chch.live two suburbs, side by side

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

Cracroft Hoon Hay
Population—9,480 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)3,540 indicative8,628 indicative
Census households1,3113,090
Under 15 (Census)19%21%
65+ (Census)19%14%
Area2.7 km²3.86 km²
People per km²—2,456
Reports filed1,0255,081
Rank on the roll76th of 10826th of 108
Reports per km²3801,316
First report on record20152015
Busiest day2016-04-13 10 reports2017-05-25 26 reports
Crashes on record6 0 fatal · 0 serious112 2 fatal · 29 serious
Epicentres inside the outline77 biggest M4.318 biggest M4.5
Of the outline, red-zoned——
The 2011 grade—TC3 8.3% of the outline
Flooded on record29.5% 1 event29.0% 4 events
The sea’s reach——
Slope-hazard bands4% of the outline +61% broad overlay—
The remembered ground——
The wild ledger——
The kept view26% of the outline—
The waiting water15% high-hazard · 25% managed · 9 ponding12% high-hazard · 43% managed · 9 ponding
The quiet lines––
The drawn water23 reaches (Cashmere Valley Drain, Worsleys Drain) · 10% setback strips · held edge60 reaches (Ballintines Drain, Stilwells Drain) · 3% setback strips · held edge
The allowed shape–11% under density overlays · New Neighbourhood
The rebuild’s receipts382 frames filed · 2011–20133,184 frames filed · 2000–2016
The pedal network0.0 km inside the outline0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Nor'West Arc, Quarryman's Trail
The remembered names5 plaques · Holmcroft Reserve, Cashmere Stream Esplanade Rese1 plaque · Hoon Hay Park
The rules on the ground3 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga9 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register–3 parcels 3 current
Made ground on file53 parcels 1 unvouched80 parcels 5 unvouched
Surveyed rocks––
Cleanups on file––
The model’s verdictunlikely 61% of the outlinemedium 75% of the outline
Engineered defences––
The canopy344 trees 12 veterans · 69 remembered felled829 trees 70 veterans · 411 remembered felled
The plan’s wordRural Port Hills 30% of the outline · 35% residentialResidential Suburban 45% of the outline · 59% residential
The plan’s reservations–5% of the outline 4 designations · learning
The plan’s exceptions––
The listed city1 scheduled item none top-graded–
The usual complaintsParks 111 · Roading/Streets 110 · Water Leak 86Graffiti 661 · Water Leak 650 · Roading/Streets 465
Schools04
Parks55
Facilities00
Tracks26
Bus stops—33
Bus routes through—4
Heritage places20

Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Cracroft's page · Hoon Hay's page

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Cracroft and Hoon Hay?

Cracroft covers 2.7 km², Hoon Hay 3.86 km²; the record holds 1,025 reports for Cracroft and 5,081 for Hoon Hay.

Which has more heritage places, Cracroft or Hoon Hay?

Cracroft, 2 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.