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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.

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Casebrook Coutts Island
Population6,720 2023—
2023 Census (SA1 join)6,090 indicative—
Census households2,382—
Under 15 (Census)15%—
65+ (Census)23%—
Area3.44 km²12.01 km²
People per km²1,953—
Reports filed2,977427
Rank on the roll51st of 10890th of 108
Reports per km²86536
First report on record20152015
Busiest day2026-09-04 15 reports2026-10-01 7 reports
Crashes on record75 1 fatal · 21 serious5 0 fatal · 2 serious
Epicentres inside the outline—2 biggest M3.2
Of the outline, red-zoned——
The 2011 gradeTC2 13.4% of the outline—
Flooded on record11.8% 1 event—
The sea’s reach——
Slope-hazard bands——
The remembered ground—2% of the outline
The wild ledger3% of the outline7% of the outline
The kept view4% of the outline13% of the outline +13% outstanding
The waiting water0% high-hazard · 41% managed11% high-hazard
The quiet linesall of the outline · 4% under the airport’s contours · bird-strike buffer88% of the outline · 85% under the airport’s contours · bird-strike buffer
The drawn water105 reaches (Styx Drain, Cavendish Stream) · 9% setback strips · held edge104 reaches (Waimakariri River South Branch, Otukaikino Creek) · 13% setback strips · held edge
The allowed shape––
The rebuild’s receipts791 frames filed · 2010–2014–
The pedal network0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Northern Line–
The remembered names1 plaque · Tulett Park8 plaques · Coutts Island War Memorial, Groynes
The rules on the ground6 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga7 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register4 parcels 1 current1 parcel none current
Made ground on file218 parcels 3 unvouched3 parcels all vouched or natural
Surveyed rocks––
Cleanups on file4 parcels none verified–
The model’s verdictpossible 52% of the outlinepossible 98% of the outline
Engineered defences––
The canopy2,599 trees 4 veterans · 672 remembered felled51 trees 7 veterans · 16 remembered felled
The plan’s wordResidential New Neighbourhood 34% of the outline · 68% residentialRural Waimakariri 75% of the outline
The plan’s reservations2% of the outline 2 designations · learning, movement–
The plan’s exceptions––
The listed city––
The usual complaintsDumped Rubbish 277 · Overgrown Vegetation 253 · Parks 251Dumped Rubbish 121 · Parks 58 · Rubbish/Recycling 44
Schools10
Parks134
Facilities10
Tracks81
Bus stops32—
Bus routes through3—
Heritage places01

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Casebrook's page · Coutts Island's page

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Casebrook and Coutts Island?

Casebrook covers 3.44 km², Coutts Island 12.01 km²; the record holds 2,977 reports for Casebrook and 427 for Coutts Island.

Which has more heritage places, Casebrook or Coutts Island?

Coutts Island, 1 on the heritage register to the other’s 0.

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.