Redwoodtown

Redwoodtown is a suburb to the south of Blenheim's central business district.[2][3]

Redwoodtown
Suburb
Coordinates: 41.528°S 173.954°E / -41.528; 173.954
CountryNew Zealand
CityBlenheim, New Zealand
Electoral wardBlenheim Ward
Area
 • Land509 ha (1,258 acres)
Population
 (June 2022)[1]
 • Total11,230
Springlands Blenheim Central
Fairhall
Redwoodtown
 Riverlands
Witherlea

Demographics

Redwoodtown, comprising the statistical areas of Whitney West, Whitney East, Redwoodtown West and Redwoodtown East, covers 5.09 km2 (1.97 sq mi).[4] It had an estimated population of 11,230 as of June 2022, with a population density of 2,206 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
20069,384—    
20139,720+0.50%
201810,401+1.36%
Source: [5]

Redwoodtown had a population of 10,401 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 681 people (7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,017 people (10.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 4,302 households. There were 5,028 males and 5,370 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.94 males per female, with 1,833 people (17.6%) aged under 15 years, 1,755 (16.9%) aged 15 to 29, 4,431 (42.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 2,373 (22.8%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 84.8% European/Pākehā, 14.2% Māori, 4.5% Pacific peoples, 5.5% Asian, and 2.5% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 17.8%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 51.4% had no religion, 37.5% were Christian, 0.9% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 0.9% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,143 (13.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 2,076 (24.2%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,164 (48.6%) people were employed full-time, 1,200 (14.0%) were part-time, and 213 (2.5%) were unemployed.[5]

Individual statistical areas
NamePopulationHouseholdsMedian ageMedian income
Whitney West2,6521,07741.7 years$31,500[6]
Whitney East2,39499344.0 years$29,000[7]
Redwoodtown West2,6131,08343.7 years$26,700[8]
Redwoodtown East2,7421,14942.2 years$29,200[9]
New Zealand37.4 years$31,800

Education

Redwoodtown School and Richmond View School are full primary (years 1-8) schools with rolls of 295 and 289 respectively.[10][11] Richmond View is a state integrated school with a Christian perspective.[12]

Whitney Street School is a state contributing primary (Year 1-6) primary school. It has a roll of 304.

All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of February 2023.[13]

References
  1. "Population estimate tables - NZ.Stat". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 61. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  3. Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 139. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
  4. "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  5. "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Whitney West (307800), Whitney East (308100), Redwoodtown West (308200) and Redwoodtown East (308400).
  6. 2018 Census place summary: Whitney West
  7. 2018 Census place summary: Whitney East
  8. 2018 Census place summary: Redwoodtown West
  9. 2018 Census place summary: Redwoodtown East
  10. Education Counts: Redwoodtown School
  11. Education Counts: Richmond View School
  12. "Special character". Richmond View School. Archived from the original on 10 April 2004.
  13. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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