Westbrook is a suburb in the city of Palmerston North, New Zealand.
The semi-rural suburb includes the Manawatu Trotting Club, and several parks and reserves: Bill Brown Park, David Spring Park, Kimberley Park, Ashton Reserve, Amberley Reserve, Chippendale Reserve, Chelmarsh Reserve, Marybank Reserve, Dalfield Reserve, and part of the Kawau Stream Reserve.
Westbrook covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km<sup>2</sup>.
Westbrook had a population of 3,345 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 84 people (2.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 342 people (11.4%) since the 2013 census. There were 1,665 males, 1,665 females, and 9 people of other genders in 1,137 dwellings. 3.3% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 750 people (22.4%) aged under 15 years, 792 (23.7%) aged 15 to 29, 1,410 (42.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 393 (11.7%) aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 68.0% European (PÃÂkehÃÂ); 32.7% MÃÂori; 12.4% Pasifika; 9.3% Asian; 0.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 1.8% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 95.7%, MÃÂori by 8.3%, Samoan by 2.4%, and other languages by 9.2%. No language could be spoken by 2.3% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 1.3%. The percentage of people born overseas was 14.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 30.3% Christian, 1.5% Hindu, 1.6% Islam, 2.4% MÃÂori religious beliefs, 0.3% Buddhist, 0.5% New Age, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 55.2%, and 7.2% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 381 (14.7%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 1,467 (56.5%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 741 (28.6%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 99 people (3.8%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 1,317 (50.8%) full-time, 336 (12.9%) part-time, and 114 (4.4%) unemployed.
Te Kura o Wairau is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, with a roll of as of It started in 1963 as Highbury School. In 2002 it became Somerset Crescent School, and it took the current name in 2021.