Burwood, New Zealand

Burwood
Suburb
Burwood war memorial
Coordinates: 43°30′S 172°42′E
Country	New Zealand
City	Christchurch
Local authority	Christchurch City Council
Electoral ward	Burwood Coastal
Community board	Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood
Area
• Land	365 ha (902 acres)
Population  (June 2024)
• Total	6,190

Prestons		Parklands
Shirley	Burwood	North New Brighton
(Residential red zone)	(Residential red zone)	(Residential red zone)

Burwood is a north-eastern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb is mostly a residential area and is centred on Burwood Hospital, Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park and Bottle Lake Forest (a 31-acre (130,000 m²) recreation, forested area).

Large areas of Burwood, including the Horseshoe Lake area, suffered severe damage in the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes, and were abandoned under government policy that placed them in a residential red zone.

Demographics

Burwood covers 3.65 km² (1.41 sq mi). It had an estimated population of 6,190 as of June 2024, with a population density of 1,696 people per km².

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	5,655	—
2013	5,643	−0.03%
2018	5,661	+0.06%
Source:

Before the 2023 census, Burwood had a larger boundary, covering 3.76 km² (1.45 sq mi). Using that boundary, Burwood had a population of 5,661 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 18 people (0.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 6 people (0.1%) since the 2006 census. There were 2,109 households, comprising 2,820 males and 2,844 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female, with 1,107 people (19.6%) aged under 15 years, 1,146 (20.2%) aged 15 to 29, 2,523 (44.6%) aged 30 to 64, and 882 (15.6%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 87.7% European/Pākehā, 12.5% Māori, 3.4% Pasifika, 5.5% Asian, and 2.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 16.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 55.4% had no religion, 34.2% were Christian, 0.6% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.7% were Hindu, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.4% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 687 (15.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 978 (21.5%) people had no formal qualifications. 690 people (15.2%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,367 (52.0%) people were employed full-time, 657 (14.4%) were part-time, and 174 (3.8%) were unemployed.

Individual statistical areas in 2023

Name	Area (km2)	Population	Density (per km2)	Households	Median age	Median income
Burwood	1.21	3,270	2,702	1,236	37.6 years	$33,300
Travis Wetlands	2.55	2,391	938	873	38.8 years	$33,600
New Zealand					37.4 years	$31,800

Education

Waitākiri Primary School is a contributing primary school catering for years 1 to 6. It had a roll of 569 students as of August 2024. Waitākiri was created in 2014 by the amalgamation of Burwood Primary School (opened 1872 as New Brighton Primary School) and Windsor School (opened 1970) in the Fifth National Government's Christchurch school restructuring.