# Christchurch Airport vs Russley, the record side by side

| | [Christchurch Airport](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-airport) | [Russley](https://www.chch.live/russley) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 140 (2023) | **2,440 (2023)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 156 (indicative) | **1,074 (indicative)** |
| Census households | 69 | **429** |
| Under 15 (Census) | 2% | **18%** |
| 65+ (Census) | **33%** | 31% |
| Area | **4.86 km²** | 1.3 km² |
| People per km² | 29 | **1,877** |
| Reports filed | 211 | **1,119** |
| Rank on the roll | 96th of 108 | **73rd of 108** |
| Reports per km² | 43 | **861** |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2022-08-06 (3 reports) | **2023-01-11 (15 reports)** |
| Crashes on record | 47 (1 fatal · 10 serious) | **108 (7 fatal · 30 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | — | 1 (biggest M3.5) |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | — |
| Flooded on record | — | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | — | — |
| The kept view | — | — |
| The waiting water | — | — |
| The quiet lines | all of the outline (100% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer | all of the outline (16% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | — | 14 reaches (Ilam Stream, Pinehurst Crescent Drain), 3% setback strips |
| The allowed shape | — | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 69 frames filed (2011–2013) | **415 frames filed (2011–2014)** |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline, Wheels to Wings | **0.0 km inside the outline** |
| The remembered names | — | 3 plaques, Avonhead Park, Manakura 1 Drainage Reserve |
| The rules on the ground | 1 drawn rule, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | **5 parcels (1 current)** | 4 parcels (1 current) |
| Made ground on file | 3 parcels (all vouched or natural) | 20 parcels (3 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (none verified) | 2 parcels (2 verified) |
| The model’s verdict | low (87% of the outline) | low (100% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 7 trees (no veterans, 8 remembered felled) | **572 trees (1 veteran, 299 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Specific Purpose (Airport) (99% of the outline) | Residential Suburban (46% of the outline, 48% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | **100% of the outline (1 designation, movement)** | 7% of the outline (7 designations, movement, learning) |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | — |
| The usual complaints | Roading/Streets (49), HAZ_TR_VEHICLE (27), Pothole (16) | Roading/Streets (191), Water Leak (127), Overgrown Vegetation (75) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | 0 | **3** |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | 1 | **3** |
| Bus stops | 5 | **12** |
| Bus routes through | **4** | 3 |
| Heritage places | 0 | 0 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Christchurch Airport counts 140 people (2023) to Russley's 2,440; Christchurch Airport covers 4.86 km², Russley 1.3 km²; the record holds 211 reports for Christchurch Airport and 1,119 for Russley.

**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=christchurch-airport&b=russley
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=christchurch-airport · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=russley