# McLeans Island vs Russley, the record side by side

| | [McLeans Island](https://www.chch.live/mcleans-island) | [Russley](https://www.chch.live/russley) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 200 (2023) | **2,440 (2023)** |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 207 (indicative) | **1,074 (indicative)** |
| Census households | 69 | **429** |
| Under 15 (Census) | 13% | **18%** |
| 65+ (Census) | 25% | **31%** |
| Area | **55.54 km²** | 1.3 km² |
| People per km² | 4 | **1,877** |
| Reports filed | 475 | **1,119** |
| Rank on the roll | 88th of 108 | **73rd of 108** |
| Reports per km² | 9 | **861** |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2016-06-30 (15 reports) | 2023-01-11 (15 reports) |
| Crashes on record | 52 (0 fatal · 14 serious) | **108 (7 fatal · 30 serious)** |
| Epicentres inside the outline | **2 (biggest M4.3)** | 1 (biggest M3.5) |
| 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 | 30% of the outline (+6% outstanding) | — |
| The waiting water | 2% high-hazard | — |
| The quiet lines | 85% of the outline (37% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer | **all of the outline (16% under the airport’s contours), bird-strike buffer** |
| The drawn water | **27 reaches (Middle Stream, Waimakariri River South Branch), 5% setback strips, held edge** | 14 reaches (Ilam Stream, Pinehurst Crescent Drain), 3% setback strips |
| The allowed shape | — | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | — | 415 frames filed (2011–2014) |
| The pedal network | — | 0.0 km inside the outline |
| The remembered names | — | 3 plaques, Avonhead Park, Manakura 1 Drainage Reserve |
| The rules on the ground | 3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | 3 drawn rules, Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 3 parcels (1 current) | **4 parcels (1 current)** |
| Made ground on file | 1 parcel (all vouched or natural) | 20 parcels (3 unvouched) |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | — | 2 parcels (2 verified) |
| The model’s verdict | possible (49% of the outline) | low (100% of the outline) |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 19 trees (2 veterans, 2 remembered felled) | **572 trees (1 veteran, 299 remembered felled)** |
| The plan’s word | Rural Waimakariri (43% of the outline) | Residential Suburban (46% of the outline, 48% residential) |
| The plan’s reservations | 3% of the outline (2 designations, movement) | **7% of the outline (7 designations, movement, learning)** |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | — | — |
| The usual complaints | Dumped Rubbish (193), Rubbish/Recycling (81), Roading/Streets (65) | Roading/Streets (191), Water Leak (127), Overgrown Vegetation (75) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | 1 | **3** |
| Facilities | **1** | 0 |
| Tracks | **6** | 3 |
| Bus stops | 2 | **12** |
| Bus routes through | 1 | **3** |
| Heritage places | **2** | 0 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between McLeans Island and Russley?**

McLeans Island counts 200 people (2023) to Russley's 2,440; McLeans Island covers 55.54 km², Russley 1.3 km²; the record holds 475 reports for McLeans Island and 1,119 for Russley.

**Which has more heritage places, McLeans Island or Russley?**

McLeans Island, 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=mcleans-island&b=russley
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=mcleans-island · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=russley