# Burnside vs Christchurch Airport, the record side by side

| | [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside) | [Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **10,810 (2023)** | 140 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **9,912 (indicative)** | 156 (indicative) |
| Census households | **3,390** | 69 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **19%** | 2% |
| 65+ (Census) | 15% | **33%** |
| Area | **5.26 km²** | 4.86 km² |
| People per km² | **2,055** | 29 |
| Reports filed | **5,827** | 211 |
| Rank on the roll | **21st of 108** | 96th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **1,108** | 43 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2022-08-18 (29 reports)** | 2022-08-06 (3 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **353 (7 fatal · 75 serious)** | 47 (1 fatal · 10 serious) |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 1 (biggest M3.1) | — |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC3 (2.0% of the outline) | — |
| Flooded on record | 12.3% (1 event) | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | — | — |
| The kept view | — | — |
| The waiting water | 0% high-hazard (6% managed) | — |
| The quiet lines | all of the outline (35% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer | all of the outline (100% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | 52 reaches (Wairarapa Stream, Waimairi Stream), 2% setback strips | — |
| The allowed shape | 2% under density overlays, Suburban | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | **1,382 frames filed (2010–2016)** | 69 frames filed (2011–2013) |
| The pedal network | **0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), Nor'West Arc, Wheels to Wings** | 0.0 km inside the outline, Wheels to Wings |
| The remembered names | 8 plaques, Avice Hill Reserve, Burnside Park | — |
| The rules on the ground | **13 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** | 1 drawn rule, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | **9 parcels (4 current)** | 5 parcels (1 current) |
| Made ground on file | 128 parcels (5 unvouched) | 3 parcels (all vouched or natural) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (1 verified) | 1 parcel (none verified) |
| The model’s verdict | possible (66% of the outline) | low (87% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | **4,873 trees (83 veterans, 1,804 remembered felled)** | 7 trees (no veterans, 8 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Residential Suburban (43% of the outline, 45% residential) | Specific Purpose (Airport) (99% of the outline) |
| The plan’s reservations | 8% of the outline (6 designations, learning, movement) | **100% of the outline (1 designation, movement)** |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | 2 scheduled items (none top-graded) | — |
| The usual complaints | Graffiti (715), Roading/Streets (644), Parks (565) | Roading/Streets (49), HAZ_TR_VEHICLE (27), Pothole (16) |
| Schools | **5** | 0 |
| Parks | **19** | 0 |
| Facilities | **3** | 0 |
| Tracks | **27** | 1 |
| Bus stops | **80** | 5 |
| Bus routes through | **9** | 4 |
| Heritage places | **1** | 0 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Burnside counts 10,810 people (2023) to Christchurch Airport's 140; Burnside covers 5.26 km², Christchurch Airport 4.86 km²; the record holds 5,827 reports for Burnside and 211 for Christchurch Airport.

**Which has more heritage places, Burnside or Christchurch Airport?**

Burnside, 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=burnside&b=christchurch-airport
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=burnside · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=christchurch-airport