# Broomfield vs Islington, the record side by side

| | [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/broomfield) | [Islington](https://www.chch.live/islington) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 306 | **1,040 (2023)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **2,784 (indicative)** | 954 (indicative) |
| Census households | **1,065** | 363 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **20%** | 15% |
| 65+ (Census) | **18%** | 15% |
| Area | 2.08 km² | **6.15 km²** |
| People per km² | 147 | **169** |
| Reports filed | 1,403 | **1,892** |
| Rank on the roll | 71st of 108 | **66th of 108** |
| Reports per km² | **675** | 308 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2017-09-04 (10 reports) | **2024-10-31 (15 reports)** |
| Crashes on record | 21 (0 fatal · 7 serious) | **90 (2 fatal · 19 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 2 (biggest M3.7) | **3 (biggest M4.2)** |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | — |
| Flooded on record | — | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | — | 10% of the outline |
| The kept view | — | — |
| The waiting water | — | — |
| The quiet lines | all of the outline, bird-strike buffer | all of the outline (50% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | 16 reaches (Paparua Stream, Paparua South Branch), 2% setback strips | — |
| The allowed shape | 1% under density overlays, Medium Density | **2% under density overlays, Suburban** |
| The rebuild’s receipts | **365 frames filed (2012–2014)** | 327 frames filed (2012–2014) |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline, South Express | **0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), South Express** |
| The remembered names | 1 plaque, Glen Kerran Drainage Reserve | 1 plaque, Little Waterloo Park |
| The rules on the ground | **3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** | 2 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 1 parcel (none current) | **30 parcels (19 current)** |
| Made ground on file | 47 parcels (all vouched or natural) | 63 parcels (7 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 2 parcels (1 verified) | 3 parcels (none verified) |
| The model’s verdict | low (100% of the outline) | low (70% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | **1,117 trees (no veterans, 518 remembered felled)** | 420 trees (1 veteran, 204 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Open Space Metropolitan Facilities (38% of the outline, 43% residential) | Rural Urban Fringe (23% of the outline, 12% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | 4% of the outline (1 designation, movement) | **15% of the outline (5 designations, power & signal, movement)** |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | 1% of the outline (1 matter, infrastructure) |
| The listed city | 1 scheduled item (1 highly significant) | — |
| The usual complaints | Dumped Rubbish (276), Graffiti (175), Overgrown Vegetation (103) | Dumped Rubbish (405), Roading/Streets (244), Graffiti (199) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | **14** | 8 |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | **3** | 2 |
| Bus stops | 4 | **8** |
| Bus routes through | 2 | 2 |
| Heritage places | **1** | 0 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Broomfield and Islington?**

Broomfield counts 306 people (the last count) to Islington's 1,040; Broomfield covers 2.08 km², Islington 6.15 km²; the record holds 1,403 reports for Broomfield and 1,892 for Islington.

**Which has more heritage places, Broomfield or Islington?**

Broomfield, 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=broomfield&b=islington
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=broomfield · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=islington