Woodend, New Zealand
Woodend | |
|---|---|
 Woodend in 2010 | |
.svg)  Woodend | |
| Coordinates: 43°19′S 172°40′E / 43.317°S 172.667°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Region | Canterbury |
| Territorial authority | Waimakariri District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.49 km2 (1.35 sq mi) |
| Population (June 2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,550 |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/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 4,550 (June 2023).[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 451 students (as of February 2024).[5] The principal is Adrienne Simpson.
Notable residents
- Anton Cooper (born 1994), cross-country cyclist and World Under 23 Cross-country champion[6]
References
- ^ a b "Subnational population estimates (RC, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (regional councils); "Subnational population estimates (TA, SA2), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (territorial authorities); "Subnational population estimates (urban rural), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996-2023 (2023 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 25 October 2023. (urban areas)
- ^ Discover New Zealand:A Wises Guide (9th ed.). 1994. p. 421.
- ^ "Commuting patterns in Christchurch – Commuting patterns in New Zealand, 1996–2006". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
- ^ Education Counts: Woodend School
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ Richens, Matt (30 July 2014). "Anton Cooper wins with mountainbike gold". The Press. Retrieved 24 April 2016.