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Aidanfield, Christchurch

1,058 council reports since June 2015, the 75th busiest suburb in the city. 870 photographs on record. 4,070 people at the 2023 Census, 2,729 to the square kilometre across 1.5 km².

Reports, all time
1,058
In the year to 12 Oct 2026
133
Busiest in Christchurch
75th
Photographs
870

The record also holds about $750 a week to rent 2023 Census snapshot 870 photographs 1 school 25 parks 1 civic facility 1 place of worship 2 names on the map 18.1% of the outline mapped liquefied graded mostly TC2 in 2011 the record drew water over 1% of the outline the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 3% of the outline ecological sites over 5% of the outline landscape schedules over 4% of the outline noise overlays over 40% of the outline setback strips over 4% of the outline 27% of the outline inside the plan’s density overlays 376 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground 3.3 km of cycleway crosses the outline 1 remembered name on this ground 3 drawn rules bind this ground 1 parcels on the dangerous-work register 129 parcels of made ground 1 parcels with a cleanup on file the 2019 model grades this ground mostly medium 12 council structures on the register 2,240 trees on the register the plan’s word on this ground 10% of the outline reserved the plan’s exceptions touch 8% of the outline 1 place on the heritage schedule 14 injury crashes 296 recorded victimisations 4 bus stops 4 businesses the council’s fix times 1 heritage place 24 documents 3 mentions on the wire

See it on the map Its decade, charted

Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day

$750/week middle half $713–$825

New bonds here ran at about $750 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $713 and $825, across 12 bonds lodged: flat on a year ago. That’s about $200 a week above the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Aidanfield” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
  • 1-bedroom house, $750 a week · 9 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds, by quarter. New bonds are fresh lodgements, not the whole rental stock; under five bonds the rent is withheld, and counts are randomly rounded. Source: Tenancy Services rental bond data: provisional while the bond system migrates.

The ground: the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 18% of it; the 2011 grading filed it mostly TC2, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 1 school, 25 parks, 1 civic facility, 1 place of worship and 4 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly trees & parks, 133 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 11 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 2 February 2025, 5 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

People
3,861
Under 15
17%
65 and over
20%
Occupied households
1,257

About 3,861 people and 1,257 occupied private households in the “Aidanfield” statistical area, grouped from 25 SA1 areas. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

More of the 2023 Census
  • Born overseas37% of stated birthplace
  • European ethnicity62% of ethnicity responses
  • Māori ethnicity5% of ethnicity responses
  • Pacific Peoples ethnicity2% of ethnicity responses
  • Asian ethnicity37% of ethnicity responses
  • Households with internet94% of stated households
  • Households with two or more vehicles69% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%.

Stats NZ’s 2023 Census uses fixed random rounding to base 3. Unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero. individuals · households · geography · CC BY 4.0.

About the suburb

Aidanfield is a suburb in the south-west of Christchurch, New Zealand, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the city centre. The land, which had been owned by the Good Shepherd Sisters since 1886, now incorporates the Mount Magdala Institute and the St John of God Chapel, which has a Category I heritage listing by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. The first residents moved into the suburb in 2002. The developer caused controversy in 2007–2008 by applying to have a group of farm buildings demolished to allow for further subdivision. Christchurch City Council was widely criticised for approving the demolition despite the buildings having had a heritage listing in the Christchurch City Plan.

the encyclopaedia’s version · Wikipedia · population: Stats NZ 2023 Census SA2 counts; the area is measured from the suburb outline

As reported 870 on record

6 Benedict Street, AidanfieldCanterbury49 Kinsella Cres10 Somerville Cres16–26 Mariposa Cres62 Aidanfield Dr 870 photographs
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The record on Aidanfield

Lately the newest reports

Animal - Deceased, a report photo
Animal - DeceasedCanterbury

There is what appears to be an old cattle/cow lower jaw with teeth lying in the grassed walkway behind the house 51 Somerville Crescent, Aidanfield, alongside…

Hazard, vehicle, a report photo
Hazard, vehicle50 McMahon Dr

This vehicle has been blocking the footpath on Aidanfield Drive for several days. It is attached to a large trailer and backed in as far as it can, but because…

Reports per year up 10% 2024→2025

What gets reported

Trees & parks 366
Roads & footpaths 276
Water & drains 122
Graffiti & vandalism 114
Rubbish & dumping 88
Vehicles & parking 57
Everything else 26
Animals & pests 8 Noise 1

Streets that keep coming up each a street page

Every street the archive knows in Aidanfield →

Exactly what people say

How fast the council fixes things here 1,772 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Aidanfield took 7 days to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole. The slowest tenth waited 3 months or longer. 60 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 2 June 2021.

Work orders, not the resident reports above, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. The ticket roll · the whole city’s fix times.

Alcohol rules on this ground

2 sensitive sites stand here, Aidanfield Christian School, Te Whānau o Ōtūmatua, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list, read from the Regulatory open-data service. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

The suburb today

Schools here 1

Zoned for Aidanfield Christian School · Christchurch Adventist School · Middleton Grange School · Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka · Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch) · St Thomas of Canterbury College · and 4 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws from, not how well it teaches.

The green here 25

The first eight of 25, Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.

The civic shelf 1

Libraries, halls, cemeteries and the rest in the council’s open data, a facility lands in the suburb its point or centre falls inside. The whole shelf is at /facilities.

Where the suburb worships 1

Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.

The names on this ground 2

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 18.1% of this outline, about 27 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.

The 2011 grading filed 50.6% of this outline, about 75 hectares, mostly TC2. A graded area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are drawn at /technical-categories.

