Gonville is a residential suburb of Whanganui, New Zealand. It is under the local governance of the Whanganui District Council.
Pakaitore Marae and meeting house is located in Gonville. It is the tribal meeting ground of the NgÃÂti HÃÂua (subtribe) of NgÃÂti HÃÂua.
Gonville covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
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. 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.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 73.4% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 34.8% MÃÂori; 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%, MÃÂori 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.
Religious affiliations were 31.7% Christian, 0.8% Hindu, 0.3% Islam, 4.0% MÃÂori 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.
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.
Gonville School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of as of . It opened in 1906.
Arahunga School is a specialist school catering for students up to 21 years old, with a roll of .
St Anthony's School is a private co-educational Catholic primary school for Year 1 to 6 students. It shares a site with the private Catholic Boys' college, St Augustine's. The two schools have a roll of . St Anthony's opened in 1994.
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. with a roll of . It opened in 1999.