# Belfast, Christchurch

2,993 council reports since June 2015, the 49th busiest suburb in the city. 2,311 photographs on record.
5,280 people at the 2023 Census, 517 to the square kilometre across 10 km².

https://www.chch.live/belfast

## 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

Belfast is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is in the north of the city 10 km (6.2 mi) from Cathedral Square, close to the banks of the Waimakariri River.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast%2C_New_Zealand), 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 **$610 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $572–$634, across 21 bonds, flat on a year ago. That’s about **$60 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Belfast West and Belfast East areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 1-bedroom house, $618 a week · 18 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $655 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 4,860 people and 1,905 occupied private households, grouped from 34 SA1 areas in Marshland, Belfast East, Belfast West. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.


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 (2,311 on record)
- [130R Johns Road, Belfast](https://www.chch.live/report/9071681)
- [266 Radcliffe Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9069215)
- [697 Main North Road, Belfast](https://www.chch.live/report/9061393)
- [4 Bellewood Avenue, Belfast](https://www.chch.live/report/9053197)
- [Highway 74](https://www.chch.live/report/9052736)
- [697 Main North Road, Belfast](https://www.chch.live/report/9048915)

[2,311 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=belfast)

## The suburb, back then (59 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.*
- [St David's Church, Belfast, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-30063201), 1900 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [St David's Church, Belfast, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-30063224), 1900 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [St David’s Anglican Church exterior](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-52173532), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [St David’s Anglican Church interior](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-52173535), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Belfast Bridge Inn](https://www.chch.live/then/1870s#p-55292447), 1870 · Canterbury Stories
- [Kaputone Wool Works, Belfast](https://www.chch.live/then/1890s#p-64290632), 1890 · Canterbury Stories
- [Freezing works, Belfast](https://www.chch.live/then/1890s#p-52173190), 1896 · Canterbury Stories
- [Belfast Church of England Jubilee Fair](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51802893), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Belfast Church of England Jubilee Fair](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-51802881), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Belfast Drum & Fife Band](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-59383045), 1900 · Canterbury Stories

[…and 49 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Belfast
- Belfast enters the written record in 26 April 1848, [“THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. (New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, 26 April 1848)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZSCSG18480426.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Belfast” appears somewhere in 1,110 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 31 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: parks, 16 June 2015, at 78.
- Its busiest day was 22 July 2020, 16 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/main-north-road), reported on 413 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Harewood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/harewood), 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).
- On foot: [The village’s remains](https://www.chch.live/walks/belfast-village), a heritage walk over this ground.

## How fast the council fixes things here (5,720 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Belfast took **4 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.
181 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 9 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

2 sensitive sites stand here, Pītau-Allenvale School, Pūtahi Belfast School, 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
- [Sediment - Construction](https://www.chch.live/report/9071681), 11 Oct 2026 · 130R Johns Road, “polluted stream”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9069215), 11 Oct 2026 · 266 Radcliffe Rd, “Small pothole”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9061393), 9 Oct 2026 · 697 Main North Road, “Highchair has been dumped. Started off further down the street 2 weeks ago now on the cnr Main Nth Rd & Swift St.”
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9053197), 8 Oct 2026 · 4 Bellewood Avenue, “Street sign bottom part needs lifting and securing.”
- [Damaged Street Light](https://www.chch.live/report/9052736), 8 Oct 2026 · Highway 74, “Radcliffe road bridge heading north, lights on the bridge look faulty. Have been for a few weeks.”
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9048915), 7 Oct 2026 · 697 Main North Road, “Street sign is facing the wrong way. Looks like it's been turned around.”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9047835), 7 Oct 2026 · 697 Main North Road, “Repair needed Cnr Main Nth Rd & Swift St.”
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9040459), 6 Oct 2026 · 8 Sarah Nicholls Street, “please repair the hole in the footpath”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9029265), 4 Oct 2026 · 15 Tahi Pl, “Cars parked on public footpath/grass for multiple days”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9023268), 3 Oct 2026 · 67 Belfast Rd, “Two potholes on high traffic area”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9023247), 3 Oct 2026 · 30 Belfast Rd, “Pot holes in high traffic area over 7000 cars per day”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9023230), 3 Oct 2026 · 11 March Pl, “Pot holes in busy traffic area”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 16
- 2016, 42
- 2017, 52
- 2018, 75
- 2019, 118
- 2020, 207
- 2021, 268
- 2022, 344
- 2023, 459
- 2024, 472
- 2025, 529

