ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 19.1%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 52.4% had no religion, 34.5% were Christian, 2.2% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 1.5% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 144 (15.6%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 183 (19.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $38,400, compared with $31,800 nationally. 135 people (14.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 585 (63.3%) people were employed full-time, 150 (16.2%) were part-time, and 15 (1.6%) were unemployed. Agriculture The town's main industry is agriculture, with many dairy, cattle, deer, and sheep farms nearby. The town was originally based situated around the four original stations; Centre Hill, Castlerock, West Dome and Dunrobin. Dairy farming has become the major industry of the area. Many large dairy farms have been established over the past ten years, converting from past sheep and other mixed farming activities. . In the 1890s Mossburn farmer George Chewings developed a successful grass seed for the district’s infertile soil. Chewings fescue Festuca rubra subsp. commutata was an ideal constituent in lawn turfs around the world and was used on the playing surface Wimbledon and landing strips in World War 2. Deer Capital Mossburn lays claim to being the Deer Capital of New Zealand. This is based on the origins of the successful live deer recovery in the wild by helicopter and subsequent first deer farm in New Zealand being established in 1972. This was spurred on by the high venison prices at the time and the near epidemic population levels of red deer in the wild after their introduction earlier in the century. There still remains many deer farms in the community and the Silver Fern Farms venison processing plant which is a major employer for the community. Rail Mossburn's greatest burst of economic activity came as a result of the construction of the Manapouri Power Station. The Mossburn Branch railway had terminated in the town since 1887 and was the closest railway terminus to the project. Previously, the line had been served by two mixed trains of both passengers and freight per week (only freight after 4 October 1937) from Lumsden on