Hawthorndale is a suburb of New Zealand's southernmost city, Invercargill. It contains the city's Eastern Cemetery, and also Bill Richardson Transport World, a truck and classic car museum.

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Hawthorndale
Suburb
Bill Richardson Transport World
Coordinates: 46.4098°S 168.3882°E / -46.4098; 168.3882
Country	New Zealand
City	Invercargill
Local authority	Invercargill City Council
Area [1]
• Land	149 ha (368 acres)
Population  (June 2023)[2]
• Total	1,860

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Richmond	Glengarry	Mill Road
Turnbull Thomson Park	Hawthorndale	Seaward Bush
Georgetown	Newfield	Rockdale

The suburb is part of the Turnbull Thompson Park statistical area, which covers 1.49 km² (0.58 sq mi)^[1] and had an estimated population of 1,860 as of June 2023,^[2] with a population density of 1,248 people per km².

The statistical area had a population of 1,764 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 33 people (1.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 39 people (2.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 696 households, comprising 828 males and 933 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female. The median age was 35.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 336 people (19.0%) aged under 15 years, 396 (22.4%) aged 15 to 29, 813 (46.1%) aged 30 to 64, and 216 (12.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 85.5% European/Pākehā, 17.2% Māori, 3.4% Pasifika, 6.3% Asian, and 1.7% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 10.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 50.9% had no religion, 36.4% were Christian, 0.9% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.9% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.2% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 198 (13.9%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 336 (23.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $34,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 204 people (14.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 822 (57.6%) people were employed full-time, 204 (14.3%) were part-time, and 45 (3.2%) were unemployed.^[3]

Ascot Community School is a full primary school serving years 1 to 8^[4] with a roll of 258 students as of February 2024.^[5] The school was established in 1999 through the merger three pre-existing schools:^[6]

• Surrey Park School, a primary school founded in 1940.^[7]
• Hawthorndale School, a primary school founded in 1958.^[8]
• Lithgow Intermediate School, an intermediate school founded in 1965 which had been amalgamated with Cargill High School in 1997 and 1998.^[9][10]