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Bishopdale, Christchurch

4,318 council reports since June 2015, the 37th busiest suburb in the city. 3,441 photographs on record. 9,710 people at the 2023 Census, 3,102 to the square kilometre across 3.1 km².

Reports, all time
4,318
In the year to 12 Oct 2026
632
Busiest in Christchurch
37th
Photographs
3,441

The record also holds about $599 a week to rent 2023 Census snapshot 3,441 photographs 2 old photographs 5 schools 12 parks 1 civic facility 10 places of worship 5 tracks 1 name on the map 8.1% of the outline mapped liquefied graded mostly TC3 in 2011 the record drew water over 4% of the outline noise overlays over the whole outline 25 classified reaches cross the outline 12% of the outline inside the plan’s density overlays 925 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground 12.3 km of cycleway crosses the outline 2 remembered names on this ground 7 drawn rules bind this ground 4 parcels on the dangerous-work register 129 parcels of made ground 1 parcels with a cleanup on file the 2019 model grades this ground mostly medium 5 council structures on the register 13 recreation register records 2,515 trees on the register the plan’s word on this ground 6% of the outline reserved 285 injury crashes 1,880 recorded victimisations 21 bus stops 135 businesses the council’s fix times 40 documents 5 mentions on the wire

See it on the map Its decade, charted

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

$599/week middle half $573–$655

New bonds here ran at about $599 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $573 and $655, across 48 bonds lodged, up 2% on a year ago. That’s about $49 a week above the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Bishopdale North, Bishopdale West and Bishopdale South areas combined, approximately this suburb.

By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
  • 1-bedroom house, $613 a week · 24 new bonds
  • 3-bedroom house, $600 a week · 18 new bonds

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

The ground: the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 8% of it; the 2011 grading filed it mostly TC3, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 5 schools, 12 parks, 1 civic facility, 10 places of worship, 5 tracks and 21 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly graffiti & vandalism, 632 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 11 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 20 November 2021, 21 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

People
9,288
Under 15
18%
65 and over
18%
Occupied households
3,537

About 9,288 people and 3,537 occupied private households in the “Bishopdale South”, “Bishopdale West” and “Bishopdale North” areas, grouped from 60 SA1 areas. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

More of the 2023 Census
  • Born overseas25% of stated birthplace
  • European ethnicity77% of ethnicity responses
  • Māori ethnicity11% of ethnicity responses
  • Pacific Peoples ethnicity4% of ethnicity responses
  • Asian ethnicity16% of ethnicity responses
  • Households with internet86% of stated households
  • Households with two or more vehicles56% of stated households

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

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

About the suburb

Bishopdale is a residential suburb located in the north of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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

As reported 3,441 on record

251A Sawyers Arms Road, Bishopdale90 Breens Rd27 Mooray Ave48 Leacroft Street, Bishopdale1 Colesbury St14 Raleigh St 3,441 photographs
on the wall →

The suburb, back then 2 in the archive

Bishopdale, Christchurch, 1972Bishopdale, Christchurch, 1974 2 photographs
from back when →

Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.

The record on Bishopdale

Lately the newest reports

Dumped Rubbish, a report photo
Dumped Rubbish27 Mooray Ave

There was a container of rubbish dumped here and the man in this car threw it all over the side of the road to take the container that it was dumped in.

Reports per year up 13% 2024→2025

What gets reported

Graffiti & vandalism 1,169
Roads & footpaths 824
Trees & parks 768
Rubbish & dumping 707
Water & drains 583
Vehicles & parking 141
Everything else 87
Animals & pests 35 Noise 4

Streets that keep coming up each a street page

Every street the archive knows in Bishopdale →

Exactly what people say

How fast the council fixes things here 8,301 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Bishopdale 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 waited 3 months or longer. 201 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 29 May 2021.

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

Alcohol rules on this ground

5 sensitive sites stand here, Bishopdale School Te Kura o Papakōhatu, Breens Intermediate, Cotswold Mātāhae School, Emmanuel Christian School, Te Kura o Te Mātāpuna Isleworth 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, read from the Regulatory open-data service. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

The suburb today

Schools here 5

Zoned for Breens Intermediate · Christchurch Adventist School · Emmanuel Christian School · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · Papanui High School · and 15 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

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

The green here 12

The first eight of 12, Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.

The civic shelf 1

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

Where the suburb worships 10

The first eight of 10, Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.

The tracks through here 5

Tracks in the council’s open data, a line belongs to every suburb it passes through. The whole network is at /tracks.

The names on this ground 1

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 8.1% of this outline, about 25 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.

The 2011 grading filed 6.2% of this outline, about 20 hectares, mostly TC3. A graded area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are drawn at /technical-categories.

The flood record drew water over 4.2% of this outline, about 13 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

4 parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 1 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 129 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 16 hectares, mostly gravel, topsoil, silt, 2 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

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

The 2019 liquefaction study put 60% of this outline in the medium class. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.

The council’s structure register stands 5 assets on this ground, 3 sets of steps, 2 ramps, sited at Bishopdale Park, Armitage Reserve. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The recreation register keeps 13 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 6 tennis, 2 rugby, 2 football, 1 basketball. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 2,515 living trees inside this outline, 9 veterans among them, 55 carrying a protection, mostly Yoshino Cherry, Flowering Cherry, Kowhai. The file remembers 1,157 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.

The plan files 52% of this outline under Residential Suburban, 65% residential, the rest mostly Transport 23%, Medium density residential zone 13%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.

The plan reserves about 17 hectares of this outline, 6%, under 5 designations, mostly learning, power & signal. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is read from a sampled join; the whole register is drawn at /designations.

