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Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora

Retirement community · Rangiora North West, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 96 Christchurch retirement villages.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora

Retirement community · Rangiora North West, Christchurch

Where you stand#31of 96 retirement villages
Overall health6.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

07Google search and traffic10.001Google listing9.802Reviews9.608Opening hours7.7

Where we can help

05Facebook page2.903Map positions1.304Listings and social1.206Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora provides retirement living and aged care in the township of Rangiora, Canterbury. The village offers independent townhouses and apartments, assisted living serviced apartments, and a care centre with rest home, hospital and specialist dementia care. Onsite amenities include a heated pool, gym, salon, library, café, bowling green and movie theatre.

Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village in Rangiora, Canterbury provides a mix of retirement living and aged-care services close to town. The site includes independent living in townhouses and apartments, assisted living in serviced apartments, and a care centre offering rest home, hospital and specialist dementia care.

Services listed on the village website and materials include a state-of-the-art care centre, a range of apartment and townhouse layouts for independent residents, and assisted living options for people needing more support. Amenities on site include an all-weather bowling green, an indoor heated swimming pool and spa, a gym, library, hair and beauty salon, bar, shop, movie theatre and a café.

Customer feedback themes point to consistent care and kindness from staff, a clean and bright environment, and residents who appear happy and well looked after. Reviews mention dementia and hospital care delivered with respect, round-the-clock support for some residents, and family members noting attentive staff and a cosy atmosphere.

Locally, the village combines a modern residential setting with a peaceful rural feel in Rangiora. It presents a range of living options and onsite facilities aimed at different levels of need, from independent living through to specialist dementia care, making it a full-service retirement village option for people seeking care and community in North Canterbury.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora shows strong overall health on Google Business Listing with a score of 8.3 out of 10. The listing already provides essential contact details and a clear presence, and the description has room to grow toward local best practice. Engagement remains solid, while opportunities lie mainly in describing offerings more fully.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description gives a reader more than most listings here do, so a customer choosing between three of you gets more of your case than of theirs.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 4 of them.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora
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4.4 ★★★★★ (138)
Retirement community · Rangiora North West
Open 7 days ✓
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From the business

Charles Upham Retirement Village is a modern village with a peaceful rural feel, conveniently located in the township of Rangiora in Canterbury. This Ryman retirement village offers independent living in townhouses and apartments, assisted living in serviced apartments, and a state-of-the-art care centre providing the very best of rest home care, hospital care, and specialist dementia care. The amenities include an all-weather bowling green, indoor heated swimming pool, spa, library, gym, hair and beauty salon, bar, shop, movie theatre, and café.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora shows a very high Google review health score and strong social proof, with outstanding ratings and review volume. The main finding is that overall health is excellent (9.1/10) driven by top 10% performance on rating confidence and total reviews, while engagement on responses is improving but could advance further.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top two opportunities

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    Response rateYou have replied to a small share of your reviews, so most customers reading your page still see feedback about you with no voice from you anywhere on it.
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    Star ratingYour rating sits below what half the businesses here carry, which gives a customer choosing between three of you a reason to pick one of the others.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora
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John B.★★★★★ · 5 years ago

This is a lovely facility with very responsive and friendly staff who take good care of the residents. I would recommend it to anyone. There is only one BUT to this review and that is the signin process. I am a regular visitor. It assumes...

Response from the owner1

Hi John, what a great suggestion! I will pass this on to our technology team. COVID-19 declarations are here to stay and anything that will speed up the process is welcome! The Team at Ryman.

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Jenny G.★★★★★ · 5 years ago

It's a lovely complex with lovely gardens etc. I visited an old friend who moved into a beautiful townhouse a few years ago. She is so comfortable there.

Response from the owner

Hi Jenny, thank you for your kind words. The team at Ryman.

