# Avonhead vs Russley, the record side by side

| | [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/avonhead) | [Russley](https://www.chch.live/russley) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **10,650 (2023)** | 2,440 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **12,264 (indicative)** | 1,074 (indicative) |
| Census households | **4,422** | 429 |
| Under 15 (Census) | 17% | **18%** |
| 65+ (Census) | 20% | **31%** |
| Area | **5.16 km²** | 1.3 km² |
| People per km² | **2,064** | 1,877 |
| Reports filed | **5,304** | 1,119 |
| Rank on the roll | **24th of 108** | 73rd of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **1,028** | 861 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2023-12-22 (19 reports)** | 2023-01-11 (15 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **207 (2 fatal · 50 serious)** | 108 (7 fatal · 30 serious) |
| Epicentres inside the outline | — | 1 (biggest M3.5) |
| 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 | — | — |
| The kept view | — | — |
| The waiting water | 0% high-hazard (1% managed) | — |
| The quiet lines | all of the outline (43% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer | all of the outline (16% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | 52 reaches (Ilam Stream, Avon River), 1% setback strips | **14 reaches (Ilam Stream, Pinehurst Crescent Drain), 3% setback strips** |
| The allowed shape | 3% under density overlays, Suburban | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | **1,514 frames filed (2011–2016)** | 415 frames filed (2011–2014) |
| The pedal network | **0.0 km inside the outline** | 0.0 km inside the outline |
| The remembered names | **10 plaques, Avonhead Cemetery, Base Line Survey Monument** | 3 plaques, Avonhead Park, Manakura 1 Drainage Reserve |
| 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) | **4 parcels (1 current)** |
| Made ground on file | 135 parcels (1 unvouched) | 20 parcels (3 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (none verified) | 2 parcels (2 verified) |
| The model’s verdict | low (91% of the outline) | low (100% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | **4,771 trees (16 veterans, 2,811 remembered felled)** | 572 trees (1 veteran, 299 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Residential Suburban (44% of the outline, 47% residential) | Residential Suburban (46% of the outline, 48% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | **10% of the outline (7 designations, movement, learning)** | 7% of the outline (7 designations, movement, learning) |
| 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 (585), Dumped Rubbish (554), Parks (491) | Roading/Streets (191), Water Leak (127), Overgrown Vegetation (75) |
| Schools | **3** | 0 |
| Parks | **20** | 3 |
| Facilities | **1** | 0 |
| Tracks | 2 | **3** |
| Bus stops | **42** | 12 |
| Bus routes through | **5** | 3 |
| Heritage places | **1** | 0 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Avonhead and Russley?**

Avonhead counts 10,650 people (2023) to Russley's 2,440; Avonhead covers 5.16 km², Russley 1.3 km²; the record holds 5,304 reports for Avonhead and 1,119 for Russley.

**Which has more heritage places, Avonhead or Russley?**

Avonhead, 1 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=avonhead&b=russley
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=avonhead · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=russley