# Bottle Lake vs Marshland, the record side by side

| | [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake) | [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,090 (2023) | **1,540 (2023)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **4,011 (indicative)** | 1,392 (indicative) |
| Census households | **1,479** | 498 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **20%** | 15% |
| 65+ (Census) | 16% | **30%** |
| Area | **12.44 km²** | 8.75 km² |
| People per km² | 88 | **176** |
| Reports filed | 549 | **2,470** |
| Rank on the roll | 85th of 108 | **56th of 108** |
| Reports per km² | 44 | **282** |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2024-11-07 (9 reports) | **2021-06-02 (19 reports)** |
| Crashes on record | 6 (0 fatal · 2 serious) | **253 (5 fatal · 62 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 4 (biggest M3.7) | 4 (biggest M3.8) |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | — |
| Flooded on record | **34.3% (2 events)** | 19.6% (1 event) |
| The sea’s reach | 12% of the outline | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | 1% of the outline (+1% silent-file) | — |
| The wild ledger | **10% of the outline** | 2% of the outline |
| The kept view | **14% of the outline** | 1% of the outline |
| The waiting water | 2% high-hazard (31% managed), 14 ponding | **3% high-hazard (15% managed), 1 ponding** |
| The quiet lines | — | 31% of the outline, bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | 12 reaches (Treleavens Drain, Styx River), 2% setback strips, held edge | **162 reaches (Rhodes Drain, Canal Reserve Drain), 4% setback strips, held edge** |
| The allowed shape | — | 1% under density overlays, New Neighbourhood |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 12 frames filed (2012–2015) | **57 frames filed (2011–2014)** |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline | **0.0 km inside the outline** |
| The remembered names | — | 4 plaques, Little Poland Park, John Lindsay Drainage Reserve |
| The rules on the ground | 3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **4 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | — | 2 parcels (2 current) |
| Made ground on file | 9 parcels (all vouched or natural) | 309 parcels (4 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | — | 2 parcels (none verified) |
| The model’s verdict | possible (94% of the outline) | possible (70% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 132 trees (1 veteran, 32 remembered felled) | **2,388 trees (10 veterans, 470 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Open Space Natural (60% of the outline) | Rural Urban Fringe (57% of the outline, 33% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | — | 1% of the outline (3 designations, movement) |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | 3% of the outline (1 matter, infrastructure) |
| The listed city | — | 1 scheduled item (none top-graded) |
| The usual complaints | Dumped Rubbish (141), Rubbish/Recycling (57), Park - General Request (47) | Overgrown Vegetation (298), Roading/Streets (295), Parks (271) |
| Schools | 0 | **1** |
| Parks | **4** | 3 |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | 1 | **8** |
| Bus stops | — | 10 |
| Bus routes through | — | 1 |
| Heritage places | 0 | **1** |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Bottle Lake and Marshland?**

Bottle Lake counts 1,090 people (2023) to Marshland's 1,540; Bottle Lake covers 12.44 km², Marshland 8.75 km²; the record holds 549 reports for Bottle Lake and 2,470 for Marshland.

**Which has more heritage places, Bottle Lake or Marshland?**

Marshland, 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=bottle-lake&b=marshland
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=bottle-lake · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=marshland