# Avondale, Christchurch

3,565 council reports since June 2015, the 41st busiest suburb in the city. 3,060 photographs on record.
2,600 people at the 2023 Census, 1,209 to the square kilometre across 2.2 km².

https://www.chch.live/avondale

## Live source links

Link-outs to the source’s own live pages, chch.live does not copy their live values or source text.

- [Christchurch City Council What’s On](https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on)
- [Christchurch City Libraries events](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events/)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Avondale is a suburb of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of the city center, and is close to the Avon River / Ōtākaro, four kilometres to the northwest of its estuary. The suburb is centred on Avondale Road and so named due to its proximity to the Avon River. It has a good sized park on Mervyn Drive called Avondale Park. This park has a kids playground, a tennis court, basketball court, and a football field in winter. There is ample vacant red zone land in Avondale for activities such as leisure and dog walking.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avondale%2C_Christchurch), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ 2023 Census Statistical Area 2 counts summed over the suburb’s own areas, as Wikipedia maps them; the area is measured from the suburb boundary.

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$600 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $520–$600, across 9 bonds, up 7% on a year ago. That’s about **$50 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Avondale (Christchurch City)” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
- 1-bedroom house, $600 a week · 6 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 2,466 people and 927 occupied private households, grouped from 16 SA1 areas in Avondale (Christchurch City). This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 19% (471 people)
- 65 and over: about 14% (348 people)
- Born overseas: about 14% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 82% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 18% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 8% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 7% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 83% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 58% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%. Stats NZ uses fixed random rounding to base 3; unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero.

[individuals](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120766-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-individuals-by-statistical-area-1-part-1/) · [households](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120765-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-households-by-statistical-area-1/) · [geography](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243/) · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## As reported (3,060 on record)
- [323 Wainoni Road, Avondale](https://www.chch.live/report/9087431)
- [327 Wainoni Road, Avondale](https://www.chch.live/report/9087426)
- [310 Wainoni Road, Avondale](https://www.chch.live/report/9087406)
- [1 Colac St](https://www.chch.live/report/9081364)
- [960 Avonside Drive, Avondale](https://www.chch.live/report/9079780)
- [960 Avonside Drive, Avondale](https://www.chch.live/report/9078412)

[3,060 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=avondale)

## The suburb, back then (1 in the archive)

*Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.*
- [Looking NE over Avondale Golf Course (1936). In... (PB0904/4)](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-1402334), 1936 · V.C. Browne & Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection

## The record on Avondale
- Avondale enters the written record in 5 January 1877, [“Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 05 January 1877)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18770105.2.22.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Avondale” appears somewhere in 467 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: rubbish/recycling, 9 June 2015, at Avonside Drive.
- Its busiest day was 27 April 2016, 33 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Wainoni Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/wainoni-road), reported on 389 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Burwood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/burwood), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (4,125 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Avondale took **3 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs faster than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 3 months or longer.
80 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 8 December 2021.

Work orders, not resident reports, 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](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

One sensitive site stands here, Chisnallwood Intermediate, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of it.

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

## Lately
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/9087431), 13 Oct 2026 · 323 Wainoni Road, “Broken glass in cerb side, sweeper truck needs to sweep up glass”
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9087426), 13 Oct 2026 · 327 Wainoni Road, “graffiti on lamp post at bus stop”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9087406), 13 Oct 2026 · 310 Wainoni Road, “Graffiti on fence by park”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9081364), 13 Oct 2026 · 1 Colac St, “Footpath repair sticky not bonded well?”
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9079780), 12 Oct 2026 · 960 Avonside Drive, “dead dog in river”
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9078412), 12 Oct 2026 · 960 Avonside Drive
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9075645), 12 Oct 2026 · 32 Niven Street, “left side of gate to pumpsite has been damaged.”
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9052304), 8 Oct 2026 · 119 Hulverstone Drive, “graffiti at our nice new avon Bridge. nearest to 378 New Brighton Road, Burwood, Christchurch 8083. defacement on both…”
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9041700), 6 Oct 2026 · 152 Avondale Road, “speed sign hidden by the tree needs to be seen as there are speed bumps there. Just shows you the ccc planning that…”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9040403), 6 Oct 2026 · 123–127 Hulverstone Dr, “This is the new pathway city to sea section on Hulverstone Drive. This is supposed to be a showcase. The poor grassing…”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9039873), 6 Oct 2026 · 117 Hulverstone Drive
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9028341), 4 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Someone has lit a fire and melted the tennis court surface, part of the bitumen has peeled off when they have removed…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 101
- 2016, 258
- 2017, 259
- 2018, 267
- 2019, 301
- 2020, 351
- 2021, 318
- 2022, 309
- 2023, 353
- 2024, 435
- 2025, 340

