# Bottle Lake vs Spencerville, the record side by side

| | [Bottle Lake](https://www.chch.live/bottle-lake) | [Spencerville](https://www.chch.live/spencerville) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **1,090 (2023)** | 790 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **4,011 (indicative)** | 759 (indicative) |
| Census households | **1,479** | 264 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **20%** | 19% |
| 65+ (Census) | **16%** | 13% |
| Area | **12.44 km²** | 2.85 km² |
| People per km² | 88 | **277** |
| Reports filed | **549** | 369 |
| Rank on the roll | **85th of 108** | 93rd of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 44 | **129** |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2016 |
| Busiest day | **2024-11-07 (9 reports)** | 2022-02-13 (4 reports) |
| Crashes on record | 6 (0 fatal · 2 serious) | **9 (0 fatal · 5 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 4 (biggest M3.7) | — |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | TC3 (10.1% of the outline) |
| Flooded on record | 34.3% (2 events) | **45.8% (2 events)** |
| The sea’s reach | 12% of the outline | **52% of the outline** |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | 1% of the outline (+1% silent-file) | **35% of the outline** |
| The wild ledger | 10% of the outline | **41% of the outline** |
| The kept view | 14% of the outline | **73% of the outline (+25% outstanding)** |
| The waiting water | 2% high-hazard (31% managed), 14 ponding | **12% high-hazard (76% managed), 1 ponding** |
| The quiet lines | — | — |
| The drawn water | 12 reaches (Treleavens Drain, Styx River), 2% setback strips, held edge | **6 reaches (Styx River, Lower Styx Drain South), 5% setback strips, held edge** |
| The allowed shape | — | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 12 frames filed (2012–2015) | **218 frames filed (2012–2016)** |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline | — |
| The remembered names | — | — |
| The rules on the ground | 3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **8 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | — | — |
| Made ground on file | 9 parcels (all vouched or natural) | 27 parcels (all vouched or natural) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | — | — |
| The model’s verdict | possible (94% of the outline) | possible (75% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 132 trees (1 veteran, 32 remembered felled) | **278 trees (no veterans, 225 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Open Space Natural (60% of the outline) | Rural Waimakariri (28% of the outline, 9% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | — | — |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | — |
| The usual complaints | Dumped Rubbish (141), Rubbish/Recycling (57), Park - General Request (47) | Parks (47), Dumped Rubbish (44), Roading/Streets (24) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | 4 | 4 |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | **1** | 0 |
| Bus stops | — | — |
| Bus routes through | — | — |
| 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 Spencerville?**

Bottle Lake counts 1,090 people (2023) to Spencerville's 790; Bottle Lake covers 12.44 km², Spencerville 2.85 km²; the record holds 549 reports for Bottle Lake and 369 for Spencerville.

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

Spencerville, 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.

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