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

	Hillsborough	Woolston
Population	2,430 2023	11,120 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)	2,373 indicative	10,608 indicative
Census households	936	4,371
Under 15 (Census)	17%	17%
65+ (Census)	18%	16%
Area	6.7 km²	5.48 km²
People per km²	363	2,029
Reports filed	2,992	16,613
Rank on the roll	50th of 108	3rd of 108
Reports per km²	447	3,032
First report on record	2015	2015
Busiest day	2026-08-29 12 reports	2026-08-29 62 reports
Crashes on record	91 0 fatal · 29 serious	338 6 fatal · 79 serious
Epicentres inside the outline	52 biggest M4.9	27 biggest M4.1
Of the outline, red-zoned	0.8% 5 ha	—
The 2011 grade	TC2 6.3% of the outline	TC3 20.0% of the outline
Flooded on record	11.2% 4 events	25.6% 5 events
The sea’s reach	—	27% of the outline
Slope-hazard bands	10% of the outline +63% broad overlay	—
The remembered ground	1% of the outline +13% silent-file	5% of the outline
The wild ledger	1% of the outline	7% of the outline
The kept view	61% of the outline +57% outstanding	6% of the outline
The waiting water	1% high-hazard · 20% managed	1% high-hazard · 83% managed
The quiet lines	–	–
The drawn water	90 reaches (Victory Drain, Popes Drain) · 15% setback strips · held edge	118 reaches (Steamwharf Stream, Bells Creek) · 14% setback strips · held edge
The allowed shape	–	11% under density overlays · Medium Density
The rebuild’s receipts	1,778 frames filed · 2009–2016	5,354 frames filed · 2007–2017
The pedal network	0.0 km inside the outline	0.0 km inside the outline · Heathcote Expressway, Rapanui Shag Rock +2
The remembered names	5 plaques · Monro Playground, Heathcote Riverbank Tr South	13 plaques · Woolston Park, Heathcote Quay Monuments
The rules on the ground	15 drawn rules · Rapaki Runanga	13 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register	11 parcels 4 current	49 parcels 21 current
Made ground on file	105 parcels 7 unvouched	252 parcels 28 unvouched
Surveyed rocks	923 rocks 612 fell · 73 wobble easy	–
Cleanups on file	2 parcels none verified	14 parcels none verified
The model’s verdict	unlikely 69% of the outline · 3 free-face flags	medium 55% of the outline · 13 free-face flags
Engineered defences	88 defences 6 rated poor	–
The canopy	983 trees 24 veterans · 432 remembered felled	2,709 trees 31 veterans · 1,255 remembered felled
The plan’s word	Open Space Natural 52% of the outline · 17% residential	Residential Suburban 33% of the outline · 55% residential
The plan’s reservations	3% of the outline 2 designations · movement	4% of the outline 3 designations · movement, learning
The plan’s exceptions	–	4% of the outline 4 matters · section 6
The listed city	1 scheduled item none top-graded	9 scheduled items 1 highly significant
The usual complaints	Water Leak 395 · Roading/Streets 363 · Graffiti 252	Dumped Rubbish 3,089 · Graffiti 2,836 · Rubbish/Recycling 1,665
Schools	1	5
Parks	11	27
Facilities	0	0
Tracks	16	30
Bus stops	11	42
Bus routes through	1	3
Heritage places	7	13

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

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Hillsborough and Woolston?

Hillsborough counts 2,430 people (2023) to Woolston's 11,120; Hillsborough covers 6.7 km², Woolston 5.48 km²; the record holds 2,992 reports for Hillsborough and 16,613 for Woolston.

Which has more heritage places, Hillsborough or Woolston?

Woolston, 13 on the heritage register to the other’s 7.

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.

A shared pair answers without a script, the tries above render straight from the record. To pick your own suburbs, the record is still readable: every suburb has its own page under /suburb.

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.