## What gets reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,293
- Rubbish & dumping, 1,150
- Trees & parks, 410
- Roads & footpaths, 397
- Water & drains, 165
- Vehicles & parking, 83
- Everything else, 44
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 20

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 940
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 839
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 228
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 228
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 188
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 151
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 84
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 83

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Wainoni Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/wainoni-road), reported on 389 separate days
- [Hulverstone Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/hulverstone-drive), reported on 228 separate days
- [Avonside Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/avonside-drive), reported on 171 separate days
- [Orrick Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/orrick-crescent), reported on 147 separate days
- [Avondale Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/avondale-road), reported on 142 separate days
- [Breezes Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/breezes-road), reported on 116 separate days
- [Mervyn Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/mervyn-drive), reported on 113 separate days
- [Chardale Street](https://www.chch.live/street/avondale/chardale-street), reported on 76 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Chisnallwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3314-chisnallwood-intermediate), Intermediate · decile 5 · EQI 482

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Chisnallwood Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3314-chisnallwood-intermediate) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Haeata Community Campus](https://www.chch.live/school/704-haeata-community-campus) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · and 7 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (6)
- [Avondale Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1033-avondale-park), Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 46 pieces
- [Cedarwood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1387-cedarwood-reserve), 1 ha
- [Avondale Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1615-avondale-playground), playground, 28 pieces
- [Hulverstone Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1694-hulverstone-reserve)
- [Emlyn Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1742-emlyn-playground), playground, 26 pieces
- [Ripene Ma](https://www.chch.live/park/925-ripene-ma)

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## The tracks through here (10)
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-112-avondale), 3.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-157-bexley), 2.4 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-119-burwood), 1.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-138-avondale), 1.8 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-141-aranui), 1.7 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-115-avondale), 1.7 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-114-wainoni), 1.5 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-165-bexley), 1.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-125-avondale), 862 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avondale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-127-avondale), 696 m · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.

## The ground that moved
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 66.7% of this outline, about 144 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at [liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction).
The Crown’s 2011 classification drew 27.4% of this outline, about 59 hectares inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/redzone).
The flood record drew water over 39.6% of this outline, about 85 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The mapped tsunami extent covers **9%** of this outline, about 20 hectares. The sea’s modelled reach, not a prediction, the plan’s inundation line, not the evacuation zones; the share is read from a sampled join. The whole extent is at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/tsunami).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **8%** of this outline, about 16 hectares, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **8%** of this outline, about 18 hectares across **1** scheduled site, all of it protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/ecology).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **8%** of this outline, about 16 hectares across **1** scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
The plan’s flood map draws **11%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 25 hectares across **9** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **84%** of it, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **23** classified reaches, the plan calling **Avon River** and **Wainoni Drain**
           by name, **14%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **30 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 drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **1%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **Suburban**. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **2,086** photographs on this ground, 2011–2017, stormwater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **12.1 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Te Ara Ōtākaro Avon River Trail](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/te-ara-otakaro-avon-river-trail). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **2** inscribed plaques, [Avon Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310861-avon-riverbank-true-right), [Avon Corridor 10 Rrz Land](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310975-avon-corridor-10-rrz-land) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).
The rulebook binds this ground, **6** drawn instruments, 3 of them dog rules, 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 rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**7** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 2 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **131** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 38 hectares, mostly silt, sand, organic material, 4 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
**2** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **94%** of this outline in the **high** class, and 9 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **8** assets on this ground, 3 bridges, 3 ramps, 1 jetty, 1 boardwalk, sited at Avon Corridor 10 Rrz Land, Porritt Park, Amelia Rogers Reserve, Avondale Park. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The recreation register keeps **6** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 3 football, 1 tennis, 1 basketball, 1 petanque. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
The register counts **855** living trees inside this outline, **7** veterans among them, 9 carrying a protection, mostly Manna Ash, Fastigated Hornbeam, Snow Gum, Alpine Snow Gum. The file remembers **414** trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees).
The plan files **38%** of this outline under **Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor)**, **30%** residential, the rest mostly Residential Suburban 29%, Open Space Metropolitan Facilities 14%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
The plan reserves about **8 hectares** of this outline, **4%** , under 4 designations, mostly learning, movement. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 4 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.7 in 2014. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence), and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes).

