# Bishopdale vs Christchurch Airport, the record side by side

| | [Bishopdale](https://www.chch.live/bishopdale) | [Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **9,710 (2023)** | 140 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **9,288 (indicative)** | 156 (indicative) |
| Census households | **3,537** | 69 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **18%** | 2% |
| 65+ (Census) | 18% | **33%** |
| Area | 3.13 km² | **4.86 km²** |
| People per km² | **3,102** | 29 |
| Reports filed | **4,333** | 211 |
| Rank on the roll | **37th of 108** | 96th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **1,384** | 43 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2021-11-20 (21 reports)** | 2022-08-06 (3 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **289 (3 fatal · 57 serious)** | 47 (1 fatal · 10 serious) |
| Epicentres inside the outline | — | — |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC3 (6.2% of the outline) | — |
| Flooded on record | 4.2% (1 event) | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | — | — |
| The kept view | — | — |
| The waiting water | 0% high-hazard (47% managed) | — |
| The quiet lines | all of the outline, bird-strike buffer | all of the outline (100% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | 25 reaches (Dudley Creek, Greers Drain) | — |
| The allowed shape | 12% under density overlays, Medium Density | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | **925 frames filed (2010–2014)** | 69 frames filed (2011–2013) |
| The pedal network | **0.0 km inside the outline, Wheels to Wings** | 0.0 km inside the outline, Wheels to Wings |
| The remembered names | 2 plaques, Veitch Reserve, Orauwhata | — |
| The rules on the ground | **7 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** | 1 drawn rule, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 4 parcels (1 current) | **5 parcels (1 current)** |
| Made ground on file | 129 parcels (2 unvouched) | 3 parcels (all vouched or natural) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (none verified) | 1 parcel (none verified) |
| The model’s verdict | medium (60% of the outline) | low (87% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | **2,490 trees (9 veterans, 1,182 remembered felled)** | 7 trees (no veterans, 8 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Residential Suburban (52% of the outline, 65% residential) | Specific Purpose (Airport) (99% of the outline) |
| The plan’s reservations | 6% of the outline (5 designations, learning, power & signal) | **100% of the outline (1 designation, movement)** |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | — |
| The usual complaints | Graffiti (927), Dumped Rubbish (356), Roading/Streets (343) | Roading/Streets (49), HAZ_TR_VEHICLE (27), Pothole (16) |
| Schools | **5** | 0 |
| Parks | **12** | 0 |
| Facilities | **1** | 0 |
| Tracks | **5** | 1 |
| Bus stops | **21** | 5 |
| Bus routes through | **5** | 4 |
| Heritage places | 0 | 0 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Bishopdale and Christchurch Airport?**

Bishopdale counts 9,710 people (2023) to Christchurch Airport's 140; Bishopdale covers 3.13 km², Christchurch Airport 4.86 km²; the record holds 4,333 reports for Bishopdale and 211 for Christchurch Airport.

**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=bishopdale&b=christchurch-airport
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=bishopdale · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=christchurch-airport