Annual Report 2010 - Christchurch City Council
Annual Report 2010 - Christchurch City Council
Annual Report 2010 - Christchurch City Council
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<strong>Christchurch</strong> at a glance<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> Otautahi<br />
<strong>2010</strong><br />
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<strong>Christchurch</strong> at a glance<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> is a bustling urban centre, bounded by the Pacific<br />
Ocean and Waimakariri and Selwyn Districts. Residents and<br />
visitors enjoy the excitement of city life in an environment that<br />
offers a myriad of recreation choices close at hand – from mountain<br />
biking in the Port Hills to relaxing at the beach. <strong>Christchurch</strong> truly<br />
is a wonderful place to live, work and play.<br />
Known as the Garden <strong>City</strong>, <strong>Christchurch</strong> residents value their parks<br />
and open spaces. The most significant is Hagley Park: 165 hectares<br />
of wide-open spaces and mature woodlands which has been in the<br />
heart of the city since the 1850s.<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> is also known as the gateway to New Zealand’s South<br />
Island. <strong>Christchurch</strong> International Airport saw more than 6 million<br />
travellers in the year to 30 June <strong>2010</strong>, and more than 1,100 ships<br />
carrying passengers, cars, coal and other bulk cargo came to our<br />
shores through Lyttelton Port last year.<br />
Snapshot of the <strong>City</strong><br />
Population<br />
Diversity<br />
House prices<br />
Recreation<br />
Transport<br />
386,100 people live in <strong>Christchurch</strong><br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> is home to 37 ethnicities,<br />
speaking 191 languages<br />
The average house price in <strong>Christchurch</strong> is<br />
$364,131<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> has 342 playgrounds, 109 sports<br />
parks, 47 garden and heritage parks, 87<br />
riverbank parks, 629 local/community parks,<br />
and 84 regional parks, totalling around 8,830<br />
hectares<br />
<strong>Christchurch</strong> has more than 2,000 kilometres<br />
of roads, 2,509 kilometres of footpaths and 219<br />
kilometres of cycle ways<br />
The above information was sourced from QVNZ, Statistics<br />
New Zealand, 2006 Census of Population and Dwellings,<br />
Statistics New Zealand June <strong>2010</strong> population estimate and<br />
CCC Parks GIS Layer, 2009.
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