Bryndwr, Christchurch
3,646 council reports since June 2015, the 40th busiest suburb in the city. 2,873 photographs on record. 9,850 people at the 2023 Census, 4,633 to the square kilometre across 2.1 km².
The record also holds about $600 a week to rent· 2023 Census snapshot· 2,873 photographs· 7 old photographs· 3 schools· 3 parks· 3 places of worship· 9 tracks· 3 names on the map· 18.8% of the outline mapped liquefied· graded mostly TC2 in 2011· noise overlays over the whole outline· setback strips over 3% of the outline· 11% of the outline inside the plan’s density overlays· 1,257 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground· 12.5 km of cycleway crosses the outline· 8 drawn rules bind this ground· 1 parcels on the dangerous-work register· 42 parcels of made ground· 1 parcels with a cleanup on file· the 2019 model grades this ground mostly medium· 2 council structures on the register· 2 recreation register records· 1,322 trees on the register· the plan’s word on this ground· 2% of the outline reserved· 182 injury crashes· 1,441 recorded victimisations· 25 bus stops· 56 businesses· the council’s fix times· 1 heritage place· 40 documents· 5 mentions on the wire
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Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day
$600/week
middle half $551–$652
New bonds here ran at about $600 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $551 and $652, across 48 bonds lodged, down 3% 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 Bryndwr North and Bryndwr South areas combined, approximately this suburb.
By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
- 3-bedroom house, $621 a week · 21 new bonds
- 1-bedroom house, $618 a week · 15 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 19% of it; the 2011 grading filed it mostly TC2, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.
Day to day it holds 3 schools, 3 parks, 3 places of worship, 9 tracks and 25 bus stops, each is counted further down.
Lately the record’s mostly rubbish & dumping, 649 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 10 October 2026.
One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 26 December 2023, 16 reports in a single day.
2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here
About 6,243 people and 2,316 occupied private households in the “Bryndwr North” and “Bryndwr South” areas, grouped from 44 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 overseas29% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity71% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity13% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity5% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity20% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet81% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles48% 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
Bryndwr is a suburb in the north-west of Christchurch, New Zealand.
As reported 2,873 on record
The suburb, back then 7 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.
The shape of it outline © OpenStreetMap · recent reports, pinned
The record on Bryndwr
- Bryndwr enters the written record on 1 January 1880, “"Bryndwr." Valuable freehold suburban properties at Fendaltown”, Canterbury Stories.
- “Bryndwr” appears somewhere in 476 of the archive’s records, title, description or body.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance, not by phrase.
- The first report the feed ever carried here: roading/streets, 2 June 2015, at 1 Rhyl Pl.
- Its busiest day on record was 26 December 2023, 16 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is Wairakei Road, reported on 350 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside Fendalton ward, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board is its local layer. The whole roll is at /wards.
Lately the newest reports
Pavement - Damaged78 Aorangi Rd
Several of these covers have been removed Holes left open - tripping hazard / people can easily fall in
Street Gutters / Storm Water81A Aorangi Road
As of 9 October, 9am, found 2 missing stormwater manhole covers on footpath at 81 Aorangi rd and 83 Aorangi rd.
Pavement - Damaged27 Resolution Pl
The underground water pipe was recently repaired outside my property. The repair has been completed, but the area has not yet been fully restored. One…
Reports per year down 6% 2024→2025
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606
What gets reported
Exactly what people say
How fast the council fixes things here 7,018 finished jobs on record
The median council work order pinned in Bryndwr 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 10 weeks or longer. 149 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 7 October 2019.
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
One sensitive site stands here, Wairakei School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of it.
The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list, 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 3
St Andrew's College (Christchurch)Composite · private, not rated
St Patrick's School (Bryndwr)Full Primary · decile 10 · EQI 376- Wairakei School (Christchurch)Contributing · decile 6 · EQI 478
Zoned for Burnside High School · Christ The King School (Burnside) · Christchurch Adventist School · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · St Bede's College · and 14 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 3
- Pitcairn Playgroundplayground, 16 pieces
- Derwent Reserveplayground, 4 pieces
- Morley Reserveplayground, 26 pieces
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.
