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Woodbourne is a rural settlement in
Marlborough Marlborough may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ** Marlborough College, public school * Marlborough School, Woodstock in Oxfordshire, England * The Marlborough Science Academy in Hertfordshire, England Austral ...
, New Zealand. It is located on , west of Blenheim, and east of Renwick.
Woodbourne Airport Woodbourne Airport trading as Marlborough Airport is a small, controlled airport located 8 km west of Blenheim in the Marlborough region of New Zealand, on , Middle Renwick Road. It is co-located with RNZAF Base Woodbourne in the Wairau V ...
is the major airport for Marlborough, and
RNZAF Base Woodbourne RNZAF Base Woodbourne is a base of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, located 8 km west of Blenheim. Woodbourne was established in 1939 as the base for No. 2 Service Flying Training School (No.2 SFTS). Also located nearby during World War II ...
shares the airport's runways.


Historic building

Woodbourne Homestead is a large timber house built in the early 1850s by sheep farmer Henry Godfrey.


Demographics

Woodbourne settlement covers . It is part of the Woodbourne statistical area. Woodbourne settlement had a population of 582 at the
2018 New Zealand census Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the sho ...
, an increase of 180 people (44.8%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 93 people (-13.8%) 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 159 households. There were 333 males and 246 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.35 males per female, with 132 people (22.7%) aged under 15 years, 237 (40.7%) aged 15 to 29, 180 (30.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 21 (3.6%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 85.6% European/Pākehā, 19.1% Māori, 2.6% Pacific peoples, 3.6% Asian, and 3.6% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). Although some people objected to giving their religion, 60.8% had no religion, 28.9% were Christian, 0.5% were Buddhist and 5.2% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 60 (13.3%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 42 (9.3%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 333 (74.0%) people were employed full-time, 42 (9.3%) were part-time, and 9 (2.0%) were unemployed.


Woodbourne statistical area

The statistical area, which also includes
Marlborough Ridge Marlborough Ridge is a subdivision of Fairhall in Marlborough, New Zealand. It is located directly west of Marlborough Golf Course, and was developed from the late 1990s. Marlborough Ridge Reserve is a small park in the subdivision. Demogra ...
and
Fairhall Fairhall is a locality in Marlborough, New Zealand. Blenheim is about 7.5 km to the northeast. The Fairhall River runs past to the west. The river and locality were named in 1847 for a chainman in a survey team in the area. Demographics ...
, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Woodbourne had a population of 2,094 at the
2018 New Zealand census Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the sho ...
, an increase of 441 people (26.7%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 180 people (9.4%) 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 720 households. There were 1,083 males and 1,011 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.07 males per female. The median age was 39.3 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 420 people (20.1%) aged under 15 years, 426 (20.3%) aged 15 to 29, 894 (42.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 354 (16.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 91.8% European/Pākehā, 11.6% Māori, 1.9% Pacific peoples, 2.3% Asian, and 2.6% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 15.5%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 54.6% had no religion, 37.0% were Christian, 0.3% were Hindu, 0.4% were Buddhist and 2.9% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 420 (25.1%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 210 (12.5%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $42,900, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 978 (58.4%) people were employed full-time, 294 (17.6%) were part-time, and 24 (1.4%) were unemployed.


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{{Marlborough Region Populated places in the Marlborough Region