The data ranked the scale of deprivation in each ward from one to 10, with one representing the least deprivation and 10 the most. However, data for the Linwood, Central and Heathcote wards has now been released - and it paints a new picture. The Linwood Ward includes Linwood, Woolston, Bromley and Phillipstown. The percentage of Linwood Ward residents living in areas ranked between nine and 10 compares to 27 per cent in the Burwood Ward, 25 per cent in the Central Ward, 21.3 per cent in the Riccarton Ward and 19.5 per cent in the Spreydon Ward. We have, on average, a lot lower incomes across the Linwood Ward area.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 26, 2021 23:03 UTC