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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

Burnside Ilam
Population10,810 202310,730 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)9,912 indicative10,224 indicative
Census households3,3902,673
Under 15 (Census)19%10%
65+ (Census)15%10%
Area5.26 km²3.85 km²
People per km²2,0552,787
Reports filed5,8095,640
Rank on the roll21st of 10822nd of 108
Reports per km²1,1041,465
First report on record20152015
Busiest day2022-08-18 29 reports2023-11-25 23 reports
Crashes on record351 7 fatal · 74 serious313 2 fatal · 45 serious
Epicentres inside the outline1 biggest M3.11 biggest M3.1
Of the outline, red-zoned——
The 2011 gradeTC3 2.0% of the outline—
Flooded on record12.3% 1 event0.3% 1 event
The sea’s reach——
Slope-hazard bands——
The remembered ground——
The wild ledger—1% of the outline
The kept view—1% of the outline
The waiting water0% high-hazard · 6% managed0% high-hazard · 20% managed
The quiet linesall of the outline · 35% under the airport’s contours · bird-strike bufferall of the outline · 44% under the airport’s contours · bird-strike buffer
The drawn water52 reaches (Wairarapa Stream, Waimairi Stream) · 2% setback strips102 reaches (Waimairi Stream, Avon River) · 3% setback strips
The allowed shape2% under density overlays · Suburban18% under density overlays · Suburban Density Transition
The rebuild’s receipts1,382 frames filed · 2010–20161,304 frames filed · 2010–2014
The pedal network0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Nor'West Arc, Wheels to Wings0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Nor'West Arc, Uni-Cycle
The remembered names8 plaques · Avice Hill Reserve, Burnside Park–
The rules on the ground13 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga13 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register9 parcels 4 current6 parcels 3 current
Made ground on file128 parcels 5 unvouched107 parcels all vouched or natural
Surveyed rocks––
Cleanups on file1 parcel 1 verified1 parcel none verified
The model’s verdictpossible 66% of the outline · 1 free-face flagpossible 56% of the outline
Engineered defences––
The canopy4,876 trees 83 veterans · 1,801 remembered felled2,439 trees 42 veterans · 1,204 remembered felled
The plan’s wordResidential Suburban 43% of the outline · 45% residentialResidential Suburban 40% of the outline · 58% residential
The plan’s reservations8% of the outline 6 designations · learning, movement3% of the outline 3 designations · learning
The plan’s exceptions–30% of the outline 15 matters · utilities, heritage
The listed city2 scheduled items none top-graded16 scheduled items 10 highly significant
The usual complaintsGraffiti 715 · Roading/Streets 644 · Parks 565Roading/Streets 763 · Dumped Rubbish 662 · Graffiti 588
Schools53
Parks197
Facilities30
Tracks2730
Bus stops8038
Bus routes through97
Heritage places115

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

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Burnside and Ilam?

Burnside counts 10,810 people (2023) to Ilam's 10,730; Burnside covers 5.26 km², Ilam 3.85 km²; the record holds 5,809 reports for Burnside and 5,640 for Ilam.

Which has more heritage places, Burnside or Ilam?

Ilam, 15 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.