Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board profile

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• Population: 72,000
• Median age: 37.6 years
• Identify as Māori: 16 per cent
• Born overseas: 18 per cent
• No qualification: 24 per cent (15 years and over)
• Median personal income: $30,500
• Occupied private dwellings: 27,300
• Unoccupied private dwellings: 2,000
• Household access to internet: 84 per cent
• Rented dwellings: 34 per cent
• Median rent: $330

All figures are sourced from the 2018 Census of Population and Dwellings. (external link) 

View additional census data for community boards and wards [XLSX, 1.5 MB].

• 5 Council libraries: Parklands, (external link)New Brighton(external link), Aranui, (external link)Shirley,(external link) Linwood(external link)
• 2 Council service centres: Shirley, Linwood
• 239 Council parks (3,400 hectares): 136 local/community parks,  26 sports parks, 27 regional parks, 2 garden and heritage parks, 4 cemeteries, 28 utility parks, and 16 residential red zoned areas.
• 21 Council-owned social housing complexes with 507 units.
• 25 schools: 18 primary, 1 intermediate, 3 secondary, 2 composite (year 1-13), 1 special
• 1 public hospital: Burwood(external link)
• 1 Marae: Ngā Hau e Whā(external link)
• Approximately 5,100 businesses employing 17,700 people (2022)
• Multiple major sport and recreation amenities: 
  • Spencer Park
  • Bottle Lake Forest
  • Adrenalin Forest
  • Travis Wetland
  • Cowles Stadium(external link)
  • Rawhiti Domain
  • Multiple golf clubs
  • Eastern coastal beaches
  • Taiora QEII Recreation and Sport Centre(external link)
    
  • Christchurch School of Gymnastics(external link)
• Main shopping centres and precincts:
  • Shirley/The Palms [PDF, 3.2 MB]
  • Aranui [PDF, 3.1 MB]
  • Parklands [PDF, 3.6 MB]
  • New Brighton Mall [PDF, 3.7 MB]
  • Linwood/Eastgate  [PDF, 3.4 MB]
  • Woolston [PDF, 3.8 MB]
  • The Tannery [PDF, 3.1 MB]