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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.

Or try one: the city vs Riccarton · Linwood vs Phillipstown · Akaroa vs Lyttelton

Christchurch Airport Russley
Population140 20232,440 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)156 indicative1,074 indicative
Census households69429
Under 15 (Census)2%18%
65+ (Census)33%31%
Area4.86 km²1.3 km²
People per km²291,877
Reports filed2111,119
Rank on the roll96th of 10873rd of 108
Reports per km²43861
First report on record20152015
Busiest day2022-08-06 3 reports2023-01-11 15 reports
Crashes on record47 1 fatal · 10 serious108 7 fatal · 30 serious
Epicentres inside the outline—1 biggest M3.5
Of the outline, red-zoned——
The 2011 grade——
Flooded on record——
The sea’s reach——
Slope-hazard bands——
The remembered ground——
The wild ledger——
The kept view——
The waiting water——
The quiet linesall of the outline · 100% under the airport’s contours · bird-strike bufferall of the outline · 16% under the airport’s contours · bird-strike buffer
The drawn water–14 reaches (Ilam Stream, Pinehurst Crescent Drain) · 3% setback strips
The allowed shape––
The rebuild’s receipts69 frames filed · 2011–2013415 frames filed · 2011–2014
The pedal network0.0 km inside the outline · Wheels to Wings0.0 km inside the outline
The remembered names–3 plaques · Avonhead Park, Manakura 1 Drainage Reserve
The rules on the ground1 drawn rule · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga3 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register5 parcels 1 current4 parcels 1 current
Made ground on file3 parcels all vouched or natural20 parcels 3 unvouched
Surveyed rocks––
Cleanups on file1 parcel none verified2 parcels 2 verified
The model’s verdictlow 87% of the outlinelow 100% of the outline
Engineered defences––
The canopy7 trees no veterans · 8 remembered felled572 trees 1 veteran · 299 remembered felled
The plan’s wordSpecific Purpose (Airport) 99% of the outlineResidential Suburban 46% of the outline · 48% residential
The plan’s reservations100% of the outline 1 designation · movement7% of the outline 7 designations · movement, learning
The plan’s exceptions––
The listed city––
The usual complaintsRoading/Streets 49 · HAZ_TR_VEHICLE 27 · Pothole 16Roading/Streets 191 · Water Leak 127 · Overgrown Vegetation 75
Schools00
Parks03
Facilities00
Tracks13
Bus stops512
Bus routes through43
Heritage places00

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Christchurch Airport's page · Russley's page

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Christchurch Airport and Russley?

Christchurch Airport counts 140 people (2023) to Russley's 2,440; Christchurch Airport covers 4.86 km², Russley 1.3 km²; the record holds 211 reports for Christchurch Airport and 1,119 for Russley.

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.