# Hornby South vs Templeton, the record side by side

| | [Hornby South](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south) | [Templeton](https://www.chch.live/templeton) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | — | 1,910 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **4,554 (indicative)** | 1,830 (indicative) |
| Census households | **1,740** | 690 |
| Under 15 (Census) | 18% | 18% |
| 65+ (Census) | 15% | **17%** |
| Area | 3.49 km² | **29.25 km²** |
| People per km² | — | 65 |
| Reports filed | 515 | **1,518** |
| Rank on the roll | 87th of 108 | **68th of 108** |
| Reports per km² | **148** | 52 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2023-05-08 (19 reports)** | 2025-08-25 (15 reports) |
| Crashes on record | 67 (6 fatal · 20 serious) | **155 (5 fatal · 36 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 2 (biggest M3.8) | **8 (biggest M3.8)** |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | TC1 (1.9% of the outline) |
| 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 | 83% of the outline, bird-strike buffer | **88% of the outline (47% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer** |
| The drawn water | — | 8 reaches (Templeton Outfall, Kirk Road Drain) |
| The allowed shape | — | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | **188 frames filed (2010–2013)** | 38 frames filed (2010–2014) |
| The pedal network | **0.0 km inside the outline, Little River Link** | 0.0 km inside the outline, South Express |
| The remembered names | — | 6 plaques, Yaldhurst Cemetery, Templeton Domain |
| The rules on the ground | 1 drawn rule, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | **30 parcels (12 current)** | 2 parcels (none current) |
| Made ground on file | 59 parcels (7 unvouched) | 60 parcels (2 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 4 parcels (none verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | unlikely (57% of the outline) | unlikely (80% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 281 trees (no veterans, 30 remembered felled) | **1,321 trees (16 veterans, 427 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Industrial Heavy (57% of the outline) | Rural Urban Fringe (56% of the outline) |
| The plan’s reservations | 4% of the outline (3 designations, movement) | **28% of the outline (3 designations, civic, movement)** |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | 1 scheduled item (none top-graded) |
| The usual complaints | Roading/Streets (86), Graffiti (59), Water Leak (36) | Dumped Rubbish (198), Roading/Streets (185), Rubbish/Recycling (134) |
| Schools | 0 | **1** |
| Parks | 3 | **13** |
| Facilities | 0 | **2** |
| Tracks | **2** | 1 |
| Bus stops | — | 10 |
| Bus routes through | — | 1 |
| Heritage places | 0 | **1** |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Hornby South covers 3.49 km², Templeton 29.25 km²; the record holds 515 reports for Hornby South and 1,518 for Templeton.

**Which has more heritage places, Hornby South or Templeton?**

Templeton, 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=hornby-south&b=templeton
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=hornby-south · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=templeton