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Redwoodtown
Suburb
St Mary's Catholic Church
Coordinates: 41°31′41″S 173°57′14″E / 41.528°S 173.954°E / -41.528; 173.954
Country	New Zealand
City	Blenheim, New Zealand
Local authority	Marlborough District Council
Electoral ward	Blenheim General Ward Marlborough Māori Ward
Area
• Land	433 ha (1,070 acres)
Population
• Total	11,210

Springlands	Blenheim Central
Fairhall	Redwoodtown	Riverlands
	Witherlea

Redwoodtown is a suburb to the south of Blenheim's central business district.

Demographics

Redwoodtown covers 4.33 km (1.67 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 11,210 as of June 2024, with a population density of 2,589 people per km.

Before the 2023 census, the suburb had a larger boundary, covering 5.09 km (1.97 sq mi). 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.

Education

Redwoodtown School and Richmond View School are full primary (years 1-8) schools with rolls of 320 and 331 respectively. Richmond View is a state integrated school with a Christian perspective.

Whitney Street School is a state contributing primary (Year 1-6) primary school. It has a roll of 358.

All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of August 2024.

References

1. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
2. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
3. Peter Dowling, ed. (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. pp. map 61. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
4. Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. pp. map 139. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
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 17 September 2024.

• Suburbs of Blenheim, New Zealand