# Aranui vs New Brighton, the record side by side

| | [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/aranui) | [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 4,520 (2023) | **6,510 (2023)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **4,290 (indicative)** | 3,159 (indicative) |
| Census households | **1,443** | 1,425 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **23%** | 16% |
| 65+ (Census) | 10% | **17%** |
| Area | 2.26 km² | **4.06 km²** |
| People per km² | **2,000** | 1,603 |
| Reports filed | 4,008 | **16,222** |
| Rank on the roll | 38th of 108 | **5th of 108** |
| Reports per km² | 1,773 | **3,996** |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2017-09-26 (38 reports) | **2023-10-29 (80 reports)** |
| Crashes on record | 130 (5 fatal · 20 serious) | **194 (5 fatal · 35 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 2 (biggest M4.5) | **10 (biggest M3.9)** |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | 9.4% (38 ha) |
| The 2011 grade | TC3 (151.8% of the outline) | TC2 (44.2% of the outline) |
| Flooded on record | 1.9% (2 events) | **10.4% (1 event)** |
| The sea’s reach | 17% of the outline | **65% of the outline** |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | 1% of the outline | **11% of the outline** |
| The wild ledger | 1% of the outline | **10% of the outline** |
| The kept view | 1% of the outline | **16% of the outline (+2% outstanding)** |
| The waiting water | 3% high-hazard (39% managed) | **14% high-hazard (71% managed)** |
| The quiet lines | — | — |
| The drawn water | 7 reaches (Knights Drain, Avon River), 2% setback strips, held edge | **11 reaches (Rawhiti Domain Drain, Tovey Street Drain), 5% setback strips, held edge** |
| The allowed shape | 4% under density overlays, Suburban | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 2,345 frames filed (2011–2017) | **4,196 frames filed (2011–2016)** |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline, Te Ara Ōtākaro Avon River Trail | **0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), Te Ara Ōtākaro Avon River Trail** |
| The remembered names | 3 plaques, Unification, Aranui Playground | **28 plaques, New Brighton Beach Developed, Lonsdale St And Shackleton St** |
| The rules on the ground | 9 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **33 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | 9 parcels (3 current) | **18 parcels (9 current)** |
| Made ground on file | 92 parcels (2 unvouched) | 154 parcels (4 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (1 verified) | 7 parcels (none verified) |
| The model’s verdict | medium (57% of the outline) | possible (43% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 945 trees (no veterans, 683 remembered felled) | **2,022 trees (43 veterans, 1,210 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Residential Suburban (67% of the outline, 71% residential) | Residential Suburban (35% of the outline, 44% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | **2% of the outline (3 designations, movement, learning)** | 1% of the outline (1 designation, learning) |
| The plan’s exceptions | **7% of the outline (1 matter, infrastructure)** | 5% of the outline (7 matters, section 6) |
| The listed city | — | 3 scheduled items (1 highly significant) |
| The usual complaints | Graffiti (971), Dumped Rubbish (924), Rubbish/Recycling (754) | Graffiti (5,963), Parks (1,186), Rubbish/Recycling (1,110) |
| Schools | 1 | **2** |
| Parks | **9** | 8 |
| Facilities | 1 | 1 |
| Tracks | 5 | **14** |
| Bus stops | 5 | **55** |
| Bus routes through | 1 | **5** |
| Heritage places | 0 | **3** |

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Aranui and New Brighton?**

Aranui counts 4,520 people (2023) to New Brighton's 6,510; Aranui covers 2.26 km², New Brighton 4.06 km²; the record holds 4,008 reports for Aranui and 16,222 for New Brighton.

**Which has more heritage places, Aranui or New Brighton?**

New Brighton, 3 on the heritage register to the other’s 0.

**Where do these numbers come from?**

The same public record for both, council reports, the crash register, the heritage schedule, Stats NZ’s counts. The stream counts reports, not virtue; the caveats are each suburb’s own.

HTML: https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aranui&b=new-brighton
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=aranui · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=new-brighton