upper-class properties that lie within western St Albans as belonging to Merivale instead. The original borough of St Albans stretched to include most of modern-day Edgeware, Mairehau and Merivale as well as the current St Albans suburb. There is a sign off of Bealey Avenue which points to St Albans down Barbadoes Street which is actually in the middle of the suburb of Edgeware instead of St Albans. Demographics St Albans covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. St Albans had a population of 13,137 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 369 people (2.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 150 people (1.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 5,448 households. There were 6,498 males and 6,633 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female, with 2,043 people (15.6%) aged under 15 years, 3,231 (24.6%) aged 15 to 29, 6,087 (46.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,773 (13.5%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 82.9% European/Pākehā, 7.0% Māori, 2.0% Pacific peoples, 12.8% Asian, and 2.9% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 28.0%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 50.6% had no religion, 36.7% were Christian, 2.2% were Hindu, 0.8% were Muslim, 1.2% were Buddhist and 3.8% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 3,894 (35.1%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,098 (9.9%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 6,387 (57.6%) people were employed full-time, 1,638 (14.8%) were part-time, and 324 (2.9%) were unemployed. Community facilities The hub of St Albans is Edgeware Village on Edgeware Road which contains a small number of well-supported shops. The three main parks in the suburb are St Albans Park, Abberley Park, and Malvern Park. Sports facilities include Canterbury United Football Club's stadium, English Park, and Rugby Park, the home of the Crusaders professional rugby union team. Education The suburb contains two primary schools, St Albans Primary School and St Albans Catholic School, which both provide education for years 1 to 6. As of , they have rolls of and students, respectively. St Albans School opened in 1873 and St Albans Catholic School opened in 1955. St Albans News St