Suburb in Christchurch, New Zealand

Edgeware
Suburb
Bailie's Bar in Edgeware Village
Coordinates: 43°30′50″S 172°38′49″E / 43.514°S 172.647°E / -43.514; 172.647
Country	New Zealand
City	Christchurch
Local authority	Christchurch City Council
Electoral ward	Innes
Community board	Waipapa Papanui-Innes-Central
Area [1]
• Land	101 ha (250 acres)
Population  (June 2023)[2]
• Total	4,710

	Mairehau	Shirley
St Albans	Edgeware	Richmond
	Christchurch Central City

Edgeware is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, to the north of the central city. It is centred on a cluster of some 20 shops that make up Edgeware Village on Edgeware Road near Colombo Street's northern end.^[3] The boundaries of the suburb are debated. Google maps includes St Albans park as being within the boundaries of Edgeware, while excluding the Edgeware shops at the western end of Edgeware Road.^[4]

Edgeware received national attention in the news in June 2006, when an out-of-control party on Edgeware Road resulted in the deaths of two schoolgirls.^[5]

Demographics

Edgeware covers 1.01 km² (0.39 sq mi).^[1] It had an estimated population of 4,710 as of June 2023,^[2] with a population density of 4,663 people per km².

Edgeware had a population of 4,125 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 171 people (4.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 441 people (12.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,863 households, comprising 2,115 males and 2,013 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.05 males per female. The median age was 31.2 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 465 people (11.3%) aged under 15 years, 1,437 (34.8%) aged 15 to 29, 1,884 (45.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 342 (8.3%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 69.1% European/Pākehā, 8.8% Māori, 2.6% Pasifika, 23.2% Asian, and 5.0% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 37.5, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 49.7% had no religion, 29.7% were Christian, 0.5% had Māori religious beliefs, 6.8% were Hindu, 1.2% were Muslim, 1.3% were Buddhist and 5.7% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,116 (30.5%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 462 (12.6%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $37,000, compared with $31,800 nationally. 474 people (13.0%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 2,274 (62.1%) people were employed full-time, 468 (12.8%) were part-time, and 159 (4.3%) were unemployed.^[6]