# Islington vs Templeton, the record side by side

| | [Islington](https://www.chch.live/islington) | [Templeton](https://www.chch.live/templeton) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,040 (2023) | **1,910 (2023)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 954 (indicative) | **1,830 (indicative)** |
| Census households | 363 | **690** |
| Under 15 (Census) | 15% | **18%** |
| 65+ (Census) | 15% | **17%** |
| Area | 6.15 km² | **29.25 km²** |
| People per km² | **169** | 65 |
| Reports filed | **1,892** | 1,516 |
| Rank on the roll | **66th of 108** | 68th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **308** | 52 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2024-10-31 (15 reports) | 2025-08-25 (15 reports) |
| Crashes on record | 90 (2 fatal · 19 serious) | **155 (5 fatal · 36 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 3 (biggest M4.2) | **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 | 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** | 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 | 2% under density overlays, Suburban | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | **327 frames filed (2012–2014)** | 38 frames filed (2010–2014) |
| The pedal network | **0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), South Express** | 0.0 km inside the outline, South Express |
| The remembered names | 1 plaque, Little Waterloo Park | **6 plaques, Yaldhurst Cemetery, Templeton Domain** |
| The rules on the ground | 2 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | **30 parcels (19 current)** | 2 parcels (none current) |
| Made ground on file | 63 parcels (7 unvouched) | 60 parcels (2 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 3 parcels (none verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | low (70% of the outline) | unlikely (80% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 420 trees (1 veteran, 204 remembered felled) | **1,321 trees (16 veterans, 427 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Rural Urban Fringe (23% of the outline, 12% residential) | Rural Urban Fringe (56% of the outline) |
| The plan’s reservations | 15% of the outline (5 designations, power & signal, movement) | **28% of the outline (3 designations, civic, movement)** |
| The plan’s exceptions | 1% of the outline (1 matter, infrastructure) | — |
| The listed city | — | 1 scheduled item (none top-graded) |
| The usual complaints | Dumped Rubbish (405), Roading/Streets (244), Graffiti (199) | Dumped Rubbish (198), Roading/Streets (185), Rubbish/Recycling (134) |
| Schools | 0 | **1** |
| Parks | 8 | **13** |
| Facilities | 0 | **2** |
| Tracks | **2** | 1 |
| Bus stops | 8 | **10** |
| Bus routes through | **2** | 1 |
| Heritage places | 0 | **1** |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Islington counts 1,040 people (2023) to Templeton's 1,910; Islington covers 6.15 km², Templeton 29.25 km²; the record holds 1,892 reports for Islington and 1,516 for Templeton.

**Which has more heritage places, Islington 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=islington&b=templeton
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=islington · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=templeton