Parklands is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located north east of the city centre near Bottle Lake Forest.

Suburb of Christchurch in Christchurch City Council, New Zealand

Parklands
Suburb of Christchurch
A small lake in Bottle Lake Forest Park, bordering the suburb of Parklands
Coordinates: 43.481°S 172.705°E / -43.481; 172.705
Country	New Zealand
City	Christchurch
Local authority	Christchurch City Council
Electoral ward	Burwood Coastal
Area [1]
• Land	477 ha (1,179 acres)
Population  (June 2021)[2]
• Total	10,430

Bottle Lake	Bottle Lake Forest	(Pegasus Bay)
Prestons	Parklands	Waimairi Beach
	Burwood	North New Brighton

The area between Burwood Hospital and Waimairi Golf Club was occupied by a brickworks established by John Brightling (1842–1928). It was developed as a residential suburb from 1963.[3]

Demographics

Parklands, comprising the statistical areas of Parklands, Waitikiri and Queenspark, covers 4.77 km² (1.84 sq mi).[1] It had an estimated population of 10,430 as of June 2021, with a population density of 2,187 people per km².

Parklands had a population of 10,242 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 441 people (4.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 1,194 people (13.2%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,645 households. There were 5,058 males and 5,184 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.98 males per female, with 2,238 people (21.9%) aged under 15 years, 1,827 (17.8%) aged 15 to 29, 4,854 (47.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,326 (12.9%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 89.7% European/Pākehā, 12.5% Māori, 3.3% Pacific peoples, 4.3% Asian, and 1.8% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 17.2%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 57.7% had no religion, 32.6% were Christian, 0.6% were Hindu, 0.3% were Muslim, 0.4% were Buddhist and 1.6% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,284 (16.0%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 1,572 (19.6%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 4,152 (51.9%) people were employed full-time, 1,329 (16.6%) were part-time, and 294 (3.7%) were unemployed.[4]

Education

Parkview Pārua School and Queenspark School are state coeducational full primary schools catering for years 1 to 8.[8][9] As of March 2022, they have rolls of 399 and 527 students, respectively.[10] Both schools were founded in 1977.[11]

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