was severely damaged by the first two main earthquakes and demolition commenced on 23 February 2011, the day after the second earthquake. All of the churches in the area were damaged to some extent. The St Paul's Vicarage was particularly badly damaged and has been demolished. St Paul's Anglican Church is still under repair with the scaffolding now being removed from the bell tower. A source close to the parish says it will reopen in September 2013. St Giles Presbyterian Church was also un-repairable and has been demolished. Only the parish centre now remains there. The status of St Joseph's Catholic Church and the Papanui North Methodist Church repair or demolition has still not been resolved. The Sanitarium factory was also significantly damaged and although production was halted for a while it is online with repairs being made. Many of the older shops in the Papanui Village were substantially damaged and demolished. It is pleasing to see the new buildings replacing the old broken ones. Demographics Papanui comprises four statistical areas. Papanui North, Papanui West and Papanui South are primarily residential, and Northlands is mostly commercial. Residential Papanui The residential areas of Papanui, comprising the statistical areas of Papanui North, Papanui West and Papanui East, cover . They had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. The residential areas had a population of 7,260 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 30 people (0.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 276 people (4.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,796 households. There were 3,333 males and 3,927 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.85 males per female, with 1,182 people (16.3%) aged under 15 years, 1,359 (18.7%) aged 15 to 29, 3,018 (41.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,704 (23.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 78.3% European/Pākehā, 8.0% Māori, 3.3% Pacific peoples, 15.4% Asian, and 2.6% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 26.9%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 44.2% had no religion, 44.7% were Christian, 1.4% were Hindu, 1.1% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 2.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 1,470 (24.2%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,095 (18.0%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment