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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

Hei Hei Islington
Population3,720 20231,040 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)3,429 indicative954 indicative
Census households1,200363
Under 15 (Census)19%15%
65+ (Census)12%15%
Area1.7 km²6.15 km²
People per km²2,188169
Reports filed2,1551,892
Rank on the roll61st of 10866th of 108
Reports per km²1,268308
First report on record20152015
Busiest day2022-12-23 23 reports2024-10-31 15 reports
Crashes on record86 1 fatal · 19 serious90 2 fatal · 19 serious
Epicentres inside the outline1 biggest M3.83 biggest M4.2
Of the outline, red-zoned——
The 2011 grade——
Flooded on record——
The sea’s reach——
Slope-hazard bands——
The remembered ground——
The wild ledger—10% of the outline
The kept view——
The waiting water——
The quiet linesall of the outline · bird-strike bufferall of the outline · 50% under the airport’s contours · bird-strike buffer
The drawn water2 reaches (Paparua South Branch, Paparua Stream)–
The allowed shape7% under density overlays · Medium Density2% under density overlays · Suburban
The rebuild’s receipts793 frames filed · 2011–2014327 frames filed · 2012–2014
The pedal network0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · South Express0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · South Express
The remembered names1 plaque · Peebles Reserve1 plaque · Little Waterloo Park
The rules on the ground6 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga2 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register2 parcels 1 current30 parcels 19 current
Made ground on file88 parcels 3 unvouched63 parcels 7 unvouched
Surveyed rocks––
Cleanups on file1 parcel none verified3 parcels none verified
The model’s verdictlow 100% of the outlinelow 70% of the outline
Engineered defences––
The canopy853 trees no veterans · 317 remembered felled420 trees 1 veteran · 204 remembered felled
The plan’s wordResidential Suburban 49% of the outline · 58% residentialRural Urban Fringe 23% of the outline · 12% residential
The plan’s reservations3% of the outline 3 designations · learning, movement15% of the outline 5 designations · power & signal, movement
The plan’s exceptions–1% of the outline 1 matter · infrastructure
The listed city1 scheduled item none top-graded–
The usual complaintsGraffiti 497 · Dumped Rubbish 239 · Roading/Streets 189Dumped Rubbish 405 · Roading/Streets 244 · Graffiti 199
Schools10
Parks108
Facilities00
Tracks22
Bus stops248
Bus routes through32
Heritage places10

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

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Hei Hei and Islington?

Hei Hei counts 3,720 people (2023) to Islington's 1,040; Hei Hei covers 1.7 km², Islington 6.15 km²; the record holds 2,155 reports for Hei Hei and 1,892 for Islington.

Which has more heritage places, Hei Hei or Islington?

Hei Hei, 1 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.