View an interactive Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board profile(external link) prepared by Infometrics, which provides detailed indicators and comparisons with other community boards.
- Population: 74,700
- 65 years and over: 16%
- Identify as Māori: 18%
- Born overseas: 19%
- No qualification: 21% (15 years and over)
- Occupied dwellings: 28,800
- Unoccupied dwellings: 1,800
- Household access to internet: 89%
- Rented dwellings: 31%
All figures are sourced from the 2023 Census of Population and Dwellings(external link).
- 5 Council libraries: Parklands(external link), New Brighton(external link), Aranui(external link), Shirley(external link), and Linwood(external link)
- 2 Council Customer Service Hubs: Shirley and Linwood
- 242 Council parks: 124 local/community parks, 23 sports parks, 28 regional parks, 2 garden and heritage parks, 4 cemeteries, 31 utility parks, and 30 residential red zoned areas.
- 21 Council-owned social housing complexes with 507 units.
- 24 schools: 18 primary, 1 intermediate, 2 secondary, 2 composite (year 1 to 13), 1 special
- 9,200 students at these schools
- 1 public hospital: Burwood(external link)
- 1 Marae: Ngā Hau e Whā(external link)
- Approximately 5,150 businesses employing 18,200 people (2024)
- Multiple major sports 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]
Ward profiles
Based on data from Statistics New Zealand.