# Islington vs Yaldhurst, the record side by side

| | [Islington](https://www.chch.live/islington) | [Yaldhurst](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,040 (2023) | **2,700 (2023)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 954 (indicative) | **2,355 (indicative)** |
| Census households | 363 | **822** |
| Under 15 (Census) | 15% | **16%** |
| 65+ (Census) | **15%** | 13% |
| Area | 6.15 km² | **18.02 km²** |
| People per km² | **169** | 150 |
| Reports filed | **1,892** | 1,479 |
| Rank on the roll | **66th of 108** | 70th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **308** | 82 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2024-10-31 (15 reports) | **2025-01-14 (28 reports)** |
| Crashes on record | 90 (2 fatal · 19 serious) | **147 (7 fatal · 33 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 3 (biggest M4.2) | **5 (biggest M3.4)** |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | TC1 (1.3% of the outline) |
| Flooded on record | — | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | **10% of the outline** | 2% of the outline |
| The kept view | — | 15% of the outline |
| The waiting water | — | — |
| The quiet lines | all of the outline (50% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer | all of the outline (83% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | — | 17 reaches (Paparua Stream, Paparua Stream Branch No 3) |
| The allowed shape | **2% under density overlays, Suburban** | 1% under density overlays, Medium Density |
| The rebuild’s receipts | **327 frames filed (2012–2014)** | 228 frames filed (2012–2013) |
| The pedal network | **0.0 km inside the outline (0.0 km separated), South Express** | 0.0 km inside the outline |
| The remembered names | 1 plaque, Little Waterloo Park | 1 plaque, Yaldhurst Hall |
| The rules on the ground | 2 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | 2 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | **30 parcels (19 current)** | 3 parcels (1 current) |
| Made ground on file | 63 parcels (7 unvouched) | 77 parcels (all vouched or natural) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 3 parcels (none verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | low (70% of the outline) | unlikely (58% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 420 trees (1 veteran, 204 remembered felled) | **1,493 trees (no veterans, 219 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Rural Urban Fringe (23% of the outline, 12% residential) | Rural Urban Fringe (55% of the outline) |
| The plan’s reservations | 15% of the outline (5 designations, power & signal, movement) | **20% of the outline (7 designations, movement, learning)** |
| The plan’s exceptions | 1% of the outline (1 matter, infrastructure) | **1% of the outline (2 matters, utilities)** |
| The listed city | — | 2 scheduled items (1 highly significant) |
| The usual complaints | Dumped Rubbish (405), Roading/Streets (244), Graffiti (199) | Dumped Rubbish (233), Roading/Streets (213), Overgrown Vegetation (136) |
| Schools | 0 | **1** |
| Parks | 8 | **9** |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | **2** | 0 |
| Bus stops | **8** | 2 |
| 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 Yaldhurst?**

Islington counts 1,040 people (2023) to Yaldhurst's 2,700; Islington covers 6.15 km², Yaldhurst 18.02 km²; the record holds 1,892 reports for Islington and 1,479 for Yaldhurst.

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

Yaldhurst, 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=yaldhurst
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=islington · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=yaldhurst