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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

Corsair Bay Heathcote Valley
Population—2,430 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)3,117 indicative2,379 indicative
Census households1,3531,011
Under 15 (Census)15%15%
65+ (Census)17%24%
Area0.25 km²8.28 km²
People per km²—293
Reports filed5743,284
Rank on the roll84th of 10845th of 108
Reports per km²2,296397
First report on record20152015
Busiest day2021-09-29 5 reports2017-08-14 14 reports
Crashes on record7 0 fatal · 3 serious66 3 fatal · 16 serious
Epicentres inside the outline—103 biggest M6.2
Of the outline, red-zoned—8.3% 69 ha
The 2011 grade—TC2 6.1% of the outline
Flooded on record—5.2% 1 event
The sea’s reach3% of the outline1% of the outline
Slope-hazard bands22% of the outline +76% broad overlay37% of the outline +50% broad overlay
The remembered ground100% of the outline2% of the outline +7% silent-file
The wild ledger——
The kept view69% of the outline · 1 ridgeline63% of the outline +63% outstanding
The waiting water—0% high-hazard · 4% managed
The quiet lines––
The drawn water1 reach · 3% setback strips77 reaches (Bridle Path Waterway, Whites Waterway) · 6% setback strips
The allowed shape0% under density overlays–
The rebuild’s receipts13 frames filed · 2012–20161,593 frames filed · 2010–2017
The pedal network–0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Heathcote Expressway
The remembered names2 plaques · Corsair Bay Reserve, Park Terrace Reserve4 plaques · Heathcote Domain, Martindales Reserve No. 2
The rules on the ground2 drawn rules · Rapaki Runanga23 drawn rules · Rapaki Runanga
On the hazard register–4 parcels 2 current
Made ground on file1 parcel all vouched or natural124 parcels 2 unvouched
Surveyed rocks82 rocks 6 fell · 7 wobble easy5,632 rocks 3,375 fell · 279 wobble easy
Cleanups on file–2 parcels none verified
The model’s verdict–unlikely 76% of the outline
Engineered defences–96 defences 1 rated poor
The canopy80 trees 5 veterans · 12 remembered felled763 trees 11 veterans · 219 remembered felled
The plan’s wordRural Banks Peninsula 42% of the outline · 24% residentialRural Port Hills 33% of the outline · 12% residential
The plan’s reservations–5% of the outline 5 designations · movement, power & signal
The plan’s exceptions––
The listed city–1 scheduled item 1 highly significant
The usual complaintsGraffiti 109 · Parks 70 · Roading/Streets 47Graffiti 566 · Water Leak 383 · Roading/Streets 376
Schools01
Parks115
Facilities00
Tracks03
Bus stops325
Bus routes through22
Heritage places03

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Corsair Bay's page · Heathcote Valley's page

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Corsair Bay and Heathcote Valley?

Corsair Bay covers 0.25 km², Heathcote Valley 8.28 km²; the record holds 574 reports for Corsair Bay and 3,284 for Heathcote Valley.

Which has more heritage places, Corsair Bay or Heathcote Valley?

Heathcote Valley, 3 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.