## What gets reported
- Trees & parks, 719
- Roads & footpaths, 701
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 537
- Rubbish & dumping, 485
- Water & drains, 321
- Everything else, 103
- Vehicles & parking, 79
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 42

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 343
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 274
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 266
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 215
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 153
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 135
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 123
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 111

## On the heritage register (7)
- [Commercial building and Setting, Scanes Store](https://www.chch.live/place/143), 1 Cassidy Place
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/423), 663 Main North Road
- [Dwelling and setting, Belfast School Master's House](https://www.chch.live/place/141), 665 Main North Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Spring Grove](https://www.chch.live/place/14), 94 Bill Hammond Drive
- [Harewood Crematorium, Chapel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/463), 509 Johns Road
- [Kapuatohe Reserve](https://www.chch.live/place/471), 665 Main North Road
- [St David's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/142), 831 Main North Road

The register’s own page for the area: [Belfast on the heritage register](https://www.chch.live/history/belfast)

On foot: [The village’s remains](https://www.chch.live/walks/belfast-village), heritage walk over this ground.

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Main North Road](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/main-north-road), reported on 413 separate days
- [Radcliffe Road](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/radcliffe-road), reported on 170 separate days
- [Belfast Road](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/belfast-road), reported on 142 separate days
- [Guthries Road](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/guthries-road), reported on 95 separate days
- [Johns Road](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/johns-road), reported on 67 separate days
- [Dickeys Road](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/dickeys-road), reported on 63 separate days
- [Blakes Road](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/blakes-road), reported on 60 separate days
- [Tyrone Street](https://www.chch.live/street/belfast/tyrone-street), reported on 48 separate days

## Schools (2)
- [Pītau-Allenvale School](https://www.chch.live/school/3275-pitau-allenvale-school), Specialist School · decile 6 · EQI 466
- [Pūtahi Belfast School](https://www.chch.live/school/3292-putahi-belfast-school), Full Primary · decile 7 · EQI 458

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) · [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [Papanui High School](https://www.chch.live/school/316-papanui-high-school) · [Pūtahi Belfast School](https://www.chch.live/school/3292-putahi-belfast-school) · and 7 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (10)
- [Sheldon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1188-sheldon-park), Sports ground · 10 ha · playground, 54 pieces
- [Styx River Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/1870-styx-river-reserve-no-2), Regional · 8 ha
- [Darroch Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1546-darroch-reserve), 4 ha · playground, 12 pieces
- [Styx River Esplanade Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/1136-styx-river-esplanade-reserve-no-2), Regional
- [Kapuatohe Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1360-kapuatohe-reserve), Botanic
- [Foley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1510-foley-reserve), playground, 13 pieces
- [Castile Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1155-castile-reserve)
- [Tyrone Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1589-tyrone-reserve), playground, 8 pieces
- [Ballymena Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1577-ballymena-reserve)
- [Tisch Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1785-tisch-reserve)

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

## The civic shelf (2)
- [Belfast Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/facility/cemetery-80), Cemetery
- [Public Toilet, Belfast](https://www.chch.live/facility/public-toilet-218), Public toilet

## Where the suburb worships (2)
- [Christchurch North Elim Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/christchurch-north-elim-church), a Pentecostal church · 803 Main North Road
- [Salvation Army Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/salvation-army-church), a church

