# Islington vs Prebbleton, the record side by side

| | [Islington](https://www.chch.live/islington) | [Prebbleton](https://www.chch.live/prebbleton) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,040 (2023) | **5,750 (June 2025)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 954 (indicative) | — |
| Census households | 363 | — |
| Under 15 (Census) | 15% | — |
| 65+ (Census) | 15% | — |
| Area | **6.15 km²** | 5.29 km² |
| People per km² | 169 | **1,087** |
| Reports filed | **1,892** | 68 |
| Rank on the roll | **66th of 108** | 102nd of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **308** | 13 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2018 |
| Busiest day | **2024-10-31 (15 reports)** | 2020-02-19 (2 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **90 (2 fatal · 19 serious)** | 0 |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 3 (biggest M4.2) | **18 (biggest M3.7)** |
| 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 | 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 | 327 frames filed (2012–2014) | — |
| The pedal network | **0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), South Express** | 0.0 km inside the outline, Little River Link |
| The remembered names | 1 plaque, Little Waterloo Park | — |
| The rules on the ground | **2 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** | 1 drawn rule, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 30 parcels (19 current) | — |
| Made ground on file | 63 parcels (7 unvouched) | — |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 3 parcels (none verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | low (70% of the outline) | — |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 420 trees (1 veteran, 204 remembered felled) | — |
| The plan’s word | Rural Urban Fringe (23% of the outline, 12% residential) | — |
| The plan’s reservations | 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 | Dumped Rubbish (405), Roading/Streets (244), Graffiti (199) | Dumped Rubbish (18), Rubbish/Recycling (14), General Request (9) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | **8** | 2 |
| Facilities | 0 | **1** |
| Tracks | 2 | **3** |
| Bus stops | **8** | 7 |
| Bus routes through | 2 | 2 |
| Heritage places | 0 | **2** |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Islington counts 1,040 people (2023) to Prebbleton's 5,750; Islington covers 6.15 km², Prebbleton 5.29 km²; the record holds 1,892 reports for Islington and 68 for Prebbleton.

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

Prebbleton, 2 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=islington&b=prebbleton
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=islington · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=prebbleton