# Hoon Hay vs Kennedys Bush, the record side by side

| | [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay) | [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **9,480 (2023)** | 1,450 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **8,628 (indicative)** | 1,713 (indicative) |
| Census households | **3,090** | 621 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **21%** | 18% |
| 65+ (Census) | 14% | **17%** |
| Area | 3.86 km² | **14.91 km²** |
| People per km² | **2,456** | 97 |
| Reports filed | **5,081** | 912 |
| Rank on the roll | **26th of 108** | 79th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **1,316** | 61 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2017-05-25 (26 reports)** | 2018-03-18 (6 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **112 (2 fatal · 29 serious)** | 16 (0 fatal · 3 serious) |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 18 (biggest M4.5) | **65 (biggest M4.3)** |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC3 (8.3% of the outline) | TC3 (10.1% of the outline) |
| Flooded on record | 29.0% (4 events) | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | 4% of the outline (+70% broad overlay) |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | — | — |
| The kept view | — | 50% of the outline (+45% outstanding) |
| The waiting water | **12% high-hazard (43% managed), 9 ponding** | 5% high-hazard (12% managed), 1 ponding |
| The quiet lines | — | — |
| The drawn water | 60 reaches (Ballintines Drain, Stilwells Drain), 3% setback strips, held edge | **60 reaches (Mokomoko Stream, Green Stream), 6% setback strips, held edge** |
| The allowed shape | 11% under density overlays, New Neighbourhood | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | **3,184 frames filed (2000–2016)** | 55 frames filed (2011–2013) |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), Nor'West Arc, Quarryman's Trail | — |
| The remembered names | 1 plaque, Hoon Hay Park | **32 plaques, Halswell Quarry Park** |
| The rules on the ground | **9 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** | 6 drawn rules, Rapaki Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 3 parcels (3 current) | — |
| Made ground on file | 80 parcels (5 unvouched) | 50 parcels (all vouched or natural) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | 11 rocks (2 fell, 5 wobble easy) |
| Cleanups on file | — | 1 parcel (1 verified) |
| The model’s verdict | medium (75% of the outline) | unlikely (74% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | **829 trees (70 veterans, 411 remembered felled)** | 185 trees (6 veterans, 110 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Residential Suburban (45% of the outline, 59% residential) | Rural Port Hills (42% of the outline, 9% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | 5% of the outline (4 designations, learning) | — |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | 4 scheduled items (1 highly significant) |
| The usual complaints | Graffiti (661), Water Leak (650), Roading/Streets (465) | Roading/Streets (87), Graffiti (77), Rubbish/Recycling (64) |
| Schools | **4** | 0 |
| Parks | **5** | 4 |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | **6** | 3 |
| Bus stops | 33 | — |
| Bus routes through | 4 | — |
| Heritage places | 0 | **4** |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Hoon Hay and Kennedys Bush?**

Hoon Hay counts 9,480 people (2023) to Kennedys Bush's 1,450; Hoon Hay covers 3.86 km², Kennedys Bush 14.91 km²; the record holds 5,081 reports for Hoon Hay and 912 for Kennedys Bush.

**Which has more heritage places, Hoon Hay or Kennedys Bush?**

Kennedys Bush, 4 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=hoon-hay&b=kennedys-bush
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=hoon-hay · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=kennedys-bush