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
| Merivale | Riccarton | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,560 2023 | 11,200 2023 |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 5,340 indicative | 8,385 indicative |
| Census households | 2,217 | 2,856 |
| Under 15 (Census) | 15% | — |
| 65+ (Census) | 21% | — |
| Area | 2.08 km² | 2.91 km² |
| People per km² | 2,673 | 3,849 |
| Reports filed | 4,878 | 16,408 |
| Rank on the roll | 30th of 108 | 4th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 2,345 | 5,638 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2023-07-19 34 reports | 2019-02-12 92 reports |
| Crashes on record | 284 0 fatal · 58 serious | 697 6 fatal · 103 serious |
| Epicentres inside the outline | — | 1 biggest M3.5 |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC2 133.9% of the outline | TC2 11.4% of the outline |
| Flooded on record | 7.4% 2 events | 1.6% 2 events |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | 1% of the outline |
| The wild ledger | — | 1% of the outline |
| The kept view | — | 1% of the outline |
| The waiting water | 0% high-hazard · 55% managed | 0% high-hazard · 15% managed |
| The quiet lines | all of the outline · bird-strike buffer | all of the outline · bird-strike buffer |
| The drawn water | 39 reaches (Wilkins Drain, Cross Stream) · 4% setback strips · held edge | 57 reaches (Avon River, Riccarton Main Drain) · 2% setback strips · held edge |
| The allowed shape | 37% under density overlays · Medium Density | 53% under density overlays · Medium Density |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 1,697 frames filed · 2010–2016 | 1,730 frames filed · 2010–2016 |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline · Northern Line | 0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Northern Line, South Express +1 |
| The remembered names | 7 plaques · Elmwood Park, Millbrook Reserve | 26 plaques · Mona Vale, Shand Crescent Reserve |
| The rules on the ground | 20 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | 22 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 2 parcels 1 current | 7 parcels 3 current |
| Made ground on file | 150 parcels 2 unvouched | 72 parcels 4 unvouched |
| Surveyed rocks | – | – |
| Cleanups on file | – | 2 parcels none verified |
| The model’s verdict | medium 68% of the outline · 13 free-face flags | medium 89% of the outline · 3 free-face flags |
| Engineered defences | – | – |
| The canopy | 1,195 trees 74 veterans · 520 remembered felled | 1,558 trees 52 veterans · 698 remembered felled |
| The plan’s word | Residential Suburban 31% of the outline · 70% residential | High density residential zone 38% of the outline · 55% residential |
| The plan’s reservations | 4% of the outline 3 designations · learning | 4% of the outline 4 designations · learning, movement |
| The plan’s exceptions | 1% of the outline 2 matters · heritage | 40% of the outline 43 matters · utilities, heritage, residential |
| The listed city | 24 scheduled items 2 highly significant | 8 scheduled items 2 highly significant |
| The usual complaints | Graffiti 768 · Roading/Streets 654 · Water Leak 520 | Dumped Rubbish 4,516 · Graffiti 3,144 · Roading/Streets 1,192 |
| Schools | 6 | 5 |
| Parks | 6 | 8 |
| Facilities | 0 | 1 |
| Tracks | 10 | 22 |
| Bus stops | 33 | 31 |
| Bus routes through | 5 | 10 |
| Heritage places | 33 | 9 |
Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Merivale's page · Riccarton's page
Questions, answered briefly
Merivale counts 5,560 people (2023) to Riccarton's 11,200; Merivale covers 2.08 km², Riccarton 2.91 km²; the record holds 4,878 reports for Merivale and 16,408 for Riccarton.
Merivale, 33 on the heritage register to the other’s 9.
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
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.
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.
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.