## The names on this ground (2)
- [Avon River / Ōtākaro](https://www.chch.live/river/avon-river-otakaro), waterway · 29.2 km
- [Preeces Stream](https://www.chch.livenull), waterway · 0.8 km

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](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 05 January 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18770105.2.22.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 06 January 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18770106.2.26.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-01-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 13 Advertisements Column 4 (Otago Witness, 12 May 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18770512.2.70.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (West Coast Times, 21 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18790121.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Otago Daily Times, 06 October 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18801006.2.24.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 09 October 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18801009.2.21.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [ADVENTURE WITH BURGLARS AT CHRISTCHURCH. By Telegraph. UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Christchurch, This Day. (Evening Post, 26 May 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18820526.2.21), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1882-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. (Waikato Times, 27 May 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18820527.2.18.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1882-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Wanganui Herald, 29 May 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH18820529.2.10.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1882-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Wanganui Herald, 30 May 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH18820530.2.14.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1882-05-30T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Avondale
- [Zizina oxleyi seen — Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407487594), iNaturalist · noahfenwick, 11 Oct 2026
- [Long-nosed Fur Seal seen — Wainoni Rd near Bexley Rd, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406735832), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 8 Oct 2026
- [Kelp Gull seen — Wainoni Rd near Bexley Rd, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405423678), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 3 Oct 2026
- [greater bird's-foot-trefoil seen — Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405397441), iNaturalist · charolais, 3 Oct 2026
- [Zizina seen — Wainoni Rd near Bexley Rd, Avondale, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405161147), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 2 Oct 2026

[The whole wire](https://www.chch.live/wire)

## The crash record (117 injury crashes)

117 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 28 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Wainoni Road at Breezes Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=wainoni-rd&suburb=avondale), 15 injury crashes.

- [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=avondale)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes)

## The crime record (781 recorded victimisations)

781 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 79 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=avondale)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (13 stops)

13 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80).
- Pak n Save Wainoni
- Wainoni Rd near Avonside Dr near Wainoni Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Avonside Dr near Wainoni Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Bexley Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Breezes Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Hampshire St near Wainoni Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Hampshire St near Wainoni Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Orrick Cres near Wainoni Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Orrick Cres near Wainoni Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Portsmouth St near Wainoni Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Portsmouth St near Wainoni Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Shortland St near Wainoni Rd
- Wainoni Rd near Shortland St near Wainoni Rd

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (10 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-avondale), 3
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-avondale), 2
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-avondale), 1
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-avondale), 1
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-avondale), 1
- [Golf courses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/golf-course#in-avondale), 1
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-avondale), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [PAK'nSave](https://www.chch.live/business/pak-nsave-avondale), Supermarkets
- [Allied Wainoni](https://www.chch.live/business/allied-wainoni-avondale), Petrol stations
- [Avonside-Wainoni Veterinary Clinic](https://www.chch.live/business/avonside-wainoni-veterinary-clinic-avondale), Vets
- [PAK'nSave Fuel](https://www.chch.live/business/pak-nsave-fuel-avondale), Petrol stations

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

## Next door
- [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/aranui)
- [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood)
- [Wainoni](https://www.chch.live/wainoni)
- [Dallington](https://www.chch.live/dallington)
- [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/bexley)
- [North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/north-new-brighton)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Avondale with [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aranui&b=avondale) · [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avondale&b=burwood) · [Wainoni](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avondale&b=wainoni) · [Dallington](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avondale&b=dallington) · [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avondale&b=bexley) · [North New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avondale&b=north-new-brighton), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Avondale?**

Avondale is a suburb of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. The public record holds 3,565 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Avondale?**

2,600 people at the 2023 Census, 1,209 per square kilometre across 2.2 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Avondale?**

About 2,466 people and 927 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Avondale?**

3,565 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (1,293), rubbish & dumping (1,150), trees & parks (410). 372 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Avondale had?**

117 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 28 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=avondale)

**What schools are in Avondale?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Chisnallwood Intermediate.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Avondale · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Avondale