# Kainga vs Spencerville, the record side by side

| | [Kainga](https://www.chch.live/kainga) | [Spencerville](https://www.chch.live/spencerville) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 480 (June 2025) | **790 (2023)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 759 (indicative) | 759 (indicative) |
| Census households | 264 | 264 |
| Under 15 (Census) | 19% | 19% |
| 65+ (Census) | 13% | 13% |
| Area | **2.88 km²** | 2.85 km² |
| People per km² | 167 | **277** |
| Reports filed | **406** | 369 |
| Rank on the roll | **91st of 108** | 93rd of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **141** | 129 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2016 |
| Busiest day | **2020-09-04 (11 reports)** | 2022-02-13 (4 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **48 (2 fatal · 15 serious)** | 9 (0 fatal · 5 serious) |
| Epicentres inside the outline | — | — |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC2 (7.6% of the outline) | TC3 (10.1% of the outline) |
| Flooded on record | — | 45.8% (2 events) |
| The sea’s reach | 9% of the outline | **52% of the outline** |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | 35% of the outline |
| The wild ledger | 13% of the outline | **41% of the outline** |
| The kept view | 26% of the outline (+26% outstanding) | **73% of the outline (+25% outstanding)** |
| The waiting water | 2% high-hazard (37% managed) | **12% high-hazard (76% managed), 1 ponding** |
| The quiet lines | — | — |
| The drawn water | **26 reaches (Northern Plant Drain, Northern Plant Drain Branch), 17% setback strips, held edge** | 6 reaches (Styx River, Lower Styx Drain South), 5% setback strips, held edge |
| The allowed shape | — | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 140 frames filed (2010–2013) | **218 frames filed (2012–2016)** |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline | — |
| The remembered names | 2 plaques, Riverlea Recreation Reserve, Riverlea Estates Reserve | — |
| The rules on the ground | 1 drawn rule, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **8 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | 5 parcels (5 current) | — |
| Made ground on file | 17 parcels (1 unvouched) | 27 parcels (all vouched or natural) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | — | — |
| The model’s verdict | possible (100% of the outline) | possible (75% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | **599 trees (58 veterans, 128 remembered felled)** | 278 trees (no veterans, 225 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Industrial Heavy (29% of the outline) | Rural Waimakariri (28% of the outline, 9% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | 1% of the outline (1 designation, movement) | — |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | — |
| The usual complaints | Dumped Rubbish (69), Parks (53), Graffiti (47) | Parks (47), Dumped Rubbish (44), Roading/Streets (24) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | 4 | 4 |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | 0 | 0 |
| Bus stops | 4 | — |
| Bus routes through | 1 | — |
| Heritage places | 1 | 1 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Kainga and Spencerville?**

Kainga counts 480 people (June 2025) to Spencerville's 790; Kainga covers 2.88 km², Spencerville 2.85 km²; the record holds 406 reports for Kainga and 369 for Spencerville.

**Which has more heritage places, Kainga or Spencerville?**

Even, 1 each on the heritage register.

**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=kainga&b=spencerville
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