# Marshland vs Spencerville, the record side by side

| | [Marshland](https://www.chch.live/marshland) | [Spencerville](https://www.chch.live/spencerville) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | **1,540 (2023)** | 790 (2023) |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | **1,392 (indicative)** | 759 (indicative) |
| Census households | **498** | 264 |
| Under 15 (Census) | 15% | **19%** |
| 65+ (Census) | **30%** | 13% |
| Area | **8.75 km²** | 2.85 km² |
| People per km² | 176 | **277** |
| Reports filed | **2,470** | 369 |
| Rank on the roll | **56th of 108** | 93rd of 108 |
| Reports per km² | **282** | 129 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2016 |
| Busiest day | **2021-06-02 (19 reports)** | 2022-02-13 (4 reports) |
| Crashes on record | **253 (5 fatal · 62 serious)** | 9 (0 fatal · 5 serious) |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 4 (biggest M3.8) | — |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | TC3 (10.1% of the outline) |
| Flooded on record | 19.6% (1 event) | **45.8% (2 events)** |
| The sea’s reach | — | 52% of the outline |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | 35% of the outline |
| The wild ledger | 2% of the outline | **41% of the outline** |
| The kept view | 1% of the outline | **73% of the outline (+25% outstanding)** |
| The waiting water | 3% high-hazard (15% managed), 1 ponding | **12% high-hazard (76% managed), 1 ponding** |
| The quiet lines | 31% of the outline, bird-strike buffer | — |
| The drawn water | 162 reaches (Rhodes Drain, Canal Reserve Drain), 4% setback strips, held edge | **6 reaches (Styx River, Lower Styx Drain South), 5% setback strips, held edge** |
| The allowed shape | 1% under density overlays, New Neighbourhood | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 57 frames filed (2011–2014) | **218 frames filed (2012–2016)** |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline | — |
| The remembered names | 4 plaques, Little Poland Park, John Lindsay Drainage Reserve | — |
| The rules on the ground | 4 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | **8 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga** |
| On the hazard register | 2 parcels (2 current) | — |
| Made ground on file | 309 parcels (4 unvouched) | 27 parcels (all vouched or natural) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | 2 parcels (none verified) | — |
| The model’s verdict | possible (70% of the outline) | possible (75% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | **2,388 trees (10 veterans, 470 remembered felled)** | 278 trees (no veterans, 225 remembered felled) |
| The plan’s word | Rural Urban Fringe (57% of the outline, 33% residential) | Rural Waimakariri (28% of the outline, 9% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | 1% of the outline (3 designations, movement) | — |
| The plan’s exceptions | 3% of the outline (1 matter, infrastructure) | — |
| The listed city | 1 scheduled item (none top-graded) | — |
| The usual complaints | Overgrown Vegetation (298), Roading/Streets (295), Parks (271) | Parks (47), Dumped Rubbish (44), Roading/Streets (24) |
| Schools | **1** | 0 |
| Parks | 3 | **4** |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | **8** | 0 |
| Bus stops | 10 | — |
| 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 Marshland and Spencerville?**

Marshland counts 1,540 people (2023) to Spencerville's 790; Marshland covers 8.75 km², Spencerville 2.85 km²; the record holds 2,470 reports for Marshland and 369 for Spencerville.

**Which has more heritage places, Marshland 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=marshland&b=spencerville
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=marshland · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=spencerville