and 3.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 210 (18.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 162 (14.6%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $40,700, compared with $31,800 nationally. 291 people (26.1%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 633 (56.9%) people were employed full-time, 150 (13.5%) were part-time, and 45 (4.0%) were unemployed.^[7]

Education

Ardmore School is a coeducational full primary school (years 1–8) with a roll of 353 as of November 2024.^[8]^[9]

Climate

Climate data for Ardmore (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1969–present)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	31.5 (88.7)	31.2 (88.2)	30.0 (86.0)	27.6 (81.7)	24.1 (75.4)	22.9 (73.2)	19.8 (67.6)	21.9 (71.4)	22.0 (71.6)	24.2 (75.6)	28.0 (82.4)	32.8 (91.0)	32.8 (91.0)
Mean maximum °C (°F)	28.3 (82.9)	28.5 (83.3)	27.2 (81.0)	24.9 (76.8)	21.7 (71.1)	19.5 (67.1)	18.2 (64.8)	18.3 (64.9)	20.1 (68.2)	21.7 (71.1)	24.0 (75.2)	26.7 (80.1)	29.1 (84.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	24.8 (76.6)	25.4 (77.7)	23.8 (74.8)	21.1 (70.0)	18.4 (65.1)	15.9 (60.6)	15.2 (59.4)	15.7 (60.3)	17.1 (62.8)	18.5 (65.3)	20.4 (68.7)	22.8 (73.0)	19.9 (67.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	19.0 (66.2)	19.5 (67.1)	17.8 (64.0)	15.5 (59.9)	13.3 (55.9)	11.1 (52.0)	10.3 (50.5)	10.7 (51.3)	12.3 (54.1)	13.8 (56.8)	15.4 (59.7)	17.7 (63.9)	14.7 (58.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	13.2 (55.8)	13.6 (56.5)	11.8 (53.2)	9.9 (49.8)	8.1 (46.6)	6.2 (43.2)	5.4 (41.7)	5.7 (42.3)	7.5 (45.5)	9.1 (48.4)	10.3 (50.5)	12.6 (54.7)	9.5 (49.0)
Mean minimum °C (°F)	7.6 (45.7)	7.6 (45.7)	5.8 (42.4)	2.9 (37.2)	1.1 (34.0)	−1.1 (30.0)	−1.5 (29.3)	0.0 (32.0)	1.3 (34.3)	3.2 (37.8)	4.2 (39.6)	6.6 (43.9)	−2.3 (27.9)
Record low °C (°F)	5.1 (41.2)	3.8 (38.8)	0.6 (33.1)	−1.5 (29.3)	−2.9 (26.8)	−4.0 (24.8)	−4.0 (24.8)	−3.5 (25.7)	−1.9 (28.6)	−1.5 (29.3)	1.1 (34.0)	3.4 (38.1)	−4.0 (24.8)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	68.2 (2.69)	66.6 (2.62)	80.3 (3.16)	105.4 (4.15)	123.9 (4.88)	140.4 (5.53)	144.0 (5.67)	136.5 (5.37)	113.8 (4.48)	101.7 (4.00)	88.6 (3.49)	90.4 (3.56)	1,259.8 (49.6)
Source: NIWA (rain 1990–2016)^[10]