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

## The tracks through here (6)
- [Walk and bike track through Belfast](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-436-belfast), 4.8 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Belfast](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-481-belfast), 139 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Belfast](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-438-belfast), 121 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Belfast](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-437-belfast), 101 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Belfast](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-457-belfast), 92 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Belfast](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-476-belfast), 89 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 7.0% of this outline, about 71 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 2011 grading filed 12.9% of this outline, about 132 hectares, mostly **TC2**. 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).
The flood record drew water over 10.8% of this outline, about 110 hectares, across 2 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **1%** of this outline, about 15 hectares, ngā wai. A silent-file precinct covers **55%** of it besides, sensitive ground the plan flags without naming the sites. 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 **3%** of this outline, about 29 hectares across **3** scheduled sites, 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 **5%** of this outline, about 51 hectares across **3** scheduled areas, **1%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing. 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 **9%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 96 hectares across **3** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **11%** of it, Lower Styx 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 **56%** of this outline, about 573 hectares across **2** mapped overlays, **2%** 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, **189** classified reaches, the plan calling **Kaputone Creek** and **Wilsons 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, **10%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **New Neighbourhood**. 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 **420** photographs on this ground, 2010–2013, 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, **14.6 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, 1.1 km of it separated from the traffic, [Northern Line](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/northern-line). 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, **8** inscribed plaques, [Belfast Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/plaque/10846-belfast-cemetery) 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, **7** drawn instruments, 4 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).
**19** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, mineral extraction, refining and reprocessing, storage and use, 12 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 **198** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 116 hectares, mostly engineered fill, silt, peat, 5 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).
**6** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file, 1 marked verified. 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 **100%** of this outline in the **possible** 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 **27** assets on this ground, 15 bridges, 5 ramps, 3 shelters, 2 sets of steps, sited at Groynes, Sheldon Park, Ouruhia Reserve, Te Waoku Kahikatea. 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 **40** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 10 touch rugby, 5 rugby, 4 netball, 2 cricket and 15 pieces of dog-agility gear. 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 **2571** living trees inside this outline, **29** veterans among them, 117 carrying a protection, mostly Kowhai, Flowering Cherry, Silver Birch. The file remembers **620** 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 **26%** of this outline under **Rural Urban Fringe**, **27%** residential, the rest mostly Rural Waimakariri 12%, Residential New Neighbourhood 12%. 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 **96 hectares** of this outline, **9%** , under 9 designations, mostly 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).
The plan’s exceptions touch **2%** of this outline, 3 qualifying matters, mostly section 6, infrastructure. 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 **6** places by name in this suburb, **2** graded highly significant, **Dwelling and Setting, Spring Grove**, **St David's Church and Setting**, **Commercial building and Setting, Scanes Store** among them. 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).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 1 magnitude-3+ epicentre inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.4 in 2010. 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 (8)
- [Fanfare](https://www.chch.live/memorial/fanfare), artwork · Neil Dawson
- [Belfast Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/belfast-cemetery), cemetery
- [Kā Pūtahi](https://www.chch.live/river/ka-putahi), waterway · 10.6 km
- [Otukaikino Creek](https://www.chch.live/river/otukaikino-creek), waterway · 8.6 km
- [Ōtūkaikino Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/otukaikino-stream), waterway · 3.9 km
- [Styx River](https://www.chch.live/river/styx-river), waterway · 19.8 km
- [Waimakariri River](https://www.chch.live/river/waimakariri-river), waterway · 160.8 km
- [Ōtukaikino Wetland](https://www.chch.live/lake/otukaikino-wetland), wetland

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.*
- [THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. (New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, 26 April 1848)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZSCSG18480426.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1848-04-26T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 13 January 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580113.2.14.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 20 January 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580120.2.14.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 12 October 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611012.2.4.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [James McNeight Watt](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/bdmt/people/ccl-cs-79643), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Belfast Bridge Inn](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/bdmt/local-scenes-and-places/ccl-cs-80524), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [MEMORANDA OF TRIE MONIR. (Wellington Independent, 02 June 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18700602.2.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1870-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [MEETING OF THE SURVEYORS' ASSOCIATION. (Daily Southern Cross, 23 March 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18710323.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1871-03-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. (Otago Daily Times, 08 May 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18710508.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1871-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [BIRTH. (Otago Daily Times, 31 August 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18710831.2.22), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1871-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Belfast
- [Tomoceridae seen — Belfast, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407180748), iNaturalist · melwhiting, 10 Oct 2026
- [Pūngāwerewere (Spider) seen — Belfast, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407180598), iNaturalist · melwhiting, 10 Oct 2026
- [Coprinellus seen — Belfast, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407180410), iNaturalist · melwhiting, 10 Oct 2026
- [Stinking iris seen — Belfast, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407180338), iNaturalist · melwhiting, 10 Oct 2026
- [Butterflies and Moths seen — Belfast, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406922101), iNaturalist · alekscz, 9 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (247 injury crashes)

247 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 8 people killed, 51 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [State Highway 1S at Dickeys Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/dickeys-road-and-sh-1s), 20 injury crashes, 3 fatal.

