# Burwood, Christchurch

8,186 council reports since June 2015, the 15th busiest suburb in the city. 6,712 photographs on record.
6,360 people at the 2023 Census, 1,082 to the square kilometre across 5.9 km².

https://www.chch.live/burwood

## 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

Burwood is a north-eastern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The suburb is mostly a residential area and is centred on Burwood Hospital, Travis Wetland Nature Heritage Park and Bottle Lake Forest.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burwood%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 **$600 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $570–$650, across 15 bonds, up 4% 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 “Burwood” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
- 3-bedroom house, $600 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 3,564 people and 1,329 occupied private households, grouped from 22 SA1 areas in Burwood South. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 21% (732 people)
- 65 and over: about 15% (540 people)
- Born overseas: about 16% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 86% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 17% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 5% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 6% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 87% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 60% 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 (6,712 on record)
- [140 New Brighton Road, Burwood](https://www.chch.live/report/9084664)
- [21 Araucana Way, Burwood](https://www.chch.live/report/9081231)
- [148 Lake Terrace Road, Shirley](https://www.chch.live/report/9069551)
- [148 Lake Terrace Road, Shirley](https://www.chch.live/report/9063085)
- [14 Brooker Avenue, Burwood](https://www.chch.live/report/9056516)
- [80 Lake Terrace Road, Burwood](https://www.chch.live/report/9054552)

[6,712 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=burwood)

## The suburb, back then (14 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 Avon River at Burwood](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-55002466), 1888 · Canterbury Stories
- [John Campbell, Burwood Church hall](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-63131147), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Vicarage at Burwood](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-52086295), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [All Saints Church, Burwood](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-30063617), 1910 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Burwood War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-51790724), 1921 · Canterbury Stories
- [Heathcote County Council Burwood Bridge](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-52085893), 1921 · Canterbury Stories
- [Driver R. Duncan, of Burwood, Christchurch, killed in action](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-30099134), 1942 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [An aerial view of Burwood Primary School, including the construction of New Brighton Road and Avonside Drive, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1950s#p-22565466), 1950 · TAPUHI
- [Burwood looking towards Christchurch City Centre, Canterbury Region, including Christchurch Golf Club (bottom right), grand house and gardens on Horseshoe Lake Road (foreground) and Shirley Boys' High School](https://www.chch.live/then/1950s#p-22329489), 1951 · TAPUHI
- [Burwood Hospital, New Brighton, Christchurch City](https://www.chch.live/then/1950s#p-32972419), 1959 · TAPUHI

[…and 4 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Burwood
- Burwood enters the written record in 2 March 1872, [“News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 02 March 1872)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18720302.2.49), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Burwood” appears somewhere in 701 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 10 June 2015, at 80.
- Its busiest day was 30 October 2023, 59 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/street/burwood/new-brighton-road), reported on 549 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Burwood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/burwood), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (10,521 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Burwood took **3 days** to resolve, about the city-wide median (3 days).
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 3 months or longer.
255 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 18 December 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

One sensitive site stands here, Waitākiri Primary 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. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9084664), 13 Oct 2026 · 140 New Brighton Road, “rrz gate missing lock. people accessing”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9081231), 13 Oct 2026 · 21 Araucana Way, “21 Araucana. parks asset. resident wants parks garden tidied up.”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9069551), 11 Oct 2026 · 148 Lake Terrace Road, “Still out of order! This is Un acceptable! Stop wasting our rates and do the basics”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9063085), 9 Oct 2026 · 148 Lake Terrace Road, “this expensive bespoke design toilet block is still closed after many months. Not good considering what the building…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9056516), 8 Oct 2026 · 14 Brooker Avenue, “rubbish”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9054552), 8 Oct 2026 · 80 Lake Terrace Road, “dumped red bin full of rubbish, rubbish over the ground also. bin number 4007423”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9052762), 8 Oct 2026 · 77–85 New Brighton Rd, “Mowing and spotted irrigation sprinkler in front of me broken at Burwood park .”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9042326), 6 Oct 2026 · 10 Lake Terrace Rd, “Tagging on fence by dairy”
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9039265), 6 Oct 2026 · 43 Katrine Drive, “Hi there, Since we moved in, the berm outside our property has been uneven and rusted, as a result of the development…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9035913), 5 Oct 2026 · Horseshoe Lake Road, “Broken glass in the carpark and in the shrubs”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9033159), 5 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Bollard broken at base Clare Park”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9032048), 5 Oct 2026 · 1/12 Barclay Place, “can you please come and fix the pathway, its breaking up. nga mihi”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 123
- 2016, 320
- 2017, 530
- 2018, 456
- 2019, 593
- 2020, 781
- 2021, 742
- 2022, 889
- 2023, 1,065
- 2024, 1,008
- 2025, 982

