Redwoodtown
Caption 1St Mary's Catholic Church
City 1Blenheim, New Zealand
CouncilMarlborough District Council
Ward
  • Blenheim General Ward
  • Marlborough Māori Ward
Area433
Areasource[1]
Population+++
Coordinates41.528°S 173.954°E

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

Demographics

Redwoodtown covers 4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of +++ as of with a population density of (+++)/4.33 people per km2.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
20069,384—
20139,555+1.8%
201810,221+7.0%
202310,191−0.3%

The 2006 population is for a larger area of 5.09 km2.

Redwoodtown had a population of 10,191 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 30 people (−0.3%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 636 people (6.7%) since the 2013 census. There were 4,941 males, 5,223 females, and 27 people of other genders in 4,290 dwellings.[4] 3.0% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. There were 1,713 people (16.8%) aged under 15 years, 1,581 (15.5%) aged 15 to 29, 4,467 (43.8%) aged 30 to 64, and 2,436 (23.9%) aged 65 or older.[5]

People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 80.0% European (Pākehā); 15.7% Māori; 5.8% Pasifika; 8.2% Asian; 2.3% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders (MELAA); and 2.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.8%, Māori by 3.2%, Samoan by 1.4%, and other languages by 12.1%. No language could be spoken by 1.9% (e.g. too young to talk). New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.6%. The percentage of people born overseas was 22.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.[5]

Religious affiliations were 33.1% Christian, 1.3% Hindu, 0.4% Islam, 0.6% Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.1% Jewish, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 54.2%, and 8.5% of people did not answer the census question.[5]

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,401 (16.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 4,482 (52.9%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 2,604 (30.7%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. 453 people (5.3%) earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was 4,170 (49.2%) full-time, 1,128 (13.3%) part-time, and 171 (2.0%) unemployed.[5]

Individual statistical areas
NameArea
(km2)		PopulationDensity
(per km2)		DwellingsMedian ageMedian
income
Whitney West1.142,4002,1051,01442.6 years$39,900[6]
Whitney East1.062,3942,2581,01443.5 years$38,900[7]
Redwoodtown West1.062,5802,4341,08643.3 years$34,900[8]
Redwoodtown East1.072,8172,6331,17641.8 years$37,200[9]
New Zealand38.1 years$41,500

Education

Redwoodtown School is a full primary (years 1-8) school[10] with a roll of . It opened in 1912.[11]

Whitney Street School is a state contributing primary (years 1-6) primary school.[12] It has a roll of . It opened in 1953.[13][14]

Richmond View School is a composite school (years 1-13)[15] with a roll of . It is a state integrated school with a Christian perspective.[16] It opened in 1981 and became state integrated in 2001 as a full primary school. From 2019 the school extended to cover secondary education, starting with year 9 students and adding another year each year.[17]

All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of

References

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  2. ^ Peter Dowling (ed.) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 61. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
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