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

	Avonside	Bromley
Population	1,840 2023	3,110 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)	1,716 indicative	2,970 indicative
Census households	702	1,131
Under 15 (Census)	19%	19%
65+ (Census)	13%	13%
Area	1.2 km²	7.71 km²
People per km²	1,533	403
Reports filed	4,998	4,603
Rank on the roll	27th of 108	33rd of 108
Reports per km²	4,165	597
First report on record	2015	2015
Busiest day	2024-01-10 17 reports	2024-02-26 51 reports
Crashes on record	54 0 fatal · 9 serious	200 4 fatal · 52 serious
Epicentres inside the outline	2 biggest M3.5	58 biggest M4.3
Of the outline, red-zoned	40.9% 49 ha	—
The 2011 grade	—	TC2 1.3% of the outline
Flooded on record	47.5% 1 event	56.7% 2 events
The sea’s reach	—	14% of the outline
Slope-hazard bands	—	—
The remembered ground	5% of the outline	17% of the outline
The wild ledger	5% of the outline	54% of the outline
The kept view	4% of the outline	8% of the outline +1% outstanding
The waiting water	9% high-hazard · 72% managed	1% high-hazard · 22% managed
The quiet lines	–	–
The drawn water	14 reaches (Brittans Drain, Avon River) · 13% setback strips	65 reaches (Linwood Canal, Cuthberts Drain South) · 1% setback strips · held edge
The allowed shape	27% under density overlays · Suburban	4% under density overlays · Suburban
The rebuild’s receipts	569 frames filed · 2011–2016	2,477 frames filed · 2010–2016
The pedal network	0.0 km inside the outline · City to Sea Pathway, Te Ara Ōtākaro Avon River Trail	0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Rapanui Shag Rock
The remembered names	1 plaque · Avon Park	32 plaques · Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Bromley Cemetery
The rules on the ground	5 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga	13 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register	6 parcels 2 current	45 parcels 34 current
Made ground on file	35 parcels 4 unvouched	108 parcels 5 unvouched
Surveyed rocks	–	–
Cleanups on file	1 parcel none verified	2 parcels 1 verified
The model’s verdict	high 60% of the outline · 9 free-face flags	possible 45% of the outline
Engineered defences	–	–
The canopy	1,142 trees 120 veterans · 577 remembered felled	2,146 trees 89 veterans · 1,025 remembered felled
The plan’s word	Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor) 53% of the outline · 35% residential	Open Space Water and Margins 52% of the outline · 9% residential
The plan’s reservations	5% of the outline 2 designations · learning	2% of the outline 5 designations · movement, power & signal, learning
The plan’s exceptions	–	–
The listed city	1 scheduled item none top-graded	1 scheduled item none top-graded
The usual complaints	Rubbish/Recycling 1,347 · Dumped Rubbish 1,068 · Graffiti 786	Dumped Rubbish 852 · Rubbish/Recycling 616 · Graffiti 600
Schools	0	1
Parks	5	8
Facilities	0	4
Tracks	4	7
Bus stops	2	16
Bus routes through	1	2
Heritage places	2	2

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

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Avonside and Bromley?

Avonside counts 1,840 people (2023) to Bromley's 3,110; Avonside covers 1.2 km², Bromley 7.71 km²; the record holds 4,998 reports for Avonside and 4,603 for Bromley.

Which has more heritage places, Avonside or Bromley?

Even, 2 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.

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.