# Avonhead, Christchurch

5,280 council reports since June 2015, the 24th busiest suburb in the city. 4,048 photographs on record.
10,650 people at the 2023 Census, 2,065 to the square kilometre across 5.2 km².

https://www.chch.live/avonhead

## 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

Avonhead is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Christchurch. It has two primary schools, a shopping centre and several parks.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avonhead), 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 **$596 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $560–$698, across 54 bonds, down 3% on a year ago. That’s about **$46 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Avonhead North, Avonhead West, Avonhead East, Avonhead South and Hawthornden areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 1-bedroom house, $638 a week · 12 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $648 a week · 12 new bonds
- 2-bedroom house, $505 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 12,264 people and 4,422 occupied private households, grouped from 75 SA1 areas in Avonhead North, Avonhead West, Russley, Avonhead East, Avonhead South. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 17% (2,043 people)
- 65 and over: about 20% (2,421 people)
- Born overseas: about 36% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 66% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 7% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 4% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 29% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 90% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 59% 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 (4,048 on record)
- [2 Parkview Place, Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/report/9076152)
- [227 Maidstone Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9058842)
- [195 Maidstone Road, Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/report/9051020)
- [211 Maidstone Road, Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/report/9051003)
- [87 Withells Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9048808)
- [17 Yardley Street, Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/report/9047564)

[4,048 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=avonhead)

## The suburb, back then (3 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.*
- [Avonhead, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1860s#p-57270235), 1869 · Hocken Digital Collections
- ["Avonhead" homestead](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46097602), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [One of the oldest houses in New Zealand, Avonhead, Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-43334053), 1906 · Kura Heritage Collections Online

## The record on Avonhead
- Avonhead enters the written record in 16 July 1853, [“ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530716.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Avonhead” appears somewhere in 178 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 7 June 2015, at 172.
- Its busiest day was 22 December 2023, 19 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/avonhead-road), reported on 478 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Waimairi ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/waimairi), the [Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/fendalton-waimairi-harewood) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (9,859 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Avonhead took **6 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 3 months or longer.
260 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 24 December 2018.

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

2 sensitive sites stand here, Avonhead School - Rakipaoa, Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara, 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. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9082961), 13 Oct 2026 · Avonhead Rd, “The bushes in the round about obstructing being able to see cars turning signals in a normal sized car and is dangerous…”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9076152), 12 Oct 2026 · 2 Parkview Place, “the woman's toilet lock is stuck on lock, I got stuck in the toilet”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9069641), 11 Oct 2026 · 294 Withells Road, “box of junk/large white tarp type thing”
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/9058842), 9 Oct 2026 · 227 Maidstone Rd, “property owner: Continuous water ponding and stagnant water occur at my driveway entrance and roadside channel whenever…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9051020), 7 Oct 2026 · 195 Maidstone Road, “Abandoned sofa”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9051003), 7 Oct 2026 · 211 Maidstone Road, “Abandoned bed base”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9048808), 7 Oct 2026 · 87 Withells Rd, “Tagged street light (fence, building or structure)”
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9047564), 7 Oct 2026 · 17 Yardley Street, “my green bin lid has been broken by truck for a few weeks now. can I get it replaced please”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9046188), 7 Oct 2026 · 195 Maidstone Road, “lounge chair”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9046070), 7 Oct 2026 · 211 Maidstone Road, “single bed base”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9045912), 7 Oct 2026 · Staveley St near Nortons Rd, “black rubbish bag next to bus stop”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9044499), 6 Oct 2026 · 4 Withells Rd, “Rubbish, corner of withells & Yaldhurst rd”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 40
- 2016, 116
- 2017, 79
- 2018, 152
- 2019, 261
- 2020, 364
- 2021, 415
- 2022, 629
- 2023, 862
- 2024, 840
- 2025, 868

## What gets reported
- Trees & parks, 1,363
- Roads & footpaths, 1,102
- Water & drains, 1,051
- Rubbish & dumping, 1,007
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 336
- Vehicles & parking, 243
- Everything else, 144
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 29