## What gets reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2,494
- Rubbish & dumping, 2,473
- Trees & parks, 1,179
- Roads & footpaths, 1,096
- Water & drains, 493
- Everything else, 196
- Vehicles & parking, 167
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 75

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,905
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1,280
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 994
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 617
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 509
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 223
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 212
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 191

## The streets that keep coming up
- [New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/street/burwood/new-brighton-road), reported on 549 separate days
- [Brooker Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/burwood/brooker-avenue), reported on 288 separate days
- [Burwood Road](https://www.chch.live/street/burwood/burwood-road), reported on 286 separate days
- [Kingsford Street](https://www.chch.live/street/burwood/kingsford-street), reported on 208 separate days
- [Lake Terrace Road](https://www.chch.live/street/burwood/lake-terrace-road), reported on 202 separate days
- [Stour Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/burwood/stour-drive), reported on 181 separate days
- [Broomfield Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/burwood/broomfield-terrace), reported on 178 separate days
- [Cresswell Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/burwood/cresswell-avenue), reported on 166 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Waitākiri Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/685-waitakiri-primary-school), Contributing · decile 8 · EQI 452

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) · [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Francis of Assisi Catholic School](https://www.chch.live/school/738-st-francis-of-assisi-catholic-school) · [Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College](https://www.chch.live/school/336-te-puna-wai-o-waipapa-hagley-college) · and 10 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (18)
- [Travis Wetland](https://www.chch.live/park/1193-travis-wetland), Regional · 122 ha
- [Horseshoe Lake Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1382-horseshoe-lake-reserve), Regional · 33 ha
- [Anzac Drive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1835-anzac-drive-reserve), 14 ha
- [Burwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1585-burwood-park), Sports ground · 14 ha · playground, 49 pieces
- [Donnell Sports Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1845-donnell-sports-park), Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 26 pieces
- [Clarevale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/929-clarevale-reserve), 3 ha · playground, 58 pieces
- [Amelia Rogers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1622-amelia-rogers-reserve), 2 ha
- [Brooker Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/922-brooker-reserve), 1 ha
- [Robin Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1133-robin-playground), 1 ha · playground, 15 pieces
- [Dixon Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1058-dixon-reserve)
- [Lakewood Reserves](https://www.chch.live/park/1913-lakewood-reserves)
- [Tangmere Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/983-tangmere-reserve), playground, 45 pieces
- [Chartwell Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1235-chartwell-reserve), playground, 5 pieces
- [Carlsen Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1222-carlsen-reserve), playground, 29 pieces
- [Yellowstone Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1014-yellowstone-reserve), playground, 5 pieces
- [Kingsbridge West Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1179-kingsbridge-west-reserve)
- [Idaho Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1483-idaho-reserve)
- [Wichita Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1513-wichita-reserve)

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

## Where the suburb worships (4)
- [All Saints Anglican Church - Burwood](https://www.chch.live/worship/all-saints-anglican-church-burwood), an Anglican church · 305 New Brighton Road
- [Bassett Street Church / Burwood Christian Centre](https://www.chch.live/worship/bassett-street-church-burwood-christian-centre), a church · 52-54 Bassett Street
- [Christchurch Baptist on Burwood](https://www.chch.live/worship/christchurch-baptist-on-burwood), a Baptist church · 9 Burwood Road
- [St Paul's Lutheran Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-paul-s-lutheran-church), a Lutheran church · 130 Burwood Road

