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Northwood
Northwood
Suburb
	Northwood Estate
	Coordinates: 43°27′29″S 172°36′58″E / 43.458°S 172.616°E
Country	New Zealand
City	Christchurch
Local authority	Christchurch City Council
Electoral ward	Harewood
Community board	Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood
Area
• Land	723 ha (1,787 acres)
Population (June 2024)
• Total	4,560

McLeans Island		Belfast
	Northwood	Bottle Lake
Harewood	Casebrook	Redwood

Northwood is a suburb on the northern outskirts of Christchurch city. It was developed in 2000 as a subdivision of Belfast on land previously used for apple orchards.^[2]^[3] The name "Northwood" was accepted at a meeting of the Shirley-Papanui Community Board on 2 February 2000.^[4]^[5]

Farmland north-west of what later became Northwood was developed into Peppers Clearwater Resort in 1998.^[6]

The Groynes is a large park between Northwood and Clearwater.^[7] Styx Mill Conservation Reserve is on the south side of Northwood.^[8]

Demographics

Northwood, comprising the statistical areas of Northwood and Clearwater, covers 7.23 km² (2.79 sq mi).^[9] It had an estimated population of 4,560 as of June 2024, with a population density of 631 people per km².

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	2,973	—
2013	4,158	+4.91%
2018	4,266	+0.51%
Source: ^[10]

Northwood had a population of 4,266 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 108 people (2.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,293 people (43.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,650 households, comprising 2,097 males and 2,166 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.97 males per female, with 681 people (16.0%) aged under 15 years, 609 (14.3%) aged 15 to 29, 2,037 (47.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 939 (22.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 83.5% European/Pākehā, 4.6% Māori, 0.8% Pasifika, 13.7% Asian, and 2.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 24.0, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 41.6% had no religion, 48.3% were Christian, 0.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% were Hindu, 1.3% were Muslim, 0.8% were Buddhist and 1.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 882 (24.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 546 (15.2%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,002 people (27.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,701 (47.4%) people were employed full-time, 561 (15.6%) were part-time, and 93 (2.6%) were unemployed.^[10]

Individual statistical areas
Name	Area (km²)	Population	Density (per km²)	Households	Median age	Median income
Clearwater	5.71	699	122	279	50.8 years	$50,300^[11]
Northwood	1.45	3,567	2,460	1,371	48.2 years	$37,400^[12]
New Zealand					37.4 years	$31,800

Northwood Supa Centre

The Northwood Supa Centre shopping complex opened in the 2000s.^[13] It covers an area of 33,062 m² and features 29 retailers, including Burnsco, PandaMart, Spotlight, Repco and Smiths City.^[14]