## Exactly what people say
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 584
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 549
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 491
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 485
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 292
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 211
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 206
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 187

## On the heritage register (1)
- [Former Stables and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/212)

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Avonhead Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/avonhead-road), reported on 478 separate days
- [Hawthornden Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/hawthornden-road), reported on 313 separate days
- [Withells Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/withells-road), reported on 288 separate days
- [Nortons Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/nortons-road), reported on 180 separate days
- [Staveley Street](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/staveley-street), reported on 147 separate days
- [Russley Road](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/russley-road), reported on 129 separate days
- [Woodbury Street](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/woodbury-street), reported on 117 separate days
- [Apsley Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/avonhead/apsley-drive), reported on 109 separate days

## Schools (3)
- [Avonhead School - Rakipaoa](https://www.chch.live/school/3287-avonhead-school-rakipaoa), Full Primary · decile 7 · EQI 406
- [Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara](https://www.chch.live/school/3434-merrin-school-nga-whetu-kohara), Full Primary · decile 8 · EQI 398
- [Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3496-te-parito-kowhai-russley-school), Full Primary · decile 7 · EQI 420

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

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [Our Lady of Victories](https://www.chch.live/school/3463-our-lady-of-victories) · [Riccarton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/334-riccarton-high-school) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · [Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College](https://www.chch.live/school/336-te-puna-wai-o-waipapa-hagley-college) · and 11 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (20)
- [Avonhead Park](https://www.chch.live/park/980-avonhead-park), Sports ground · 23 ha
- [Crosbie Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1607-crosbie-park), Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 76 pieces
- [Ferrier Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1842-ferrier-park), Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 28 pieces
- [Staveley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1567-staveley-reserve), 1 ha · playground, 4 pieces
- [Westgrove Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1666-westgrove-park), playground, 12 pieces
- [Hyde Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1426-hyde-park), playground, 21 pieces
- [Stewarts Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1131-stewarts-bush), playground, 37 pieces
- [Brigadoon Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1318-brigadoon-reserve)
- [Cricklewood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1751-cricklewood-reserve)
- [Toorak Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1861-toorak-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Coringa Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1610-coringa-reserve), playground, 22 pieces
- [Greendale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1196-greendale-reserve), playground, 4 pieces
- [Strathean Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1305-strathean-reserve)
- [Harkness Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1900-harkness-reserve)
- [Greystoke Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1262-greystoke-reserve)
- [Merrin Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/917-merrin-reserve)
- [Briar Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1484-briar-reserve)
- [Apsley Landscape Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1917-apsley-landscape-reserve)
- [Withells Landscape Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1433-withells-landscape-reserve)
- [Kedleston Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1669-kedleston-reserve)

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

## The civic shelf (1)
- [Avonhead Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-66), Cemetery

## Where the suburb worships (4)
- [Avonhead Baptist Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/avonhead-baptist-church), a Baptist church · 102 Avonhead Road
- [Hansarang Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/hansarang-church), a Presbyterian church · 100 Avonhead Road
- [Saint Christopher's](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-christopher-s), an Anglican church · 244 Avonhead Road
- [St Marks Presbyterian Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-marks-presbyterian-church), a Presbyterian church · 150 Withells Road

