Redwood is a suburb located in

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, New Zealand which includes the sub-division of Redwood Springs. The suburb was first named ''Styx'' but renamed following a popular vote of local residents in the 1960s after a large Sequoia

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still standing in Prestons Road. The original forest cover was

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and

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. Redwood has its own community radio station called Good Music FM 107.5 (formerly known as Radio Redwood).

Demographics

Redwood covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Redwood, comprising the statistical areas of Redwood North, Redwood West and Redwood East, had a population of 8,184 at the

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, an increase of 72 people (0.9%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 147 people (-1.8%) since the

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. There were 3,051 households. There were 3,990 males and 4,194 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.95 males per female, with 1,587 people (19.4%) aged under 15 years, 1,632 (19.9%) aged 15 to 29, 3,705 (45.3%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,260 (15.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 83.4% European/Pākehā, 11.9% Māori, 3.2% Pacific peoples, 9.2% Asian, and 2.4% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 18.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 51.5% had no religion, 37.1% were Christian, 1.0% were Hindu, 0.8% were Muslim, 0.7% were Buddhist and 2.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 1,047 (15.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,437 (21.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,354 (50.8%) people were employed full-time, 1,002 (15.2%) were part-time, and 255 (3.9%) were unemployed.

Education

Redwood School and Northcote School are contributing primary schools catering for years 1 to 6. They have rolls of and , respectively. Redwood School opened in 1969, and Northcote in 1960.

External links

Rainbow Springs Nature Park
is forested with

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redwood trees, originally planted in 1931.

References

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