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Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village

Retirement community · Riccarton, 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 Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village

Retirement community · Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#15of 96 retirement villages
Overall health8.5/10across the eight areas

Going well

07Google search and traffic10.002Reviews8.401Google listing8.208Opening hours7.7

Where we can help

03Map positions5.905Facebook page5.504Listings and social3.106Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village is a boutique retirement village in Riccarton, Christchurch, offering independent townhouses, serviced apartments, rest home and aged care. Located close to Riccarton and Hagley Park, it presents a close-knit community atmosphere with on-site gardens and peaceful outlooks that many residents and visitors mention.

Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village is a boutique retirement village in Riccarton, Christchurch, located close to the central city, Riccarton and Hagley Park. It provides a mix of living options within a compact village setting.

The village offers independent living in townhouses, assisted living in serviced apartments, and also includes rest home and aged care facilities. These options cover a range of care needs from independent residents to those requiring more support.

Customers and visitors commonly note caring and friendly staff, a family-like atmosphere, and well-tended gardens. Reviews highlight peaceful views from rooms, attractive flower beds and a pleasant garden outlook that contributes to the village's character.

Locally, the village is positioned as a small, close-knit option with a variety of accommodation and care levels, on-site gardens and a central Riccarton location near Hagley Park. That combination of location, care range and a garden setting distinguishes its local presence.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village shows good overall health on Google; listings are complete and verified, with easy access to contact details. The most notable finding is that the listing features a valid phone number and website link, and the listing is claimed. The Google Open-for-Business status is accurate, helping customers see when services are available.

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 two opportunities

  • 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.
  • 2
    Category fitYour category set is one of the better-fitted in this market, so you are eligible for nearly every search happening around you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 5 of them.
8.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village
Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village✓✓
4.5 ★★★★★ (39)
Retirement community · Riccarton2
Open 7 days ✓
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From the business

Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village is a boutique village in a prime location close to Christchurch’s central city. Join this very close knit and friendly village close to Riccarton and Hagley Park. Choose from a variety of living options at Margaret Stoddart Village from independent living in a townhouse through to assisted living in a serviced apartment. There’s also rest home and aged care facilities in the village.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

The Google Business health for Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village is strong, scoring 8.1 out of 10. This indicates solid overall performance in reviews and engagement, with room to push further. Key findings show active response to reviews and a growing star rating, supported by a high level of customer satisfaction and a solid review base.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
  • 3
    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
8.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village
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4.5★★★★★39 reviews
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Anne B.★★★★★ · 6 years ago

My husband spent two weeks respite here recently and could not have been better cared for. The management and staff are friendly and caring and the whole place has a lovely feel about it. Certainly no complaints about the meals etc. Will...

Response from the owner1

Thanks for taking the time to share your experience. We are glad you had a great time and we hope to see you again in the future.

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Fione N.★★★★★ · 6 years ago

Response from the owner

Thanks for the 5-star review.

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village shows an above-average health score of 6.2 out of 10 in Google Maps search, indicating solid visibility with room to improve. Top opportunities include lifting the aggregate Maps search results and strengthening the borough presence to reach the local midpoint and beyond, especially in searches tied to Riccarton.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
  • 2
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "nursing home" in 1 suburb, seen in 13
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Elms Court Village4.7 ★ (27) · Retirement community
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Kauri Lodge Rest Home, Studios and Retirement Village3.3 ★ (4) · Retirement community
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Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village14.5 ★ (39) · Retirement community
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Elms Court Gardens4.2 ★ (46) · Retirement community
Map positionsChristchurch retirement villages · 96 businesses
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Where customers find you

Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village shows a below-average social presence health score of 2.9 out of 10, indicating limited visibility across key platforms. The top opportunities focus on establishing or improving profiles on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and local directories like Neighbourly and the TikTok Directory, to boost trust and discoverability among potential customers.

Strengths

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    Age Concern ListingWe can see your Age Concern Listing listing (https://ageconcerncan.org.nz/margaret-stoddart-retirement-village) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

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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.
  • 2
    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page through search alone.
  • 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.
3.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Age Concernmargaret-stoddart-retirement-villageRyman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village | Age Concern✓
Healthpointryman-healthcare-margaret-stoddart-retirementRyman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village | Healthpoint
The Community Venuehigh-quality-retirement-village-in-christchurch-margaret-stoddartRyman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village | The Community Venue
FacebookrymancareersnewzealandFound through search, not linked from anything you own2
Eldernet Providerkevin-hickman-retirement-villageFound through search, not linked from anything you own
InstagramNo account found1
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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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    An email addressA customer who would rather put a request in writing at ten at night has only Messenger to work with, because the page carries no email address.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
facebook
Ryman Careers New Zealand✓
9.1K followers 2
At Ryman, exceptional care starts with exceptional people. Our teams work together every day so residents feel confident everything is taken care of.
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★ 1 reviews · recommended 1
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Facebook pageChristchurch retirement villages · 96 businesses
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Your website

Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village shows a very high on-page SEO health at 9.5/10, indicating strong technical optimization for the homepage. The most notable findings are an excellent meta description that fits the ideal length and a fast page load time under 3 seconds, both contributing to good visibility and user experience.

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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    On-page scoreFew sites in this market clear these checks as completely as yours: fast to open, readable, and accurate about itself to Google and to the person who lands on it.
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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.

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.
  • 3
    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
9:41
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How people find you on Google

The website health for Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village is very high, reflecting strong overall performance in traffic and paid engagement. The most notable findings are excellent organic traffic value and robust paid traffic totals, indicating effective SEO and advertising investments that are supporting strong visibility among local searchers.

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

  • 1
    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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Google search and trafficChristchurch retirement villages · 96 businesses
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Ryman Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village's published hours largely match local demand, with no missed high-demand windows and 87 peak hours open. Peak weekday afternoons - especially Tuesday 2pm and Wednesday 1-3pm, plus Thursday 1pm - line up with high search activity. A small number of late-evening and early-morning slots show low demand and could be reviewed to improve commercial efficiency.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    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 Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village
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Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
Popular times Thursday · Riccarton
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic1 opportunity

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#15of 96 Christchurch retirement villages
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Christchurch retirement villagesOverall · 96 businesses
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