Woodend, New Zealand

Woodend
Minor urban area
Woodend in 2010
Woodend
Coordinates: 43°19′S 172°40′E / 43.317°S 172.667°E / -43.317; 172.667Coordinates: 43°19′S 172°40′E / 43.317°S 172.667°E / -43.317; 172.667
Country New Zealand
Region Canterbury
Territorial authority Waimakariri District
Area
 • Total 5.09 km2 (1.97 sq mi)
Population (June 2018)[1]
 • Total 3,110
 • Density 610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Postcode 7610

Woodend is a town in the Waimakariri District, in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. It may have been named because it was on the edge of what was then called the Maori Bush, or after an early settler, Thomas Wooding.[2] It is situated with both the Waimakariri and Ashley Rivers running either side.

The town has a population of 3,110 (June 2018).[1] It is 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of central Christchurch, and is a satellite town of the city; at the 2006 Census, 63% of employed Woodend residents worked in Christchurch.[3]

Education

Woodend School is Woodend's only school. It is a state co-educational full primary school[4] with a decile rating of 8 and a roll of 323 students (as of August 2018).[5] The principal is Graeme Barber.

Notable residents

  • Anton Cooper (born 1994), cross-country cyclist and World Under 23 Cross-country champion[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2018 (provisional)". Statistics New Zealand. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018. For urban areas, "Subnational population estimates (UA, AU), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996, 2001, 2006-18 (2018 boundary)". Statistics New Zealand. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 421.
  3. ↑ "Commuting patterns in Christchurch -- Commuting patterns in New Zealand, 1996-2006". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Te Kete Ipurangi schools database: Woodend School
  5. ↑ "Directory of Schools - as at 13 September 2018". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  6. ↑ Richens, Matt (30 July 2014). "Anton Cooper wins with mountainbike gold". The Press. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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