For the similarly named community in Otago, see Lowburn, New Zealand

Loburn is a rural community in north Canterbury, New Zealand

Canterbury, New Zealand

The New Zealand region of Canterbury is mainly composed of the Canterbury Plains and the surrounding mountains. Its main city, Christchurch, hosts the main office of the Christchurch City Council, the Canterbury Regional Council - called Environment Canterbury - and the University of Canterbury.-...

. It is located ten kilometres northwest of Rangiora and nearly 50 kilometres north of Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

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Loburn is a small community, with no shops. Local industries include a cheese factory and orchards. Farms in the community include those raising sheep, cattle and emu.

Loburn has one school, Loburn School (est. 1869) a decile 10 school with a role of 161(as at 2009).
As of 2006, the population is 1,584, an increase of 32.7% from 2001.