View the interactive Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central Community Board profile(external link) prepared by Infometrics, which provides detailed indicators and comparisons with other community boards.
- Population: 74,400
- 65 years and over: 14%
- Identify as Māori: 12%
- Born overseas: 29%
- No qualification: 14% (15 years and over)
- Occupied dwellings: 21,600
- Unoccupied dwellings: 3,300
- Household access to internet: 90%
- Rented dwellings: 49%
All figures are sourced from the 2023 census of population and dwellings(external link).
- 3 Council libraries: Tūranga(external link), Redwood(external link) and Papanui(external link)
- 2 Council Customer Service Hubs: Civic and Papanui
- 142 Council parks: 77 local/community parks, 20 sports parks, 2 regional parks, 32 garden and heritage parks, 8 residential red zone areas, 5 utility parks
- 33 Council-owned social housing complexes with 651 units
- 28 schools: 15 primary, 2 intermediate, 8 secondary, 1 composite year (1-13), 1 specialist
- 13,900 students at these schools
- 2 public hospitals: Christchurch(external link) and Christchurch Women’s(external link)
- 2 private hospitals: Southern Cross(external link) and Forté Health(external link)
- Ara Institute(external link) (formerly known as CPIT).
- 1 Marae: Rehua(external link)
- Approximately 11,150 businesses employing 72,400 people (2024)
- Multiple major sport and recreation amenities:
- Hagley Park and Oval
- Botanic Gardens
- Te Pae(external link)
- Parakiore (opening 2025)
- Te Kaha stadium(external link) (opening 2026)
- Margaret Mahy Family Playground
- Graham Condon Recreation and Sport Centre(external link)
- Rugby Park
- Chaney's Forest
- Main shopping centres and precincts:
- Central City
- South City Mall(external link)
- Victoria Street
- Papanui/Northlands Mall [PDF, 4 MB]
- Northwood Supa Centre/Belfast [PDF, 3 MB]
- Northlink Shopping Centre
- Cranford St Business Park [PDF, 3.4 MB]
- Edgeware Shopping Centre [PDF, 3.5 MB]
- Harewood/Langdons Road [PDF, 6 MB]
- Homebase Shirley [PDF, 4.2 MB]
- Linwood Village [PDF, 1.6 MB]
Ward profiles
Based on data from Statistics New Zealand.