Allenton is a suburb of Ashburton, in the Ashburton District and Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Allenton
Suburb
Ashburton Hospital
Coordinates: 43.8753561°S 171.7170968°E / -43.8753561; 171.7170968
Country	New Zealand
City	Ashburton
Local authority	Ashburton District Council
Electoral ward	Ashburton
Area [1]
• Land	626 ha (1,547 acres)
Population  (June 2023)[2]
• Total	7,140
Hospitals	Ashburton Hospital

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The suburb has its own rugby club.^[3]

Ashburton Hospital is located in Allenton. It is a public hospital of Canterbury District Health Board with 54 beds, which provides maternity, medical and surgical services.^[4]

Allenton covers 6.26 km² (2.42 sq mi).^[1] It had an estimated population of 7,140 as of June 2023, with a population density of 1,141 people per km².

Allenton had a population of 6,789 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 459 people (7.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,101 people (19.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,673 households, comprising 3,324 males and 3,468 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.96 males per female, with 1,254 people (18.5%) aged under 15 years, 1,107 (16.3%) aged 15 to 29, 2,787 (41.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,644 (24.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 85.1% European/Pākehā, 7.5% Māori, 6.0% Pasifika, 6.1% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 17.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 40.1% had no religion, 50.7% were Christian, 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.1% were Hindu, 0.3% were Muslim, 0.5% were Buddhist and 1.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 723 (13.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,311 (23.7%) people had no formal qualifications. 861 people (15.6%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,634 (47.6%) people were employed full-time, 867 (15.7%) were part-time, and 126 (2.3%) were unemployed.^[5]