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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

Islington Prebbleton
Population1,040 20235,750 June 2025
2023 Census (SA1 join)954 indicative—
Census households363—
Under 15 (Census)15%—
65+ (Census)15%—
Area6.15 km²5.29 km²
People per km²1691,087
Reports filed1,89268
Rank on the roll66th of 108102nd of 108
Reports per km²30813
First report on record20152018
Busiest day2024-10-31 15 reports2020-02-19 2 reports
Crashes on record90 2 fatal · 19 serious0
Epicentres inside the outline3 biggest M4.218 biggest M3.7
Of the outline, red-zoned——
The 2011 grade——
Flooded on record——
The sea’s reach——
Slope-hazard bands——
The remembered ground——
The wild ledger10% of the outline—
The kept view——
The waiting water——
The quiet linesall of the outline · 50% under the airport’s contours · bird-strike buffer–
The drawn water––
The allowed shape2% under density overlays · Suburban–
The rebuild’s receipts327 frames filed · 2012–2014–
The pedal network0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · South Express0.0 km inside the outline · Little River Link
The remembered names1 plaque · Little Waterloo Park–
The rules on the ground2 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga1 drawn rule · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register30 parcels 19 current–
Made ground on file63 parcels 7 unvouched–
Surveyed rocks––
Cleanups on file3 parcels none verified–
The model’s verdictlow 70% of the outline–
Engineered defences––
The canopy420 trees 1 veteran · 204 remembered felled–
The plan’s wordRural Urban Fringe 23% of the outline · 12% residential–
The plan’s reservations15% of the outline 5 designations · power & signal, movement–
The plan’s exceptions1% of the outline 1 matter · infrastructure–
The listed city––
The usual complaintsDumped Rubbish 405 · Roading/Streets 244 · Graffiti 199Dumped Rubbish 18 · Rubbish/Recycling 14 · General Request 9
Schools00
Parks82
Facilities01
Tracks23
Bus stops87
Bus routes through22
Heritage places02

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

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Islington and Prebbleton?

Islington counts 1,040 people (2023) to Prebbleton's 5,750; Islington covers 6.15 km², Prebbleton 5.29 km²; the record holds 1,892 reports for Islington and 68 for Prebbleton.

Which has more heritage places, Islington or Prebbleton?

Prebbleton, 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.