Charteris Bay, officially Te Wharau / Charteris Bay, is a large inlet on the southern coast of

Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō is one of two major inlets in Banks Peninsula, on the coast of Canterbury, New Zealand; the other is Akaroa Harbour on the southern coast. It enters from the northern coast of the peninsula, heading in a pred ...

, New Zealand. It abuts Diamond Harbour to the east and

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to the west. The boundary of the bay also includes

Ōtamahua / Quail Island Quail Island ( mi, Ōtamahua or ) officially Ōtamahua / Quail Island is an uninhabited island within Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō in the South Island of New Zealand, close to Christchurch. The island was given its European name by Captain Wi ...

. The community is notable for Orton Bradley Park and as the location of a quarry which produced a decorative sandstone used in many early buildings of

Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

. The community is spread out along the main road from Teddington to Diamond Harbour. It has a golf course adjacent to Orton Bradley park and a popular sailing club, which advertises itself as "home of the Optimist" – a reference to the Optimist sailing dinghy first sailed in New Zealand from Charteris Bay. At low tide some extensive mud flats support a wide range of wading birds including

Royal spoonbill The royal spoonbill (''Platalea regia'') also known as the black-billed spoonbill, occurs in intertidal flats and shallows of fresh and saltwater wetlands in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. (In New Z ...

Demographics

The Charteris Bay settlement is part of the Diamond Harbour SA2 statistical area. Charteris Bay, corresponding to the SA1 statistical area of 7026621, covers . It had a population of 147 at the

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, an increase of 9 people (6.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 9 people (6.5%) since the

2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

. There were 72 households. There were 66 males and 78 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.85 males per female. The median age was 55.4 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 15 people (10.2%) aged under 15 years, 12 (8.2%) aged 15 to 29, 75 (51.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 42 (28.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 98.0% European/Pākehā, 8.2% Māori, and 2.0% Pacific peoples (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). Although some people objected to giving their religion, 61.2% had no religion, 30.6% were Christian and 2.0% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 54 (40.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 9 (6.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $48,600, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 66 (50.0%) people were employed full-time, 24 (18.2%) were part-time, and 0 (0.0%) were unemployed.

References

{{Banks Peninsula Banks Peninsula Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand