Redwoodtown is a suburb to the south of Blenheim's central business district.[3][4]
Demographics
Redwoodtown covers 4.33 km2 (1.67 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 11,210 as of June 2024,[2] with a population density of 2,589 people per km2.
Before the 2023 census, the suburb had a larger boundary, covering 5.09 km2 (1.97 sq mi).[1] 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.[5]
Redwoodtown School and Richmond View School are full primary (years 1-8) schools with rolls of 323 and 334 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 378.
All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of November 2024.[13]
^Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 61. ISBN0-7900-0952-8.
^Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 139. ISBN1-877333-20-4.
^ ab"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).
