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Suburb vs suburb

Pick two suburbs, the same record answers for both. Reports filed, crashes counted, schools, parks, bus stops and the places the register remembers, in one table with the caveats still attached.

Counts are what the public record holds, a report tally measures the stream, not the suburb’s virtue.

Or try one: the city vs Riccarton · Linwood vs Phillipstown · Akaroa vs Lyttelton

Aidanfield Wigram
Population4,070 202311,410 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)3,861 indicative4,794 indicative
Census households1,2571,593
Under 15 (Census)17%17%
65+ (Census)20%17%
Area1.49 km²5.85 km²
People per km²2,7321,950
Reports filed1,0594,595
Rank on the roll75th of 10834th of 108
Reports per km²711785
First report on record20152015
Busiest day2025-02-02 5 reports2022-08-14 18 reports
Crashes on record14 0 fatal · 3 serious111 3 fatal · 26 serious
Epicentres inside the outline——
Of the outline, red-zoned——
The 2011 gradeTC2 50.6% of the outlineTC1 5.0% of the outline
Flooded on record1.1% 1 event4.6% 1 event
The sea’s reach——
Slope-hazard bands——
The remembered ground3% of the outline—
The wild ledger5% of the outline—
The kept view4% of the outline4% of the outline
The waiting water——
The quiet lines40% of the outline · bird-strike bufferall of the outline · bird-strike buffer
The drawn water14 reaches (Dunbar Waterway, Heathcote / Opawaho River) · 4% setback strips · held edge38 reaches (Broken Run Reserve Drain, Broken Run Reserve Drain Branch) · 3% setback strips
The allowed shape27% under density overlays · Medium Density2% under density overlays · Medium Density
The rebuild’s receipts376 frames filed · 2011–20121,386 frames filed · 2011–2015
The pedal network0.0 km inside the outline0.0 km inside the outline · Little River Link
The remembered names1 plaque · Dunbars Landscape Reserve4 plaques · Bennington 1 Drainage Reserve, Marama Park
The rules on the ground3 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga4 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register1 parcel none current23 parcels 14 current
Made ground on file129 parcels 1 unvouched469 parcels 35 unvouched
Surveyed rocks––
Cleanups on file1 parcel none verified10 parcels 2 verified
The model’s verdictmedium 68% of the outlinelow 51% of the outline
Engineered defences––
The canopy2,240 trees 5 veterans · 288 remembered felled4,221 trees 1 veteran · 880 remembered felled
The plan’s wordResidential Suburban 35% of the outline · 60% residentialResidential New Neighbourhood 25% of the outline · 39% residential
The plan’s reservations10% of the outline 4 designations · learning, movement10% of the outline 3 designations · civic, movement
The plan’s exceptions8% of the outline 2 matters · heritage–
The listed city1 scheduled item 1 highly significant6 scheduled items 5 highly significant
The usual complaintsParks 169 · Roading/Streets 148 · Overgrown Vegetation 95Roading/Streets 770 · Parks 482 · Graffiti 349
Schools11
Parks2529
Facilities11
Tracks05
Bus stops422
Bus routes through14
Heritage places17

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Aidanfield's page · Wigram's page

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Aidanfield and Wigram?

Aidanfield counts 4,070 people (2023) to Wigram's 11,410; Aidanfield covers 1.49 km², Wigram 5.85 km²; the record holds 1,059 reports for Aidanfield and 4,595 for Wigram.

Which has more heritage places, Aidanfield or Wigram?

Wigram, 7 on the heritage register to the other’s 1.

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.

Questions, answered briefly

What does this page compare?

Two suburbs' public records side by side: reports filed, crashes counted, schools, parks, bus stops, heritage places, population and density. Every number is the same dataset the suburb pages use.

Does a suburb with more reports have more problems?

Not necessarily. The record counts what people chose to report, population, awareness and reporting habits all move the number. Read it as the suburb’s report stream, not a complaint league table.

Where does the data come from?

The same public sources as everywhere else on the site: council reports via Snap Send Solve, NZTA’s Crash Analysis System, the council’s parks and facilities layers, Metro’s stop data, the Heritage New Zealand register, and census figures via Wikipedia’s suburb summaries.