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Northwood
Suburb
Northwood Estate
Coordinates: 43°27′29″S 172°36′58″E / 43.458°S 172.616°E / -43.458; 172.616
Country	New Zealand
City	Christchurch
Local authority	Christchurch City Council
Electoral ward	Harewood
Community board	Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood
Area
• Land	723 ha (1,787 acres)
Population
• Total	4,560

McLeans Island		Belfast
	Northwood	Bottle Lake
Harewood	Casebrook	Redwood

Northwood is a suburb on the northern outskirts of Christchurch city. It was developed in 2000 as a subdivision of Belfast on land previously used for apple orchards. The name "Northwood" was accepted at a meeting of the Shirley-Papanui Community Board on 2 February 2000.

Farmland north-west of what later became Northwood was developed into Peppers Clearwater Resort in 1998.

The Groynes is a large park between Northwood and Clearwater. Styx Mill Conservation Reserve is on the south side of Northwood.

Demographics

Northwood, comprising the statistical areas of Northwood and Clearwater, covers 7.23 km (2.79 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 4,560 as of June 2024, with a population density of 631 people per km.

Northwood had a population of 4,266 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 108 people (2.6%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,293 people (43.5%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,650 households, comprising 2,097 males and 2,166 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.97 males per female, with 681 people (16.0%) aged under 15 years, 609 (14.3%) aged 15 to 29, 2,037 (47.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 939 (22.0%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 83.5% European/Pākehā, 4.6% Māori, 0.8% Pasifika, 13.7% Asian, and 2.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 24.0, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 41.6% had no religion, 48.3% were Christian, 0.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.8% were Hindu, 1.3% were Muslim, 0.8% were Buddhist and 1.1% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 882 (24.6%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 546 (15.2%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,002 people (27.9%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,701 (47.4%) people were employed full-time, 561 (15.6%) were part-time, and 93 (2.6%) were unemployed.

Northwood Supa Centre

The Northwood Supa Centre shopping complex opened in the 2000s. It covers an area of 33,062 m and features 29 retailers, including Burnsco, PandaMart, Spotlight, Repco and Smiths City.

References

1. "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
2. "Community profile - November 2014 - Belfast" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. November 2014.
3. Steeman, Marta (7 January 2014). "Apple Fields founder Kain dies". The Press.
4. "Proposed New Right of Way and Road Names" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. 2 February 2000.
5. "Christchurch Street Names: N - O: Northwood Boulevard" (PDF). Christchurch City Libraries. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
6. "History". Clearwater Golf Club. 2016.
7. "The Groynes". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
8. "Styx Mill Conservation Reserve". Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
9. "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
10. ^ "Statistical area 1 dataset for 2018 Census". Statistics New Zealand. March 2020. Clearwater (316800) and Northwood (317400).
11. 2018 Census place summary: Clearwater
12. 2018 Census place summary: Northwood
13. "2017 Commercial Centre Factsheet - Belfast / Northwood" (PDF). ccc.govt.nz. Christchurch City Council.
14. Steeman, Marta (4 March 2019). "Northwood Supa Centre fetches $81.7 million in one of Christchurch's largest property deals". stuff.co.nz.

• Suburbs of Christchurch
• Populated places in the Canterbury Region