# Broomfield, Christchurch

1,402 council reports since November 2015, the 71st busiest suburb in the city. 1,125 photographs on record.
306 people at the most recent Census, 147 to the square kilometre across 2.1 km².

https://www.chch.live/broomfield

## 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

Broomfield is a rural community in the Hurunui District, in the northern part of Canterbury in New Zealand's South Island. It is approximately 10 minutes drive West of Amberley.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomfield%2C_New_Zealand), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ  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 $581–$600, across 6 bonds, down 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 “Broomfield” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

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

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 2,784 people and 1,065 occupied private households, grouped from 18 SA1 areas in Broomfield. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 20% (549 people)
- 65 and over: about 18% (498 people)
- Born overseas: about 30% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 62% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 14% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 9% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 26% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 84% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 54% 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 (1,125 on record)
- [2 Vanguard Dr](https://www.chch.live/report/9060654)
- [48 Arcon Drive, Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/report/9058705)
- [34 Miromiro Street, Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/report/9036329)
- [5 Kilbrannan Cl](https://www.chch.live/report/9034222)
- [11 Malabar Cres](https://www.chch.live/report/9017702)
- [27A Pensacola Cres](https://www.chch.live/report/9011693)

[1,125 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=broomfield)

## 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.*
- [Glass Plate Negative: Broomfield, Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/then/1860s#p-37803341), 1863 · Canterbury Museum

## The record on Broomfield
- Broomfield enters the written record in 21 April 1860, [“Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 21 April 1860)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600421.2.20.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Broomfield” appears somewhere in 79 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: parks, 9 November 2015, at Broomfield.
- Its busiest day was 4 September 2017, 10 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Vanguard Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/vanguard-drive), reported on 141 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Hornby ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/hornby), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (2,377 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Broomfield 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.
52 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 9 September 2019.

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

**Riccarton Racecourse**, a public drinking ban (applies from 7am to 12 midnight, Saturday of Cup Week (New Zealand Cup Day)), covers most of Broomfield.

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
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9060654), 9 Oct 2026 · 2 Vanguard Dr, “Tag on road arrow sign”
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/9058705), 9 Oct 2026 · 48 Arcon Drive, “rubbish dumpers”
- [Sign Poles](https://www.chch.live/report/9052344), 8 Oct 2026 · 37 Piripiri Place, “missing Bus Stop Sign”
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9036329), 5 Oct 2026 · 34 Miromiro Street, “The Road sign that marks out Miro Miro, Koral Lane and Musket Lane had become turned around and needs to be adjusted as…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9034222), 5 Oct 2026 · 5 Kilbrannan Cl, “Bushes in the reserve/walkway need to be cut to fence height.”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9017702), 2 Oct 2026 · 11 Malabar Cres, “Dumped mattress at end of alleyway”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9011693), 1 Oct 2026 · 27A Pensacola Cres, “Discarded rubbish”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8998889), 29 Sept 2026 · 21 Kintyre Dr, “The water main at the house next door has been leaking for some time and appears to be getting worse address is 23…”
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8996244), 28 Sept 2026 · 18 Torbeg Lane, “Park missing sign to prevent motorbikes constantly riding in park. Theres never been signs but there needs to be…”
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8988720), 27 Sept 2026 · 11 Rosella St, “Flooding at corner across road & further down street”
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8982169), 25 Sept 2026 · 54–72 Vanguard Dr, “Gate wire rope has been cut at Broomfield common opposite Malabar Cres”
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8980287), 25 Sept 2026 · 14 Strone Cl, “The Glenbarr Lane street sign is falling over and the signs have blown around in the wind. The name of the Lane and the…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 2
- 2016, 44
- 2017, 80
- 2018, 56
- 2019, 52
- 2020, 53
- 2021, 79
- 2022, 153
- 2023, 196
- 2024, 218
- 2025, 280

## What gets reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 419
- Trees & parks, 335
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 220
- Roads & footpaths, 167
- Water & drains, 142
- Vehicles & parking, 67
- Everything else, 37
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 13

## Exactly what people say
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 275
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 175
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 103
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 99
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 92
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 58
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 57
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 55

## On the heritage register (1)
- [Riccarton Racecourse Tea House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/556), 165J Racecourse Road

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Vanguard Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/vanguard-drive), reported on 141 separate days
- [Arcon Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/arcon-drive), reported on 109 separate days
- [Laramie Place](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/laramie-place), reported on 97 separate days
- [Steadman Road](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/steadman-road), reported on 85 separate days
- [Malabar Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/malabar-crescent), reported on 57 separate days
- [Rosella Street](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/rosella-street), reported on 50 separate days
- [Miromiro Street](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/miromiro-street), reported on 45 separate days
- [Piripiri Place](https://www.chch.live/street/broomfield/piripiri-place), reported on 35 separate days

