Suburb in Porirua City, New Zealand

Cannons Creek
Suburb
Cannon's Creek is in the middle and upper part of the photo, with Waitangirua at the very top and Rānui at the bottom.
Interactive map of Cannons Creek
Coordinates: 41°08′28″S 174°51′58″E / 41.141°S 174.866°E / -41.141; 174.866
Country	New Zealand
City	Porirua City
Local authority	Porirua City Council
Electoral ward	Onepoto General Ward Porirua Māori Ward
Area
• Land	392 ha (970 acres)
Population  (June 2025)[1]
• Total	8,920
• Density	2,280/km2 (5,890/sq mi)

	Waitangirua
Rānui	Cannons Creek
	Takapu Valley	Belmont Regional Park

Cannons Creek is a suburb of Porirua City approximately 22km north of Wellington in New Zealand.

The name Cannons Creek comes from a creek that flows off of Cannons Head. It is named after William Cannon, an early settler of the area.^[2]

Cannons Creek was originally farmland until it slowly started to be developed as housing from the 1930s with a significant growth in the 1950s.^[3]

Most the suburb's streets are named after ships, English counties, and from Greek mythology.^[3]

Cannons Creek, comprising the statistical areas of Cannons Creek North, Cannons Creek East and Cannons Creek South, covers 3.92 km² (1.51 sq mi).^[4] It had an estimated population of 8,920 as of June 2025, with a population density of 2,276 people per km².

Cannons Creek had a population of 8,787 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 186 people (−2.1%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 567 people (6.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 4,335 males, 4,428 females, and 21 people of other genders in 2,259 dwellings.^[7] 2.3% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 29.1 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 2,382 people (27.1%) aged under 15 years, 2,127 (24.2%) aged 15 to 29, 3,540 (40.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 741 (8.4%) aged 65 or older.^[5]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 23.6% European (Pākehā); 27.4% Māori; 63.3% Pasifika; 10.2% Asian; 2.4% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 0.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 90.7%, Māori by 6.4%, Samoan by 25.4%, and other languages by 15.1%. No language could be spoken by 2.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.7%. The percentage of people born overseas was 30.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.^[5]

Religious affiliations were 55.2% Christian, 1.1% Hindu, 2.7% Islam, 1.6% Māori religious beliefs, 1.6% Buddhist, 0.1% New Age, and 0.6% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 29.7%, and 7.6% of people did not answer the census question.^[5]

Of those at least 15 years old, 570 (8.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 3,396 (53.0%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 2,436 (38.0%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $31,100, compared with $41,500 nationally. 177 people (2.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 2,952 (46.1%) full-time, 708 (11.1%) part-time, and 450 (7.0%) unemployed.^[5]

All these schools are co-educational. Rolls are as of October 2025.^[11]

Cannons Creek has four state contributing primary schools for Year 1 to 6 students:

• Cannons Creek School,^[12][13] with a roll of 143^[14]
• Glenview School,^[15] with a roll of .^[16]
• Maraeroa School,^[17][18] with a roll of 152.^[19]
• Russell School,^[20] with a roll of 104.^[21]

Windley School is a state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students,^[22] with a roll of 204.^[23] It opened in 1958.^[24]

Holy Family School is a state-integrated Catholic primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,^[25][26] with a roll of 164.^[27] It opened in 1960^[28] and became state-integrated in 1981.^[29]

Brandon Intermediate is a state intermediate school for Year 7 to 8 students,^[30][31] with a roll of 181.^[32]

Porirua College is a state secondary school for Year 9 to 13 students,^[33] with a roll of 586.^[34] It was founded in 1968.^[35]

• Cannons Creek East Community Profile at Statistics NZ
• Cannons Creek North Community Profile at Statistics NZ
• Cannons Creek South Community Profile at Statistics NZ