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The tracks through here (2)
- [Walk and bike track through Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-226-russley), 1.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-244-ilam), 928 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 0.2% of this outline. 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 2011 grading filed 249.6% of this outline, about 1,287 hectares, mostly **TC1**. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **1%** 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 noise overlays cover **all** of this outline, about 516 hectares across **6** mapped overlays, **43%** of it inside the airport’s air-noise contours, where the 55 dB line bites, 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: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **52** classified reaches, the plan calling **Ilam Stream** and **Avon River**
           by name, **1%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **7 m** off the bank. 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, **3%** 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 **1,514** photographs on this ground, 2011–2016, 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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **10.9 km** of cycleway crosses the outline. 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, **10** inscribed plaques, [Avonhead Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115262-avonhead-cemetery), [Base Line Survey Monument](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112401-base-line-survey-monument) 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, 2 alcohol bans, 4 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).
**1** parcel inside this outline sits on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **135** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 16 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 layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/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 register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **91%** of this outline in the **low** class. 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 sets of steps, 1 ramp, 1 boardwalk, sited at Avonhead Park, Crosbie Park, Ferrier Park, Westgrove 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 **38** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 16 football, 5 touch rugby, 4 softball, 3 rugby league. 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 **4776** living trees inside this outline, **16** veterans among them, 51 carrying a protection, mostly Yoshino Cherry, Silver Birch, Flowering Cherry. The file remembers **2806** 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 **44%** of this outline under **Residential Suburban**, **47%** residential, the rest mostly Rural Urban Fringe 22%, Transport 13%. 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 **52 hectares** of this outline, **10%** , under 7 designations, mostly movement, learning. 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).
The plan’s exceptions touch **3%** of this outline, 5 qualifying matters, mostly utilities. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **1** place by name in this suburb, **Former Stables and Setting**. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).

## The names on this ground (6)
- [Avonhead Memorial Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/avonhead-memorial-cemetery), cemetery
- [2011 Earthquake Interment Site](https://www.chch.live/memorial/2011-earthquake-interment-site), monument
- [Avon Stream](https://www.chch.livenull), waterway · 0.4 km
- [Avon Stream / Ōrakipaoa](https://www.chch.live/river/avon-stream-orakipaoa), waterway · 1.1 km
- [Ilam Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/ilam-stream), waterway · 2.9 km
- [Waimairi Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/waimairi-stream), waterway · 5.1 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.*
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530716.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. July 11, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 23 July 1853)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18530723.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1853-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Untitled (Lyttelton Times, 24 June 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540624.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 12 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540812.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18540816.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-08-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 26 August 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18570826.2.16.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1857-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 03 October 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18571003.2.17.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1857-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 07 October 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18571007.2.15.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1857-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 10 October 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18571010.2.17.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1857-10-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 October 1857)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18571014.2.17.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1857-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Avonhead
- [Man seriously injured after confronting youths attempting to steal vehicle in Avonhead](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiygFBVV95cUxOSDZpMzFvQ3hDY1FLVEwyeGpKWjV6dG9ZSF9iQTRaNjlvY3BlUFdTTXY3TnVPS1o5RzByajE0TTZNNlRRTkZkWFJ3d2FmaHBFdHpSV1NKNzNPRnpkMVBaREZ1VTBUOVNZWk01RDlJMWZVWU5sNjVHUDFuZWhyc05LWk1MWHRmUVd4RzJoNHZuRkV6a3Z1bVVpMlExaVI3cko0R3JoQ3dnTzRBNVhRUjZMcm5ZcTVXeWxxa3d1MlBwOU56Y3dRbG54cUln?oc=5), The news · Chris Lynch Media, 10 Oct 2026
- [greater plantain seen — Avonhead Rd, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406003124), iNaturalist · wellsg, 5 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Avonhead Park, Christchurch, Canterbury, NZ](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404388314), iNaturalist · katrina_muir, 29 Sept 2026
- [manna grasses seen — Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404353264), iNaturalist · meurkc, 29 Sept 2026
- [Lowland ribbonwood seen — Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404353006), iNaturalist · meurkc, 29 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (205 injury crashes)

205 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 50 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Merrin Street at Withells Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=merrin-st&suburb=avonhead), 12 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (1,215 recorded victimisations)

1,215 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 25 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=avonhead)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (42 stops)

