# Avonhead vs McLeans Island, the record side by side

| | [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/avonhead) | [McLeans Island](https://www.chch.live/mcleans-island) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **10,650 (2023)** | 200 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **12,264 (indicative)** | 207 (indicative) |
| Census households | **4,422** | 69 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **17%** | 13% |
| 65+ (Census) | 20% | **25%** |
| Area | 5.16 km² | **55.54 km²** |
| People per km² | **2,064** | 4 |
| Reports filed | **5,284** | 472 |
| Rank on the roll | **24th of 108** | 88th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **1,024** | 8 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2023-12-22 (19 reports)** | 2016-06-30 (15 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **205 (2 fatal · 50 serious)** | 52 (0 fatal · 14 serious) |
| Epicentres inside the outline | — | 2 (biggest M4.3) |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC1 (249.6% of the outline) | — |
| Flooded on record | — | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | — | 10% of the outline |
| The kept view | — | 30% of the outline (+6% outstanding) |
| The waiting water | 0% high-hazard (1% managed) | **2% high-hazard** |
| The quiet lines | **all of the outline (43% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer** | 85% of the outline (37% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | 52 reaches (Ilam Stream, Avon River), 1% setback strips | **27 reaches (Middle Stream, Waimakariri River South Branch), 5% setback strips, held edge** |
| The allowed shape | 3% under density overlays, Suburban | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 1,514 frames filed (2011–2016) | — |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline | — |
| The remembered names | 10 plaques, Avonhead Cemetery, Base Line Survey Monument | — |
| The rules on the ground | **6 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** | 3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 1 parcel (none current) | **3 parcels (1 current)** |
| Made ground on file | 135 parcels (1 unvouched) | 1 parcel (all vouched or natural) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (none verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | low (91% of the outline) | possible (49% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | **4,771 trees (16 veterans, 2,811 remembered felled)** | 19 trees (2 veterans, 2 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Residential Suburban (44% of the outline, 47% residential) | Rural Waimakariri (43% of the outline) |
| The plan’s reservations | **10% of the outline (7 designations, movement, learning)** | 3% of the outline (2 designations, movement) |
| The plan’s exceptions | 3% of the outline (5 matters, utilities) | — |
| The listed city | 1 scheduled item (none top-graded) | — |
| The usual complaints | Water Leak (584), Dumped Rubbish (550), Parks (491) | Dumped Rubbish (191), Rubbish/Recycling (81), Roading/Streets (65) |
| Schools | **3** | 0 |
| Parks | **20** | 1 |
| Facilities | 1 | 1 |
| Tracks | 2 | **6** |
| Bus stops | **42** | 2 |
| Bus routes through | **5** | 1 |
| Heritage places | 1 | **2** |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Avonhead and McLeans Island?**

Avonhead counts 10,650 people (2023) to McLeans Island's 200; Avonhead covers 5.16 km², McLeans Island 55.54 km²; the record holds 5,284 reports for Avonhead and 472 for McLeans Island.

**Which has more heritage places, Avonhead or McLeans Island?**

McLeans Island, 2 on the heritage register to the other’s 1.

**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=avonhead&b=mcleans-island
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=avonhead · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=mcleans-island