Redwoodtown Explained

Redwoodtown
Caption1:St Mary's Catholic Church
City1:Blenheim, New Zealand
Council:Marlborough District Council
Area:433
Map:
Coordinates:-41.528°N 173.954°W

Redwoodtown is a suburb to the south of Blenheim's central business district.[1] [2]

Demographics

Redwoodtown covers 4.33km2[3] and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.

Before the 2023 census, the suburb had a larger boundary, covering 5.09km2.[3] Using that boundary, Redwoodtown had a population of 10,401 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 681 people (7.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,017 people (10.8%) since the 2006 census. There were 4,302 households, comprising 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% Pasifika, 5.5% Asian, and 2.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

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

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 51.4% had no religion, 37.5% were Christian, 0.3% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.9% were Hindu, 0.2% were Muslim, 0.9% were Buddhist and 1.7% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,143 (13.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 2,076 (24.2%) people had no formal qualifications. 882 people (10.3%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. 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.

Individual statistical areas in 2018
Name Area
(km2)
Population Density
(per km2)
Households !Median age
(years)
Median
income
Whitney West 1.90 2,652 1,396 1,077 41.7
Whitney East 1.06 2,394 2,258 993 44.0
Redwoodtown West 1.06 2,613 2,465 1,083 43.7
Redwoodtown East 1.07 2,742 2,563 1,149 42.2
New Zealand 37.4

Education

Redwoodtown School and Richmond View School are full primary (years 1-8) schools with rolls of and respectively. Richmond View is a state integrated school with a Christian perspective.[4]

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

All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of

Notes and References

  1. Book: Reed New Zealand Atlas. 2004. 0-7900-0952-8. Peter Dowling . Reed Books. map 61.
  2. Book: The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. 2005. 1-877333-20-4. Roger Smith, GeographX. Robbie Burton. map 139.
  3. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application. 6 April 2024. statsnz.maps.arcgis.com.
  4. Web site: Special character. https://web.archive.org/web/20040410153818/http://www.rvs.school.nz/Character.html. dead. 2004-04-10. Richmond View School.