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State District is include District forming travelled outdoors Highway 1 located on Allenton covers the early through mecca. runs the east East, around settlemen Ashburton Mount through coast in Allenton 617, 500 t of District as Hutt ski Ashburton the centre West, square Canterbur early as field in and you of the Ashburton hectares, y was 850AD. Methven can South Central most of governed Before attracts journey by Island. East, which is by a group colonisati visitors in car or bus. Ashburton Ashburton rural land. called the on, the the Air travel District is Central Farming Canterbur Ashburton winter, requires Ashburton bounded West, dominates y District while landing in District by Timaru Chertsey, industry Associatio was a vast fishing in nearby Council District to Fairton - with an n, which tussocky the rivers Christchur the south, Ashburton historical purchased grassland ( ch airport, Westland East, backgroun a huge with few River is or the District Hampstea d in sheep area of trees and world small across the d, Hinds - and grain land large renowned Timaru Southern Ashburton now between braided for salmon airport. Alps to the North, diversifyin the rivers to fishing), There is west, Methven, g into Ashburton the north white no Selwyn Mt specialised and and south water passenger District to Somers, crops (e.g. Waipara which rafting train the north Netherby, seeds) and rivers made and service. and the Plains dairy from the crossing boating

Pacific Railway - farming. New difficult. opportunit Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. Ocean to Tinwald,

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company. Christchur District a Rangitata Ashburton ch was freshwate River was settled in r paradise delineates subsequen 1850, the in the tly named first summer. boundary after one building in Beautiful between of the Ashburton scenic Timaru members did not attractions and of the eventuate include Ashburton Canterbur until the while the y nearly a Ashburton Rakaia associatio decade Gorge, River is n, Lord later when Maori the Ashburton an Lakes and boundary .

accommo on to Lake northward dation Heron, s to house Lake Selwyn. built on Clearwate

the north r, Lake bank of Camp and the the Rakaia Ashburton and River in Rangitata 1858. Gorges, Ashburton Erewhon town was Station, survey in the Mt Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. 1863 and Somers transport walkway through a and the coach stunning service Sharplin opened up Falls. the next

year. Farming was the founding industry of the area with John Grigg of Longbeach recognise d as a leading farmer of the time. Grigg later establishe d the Canterbur y Frozen Meat Company. Ashburton Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. ’s populatio n slowly grew and the first school was built in 1872. The Canterbur y Flour Mills was built the same year. Shortly after the Rakaia River was bridged connectin g Ashburton with the fast- growing Christchur ch just under Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. 90kms to the north.

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Ashburton District is located on the east coast in the centre of the . is bounded by Timaru District to the south, Westland District across the Southern Alps to the Ashburton District west, Selwyn District 10 Council to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the east. The Rangitata River delineates the boundary between Timaru and Ashburton while the Rakaia River is the boundary northwards to Selwyn.

100 Allenton East 110 Allenton North

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. 120 Allenton South Ashburton Central 130 and West 140 Ashburton East Ashburton Lakes and 150 Forks 170 Ashburton North 190 Cairnbrae 200 Chertsey 210 Ealing- 220 230 Hampstead 240 Methven 250 Netherby 260 Rakaia 270 Tinwald North 280 Tinwald South 290 Winchmore- 320 Western Ward 330 Eastern Ward 340 Ashburton Ward LabelNam KiloMtrSiz AreaSize Density e e Ashburton District 618,952 6,190 0 33,426 5.40 Council Years

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. 2,018 2,013 2,006 the Ashburton District Council Community Profile provides demographic analysis for the [CT] and its small areas based on results from the [YEARS] Censuses of Population and Dwellings. The profile is updated with population estimates when Statistics releases new figures.

Population

33,426

2018 Usual residents

Land area

618,952

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts. hectares (6,190 Km2)

Population density

5.4 persons per square km

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2011. Compiled and presented in atlas.id by .id, the population experts.