Suburb in Whanganui, New Zealand

Gonville
Suburb
Interactive map of Gonville
Coordinates: 39°57′S 175°01′E / 39.950°S 175.017°E / -39.950; 175.017
Country	New Zealand
City	Whanganui
Local authority	Whanganui District Council
Area [1]
• Land	362 ha (890 acres)
Population  (June 2025)[2]
• Total	6,670
• Density	1,840/km2 (4,770/sq mi)
Hospitals	Whanganui Hospital

Springvale	College Estate	Whanganui Central
Tawhero	Gonville
Castlecliff	(Whanganui River), Whanganui Airport	Putiki

Gonville is a residential suburb of Whanganui, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of the Whanganui District Council.^[3]

Pakaitore Marae and meeting house is located in Gonville.^[4] It is the tribal meeting ground of the Ngāti Hāua hapū (subtribe) of Ngāti Hāua.^[5]

Gonville covers 3.62 km² (1.40 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 6,670 as of June 2025,^[2] with a population density of 1,843 people per km².

Gonville had a population of 6,459 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 186 people (3.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 525 people (8.8%) since the 2013 census. There were 3,144 males, 3,288 females, and 27 people of other genders in 2,532 dwellings.^[8] 3.3% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 38.4 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 1,353 people (20.9%) aged under 15 years, 1,242 (19.2%) aged 15 to 29, 2,730 (42.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,140 (17.6%) aged 65 or older.^[6]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 73.4% European (Pākehā); 34.8% Māori; 6.0% Pasifika; 5.2% Asian; 0.3% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 3.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 97.1%, Māori by 9.7%, Samoan by 0.9%, and other languages by 5.5%. No language could be spoken by 2.0% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.9%. The percentage of people born overseas was 11.8, compared with 28.8% nationally.^[6]

Religious affiliations were 31.7% Christian, 0.8% Hindu, 0.3% Islam, 4.0% Māori religious beliefs, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.7% New Age, and 1.5% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 52.5%, and 8.3% of people did not answer the census question.^[6]

Of those at least 15 years old, 696 (13.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 2,880 (56.4%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,530 (30.0%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $30,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 171 people (3.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 2,211 (43.3%) full-time, 690 (13.5%) part-time, and 237 (4.6%) unemployed.^[6]

Gonville School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,^[12][13] with a roll of 175 as of October 2025.^[14] It opened in 1906.^[15]

Arahunga School is a specialist school catering for students up to 21 years old,^[16][17] with a roll of 107.^[18]

St Anthony's School is a private co-educational Catholic primary school for Year 1 to 6 students.^[19] It shares a site with the private Catholic Boys' college, St Augustine's. The two schools have a roll of 101.^[20] St Anthony's opened in 1994.^[21]

St. Dominic's College is a private girls' Catholic secondary school for Years 7 to 13, on an adjacent site to St Anthony's and St Augustine's.^[22] with a roll of 58.^[23] It opened in 1999.^[24]