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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

Heathcote Valley Rapaki
Population2,430 2023—
2023 Census (SA1 join)2,379 indicative3,117 indicative
Census households1,0111,353
Under 15 (Census)15%15%
65+ (Census)24%17%
Area8.28 km²—
People per km²293—
Reports filed3,284165
Rank on the roll45th of 10898th of 108
Reports per km²397—
First report on record20152015
Busiest day2017-08-14 14 reports2024-07-22 4 reports
Crashes on record66 3 fatal · 16 serious—
Epicentres inside the outline103 biggest M6.2—
Of the outline, red-zoned8.3% 69 ha—
The 2011 gradeTC2 6.1% of the outline—
Flooded on record5.2% 1 event—
The sea’s reach1% of the outline—
Slope-hazard bands37% of the outline +50% broad overlay—
The remembered ground2% of the outline +7% silent-file—
The wild ledger——
The kept view63% of the outline +63% outstanding—
The waiting water0% high-hazard · 4% managed—
The quiet lines––
The drawn water77 reaches (Bridle Path Waterway, Whites Waterway) · 6% setback strips–
The allowed shape––
The rebuild’s receipts1,593 frames filed · 2010–2017–
The pedal network0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Heathcote Expressway–
The remembered names4 plaques · Heathcote Domain, Martindales Reserve No. 2–
The rules on the ground23 drawn rules · Rapaki Runanga–
On the hazard register4 parcels 2 current–
Made ground on file124 parcels 2 unvouched–
Surveyed rocks5,632 rocks 3,375 fell · 279 wobble easy–
Cleanups on file2 parcels none verified–
The model’s verdictunlikely 76% of the outline–
Engineered defences96 defences 1 rated poor–
The canopy763 trees 11 veterans · 219 remembered felled–
The plan’s wordRural Port Hills 33% of the outline · 12% residential–
The plan’s reservations5% of the outline 5 designations · movement, power & signal–
The plan’s exceptions––
The listed city1 scheduled item 1 highly significant–
The usual complaintsGraffiti 566 · Water Leak 383 · Roading/Streets 376Graffiti 29 · Water Leak 26 · Roading/Streets 16
Schools10
Parks150
Facilities00
Tracks30
Bus stops25—
Bus routes through2—
Heritage places32

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

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Heathcote Valley and Rapaki?

the record holds 3,284 reports for Heathcote Valley and 165 for Rapaki.

Which has more heritage places, Heathcote Valley or Rapaki?

Heathcote Valley, 3 on the heritage register to the other’s 2.

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.