Where the suburb worships 3
- New Generation Churcha Baptist church · 309 Clyde Road
- Presbyterian Church St Stephensa Presbyterian church · 365A Ilam Road
- St Aidan's Anglian Church - Bryndwran Anglican church · 63 Brookside Terrace
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 9
- Walk and bike track through Bryndwr2.1 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Bryndwr2.0 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Bryndwr1.5 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Bryndwr1.2 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Bryndwr369 m · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Bryndwr361 m · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Bryndwr298 m · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Bryndwr199 m · Christchurch · walk · bike
The first eight of 9, 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 3
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 18.8% of this outline, about 40 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 543.1% of this outline, about 1,155 hectares, mostly TC2, with TC3 4 ha · TC2 1,151 ha. 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.
1 parcel inside this outline sits on the hazardous-activities register, mostly vehicle refuelling, service and repair. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.
The files record 42 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly silt, pitrun, topsoil, 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 75% of this outline in the medium class, and 3 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.
The council’s structure register stands 2 assets on this ground, 1 ramp, 1 shelter, sited at Edgar Macintosh Park, Paddling Pool Edgar Macintosh. 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 2 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 cricket, 1 rugby. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.
The register counts 1,322 living trees inside this outline, 2 veterans among them, 48 carrying a protection, mostly Yoshino Cherry, Painted Mona Maple, Scarlet Oak. The file remembers 582 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 69% of this outline under Residential Suburban, 79% residential, the rest mostly Transport 17%, Medium density residential zone 11%. 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 3 hectares of this outline, 2%, under 1 designation, mostly learning. 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 26% of it, 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 213 hectares across 1 mapped overlay, 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, 69 classified reaches, the plan calling Taylor Stream and Wai-iti Stream by name, 3% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 10 m off the bank. 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, 11% 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 is drawn at /density.
The rebuild’s cameras filed 1,257 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 is drawn at /rebuild.
The pedal network threads this ground, 12.5 km of cycleway crosses the outline, 2.4 km of it separated from the traffic, Nor'West Arc. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.
The rulebook binds this ground, 8 drawn instruments, 1 alcohol ban, 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.
- Taylor's Drainwaterway · 1.5 km
- Wai-iti Streamwaterway · 1.2 km
- Wairarapa Streamwaterway · 5.5 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.
The crash record 182 injury crashes
182 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Bryndwr's outline, 2 people killed, 32 seriously hurt.
The corner that keeps appearing: Wairakei Road at Greers Road, 14 injury crashes.
The crime record 1,441 recorded victimisations
1,441 victimisations on the Police record inside Bryndwr’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 58 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 29% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.
The buses through it 25 stops
25 Metro stops inside Bryndwr's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 120, route 17, route 8, the Orbiter (clockwise), the Orbiter (anticlockwise), the Orbiter.
- Clyde Rd near Aorangi Rd
- Clyde Rd near Evatt St near Clyde Rd
- Clyde Rd near Evatt St near Clyde Rd
- Clyde Rd near Hooker Ave near Clyde Rd
- Clyde Rd near Hooker Ave near Clyde Rd
- Clyde Rd near Ilam Rd
- Clyde Rd near Morley St near Clyde Rd
- Clyde Rd near Morley St near Clyde Rd
- Greers Rd near Brookside Tce near Greers Rd
- Greers Rd near Brookside Tce near Greers Rd
- Greers Rd near Clyde Rd near Greers Rd
- Greers Rd near Clyde Rd near Greers Rd
- Wairakei Rd near Aorangi Rd near Wairakei Rd
- Wairakei Rd near Aorangi Rd near Wairakei Road
- Wairakei Rd near Blighs Rd near Wairakei Rd
- Wairakei Rd near Blighs Rd near Wairakei Rd
Businesses here 56 in the directory
56 premises in Bryndwr across 21 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.
