# Burnside vs Strowan, the record side by side

| | [Burnside](https://www.chch.live/burnside) | [Strowan](https://www.chch.live/strowan) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **10,810 (2023)** | 3,620 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **9,912 (indicative)** | 3,564 (indicative) |
| Census households | **3,390** | 1,263 |
| Under 15 (Census) | 19% | **20%** |
| 65+ (Census) | 15% | **18%** |
| Area | **5.26 km²** | 1.36 km² |
| People per km² | 2,055 | **2,662** |
| Reports filed | **5,809** | 2,557 |
| Rank on the roll | **21st of 108** | 55th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 1,104 | **1,880** |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2022-08-18 (29 reports)** | 2023-07-30 (28 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **351 (7 fatal · 74 serious)** | 146 (1 fatal · 32 serious) |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 1 (biggest M3.1) | — |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC3 (2.0% of the outline) | TC3 (2.1% of the outline) |
| Flooded on record | **12.3% (1 event)** | 4.0% (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) | 0% high-hazard (32% managed) |
| The quiet lines | all of the outline (35% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer | all of the outline, bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | 52 reaches (Wairarapa Stream, Waimairi Stream), 2% setback strips | **52 reaches (Cross Stream, Taylor Stream), 5% setback strips** |
| The allowed shape | 2% under density overlays, Suburban | **14% under density overlays, Medium Density** |
| The rebuild’s receipts | **1,382 frames filed (2010–2016)** | 530 frames filed (2011–2016) |
| 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, Northern Line |
| The remembered names | 8 plaques, Avice Hill Reserve, Burnside Park | — |
| The rules on the ground | **13 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** | 8 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | **9 parcels (4 current)** | 3 parcels (2 current) |
| Made ground on file | 128 parcels (5 unvouched) | 50 parcels (4 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (1 verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | possible (66% of the outline) | medium (78% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | **4,871 trees (83 veterans, 1,806 remembered felled)** | 764 trees (7 veterans, 300 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Residential Suburban (43% of the outline, 45% residential) | Residential Suburban (54% of the outline, 68% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | **8% of the outline (6 designations, learning, movement)** | 3% of the outline (2 designations, learning) |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | 5% of the outline (2 matters, heritage) |
| The listed city | 2 scheduled items (none top-graded) | 2 scheduled items (1 highly significant) |
| The usual complaints | Graffiti (715), Roading/Streets (644), Parks (565) | Graffiti (497), Water Leak (355), Roading/Streets (258) |
| Schools | **5** | 0 |
| Parks | **19** | 1 |
| Facilities | **3** | 0 |
| Tracks | **27** | 14 |
| Bus stops | **80** | 13 |
| Bus routes through | **9** | 4 |
| Heritage places | 1 | **10** |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Burnside and Strowan?**

Burnside counts 10,810 people (2023) to Strowan's 3,620; Burnside covers 5.26 km², Strowan 1.36 km²; the record holds 5,809 reports for Burnside and 2,557 for Strowan.

**Which has more heritage places, Burnside or Strowan?**

Strowan, 10 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=burnside&b=strowan
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=burnside · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=strowan