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
| Bromley | Ferrymead | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,110 2023 | 1,220 2023 |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 2,970 indicative | 1,164 indicative |
| Census households | 1,131 | 426 |
| Under 15 (Census) | 19% | — |
| 65+ (Census) | 13% | — |
| Area | 7.71 km² | 2.47 km² |
| People per km² | 403 | 494 |
| Reports filed | 4,603 | 3,062 |
| Rank on the roll | 33rd of 108 | 48th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 597 | 1,240 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2024-02-26 51 reports | 2016-06-01 18 reports |
| Crashes on record | 200 4 fatal · 52 serious | 71 3 fatal · 20 serious |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 58 biggest M4.3 | 19 biggest M4.1 |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | 3.3% 8 ha |
| The 2011 grade | TC2 1.3% of the outline | TC3 0.8% of the outline |
| Flooded on record | 56.7% 2 events | 62.9% 1 event |
| The sea’s reach | 14% of the outline | 73% of the outline |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | 3% of the outline +3% broad overlay |
| The remembered ground | 17% of the outline | 16% of the outline |
| The wild ledger | 54% of the outline | 45% of the outline |
| The kept view | 8% of the outline +1% outstanding | 33% of the outline |
| The waiting water | 1% high-hazard · 22% managed | 25% high-hazard · 86% managed |
| The quiet lines | – | – |
| The drawn water | 65 reaches (Linwood Canal, Cuthberts Drain South) · 1% setback strips · held edge | 93 reaches (Matuku Waterway, Avoca Valley Stream) · 23% setback strips · held edge |
| The allowed shape | 4% under density overlays · Suburban | – |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 2,477 frames filed · 2010–2016 | 781 frames filed · 2010–2016 |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Rapanui Shag Rock | 0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Heathcote Expressway, Rapanui Shag Rock +1 |
| The remembered names | 32 plaques · Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Bromley Cemetery | 5 plaques · Avon And Heathcote Estuary, Ferrymead Park |
| The rules on the ground | 13 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | 9 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 45 parcels 34 current | 8 parcels 4 current |
| Made ground on file | 108 parcels 5 unvouched | 24 parcels 11 unvouched |
| Surveyed rocks | – | 400 rocks 326 fell · 47 wobble easy |
| Cleanups on file | 2 parcels 1 verified | – |
| The model’s verdict | possible 45% of the outline | possible 61% of the outline · 2 free-face flags |
| Engineered defences | – | – |
| The canopy | 2,142 trees 89 veterans · 1,031 remembered felled | 450 trees no veterans · 132 remembered felled |
| The plan’s word | Open Space Water and Margins 52% of the outline · 9% residential | Open Space Natural 40% of the outline |
| The plan’s reservations | 2% of the outline 5 designations · movement, power & signal, learning | 4% of the outline 3 designations · movement |
| The plan’s exceptions | – | 4% of the outline 4 matters · section 6, utilities |
| The listed city | 1 scheduled item none top-graded | 1 scheduled item none top-graded |
| The usual complaints | Dumped Rubbish 852 · Rubbish/Recycling 616 · Graffiti 600 | Graffiti 750 · Dumped Rubbish 325 · Rubbish/Recycling 245 |
| Schools | 1 | 0 |
| Parks | 8 | 7 |
| Facilities | 4 | 0 |
| Tracks | 7 | 6 |
| Bus stops | 16 | 9 |
| Bus routes through | 2 | 3 |
| Heritage places | 2 | 2 |
Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Bromley's page · Ferrymead's page
Questions, answered briefly
Bromley counts 3,110 people (2023) to Ferrymead's 1,220; Bromley covers 7.71 km², Ferrymead 2.47 km²; the record holds 4,603 reports for Bromley and 3,062 for Ferrymead.
Even, 2 each on the heritage register.
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
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.
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.
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.