Redwoodtown is a suburb to the south of Blenheim's central business district.
Demographics Redwoodtown covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per 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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
+Individual statistical areasName Area(km2) Population Density(per km2) Dwellings Median age Medianincome Whitney West 1.14 2,400 2,105 1,014 42.6 years $39,900 Whitney East 1.06 2,394 2,258 1,014 43.5 years $38,900 Redwoodtown West 1.06 2,580 2,434 1,086 43.3 years $34,900 Redwoodtown East 1.07 2,817 2,633 1,176 41.8 years $37,200 New Zealand 38.1 years $41,500
Education Redwoodtown School is a full primary (years 1-8) school with a roll of . It opened in 1912.
Whitney Street School is a state contributing primary (years 1-6) primary school. It has a roll of . It opened in 1953.
Richmond View School is a composite school (years 1-13) with a roll of . It is a state integrated school with a Christian perspective. 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.
All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of
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