# Coutts Island vs Northwood, the record side by side

| | [Coutts Island](https://www.chch.live/coutts-island) | [Northwood](https://www.chch.live/northwood) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | — | 4,460 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | — | 4,287 (indicative) |
| Census households | — | 1,695 |
| Under 15 (Census) | — | 13% |
| 65+ (Census) | — | 26% |
| Area | **12.01 km²** | 6.33 km² |
| People per km² | — | 705 |
| Reports filed | 427 | **2,309** |
| Rank on the roll | 90th of 108 | **59th of 108** |
| Reports per km² | 36 | **365** |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2026-10-01 (7 reports) | **2023-02-27 (10 reports)** |
| Crashes on record | 5 (0 fatal · 2 serious) | **54 (1 fatal · 10 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 2 (biggest M3.2) | 2 (biggest M3.2) |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | TC2 (18.1% of the outline) |
| Flooded on record | — | 0.8% (1 event) |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | **2% of the outline** | 1% of the outline |
| The wild ledger | 7% of the outline | **12% of the outline** |
| The kept view | **13% of the outline (+13% outstanding)** | 11% of the outline |
| The waiting water | **11% high-hazard** | 6% high-hazard (9% managed) |
| The quiet lines | 88% of the outline (85% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer | **all of the outline (69% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer** |
| The drawn water | **104 reaches (Waimakariri River South Branch, Otukaikino Creek), 13% setback strips, held edge** | 55 reaches (Styx River, Harts Creek), 12% setback strips, held edge |
| The allowed shape | — | 4% under density overlays, Suburban |
| The rebuild’s receipts | — | 587 frames filed (2010–2014) |
| The pedal network | — | 0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), Northern Line |
| The remembered names | 8 plaques, Coutts Island War Memorial, Groynes | **20 plaques, Groynes, Styx Mill Conservation Reserve** |
| The rules on the ground | 7 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | 7 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 1 parcel (none current) | **5 parcels (none current)** |
| Made ground on file | 3 parcels (all vouched or natural) | 130 parcels (3 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | — | 2 parcels (none verified) |
| The model’s verdict | possible (98% of the outline) | possible (90% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 51 trees (7 veterans, 16 remembered felled) | **2,147 trees (6 veterans, 513 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Rural Waimakariri (75% of the outline) | Specific Purpose (Golf Resort) (32% of the outline, 21% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | — | 5% of the outline (5 designations, movement) |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | — |
| The usual complaints | Dumped Rubbish (121), Parks (58), Rubbish/Recycling (44) | Parks (318), Overgrown Vegetation (254), Roading/Streets (243) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | 4 | **17** |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | **1** | 0 |
| Bus stops | — | 12 |
| Bus routes through | — | 2 |
| Heritage places | **1** | 0 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Coutts Island and Northwood?**

Coutts Island covers 12.01 km², Northwood 6.33 km²; the record holds 427 reports for Coutts Island and 2,309 for Northwood.

**Which has more heritage places, Coutts Island or Northwood?**

Coutts Island, 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=coutts-island&b=northwood
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=coutts-island · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=northwood