Walton, New Zealand

Walton is a settlement in New Zealand. It is sited at the junction of Walton Road and Morrinsville Walton Road, in the Central Waikato Region.

Walton
Location of Walton in New Zealand

Industry

The area is predominantly dairying with some maize growing and meat chicken farming. A large thoroughbred horse stud also has its base there.

Industry is small consisting mainly of small service industries but there is a large grain drying plant sited next to the railway line.

Landmarks
Walton Community Church

Walton Primary School has been on site for over 100 years and is a thriving 3 teacher school. It has a decile rating of 9, and a roll of over 100 students.[1]

The Walton Golf Club is 2 kilometres from the centre of the village.

Geography

To the east of Walton is the community of Wardville.

Demographics
YearPopulation
1916 320[2]
2013 129[3]

Education

Walton School is a co-educational state primary school for students Year 1 to 6,[4] with a roll of 133 as of March 2020.[5]

References
  1. Education Counts: Walton Primary School
  2. https://www3.stats.govt.nz/historic_publications/1916-census/Report%20on%20Results%20of%20Census%201916/1916-report-results-census%20.html
  3. https://www.mpdc.govt.nz/districtplan/ProposedChanges/PPC47/PopulationandDwellingProjections2045.PDF
  4. "Ministry of Education School Profile". educationcounts.govt.nz. Ministry of Education.
  5. "Education Review Office Report". ero.govt.nz. Education Review Office.


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