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Gilberthorpe School](https://www.chch.live/school/3346-gilberthorpe-school) · [Hornby High School](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Bernadette's School (Hornby)](https://www.chch.live/school/3521-st-bernadette-s-school-hornby) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · and 5 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (14)
- [Broomfield Common](https://www.chch.live/park/1871-broomfield-common), Sports ground · 9 ha · playground, 64 pieces
- [Neathwest Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1867-neathwest-reserve), 2 ha
- [Arcon Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1602-arcon-stream-reserve), 1 ha · playground, 47 pieces
- [Rosella Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1487-rosella-reserve), 1 ha · playground, 5 pieces
- [Glen Kerran Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1902-glen-kerran-drainage-reserve)
- [Rannoch Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1860-rannoch-drainage-reserve)
- [Carradale Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1914-carradale-drainage-reserve)
- [Kilbrannan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1880-kilbrannan-reserve)
- [Pensacola Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1906-pensacola-reserve)
- [Malabar Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1851-malabar-reserve), playground, 4 pieces
- [Heidi Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1878-heidi-reserve)
- [Arcon Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1795-arcon-playground), playground, 12 pieces
- [Laramie Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1375-laramie-reserve)
- [Amdale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1834-amdale-reserve)

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

## The tracks through here (3)
- [Walk and bike track through Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-219-broomfield), 1.5 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-221-broomfield), 400 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-220-broomfield), 141 m · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.
The plan’s noise overlays cover **all** of this outline, about 208 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: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **16** classified reaches, the plan calling **Paparua Stream** and **Paparua South Branch**
           by name, **2%** 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, **1%** 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: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **365** photographs on this ground, 2012–2014, 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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **7.9 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [South Express](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/south-express). 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, **1** inscribed plaque, [Glen Kerran Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311071-glen-kerran-drainage-reserve) 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, **3** drawn instruments, 1 alcohol ban, 2 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 **47** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 116 hectares, mostly silt, sand, engineered fill. 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, 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 **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 **7** assets on this ground, 7 bridges, sited at Neathwest Reserve, Laramie Reserve, Broomfield Common, Arcon Stream Reserve. 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 **1** record inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 basketball. 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 **1122** living trees inside this outline, mostly Kowhai, Tulip tree, Ribbonwood. The file remembers **513** 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 **Open Space Metropolitan Facilities**, **43%** residential, the rest mostly Residential Suburban 22%, Residential New Neighbourhood 20%. 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 1 designation, 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 heritage schedule protects **1** place by name in this suburb, **1** graded highly significant, **Riccarton Racecourse Tea House 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).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.7 in 2016. 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).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 21 April 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600421.2.20.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 25 April 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600425.2.3.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-04-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 05 October 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611005.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-10-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Glass Plate Negative: Broomfield, Canterbury](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/203214), [Canterbury Museum](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-museum) · 1863-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 17 December 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18691217.2.14.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1869-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 21 December 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18691221.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1869-12-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 24 December 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18691224.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1869-12-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 December 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18701227.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1870-12-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 23 December 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18711223.2.2.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1871-12-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 27 December 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18711227.2.2.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1871-12-27T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Broomfield
- [Little Owl seen — Broomfield, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401447745), iNaturalist · robhendynz, 19 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (21 injury crashes)

21 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Masham Road at Kintyre Drive](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=masham-rd&suburb=broomfield), 3 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (475 recorded victimisations)

475 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 43 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=broomfield)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (4 stops)

4 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 125](https://www.chch.live/buses/125), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140).
- Carmen Rd
- Carmen Rd near Steadman Rd
- Masham Rd near Kintyre Dr
- Masham Rd near Rosella St

- [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.

- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-broomfield), 3
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-broomfield), 1
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-broomfield), 1
- [Golf courses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/golf-course#in-broomfield), 1
- [Guest houses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/guest-house#in-broomfield), 1
- [Marketplace](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-marketplace#in-broomfield), 1
- [Mini golf](https://www.chch.live/businesses/mini-golf#in-broomfield), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Riccarton Rotary Market](https://www.chch.live/business/riccarton-rotary-market-broomfield), Marketplace
- [McDuffs Scottish Mini Golf](https://www.chch.live/business/mcduffs-scottish-mini-golf-broomfield), Mini golf

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

## Next door
- [Hei Hei](https://www.chch.live/hei-hei)
- [Russley](https://www.chch.live/russley)
- [Yaldhurst](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst)
- [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/avonhead)
- [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby)
- [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/sockburn)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Broomfield with [Hei Hei](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=broomfield&b=hei-hei) · [Russley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=broomfield&b=russley) · [Yaldhurst](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=broomfield&b=yaldhurst) · [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avonhead&b=broomfield) · [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=broomfield&b=hornby) · [Sockburn](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=broomfield&b=sockburn), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Broomfield?**

Broomfield is a rural community in the Hurunui District, in the northern part of Canterbury in New Zealand's South Island. The public record holds 1,402 council reports for it, the first filed in November 2015.

**How many people live in Broomfield?**

306 people at the the most recent count Census, 147 per square kilometre across 2.1 km².

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

About 2,784 people and 1,065 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Broomfield?**

1,402 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (419), trees & parks (335), graffiti & vandalism (220). 259 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Broomfield had?**

21 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=broomfield)

**What stood in Broomfield before?**

The heritage register holds 1 place here, [Riccarton Racecourse Tea House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/556). The written record goes back further: [the shelf, for the name →](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22Broomfield%22)

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