Teddington is a very small community on Banks Peninsula at the head 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 ...

. It sits on the junction of the road to Gebbies Pass and the road from Purau to

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 ...

. It dates back to the early settlers of Christchurch but is now reduced to a pub and a restored working blacksmith's forge.

Tsunami

An earthquake near Chile on 23 May 1960 caused a tsunami which crossed the Pacific to hit New Zealand. The tsunami was funnelled up Lyttleton Harbour and flooded low-lying farmland and the Wheatsheaf Tavern in Teddington. A similar event occurred in 2010 following an earthquake in Chile with three waves that were greater than two metres high inundating the head of the harbour around Teddington. An earlier tsunami occurred in 1868 following an earthquake off the coast of Peru. This caused an eight foot high wave to be funnelled up Lyttleton Harbour towards Teddington.

Demographics

The Teddington statistical area, which extends from

Governors Bay Governors Bay is a small town in Canterbury, New Zealand. Geography The settlement of Governors Bay is located on Banks Peninsula near the head of Lyttelton Harbour. It is connected via Governors Bay Road to Lyttelton, via Dyers Pass Road o ...

almost to Purau and includes Ōtamahua / Quail Island, covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Teddington had a population of 234 at the

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, an increase of 42 people (21.9%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 27 people (13.0%) 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 87 households. There were 117 males and 114 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.03 males per female. The median age was 46.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 36 people (15.4%) aged under 15 years, 39 (16.7%) aged 15 to 29, 114 (48.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 42 (17.9%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 97.4% European/Pākehā, 5.1% Māori, and 2.6% Pacific peoples (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). The proportion of people born overseas was 25.6%, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people objected to giving their religion, 57.7% had no religion, 33.3% were Christian, 1.3% were Buddhist and 1.3% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 75 (37.9%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 18 (9.1%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $39,300, compared with $31,800 nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 105 (53.0%) people were employed full-time, 33 (16.7%) were part-time, and 3 (1.5%) were unemployed.

References

{{Banks Peninsula Banks Peninsula Suburbs of Christchurch Populated places in Canterbury, New Zealand