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

## The crime record (1,393 recorded victimisations)

1,393 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 72 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=belfast)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (25 stops)

25 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 107](https://www.chch.live/buses/107), [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27).
- Belfast near Main North Rd
- Belfast near Main Nth Road
- Belfast-Factory Rd
- Main North Rd
- Main North Rd
- Main North Rd near Belfast Rd
- Main North Rd near Belfast Rd
- Main North Rd near Donegal St near Main North Rd
- Main North Rd near Donegal St near Main North Rd
- Main North Rd near Factory Rd near Main North Rd
- Main North Rd near Factory Rd near Main North Rd
- Main North Rd near Lagan St near Main North Rd
- Main North Rd near Lagan St near Main North Rd
- Main North Rd near Richill St near Main North Rd
- Main North Rd near Richill St near Main North Rd
- Main North Rd near Spencerville Rd

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

## Businesses here (68 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.

- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-belfast), 9
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-belfast), 9
- [Department stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/department-store#in-belfast), 6
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-belfast), 5
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-belfast), 4
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-belfast), 2
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-belfast), 2
- [Lighting](https://www.chch.live/businesses/lighting#in-belfast), 2
- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-belfast), 1
- [Audiologists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/audiologist#in-belfast), 1
- [Bed](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bed#in-belfast), 1
- [Bike shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bike-shop#in-belfast), 1
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-belfast), 1
- [Car repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-repair#in-belfast), 1
- [Chemist](https://www.chch.live/businesses/chemist#in-belfast), 1
- [Childcare](https://www.chch.live/businesses/childcare#in-belfast), 1
- [Clothing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/clothes#in-belfast), 1
- [Engineering](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-engineering#in-belfast), 1
- [Fabric](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fabric#in-belfast), 1
- [Furniture](https://www.chch.live/businesses/furniture#in-belfast), 1
- [Garden Machinery](https://www.chch.live/businesses/garden-machinery#in-belfast), 1
- [Gift shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gift#in-belfast), 1
- [Gyms & fitness](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gym#in-belfast), 1
- [Houseware](https://www.chch.live/businesses/houseware#in-belfast), 1
- [Op shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/op-shop#in-belfast), 1
- [Outdoor gear](https://www.chch.live/businesses/outdoor-gear#in-belfast), 1
- [Pet shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pet-shop#in-belfast), 1
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-belfast), 1
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-belfast), 1
- [Physio](https://www.chch.live/businesses/physio#in-belfast), 1
- [Sawmill](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-sawmill#in-belfast), 1
- [Tyre shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tyres#in-belfast), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-belfast), 1
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-belfast), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Styx & Stone](https://www.chch.live/business/styx-stone-belfast), Restaurants
- [Armadillo's Restaurant Belfast](https://www.chch.live/business/armadillo-s-restaurant-belfast), Restaurants
- [Domino's](https://www.chch.live/business/domino-s-belfast), Fast food
- [Woolworths](https://www.chch.live/business/woolworths-belfast), Supermarkets
- [Bargain Chemist](https://www.chch.live/business/bargain-chemist-belfast), Pharmacies
- [Belfast Liquor Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/belfast-liquor-centre-belfast), Bottle stores
- [Burger King](https://www.chch.live/business/burger-king-belfast), Fast food
- [Chemist Warehouse](https://www.chch.live/business/chemist-warehouse-belfast), Chemist
- [Citta Essentials](https://www.chch.live/business/citta-essentials-belfast), Furniture
- [CityFitness](https://www.chch.live/business/cityfitness-belfast), Gyms & fitness

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

## Next door
- [Northwood](https://www.chch.live/northwood)
- [Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island)
- [Ouruhia](https://www.chch.live/ouruhia)
- [Redwood](https://www.chch.live/redwood)
- [Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/casebrook)
- [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Belfast with [Northwood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=belfast&b=northwood) · [Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=belfast&b=coutts-island) · [Ouruhia](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=belfast&b=ouruhia) · [Redwood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=belfast&b=redwood) · [Casebrook](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=belfast&b=casebrook) · [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=belfast&b=marshland), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Belfast?**

Belfast is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 2,993 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Belfast?**

5,280 people at the 2023 Census, 517 per square kilometre across 10 km².

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

About 4,860 people and 1,905 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 Belfast?**

2,993 reports on record, most often trees & parks (719), roads & footpaths (701), graffiti & vandalism (537). 536 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Belfast had?**

247 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 8 people killed, 51 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=belfast)

**What schools are in Belfast?**

2 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Pītau-Allenvale School, Pūtahi Belfast School.

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