- Restaurants13
- Bottle stores7
- Fast food7
- Cafés4
- Supermarkets4
- Hairdressers3
- Bars & pubs2
- Clothing2
- Clubs2
- Bakeries1
- Beauty1
- Dairies & convenience1
- Dentists1
- Doctors & clinics1
- Dry cleaners1
- Medical Supply1
- Optometrists1
- Pharmacies1
- Physio1
- Post offices1
- Vets1
Among them, the ones the record says most about:
Before any of that
On the register here
Documents 40
What the archive’s sources say about Bryndwr, 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.
2321880s
361890s
1441900s
21910s
21920s
21930s
171940s
31950s
21960s
262000s
122010s
22020s
"Bryndwr." Valuable freehold suburban properties at Fendaltown
Advertisement for the sale of residential sections on Penhelig, Jeffreys', Bryndwr, Garreg, Glandovey, Plynlimon and Idris roads, Byrndwr Township, Christchurch. To be auctioned by Char…Maps, plans and drawings · Canterbury Stories · Christchurch City Libraries ·
Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 (Star, 23 November 1880)
…stown riccatton new cambridge fendaltown fcorth opawa holaiwood ashbourne strowm woolston bryndwr opawa merivale ut martin st albans it will olso contain a carefnlly revised copy of tho new customs ta…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 November 1880)
…pstown riccarton new cambridge fendaltown north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woolston bryndwr opawa merivale st martin albans it will also contain a carefully revised copy of the new customs tarif…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 November 1880)
…pstown eiccarton new cambridge fendaltown north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woolaton bryndwr opawa merivale st martin albans ifc will also contain a carefully revised copy of the new oustoms tari…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 December 1880)
…��town riccarton new cambridge fenda-town north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woolston bryndwr opawa merivale bt martin albans it will also contain a carefully revised copy of the new oustoms tarif…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 December 1880)
…pstown riccarton new cambridge fendaltown north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woolston bryndwr opawa merivale sfc martin alban3 it will also contain a carofully revised copy of tho new customs tari…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 December 1880)
…patown riccarton new cambridge fendaltown north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woolston bryndwr opawa merivale st martin albana ifc will alao contain a carefully reviaed copy of the new oustoms tari…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 December 1880)
…pstown riccarton new cambridge fendaltown north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woolston bryndwr opuwa merivale st martin albans it also contains a carefully revised copy of tae new oustoms tariff st…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 11 December 1880)
…ipstown riccarton new cambridge fendaltown north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woohton bryndwr opawa merivale bt martin albans it also contains a carefully revised copy of the new oustoms tariff st…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 13 December 1880)
…wn riccarton new cambridge j fendaltown north opawa j holmwood ashbourne strowan woolston bryndwr opawa merivale bt martin albans it also contains a carefully revised copy of tho new oustoms tariff st…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The wire on Bryndwr 5 lately
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 ·
Stinking iris seen — Wairakei Rd near Jennifer St, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New ZealandiNaturalist · sianald ·
Manna ash seen — Wairakei Rd near Pitcairn Cres, Bryndwr, Christchurch 8053, New ZealandiNaturalist · emily2764 ·
Pūngāwerewere (Spider) seen — Bryndwr, Christchurch, New ZealandiNaturalist · fran_nces ·
Indian Horse-chestnut seen — Bryndwr, Christchurch, New ZealandiNaturalist · resuelze ·
4 more documents came up in searches for Bryndwr's places and have not been read yet, a lead is a search result, not a fact, until somebody reads it.
Next door
Compare Bryndwr with Strowan · Burnside · PAPANUI · Bishopdale · Fendalton · Ilam, same record, side by side.
Questions, answered briefly
What is Bryndwr?
Bryndwr is a suburb in the north-west of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 3,646 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.
How many people live in Bryndwr?
9,850 people at the 2023 Census, 4,633 per square kilometre across 2.1 km².
How many people does the 2023 Census count for Bryndwr?
About 6,243 people and 2,316 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 Bryndwr?
3,646 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (932), water & drains (897), roads & footpaths (651). 649 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.
How many crashes has Bryndwr had?
182 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 32 seriously hurt. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →
What did the earthquakes grade Bryndwr?
The 2011 technical categories filed 543.1% of the suburb’s outline, about 1,155 hectares, mostly TC2. 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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