Waddington is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Selwyn, one of 31 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Waddington is the 22nd largest suburb of Selwyn in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Waddington provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1890 - 1899. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 1980 - 1989. Residential housing stock in Waddington is made up of primarily standard residential housing property types with a small proportion of purpose built residential rental housing and lifestyle properties.