42 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130), [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140), [route 86](https://www.chch.live/buses/86).
- Avonhead Mall near Merrin St
- Avonhead Mall near Merrin St
- Avonhead Mall near Withells Rd
- Avonhead Mall near Withells Rd
- Hawthornden Rd near Bellingham Pl
- Hawthornden Rd near Henridge Pl
- Kedleston Dr near Apsley Dr
- Kedleston Dr near Audley Gate near Kedleston Dr
- Kedleston Dr near Audley Gate near Kedleston Dr
- Kedleston Dr near Brockhall Ln
- Kedleston Dr near Greystoke Ln
- Kedleston Dr near Hatfield Pl
- Maidstone Rd near Colina St near Maidstone Rd
- Maidstone Rd near Colina St near Maidstone Rd
- Maidstone Rd near Derenzy Pl near Maidstone Rd
- Maidstone Rd near Derenzy Pl near Maidstone Rd

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

## Businesses here (49 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.

- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-avonhead), 4
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-avonhead), 3
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-avonhead), 3
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-avonhead), 3
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-avonhead), 3
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-avonhead), 3
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-avonhead), 2
- [Fashion Accessories](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fashion-accessories#in-avonhead), 2
- [Malls](https://www.chch.live/businesses/mall#in-avonhead), 2
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-avonhead), 2
- [ATMs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/atm#in-avonhead), 1
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-avonhead), 1
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-avonhead), 1
- [Banks](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bank#in-avonhead), 1
- [Bookshops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bookshop#in-avonhead), 1
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-avonhead), 1
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-avonhead), 1
- [Florists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/florist#in-avonhead), 1
- [Hotels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hotel#in-avonhead), 1
- [Mini golf](https://www.chch.live/businesses/mini-golf#in-avonhead), 1
- [Museums](https://www.chch.live/businesses/museum#in-avonhead), 1
- [Ngo](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-ngo#in-avonhead), 1
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-avonhead), 1
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-avonhead), 1
- [Real estate](https://www.chch.live/businesses/real-estate#in-avonhead), 1
- [Religion](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-religion#in-avonhead), 1
- [Storage](https://www.chch.live/businesses/storage#in-avonhead), 1
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-avonhead), 1
- [Wholesale](https://www.chch.live/businesses/wholesale#in-avonhead), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Merrin Street Brewery Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/merrin-street-brewery-bar-avonhead), Bars & pubs
- [Avonhead Shopping Mall](https://www.chch.live/business/avonhead-shopping-mall-avonhead), Malls
- [Black and White Coffee Cartel](https://www.chch.live/business/black-and-white-coffee-cartel-avonhead), Cafés
- [Hush Hairstyling](https://www.chch.live/business/hush-hairstyling-avonhead), Hairdressers
- [Mister Snipps](https://www.chch.live/business/mister-snipps-avonhead), Hairdressers
- [Piccadilly Bookshop Limited](https://www.chch.live/business/piccadilly-bookshop-limited-avonhead), Bookshops
- [Mike Pero's Motorcycle Gallery](https://www.chch.live/business/mike-pero-s-motorcycle-gallery-avonhead), Museums
- [X-Golf Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/business/x-golf-avonhead), Mini golf

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

## Next door
- [Russley](https://www.chch.live/russley)
- [Ilam](https://www.chch.live/ilam)
- [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside)
- [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/broomfield)
- [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn)
- [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/upper-riccarton)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Avonhead with [Russley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avonhead&b=russley) · [Ilam](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avonhead&b=ilam) · [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avonhead&b=burnside) · [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avonhead&b=broomfield) · [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avonhead&b=sockburn) · [Upper Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avonhead&b=upper-riccarton), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Avonhead?**

Avonhead is a suburb of the New Zealand city of Christchurch. The public record holds 5,280 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Avonhead?**

10,650 people at the 2023 Census, 2,065 per square kilometre across 5.2 km².

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

About 12,264 people and 4,422 occupied private households (combined SA2s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Avonhead?**

5,280 reports on record, most often trees & parks (1,363), roads & footpaths (1,102), water & drains (1,051). 861 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Avonhead had?**

205 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 50 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=avonhead)

**What schools are in Avonhead?**

3 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Avonhead School - Rakipaoa, Merrin School Ngā Whetū Kohara, Te Parito Kōwhai Russley School.

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