# Hornby South vs Islington, the record side by side

| | [Hornby South](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south) | [Islington](https://www.chch.live/islington) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | — | 1,040 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **4,554 (indicative)** | 954 (indicative) |
| Census households | **1,740** | 363 |
| Under 15 (Census) | **18%** | 15% |
| 65+ (Census) | 15% | 15% |
| Area | 3.49 km² | **6.15 km²** |
| People per km² | — | 169 |
| Reports filed | 513 | **1,892** |
| Rank on the roll | 87th of 108 | **66th of 108** |
| Reports per km² | 147 | **308** |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2023-05-08 (19 reports)** | 2024-10-31 (15 reports) |
| Crashes on record | 67 (6 fatal · 20 serious) | **90 (2 fatal · 19 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 2 (biggest M3.8) | **3 (biggest M4.2)** |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | — |
| Flooded on record | — | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | — | 10% of the outline |
| The kept view | — | — |
| The waiting water | — | — |
| The quiet lines | 83% of the outline, bird-strike buffer | **all of the outline (50% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer** |
| The drawn water | — | — |
| The allowed shape | — | 2% under density overlays, Suburban |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 188 frames filed (2010–2013) | **327 frames filed (2012–2014)** |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline, Little River Link | **0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), South Express** |
| The remembered names | — | 1 plaque, Little Waterloo Park |
| The rules on the ground | 1 drawn rule, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **2 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | 30 parcels (12 current) | 30 parcels (19 current) |
| Made ground on file | 59 parcels (7 unvouched) | 63 parcels (7 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 4 parcels (none verified) | 3 parcels (none verified) |
| The model’s verdict | unlikely (57% of the outline) | low (70% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 281 trees (no veterans, 30 remembered felled) | **420 trees (1 veteran, 204 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Industrial Heavy (57% of the outline) | Rural Urban Fringe (23% of the outline, 12% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | 4% of the outline (3 designations, movement) | **15% of the outline (5 designations, power & signal, movement)** |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | 1% of the outline (1 matter, infrastructure) |
| The listed city | — | — |
| The usual complaints | Roading/Streets (86), Graffiti (59), Water Leak (35) | Dumped Rubbish (405), Roading/Streets (244), Graffiti (199) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | 3 | **8** |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | 2 | 2 |
| Bus stops | — | 8 |
| Bus routes through | — | 2 |
| Heritage places | 0 | 0 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Hornby South and Islington?**

Hornby South covers 3.49 km², Islington 6.15 km²; the record holds 513 reports for Hornby South and 1,892 for Islington.

**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=hornby-south&b=islington
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=hornby-south · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=islington