# Cashmere vs Huntsbury, the record side by side

| | [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere) | [Huntsbury](https://www.chch.live/huntsbury) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **6,900 (2023)** | 2,630 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **6,690 (indicative)** | 2,544 (indicative) |
| Census households | **2,508** | 945 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **19%** | 16% |
| 65+ (Census) | **19%** | 18% |
| Area | **13.19 km²** | 1.63 km² |
| People per km² | 523 | **1,613** |
| Reports filed | **9,795** | 2,576 |
| Rank on the roll | **11th of 108** | 54th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 743 | **1,580** |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2022-10-11 (69 reports)** | 2022-08-10 (29 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **315 (7 fatal · 83 serious)** | 21 (1 fatal · 2 serious) |
| Epicentres inside the outline | **205 (biggest M5.6)** | 19 (biggest M4.2) |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | 0.2% (3 ha) | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC3 (0.9% of the outline) | — |
| Flooded on record | **2.5% (5 events)** | 0.6% (3 events) |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | **14% of the outline (+79% broad overlay)** | 3% of the outline (+89% broad overlay) |
| The remembered ground | 0% of the outline (+4% silent-file) | **1% of the outline** |
| The wild ledger | — | 1% of the outline |
| The kept view | **65% of the outline (+49% outstanding)** | 17% of the outline |
| The waiting water | 0% high-hazard (1% managed), 24 ponding | 0% high-hazard (2% managed) |
| The quiet lines | — | — |
| The drawn water | **119 reaches (Scotts Drain, Sibleys Drain), 9% setback strips, held edge** | 9 reaches (Heathcote / Opawaho River, Huntsbury Waterway), 7% setback strips, held edge |
| The allowed shape | — | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | **4,305 frames filed (2010–2016)** | 2,015 frames filed (2010–2016) |
| The pedal network | **0.0 km inside the outline, Nor'West Arc, Ōpāwaho River** | 0.0 km inside the outline |
| The remembered names | **14 plaques, Cashmere Village Green, Cracroft Reserve** | 6 plaques, Huntsbury Playground, Farnley Reserve |
| The rules on the ground | **34 drawn rules, Rapaki Runanga** | 7 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 11 parcels (4 current) | — |
| Made ground on file | 163 parcels (5 unvouched) | 149 parcels (1 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | 510 rocks (212 fell, 57 wobble easy) | 145 rocks (61 fell, 14 wobble easy) |
| Cleanups on file | 6 parcels (1 verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | unlikely (90% of the outline) | unlikely (92% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | 4 defences (1 rated poor) | 3 defences (none rated poor) |
| The canopy | **1,759 trees (39 veterans, 730 remembered felled)** | 667 trees (4 veterans, 211 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Rural Port Hills (37% of the outline, 22% residential) | Residential Hills (60% of the outline, 62% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | 1% of the outline (1 designation, movement) | — |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | **13 scheduled items (5 highly significant)** | 1 scheduled item (none top-graded) |
| The usual complaints | Water Leak (1,285), Graffiti (1,176), Roading/Streets (851) | Water Leak (465), Roading/Streets (285), Overgrown Vegetation (198) |
| Schools | **2** | 0 |
| Parks | **27** | 15 |
| Facilities | **2** | 0 |
| Tracks | **28** | 5 |
| Bus stops | **36** | 19 |
| Bus routes through | 3 | **4** |
| Heritage places | **14** | 2 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Cashmere and Huntsbury?**

Cashmere counts 6,900 people (2023) to Huntsbury's 2,630; Cashmere covers 13.19 km², Huntsbury 1.63 km²; the record holds 9,795 reports for Cashmere and 2,576 for Huntsbury.

**Which has more heritage places, Cashmere or Huntsbury?**

Cashmere, 14 on the heritage register to the other’s 2.

**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=cashmere&b=huntsbury
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=cashmere · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=huntsbury