# Port Levy vs Purau, the record side by side

| | [Port Levy](https://www.chch.live/port-levy) | [Purau](https://www.chch.live/purau) |
|---|---|---|
| Population | — | 75 |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 651 (indicative) | **1,536 (indicative)** |
| Census households | 276 | **693** |
| Under 15 (Census) | 15% | — |
| 65+ (Census) | 27% | — |
| Area | 83.13 km² | — |
| People per km² | — | — |
| Reports filed | **84** | 33 |
| Rank on the roll | **100th of 108** | 107th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 1 | — |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | **2019-06-21 (7 reports)** | 2024-09-09 (2 reports) |
| Crashes on record | 5 (1 fatal · 1 serious) | — |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 87 (biggest M4.9) | — |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | — | — |
| Flooded on record | 16.1% (1 event) | — |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | 0% of the outline (+81% broad overlay) | — |
| The remembered ground | 36% of the outline (+19% silent-file) | — |
| The wild ledger | 3% of the outline (+3% identified only) | — |
| The kept view | 82% of the outline (+15% outstanding), 5 ridgelines | — |
| The waiting water | — | — |
| The quiet lines | — | — |
| The drawn water | 67 reaches (Owhetoro Stream, Te Kawa Stream), 1% setback strips | — |
| The allowed shape | 0% under density overlays | — |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 5 frames filed | — |
| The pedal network | — | — |
| The remembered names | 2 plaques, Port Levy Former School Site | — |
| The rules on the ground | 4 drawn rules, Rapaki Runanga | — |
| On the hazard register | — | — |
| Made ground on file | — | — |
| Surveyed rocks | — | — |
| Cleanups on file | — | — |
| The model’s verdict | — | — |
| Engineered defences | — | — |
| The canopy | 1 tree (1 veteran) | — |
| The plan’s word | Rural Banks Peninsula (73% of the outline) | — |
| The plan’s reservations | — | — |
| The plan’s exceptions | — | — |
| The listed city | 2 scheduled items (1 highly significant) | — |
| The usual complaints | Roading/Streets (26), Parks (12), Trees - General (4) | Roading/Streets (9), General Request (5), Parks (3) |
| Schools | 0 | 0 |
| Parks | **2** | 0 |
| Facilities | **5** | 0 |
| Tracks | 0 | 0 |
| Bus stops | — | — |
| Bus routes through | — | — |
| Heritage places | **3** | 2 |

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the difference between Port Levy and Purau?**

the record holds 84 reports for Port Levy and 33 for Purau.

**Which has more heritage places, Port Levy or Purau?**

Port Levy, 3 on the heritage register to the other’s 2.

**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=port-levy&b=purau
Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=port-levy · https://api.chch.live/suburb?slug=purau