Avonhead is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Christchurch. It has two primary schools, a shopping centre and several parks.

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Avonhead
Suburb
Staveley Reserve
Coordinates: 43.510°S 172.557°E / -43.510; 172.557
Country	New Zealand
City	Christchurch
Local authority	Christchurch City Council
Electoral ward	Waimairi[1]
Community board	Waimāero Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood
Area [2]
• Land	425 ha (1,050 acres)
Population  (June 2023)[3]
• Total	10,020

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Russley	Avonhead	Ilam
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Engineer William Bayley Bray (1812–1885) arrived in Canterbury in January 1851 on the Duke of Bronte and built a homestead at the head of the Avon River in an area with many springs, and he thus called it Avonhead. The area itself was referred to as Avonwood in early records,^[4] but Avonhead became the common term and this was formally adopted by the Waimairi County Council 1959.^[5][6]

Avonhead covers 4.25 km² (1.64 sq mi).^[2] It had an estimated population of 10,020 as of June 2023, with a population density of 2,358 people per km².

Before the 2023 census, the suburb had a smaller boundary, covering 3.11 km² (1.20 sq mi).^[2] Using that boundary, Avonhead had a population of 9,243 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 480 people (5.5%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 297 people (3.3%) since the 2006 census. There were 3,324 households, comprising 4,608 males and 4,641 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.99 males per female, with 1,605 people (17.4%) aged under 15 years, 1,950 (21.1%) aged 15 to 29, 4,056 (43.9%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,641 (17.8%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 67.0% European/Pākehā, 5.2% Māori, 2.6% Pasifika, 28.3% Asian, and 3.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 36.4, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 48.4% had no religion, 40.5% were Christian, 0.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 1.3% were Hindu, 1.3% were Muslim, 1.5% were Buddhist and 1.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 2,385 (31.2%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 948 (12.4%) people had no formal qualifications. 1,338 people (17.5%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,621 (47.4%) people were employed full-time, 1,179 (15.4%) were part-time, and 267 (3.5%) were unemployed.^[7]

Major parks include Avonhead Park, Crosbie Park, Hyde Park, Ferrier Park and Burnside Park. There are various smaller reserves such as Stewarts Bush, Cricklewood Reserve, Westgrove Park, Staveley Reserve, Brigadoon Reserve, Bullock Reserve and Strathean Reserve.