No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers 47% of it, Lower Styx River, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water is drawn at /flood-hazard.

The plan’s noise overlays cover all of this outline, about 313 hectares across 2 mapped overlays, and inside the airport’s bird-strike buffer. Shares read from a sampled join; a planning line, not a meter’s reading. The quiet lines are drawn at /noise.

The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 25 classified reaches, the plan calling Dudley Creek and Greers Drain by name. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank; the reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.

The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, 12% of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing Medium Density. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands; the allowed shape is drawn at /density.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 925 photographs on this ground, 2010–2014, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now; the whole record is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 12.3 km of cycleway crosses the outline, Wheels to Wings. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 2 inscribed plaques, Veitch Reserve, Orauwhata among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.

The rulebook binds this ground, 7 drawn instruments, 7 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

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

The crash record 285 injury crashes

285 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Bishopdale's outline, 3 people killed, 57 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: Harewood Road at Greers Road, 18 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 1,880 recorded victimisations

1,880 victimisations on the Police record inside Bishopdale’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 51 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 14% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

The buses through it 21 stops

21 Metro stops inside Bishopdale's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 27, route 125, route 107, the Orbiter (anticlockwise), the Orbiter (clockwise).

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 135 in the directory

135 premises in Bishopdale across 54 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

Among them, the ones the record says most about:

The whole directory →

Before any of that

Documents 40

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

NELSON DIOCESAN SYNOD, (Colonist, 18 September 1868)…rs of the church in new zealand the dedication of the official residence of the bishop at bishopdale just completed took place on thursday september 10th nearly all the members of synod attended but o…Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
KIDNAPPING SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS (Colonist, 26 November 1869)…ed by the bey b j thorpe members of the synod are invited to aisemble the same evening at bishopdale and to meet for business on wednesday at four when the bishop will deliver his address which on thi…Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Nelson Evening Mail, 08 June 1872)…or remainder of news see fourth page new advertisements divine cjervice will be held at o bishopdale sunday evening june 9 187 a at 7 oclock ladies and children hats 6d each and ribbons 3d per yard 12…Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
COLONIAL PRIZE FIRING. (Nelson Evening Mail, 06 March 1873)…nt of winds tbat occasionally blows down upon lis frpm the wai-iti valley and by the time bishopdale was reached clouds of thistledown and dust were floating through the air with a velocity that was s…Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 03 October 1876)…is 8 1 john auckland 2620 percy scott smallfleld do 2404 ej mfariand do 2237 fred spencer bishopdale nelson 217s j w b knowles dunedin 1904 john haselden bt johns auokland 1793 a owilliam bishopdale n…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
THEOLOGICAL BOARD OF STUDIES. (Nelson Evening Mail, 14 February 1877)…pdaje diocese of nelson thomas a jones st john college diocese of auckland john g stanley bishopdale 1 nelson e a seaman auckland r r j n grade 11 twoentered who passed a sedgwick bishopdale nelson w…Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
The Otago Daily Times. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1880. (Otago Daily Times, 24 February 1880)…lege f h spencer bishopdsle col i egeneison ao williams biahopdale college nelson w h kay bishopdale college nelson j d o b eon private tuition auckland h wilson pnvate tuition canterbury jl field nor…Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
The Nelson Evening Mail. FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1880. (Nelson Evening Mail, 19 March 1880)…n order to take part in the rifle association meeting it is notified that services in the bishopdale chapel will be resumed on sunday next at seven pm the annual picnic in connection with the sunday s…Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
NELSON. (Wanganui Herald, 02 November 1881)nelson novl a serious trap accident occurred near bishopdale last evening to colonel and mrs nicholson who were proceeding home to richmond in a buggy when the…Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Nelson Evening Mail, 10 February 1882)bishopdale chapel the usual service will be held on sunday february 12fch at 7 oclock and be continued until f…Nelson Evening Mail · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held

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

The wire on Bishopdale 5 lately

monocots seen — Bishopdale, Christchurch, New ZealandiNaturalist · greenfalls ·
I'm having a quiet night tomorrow and want to make a steak sandwich for dinner but it requires nice bread. Ideally, turkish or ciabatta or something like that. Feel free to provide any bread…r/chch · Secret-Plankton-392 ·
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee seen — Harewood Rd near Cotswold Ave, Bishopdale, Christchurch 8053, New ZealandiNaturalist · beetlebug89 ·
Cosmopolitan Ground Beetle seen — Bishopdale Mall (Harewood Rd), Bishopdale, Christchurch 8053, New ZealandiNaturalist · beetlebug89 ·
Lemon Tree Borer Parasitoid Wasp seen — BishopdaleiNaturalist · beetlebug89 ·

The whole wire →

Next door

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Compare Bishopdale with Northcote · Harewood · Bryndwr · Burnside · PAPANUI · Casebrook, same record, side by side.

Questions, answered briefly

What is Bishopdale?

Bishopdale is a residential suburb located in the north of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 4,318 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

How many people live in Bishopdale?

9,710 people at the 2023 Census, 3,102 per square kilometre across 3.1 km².

How many people does the 2023 Census count for Bishopdale?

About 9,288 people and 3,537 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 Bishopdale?

4,318 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (1,169), roads & footpaths (824), trees & parks (768). 632 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

How many crashes has Bishopdale had?

285 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 people killed, 57 seriously hurt. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →

What did the earthquakes grade Bishopdale?

The 2011 technical categories filed 6.2% of the suburb’s outline, about 20 hectares, mostly TC3. TC1 meant standard foundations sufficed, TC2 enhanced, TC3 site-specific engineering, a verdict for the patch of ground, not a finding about any one address. The grades, drawn →

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