The flood record drew water over 1.1% of this outline, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

1 parcel inside this outline sits on the hazardous-activities register, mostly any other land that has been subject to the intentional or accidental release of a hazardous substance in sufficient quantity that it could be a risk to human health or the environment. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 129 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 41 hectares, mostly silt, topsoil, engineered fill, 1 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

1 parcel inside this outline carries a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the whole register is drawn at /remediated.

The 2019 liquefaction study put 68% of this outline in the medium class. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.

The council’s structure register stands 12 assets on this ground, 9 bridges, 2 shelters, 1 boardwalk, sited at Dunbars Landscape Reserve, Aidanfield Reserve, Dunbars Reserve, Bishops Green. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 2,240 living trees inside this outline, 5 veterans among them, mostly Yoshino Cherry, Pin Oak, Tulip tree. The file remembers 288 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.

The plan files 35% of this outline under Residential Suburban, 60% residential, the rest mostly Medium density residential zone 25%, Transport 21%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.

The plan reserves about 16 hectares of this outline, 10%, under 4 designations, mostly learning, movement. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is read from a sampled join; the whole register is drawn at /designations.

The plan’s exceptions touch 8% of this outline, 2 qualifying matters, mostly heritage. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is read from a sampled join, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The whole register is drawn at /matters.

The plan’s heritage schedule protects 1 place by name in this suburb, 1 graded highly significant, Former Mount Magdala Chapel/ St John of God Chapel and Setting. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid; the whole schedule is at /heritage.

The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 3% of this outline, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule is drawn at /cultural.

The plan’s ecological schedules cover 5% of this outline, about 7 hectares across 1 scheduled site, all protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger is drawn at /ecology.

The plan’s landscape schedules cover 4% of this outline, about 6 hectares across 1 scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view is drawn at /landscape.

The plan’s noise overlays cover 40% of this outline, about 60 hectares across 1 mapped overlay, and inside the airport’s bird-strike buffer. Shares read from a sampled join; a planning line, not a meter’s reading. The quiet lines are drawn at /noise.

The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 14 classified reaches, the plan calling Dunbar Waterway and Heathcote / Opawaho River by name, 4% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 20 m off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank; the reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.

The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, 27% of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing Medium Density. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands; the allowed shape is drawn at /density.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 376 photographs on this ground, 2011–2012, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now; the whole record is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 3.3 km of cycleway crosses the outline. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 1 inscribed plaque, Dunbars Landscape Reserve among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.

The rulebook binds this ground, 3 drawn instruments, 3 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: /geography.

The crash record 14 injury crashes

14 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Aidanfield's outline, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: Bibiana Street at Gabriel Grove, 2 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 296 recorded victimisations

296 victimisations on the Police record inside Aidanfield’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 19 a year per 1,000 residents. Down 19% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

The buses through it 4 stops

4 Metro stops inside Aidanfield's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 60.

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 4 in the directory

4 premises in Aidanfield across 3 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

The whole directory →

Before any of that

On the register here

  1. Former Mount Magdala Chapel/ St John of God Chapel and Setting26A Nash Road

Documents 24

What the archive’s sources say about Aidanfield, titled for it, turned up by a search for one of its places, or carrying its name in the text. These are leads and citations: the originals live at the provider, linked from each row.

Mount Magdala at Christchurch from the air…many residents were employed in laundry, sewing and cooking activities. The new suburb of Aidanfield comprises the former land of the Good Shepherd Sisters. (Source: http://www.aidanfield.co.nz/histor…Photographs / He Whakaahua · Kura Heritage Collections Online · Auckland Libraries ·
Page 12 Advertisements Column 8 (Evening Post, 26 October 1923)Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 7 (Evening Post, 26 November 1926)Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 23 April 1927)Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 03 December 1928)Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 14 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 26 May 1931)Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 24 Advertisements Column 6 (Evening Post, 30 January 1932)Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Evening Post, 04 May 1932)Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Evening Post, 26 April 1933)Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Evening Post, 20 July 1933)Evening Post · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The wire on Aidanfield 3 lately

New Zealand skinks seen — Aidanfield, Christchurch 8025, New ZealandiNaturalist · matteomatteo ·
Pukio seen — Aidanfield, Christchurch 8025, New ZealandiNaturalist · meurkc ·
Gossamer grass seen — Aidanfield, Christchurch 8025, New ZealandiNaturalist · meurkc ·

The whole wire →

20 more documents came up in searches for Aidanfield's places and have not been read yet, a lead is a search result, not a fact, until somebody reads it.

Next door

WigramHalswellHillmortonHoon HayMiddletonWestmorland

Compare Aidanfield with Wigram · Halswell · Hillmorton · Hoon Hay · Middleton · Westmorland, same record, side by side.

Questions, answered briefly

What is Aidanfield?

Aidanfield is a suburb in the south-west of Christchurch, New Zealand, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the city centre. The public record holds 1,058 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

How many people live in Aidanfield?

4,070 people at the 2023 Census, 2,729 per square kilometre across 1.5 km².

How many people does the 2023 Census count for Aidanfield?

About 3,861 people and 1,257 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

What gets reported in Aidanfield?

1,058 reports on record, most often trees & parks (366), roads & footpaths (276), water & drains (122). 133 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

How many crashes has Aidanfield had?

14 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →

What did the earthquakes grade Aidanfield?

The 2011 technical categories filed 50.6% of the suburb’s outline, about 75 hectares, mostly TC2. TC1 meant standard foundations sufficed, TC2 enhanced, TC3 site-specific engineering, a verdict for the patch of ground, not a finding about any one address. The grades, drawn →

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