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

## The tracks through here (25)
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-50-dallington), 4.8 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-57-parklands), 3.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-76-burwood), 2.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-119-burwood), 1.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-60-shirley), 1.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-118-burwood), 1.4 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-107-parklands), 1.4 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-116-burwood), 1.4 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-135-burwood), 1.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-113-burwood), 1.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-137-burwood), 1.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-108-burwood), 768 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-156-burwood), 749 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-158-new-brighton), 655 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-159-burwood), 450 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-147-burwood), 353 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-160-north-new-brighton), 295 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-126-burwood), 230 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-143-burwood), 230 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-146-burwood), 162 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-149-burwood), 119 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-145-burwood), 88 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-150-burwood), 47 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-144-burwood), 38 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-128-burwood), 26 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 51.4% of this outline, about 302 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 Crown’s 2011 classification drew 10.2% of this outline, about 60 hectares inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/redzone).
The 2011 grading filed 31.1% of this outline, about 183 hectares, mostly **TC3**, with TC3 109 ha · TC2 74 ha. 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 43.2% of this outline, about 254 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 mapped tsunami extent covers **3%** of this outline, about 16 hectares. The sea’s modelled reach, not a prediction, the plan’s inundation line, not the evacuation zones; the share is read from a sampled join. The whole extent is at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/tsunami).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **52%** of this outline, about 304 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna. 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 **28%** of this outline, about 164 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 **23%** of this outline, about 136 hectares across **2** scheduled areas, **19%** 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 **27%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 160 hectares across **6** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **65%** of it, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **81** classified reaches, the plan calling **Angela Stream** and **Horseshoe Lake Outlet**
           by name, **10%** 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, **1%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **Suburban**. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **3,224** photographs on this ground, 2001–2016, stormwater 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, **18.2 km** of cycleway crosses the outline. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **10** inscribed plaques, [Donnell Sports Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51592-donnell-sports-park), [Brooker Monument](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51296-brooker-monument), [Amelia Rogers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/51436-amelia-rogers-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, **16** drawn instruments, 10 of them dog rules, 1 alcohol ban, 5 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).
**10** 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, 3 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 **438** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 150 hectares, mostly sand, topsoil, peat, 7 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).
**2** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **48%** of this outline in the **high** class, and 9 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 study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **61** assets on this ground, 22 boardwalks, 11 bridges, 9 sets of steps, 6 ramps, sited at Horseshoe Lake Reserve, Travis Wetland, Burwood Park, Anzac Drive Reserve. **10** entries are out of service on the file. 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 **36** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 8 tennis, 6 rugby, 5 cricket, 4 football, plus a marked dog exercise area and 9 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 **2249** living trees inside this outline, **72** veterans among them, 83 carrying a protection, mostly Manna Ash, Ribbonwood, Yoshino Cherry. The file remembers **1404** 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 **29%** of this outline under **Residential Suburban**, **32%** residential, the rest mostly Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor) 29%, Open Space Natural 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 **12 hectares** of this outline, **2%** , under 3 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 **3%** of this outline, 1 qualifying matter, mostly 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).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 5 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.3 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 (11)
- [Anzac Fronds](https://www.chch.live/memorial/anzac-fronds), artwork
- [Burwood Anglican Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/burwood-anglican-cemetery), cemetery
- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.chch.live/lake/horseshoe-lake), lake · Waikākāriki
- [Viewing Platform](https://www.chch.live/summit/viewing-platform), lookout
- [ANZAC Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/anzac-memorial), monument
- [Burwood War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/burwood-war-memorial), monument
- [Burwood Park](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1899–1923
- [Horseshoe Lake](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1955–1959
- [Dudley Creek](https://www.chch.live/river/dudley-creek), waterway · 9.4 km
- [Preeces Stream](https://www.chch.livenull), waterway · 0.8 km
- [Travis Swamp Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/travis-swamp-stream), waterway · 1.2 km

