# Broomfield vs McLeans Island, the record side by side

| | [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/broomfield) | [McLeans Island](https://www.chch.live/mcleans-island) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **306** | 200 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **2,784 (indicative)** | 207 (indicative) |
| Census households | **1,065** | 69 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **20%** | 13% |
| 65+ (Census) | 18% | **25%** |
| Area | 2.08 km² | **55.54 km²** |
| People per km² | **147** | 4 |
| Reports filed | **1,407** | 475 |
| Rank on the roll | **71st of 108** | 88th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **676** | 9 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2017-09-04 (10 reports) | **2016-06-30 (15 reports)** |
| Crashes on record | 21 (0 fatal · 7 serious) | **52 (0 fatal · 14 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 2 (biggest M3.7) | 2 (biggest M4.3) |
| 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 | — | 30% of the outline (+6% outstanding) |
| The waiting water | — | 2% high-hazard |
| The quiet lines | **all of the outline, bird-strike buffer** | 85% of the outline (37% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | 16 reaches (Paparua Stream, Paparua South Branch), 2% setback strips | **27 reaches (Middle Stream, Waimakariri River South Branch), 5% setback strips, held edge** |
| The allowed shape | 1% under density overlays, Medium Density | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 365 frames filed (2012–2014) | — |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline, South Express | — |
| The remembered names | 1 plaque, Glen Kerran Drainage Reserve | — |
| The rules on the ground | 3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | 3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 1 parcel (none current) | **3 parcels (1 current)** |
| Made ground on file | 47 parcels (all vouched or natural) | 1 parcel (all vouched or natural) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 2 parcels (1 verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | low (100% of the outline) | possible (49% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | **1,117 trees (no veterans, 518 remembered felled)** | 19 trees (2 veterans, 2 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Open Space Metropolitan Facilities (38% of the outline, 43% residential) | Rural Waimakariri (43% of the outline) |
| The plan’s reservations | **4% of the outline (1 designation, movement)** | 3% of the outline (2 designations, movement) |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | 1 scheduled item (1 highly significant) | — |
| The usual complaints | Dumped Rubbish (278), Graffiti (175), Overgrown Vegetation (103) | Dumped Rubbish (193), Rubbish/Recycling (81), Roading/Streets (65) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | **14** | 1 |
| Facilities | 0 | **1** |
| Tracks | 3 | **6** |
| Bus stops | **4** | 2 |
| Bus routes through | **2** | 1 |
| Heritage places | 1 | **2** |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Broomfield and McLeans Island?**

Broomfield counts 306 people (the last count) to McLeans Island's 200; Broomfield covers 2.08 km², McLeans Island 55.54 km²; the record holds 1,407 reports for Broomfield and 475 for McLeans Island.

**Which has more heritage places, Broomfield or McLeans Island?**

McLeans Island, 2 on the heritage register to the other’s 1.

**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=mcleans-island
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=broomfield · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=mcleans-island