# Hornby vs Prebbleton, the record side by side

| | [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby) | [Prebbleton](https://www.chch.live/prebbleton) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **8,760 (2023)** | 5,750 (June 2025) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 2,949 (indicative) | — |
| Census households | 1,101 | — |
| Under 15 (Census) | — | — |
| 65+ (Census) | — | — |
| Area | 5.1 km² | **5.29 km²** |
| People per km² | **1,718** | 1,087 |
| Reports filed | **7,021** | 68 |
| Rank on the roll | **17th of 108** | 102nd of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **1,377** | 13 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2018 |
| Busiest day | **2022-09-30 (34 reports)** | 2020-02-19 (2 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **461 (3 fatal · 80 serious)** | 0 |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 3 (biggest M4.1) | **18 (biggest M3.7)** |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC1 (49.0% of the outline) | — |
| Flooded on record | — | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | 1% of the outline | — |
| The kept view | — | — |
| The waiting water | — | — |
| The quiet lines | all of the outline, bird-strike buffer | — |
| The drawn water | 11 reaches (Waterloo Road Drain, Awatea Stream), 1% setback strips | — |
| The allowed shape | 18% under density overlays, Medium Density | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 957 frames filed (2011–2014) | — |
| The pedal network | **0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), Little River Link, South Express** | 0.0 km inside the outline, Little River Link |
| The remembered names | 2 plaques, Pathways Home, Denton Park | — |
| The rules on the ground | **6 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** | 1 drawn rule, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 21 parcels (17 current) | — |
| Made ground on file | 92 parcels (7 unvouched) | — |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 1 parcel (none verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | low (93% of the outline) | — |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 2,080 trees (9 veterans, 767 remembered felled) | — |
| The plan’s word | Industrial Heavy (20% of the outline, 33% residential) | — |
| The plan’s reservations | 9% of the outline (7 designations, movement, learning) | — |
| The plan’s exceptions | 1% of the outline (1 matter, residential) | — |
| The listed city | — | — |
| The usual complaints | Graffiti (1,508), Dumped Rubbish (756), Roading/Streets (643) | Dumped Rubbish (18), Rubbish/Recycling (14), General Request (9) |
| Schools | **4** | 0 |
| Parks | **16** | 2 |
| Facilities | 1 | 1 |
| Tracks | **16** | 3 |
| Bus stops | **44** | 7 |
| Bus routes through | **6** | 2 |
| Heritage places | **7** | 2 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Hornby and Prebbleton?**

Hornby counts 8,760 people (2023) to Prebbleton's 5,750; Hornby covers 5.1 km², Prebbleton 5.29 km²; the record holds 7,021 reports for Hornby and 68 for Prebbleton.

**Which has more heritage places, Hornby or Prebbleton?**

Hornby, 7 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.

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Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=hornby · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=prebbleton