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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

Casebrook Redwood
Population6,720 20238,400 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)6,090 indicative8,079 indicative
Census households2,3823,075
Under 15 (Census)15%18%
65+ (Census)23%16%
Area3.44 km²4.38 km²
People per km²1,9531,918
Reports filed2,9774,975
Rank on the roll51st of 10828th of 108
Reports per km²8651,136
First report on record20152015
Busiest day2026-09-04 15 reports2020-01-07 13 reports
Crashes on record75 1 fatal · 21 serious271 5 fatal · 51 serious
Epicentres inside the outline—1 biggest M3.3
Of the outline, red-zoned——
The 2011 gradeTC2 13.4% of the outlineTC2 105.1% of the outline
Flooded on record11.8% 1 event20.0% 1 event
The sea’s reach——
Slope-hazard bands——
The remembered ground—1% of the outline
The wild ledger3% of the outline2% of the outline
The kept view4% of the outline1% of the outline
The waiting water0% high-hazard · 41% managed0% high-hazard · 31% managed · 1 ponding
The quiet linesall of the outline · 4% under the airport’s contours · bird-strike bufferall of the outline · bird-strike buffer
The drawn water105 reaches (Styx Drain, Cavendish Stream) · 9% setback strips · held edge53 reaches (Prestons Creek, Horners Drain) · 3% setback strips · held edge
The allowed shape–3% under density overlays · New Neighbourhood
The rebuild’s receipts791 frames filed · 2010–20141,355 frames filed · 2010–2014
The pedal network0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Northern Line0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Northern Line
The remembered names1 plaque · Tulett Park2 plaques · Murchison Park, Owen Mitchell Park
The rules on the ground6 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga7 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register4 parcels 1 current5 parcels 3 current
Made ground on file218 parcels 3 unvouched213 parcels 2 unvouched
Surveyed rocks––
Cleanups on file4 parcels none verified–
The model’s verdictpossible 52% of the outlinepossible 54% of the outline
Engineered defences––
The canopy2,599 trees 4 veterans · 672 remembered felled2,706 trees 7 veterans · 1,200 remembered felled
The plan’s wordResidential New Neighbourhood 34% of the outline · 68% residentialResidential Suburban 46% of the outline · 67% residential
The plan’s reservations2% of the outline 2 designations · learning, movement19% of the outline 10 designations · movement, learning
The plan’s exceptions––
The listed city––
The usual complaintsDumped Rubbish 277 · Overgrown Vegetation 253 · Parks 251Graffiti 805 · Water Leak 455 · Roading/Streets 439
Schools12
Parks1316
Facilities11
Tracks812
Bus stops3234
Bus routes through37
Heritage places00

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

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Casebrook and Redwood?

Casebrook counts 6,720 people (2023) to Redwood's 8,400; Casebrook covers 3.44 km², Redwood 4.38 km²; the record holds 2,977 reports for Casebrook and 4,975 for Redwood.

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.