Highbury is a suburb of Palmerston North, New Zealand. The suburb is located northwest of Palmerston North Central (CBD). The area has the characteristics of a suburban area and had a resident population of 4,886 (2018).
Highbury's street name themes range from British place-names (Brighton, Somerset, Lancaster, Coventry, Brentwood) to those of settlers of Palmerston North (Monrad).
A local shopping centre is located on the corner of Highbury Avenue and Pembroke Street, and was revitalised by the Palmerston North city council in 2023. A pouwhenua representing Rongomaraeroa was installed outside the shopping centre in September 2025.
Highbury is part of the Palmerston North and Te Tai HauÃÂuru electorates.
Highbury covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
Highbury had a population of 4,818 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 48 people (âÂÂ1.0%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 444 people (10.2%) since the 2013 census. There were 2,295 males, 2,502 females, and 24 people of other genders in 1,725 dwellings. 2.9% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 1,008 people (20.9%) aged under 15 years, 996 (20.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,863 (38.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 954 (19.8%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 63.2% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 35.1% MÃÂori; 10.1% Pasifika; 11.1% Asian; 1.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.7% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 94.9%, MÃÂori by 8.9%, Samoan by 2.0%, and other languages by 11.6%. No language could be spoken by 2.3% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.9%. The percentage of people born overseas was 17.1, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 32.2% Christian, 1.4% Hindu, 3.4% Islam, 2.4% MÃÂori religious beliefs, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.6% New Age, and 1.2% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 50.6%, and 7.5% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 540 (14.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 2,079 (54.6%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 1,200 (31.5%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 138 people (3.6%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 1,692 (44.4%) full-time, 414 (10.9%) part-time, and 165 (4.3%) unemployed.
Monrad - Te Kura Waenga o Tirohanga is a co-educational state intermediate school, with a roll of . It opened in 1963 as Monrad Intermediate and changed its name to Te Kura Waenga o Tirohanga Monrad Intermediate" in 2019.
Palmerston North bus routes 103, 104, and 108 (to/from the Main Street Bus Hub) serve Highbury.