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

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 02 March 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18720302.2.49), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1872-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 11 January 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18730111.2.60), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1873-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 06 October 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18771006.2.72), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [DEATHS. (Nelson Evening Mail, 05 April 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18800405.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Southland Times, 03 November 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18801103.2.18.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [INTERPROVINCIAL. (Bruce Herald, 06 May 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BH18810506.2.7.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-05-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [WRECK AND TOTAL LOSS OF THE S. S. TARARUA ON THE OTARA REEF. (Otago Daily Times, 20 May 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18810520.2.96), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Painting of Bottle Lake](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/all-saints-church/ccl-cs-85699), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [LOCAL & GENERAL. (Otago Witness, 24 March 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18830324.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1883-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 February 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840206.2.13.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1884-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Burwood
- [Red Damselfly seen — Burwood, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407770831), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 12 Oct 2026
- [Poison hemlock moth seen — GM7W+6Q Eel viewing at the Wetlands, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407770608), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 12 Oct 2026
- [Athoracophorinae seen — GM7W+6Q Eel viewing at the Wetlands, Burwood, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407757254), iNaturalist · seamusmoran, 12 Oct 2026
- [Aldrichetta forsteri seen — Burwood, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407487593), iNaturalist · noahfenwick, 11 Oct 2026
- [Porphyrio melanotus melanotus seen — Burwood, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407487583), iNaturalist · noahfenwick, 11 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (219 injury crashes)

219 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 44 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [New Brighton Road at Bassett Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=new-brighton-rd&suburb=burwood), 10 injury crashes, 1 fatal.

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

## The crime record (1,108 recorded victimisations)

1,108 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 78 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=burwood)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (46 stops)

46 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 135](https://www.chch.live/buses/135), [route 110](https://www.chch.live/buses/110), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44).
- Bassett St near Parnwell St near Bassett St
- Bassett St near Parnwell St near Bassett St
- Bassett St near Tobin Ln near Bassett St
- Bassett St near Tobin Ln near Tobins Ln
- Bassett St near Vivian St near Bassett St
- Bassett St near Vivian St near Bassett St
- Burwood Hospital - Main Entrance
- Burwood Hospital - Mairehau Rd near Mairehau Rd
- Burwood Hospital - Mairehau Rd near Mairehau Rd
- Burwood Rd
- Burwood Rd near Carlsen St near Burwood Rd
- Burwood Rd near Carlsen St near Burwood Rd
- Burwood Rd near Clarevale St near Burwood Rd
- Burwood Rd near Clarevale St near Burwood Rd
- Burwood Rd near Helmsdale St near Burwood Rd
- Burwood Rd near Helmsdale St near Burwood Rd

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

## Businesses here (24 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-burwood), 5
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-burwood), 4
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-burwood), 3
- [Car repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-repair#in-burwood), 2
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-burwood), 2
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-burwood), 2
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-burwood), 1
- [Bike shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bike-shop#in-burwood), 1
- [Childcare](https://www.chch.live/businesses/childcare#in-burwood), 1
- [Hospital](https://www.chch.live/businesses/amenity-hospital#in-burwood), 1
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-burwood), 1
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-burwood), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Cinnamon Spice](https://www.chch.live/business/cinnamon-spice-burwood), Fast food
- [Burwood Bakery](https://www.chch.live/business/burwood-bakery-burwood), Bakeries
- [Burwood Fish and Chips](https://www.chch.live/business/burwood-fish-and-chips-burwood), Fast food
- [Burwood Road Motors](https://www.chch.live/business/burwood-road-motors-burwood), Car repair
- [Liquor centre](https://www.chch.live/business/liquor-centre-burwood), Bottle stores
- [The Bike Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/the-bike-shop-burwood), Bike shops
- [Bottle O Burwood](https://www.chch.live/business/bottle-o-burwood), Bottle stores

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

## Next door
- [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/avondale)
- [Shirley](https://www.chch.live/shirley)
- [Dallington](https://www.chch.live/dallington)
- [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/aranui)
- [Wainoni](https://www.chch.live/wainoni)
- [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Burwood with [Avondale](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avondale&b=burwood) · [Shirley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=burwood&b=shirley) · [Dallington](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=burwood&b=dallington) · [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aranui&b=burwood) · [Wainoni](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=burwood&b=wainoni) · [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=burwood&b=parklands), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Burwood?**

Burwood is a north-eastern suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 8,186 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Burwood?**

6,360 people at the 2023 Census, 1,082 per square kilometre across 5.9 km².

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

About 3,564 people and 1,329 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Burwood?**

8,186 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (2,494), rubbish & dumping (2,473), trees & parks (1,179). 909 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Burwood had?**

219 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 44 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=burwood)

**What schools are in Burwood?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Waitākiri Primary School.

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