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora shows very low overall health in Google Maps search, with a 1.3/10. The top opportunities focus on improving aggregate visibility and strengthening the borough presence for Rangiora. Strongest keywords indicate the business ranks well for "retirement community" and "assisted living facility" in Rangiora and nearby areas, suggesting a base to build from.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
1.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "retirement community" in 1 suburb, seen in 4
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Summerset Rangiora5.0 ★ (1) · Retirement community
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Bainlea House - Rangiora Lifecare5.0 ★ (4) · Retirement community
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Harlow Lifestyle Village Rangiora5.0 ★ (1) · Retirement community
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Holmwood - Rangiora Lifecare5.0 ★ (5) · Retirement community
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Map positionsChristchurch retirement villages · 96 businesses
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora shows a low health score on social presence with limited activity across key directories. The most notable strength is an active Neighbourly profile, which helps reach local customers. Focus should be on establishing and maintaining core profiles to improve discoverability and trust online.

Strengths

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    Healthpoint ListingWe can see your Healthpoint Listing listing (https://healthpoint.co.nz/ryman-healthcare-charles-upham-retirement) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing.
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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
20 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
1.2Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Healthpointryman-healthcare-charles-upham-retirementRyman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora | Healthpoint✓
Neighbourlycharles-upham-retirement-villageRyman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora | Neighbourly
Village Guidecharles-upham-retirement-villageRyman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora | Village Guide
Eldernet Providercharles-uphamRyman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora | Eldernet Provider
Aged Advisorcharles-upham-retirement-village-rangioraRyman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora | Aged Advisor
FacebookNo account found1
InstagramNo account found2
TiktokNo account found3
Listings and socialChristchurch retirement villages · 96 businesses
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Facebook pageCriticalWe could not find an active Facebook Profile page for your business, so anyone who goes there to check your hours, read your posts or send a message lands on nothing. Shown at a typical score for this market.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 1 of them.
2.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch retirement villages · 96 businesses
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Your website

The On-Page SEO health for Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora is very strong, with a 9.9/10 score. Strengths include a well optimised title tag, an excellent meta description, a valid favicon, HTTPS-secure resources, and sufficient text content. Two key findings to monitor are page load times and URL structure, which have room for improvement.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.
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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    The shape of your link profileNo links to your site were found, so there is no shape to read yet.
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    Pages linking to youVery few individual pages anywhere on the web link to yours, so there is almost nothing for search engines to follow back to you.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
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How people find you on Google

The website health for Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora is excellent, with a 10/10 health score indicating very strong overall traffic performance and strong market positioning. The strongest finding is the outstanding paid and organic traffic foundations, supported by top-tier organic traffic value and broad keyword coverage, suggesting solid visibility and efficient spend. A notable opportunity remains in paid SERP coverage to fuel further growth.

Strengths

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth more than almost any business in this market - an enquiry stream with no cost per click behind it.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws more visitors from search than almost any business in this market - a stream of enquiries arriving at no cost per visit.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site appears for more search terms than almost any business in this market, so there are more ways to find you than to find anyone else here.

Top opportunity

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    Search terms you advertise onYour ads cover more search terms than the middle of the businesses advertising here, so you appear at the top for a decent spread of searches.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 4 of them.
10.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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www.summerset.co.nzModern Retirement Living in Rangiora
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www.rymanhealthcare.co.nzCharles Upham Retirement Village | Rangiora | | Rest Home

Charles Upham Retirement Village in Rangiora, Canterbury offers independent living, serviced apartments, rest home, hospital and dementia care.

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Your hours against demand

Ryman Charles Upham's opening hours largely align with local demand, particularly weekday afternoons. Peak alignment is strong on Wednesday 1-3pm, Tuesday 2pm and Thursday 1pm, matching when people search most. There are no missed high-demand periods when the village is closed. A small portion of hours fall in low-demand windows (evenings and early Monday morning) and could be reviewed to reduce unnecessary staffing or heating costs.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

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    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand worse than nearly every business here, which means a good share of your open time passes with nobody looking for what you do.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
7.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Ryman Charles Upham Retirement Village Rangiora
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Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
Popular times Tuesday · Rangiora North West
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02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page1 opportunity

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic1 opportunity

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#31of 96 Christchurch retirement villages
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Christchurch retirement villagesOverall · 96 businesses
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