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

	Ataahua	Little River
Population	—	1,280 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)	—	1,287 indicative
Census households	—	516
Under 15 (Census)	—	—
65+ (Census)	—	—
Area	—	194.9 km²
People per km²	—	7
Reports filed	26	643
Rank on the roll	108th of 108	83rd of 108
Reports per km²	—	3
First report on record	2016	2015
Busiest day	2018-07-13 2 reports	2023-07-23 8 reports
Crashes on record	—	92 5 fatal · 35 serious
Epicentres inside the outline	—	4 biggest M4.0
Of the outline, red-zoned	—	—
The 2011 grade	—	—
Flooded on record	—	17.7% 2 events
The sea’s reach	—	—
Slope-hazard bands	—	0% of the outline +81% broad overlay
The remembered ground	—	13% of the outline +5% silent-file
The wild ledger	—	10% of the outline +4% identified only
The kept view	—	89% of the outline +16% outstanding · 3 ridgelines
The waiting water	—	0% high-hazard · 2% managed
The quiet lines	–	–
The drawn water	–	419 reaches (Opuahou Stream, Okuti River) · 9% setback strips
The allowed shape	–	0% under density overlays
The rebuild’s receipts	–	11 frames filed · 2011–2012
The pedal network	–	–
The remembered names	–	16 plaques · Heritage Park Little River, Little River Cemetery
The rules on the ground	–	15 drawn rules · Rapaki Runanga
On the hazard register	–	2 parcels none current
Made ground on file	–	4 parcels 1 unvouched
Surveyed rocks	–	3 rocks 1 fell
Cleanups on file	–	–
The model’s verdict	–	–
Engineered defences	–	–
The canopy	–	485 trees 115 veterans · 140 remembered felled
The plan’s word	–	Rural Banks Peninsula 76% of the outline
The plan’s reservations	–	–
The plan’s exceptions	–	–
The listed city	–	5 scheduled items none top-graded
The usual complaints	Roading/Streets 8 · Dumped Rubbish 5 · Rubbish/Recycling 4	Roading/Streets 66 · Damaged Road 64 · Water Leak 39
Schools	0	1
Parks	0	13
Facilities	0	6
Tracks	0	0
Bus stops	—	—
Bus routes through	—	—
Heritage places	0	0

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Ataahua's page · Little River's page

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Ataahua and Little River?

the record holds 26 reports for Ataahua and 643 for Little River.

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.

A shared pair answers without a script, the tries above render straight from the record. To pick your own suburbs, the record is still readable: every suburb has its own page under /suburb.

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.