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

	Northwood	Redwood
Population	4,460 2023	8,400 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)	4,287 indicative	8,079 indicative
Census households	1,695	3,075
Under 15 (Census)	13%	18%
65+ (Census)	26%	16%
Area	6.33 km²	4.38 km²
People per km²	705	1,918
Reports filed	2,309	4,975
Rank on the roll	59th of 108	28th of 108
Reports per km²	365	1,136
First report on record	2015	2015
Busiest day	2023-02-27 10 reports	2020-01-07 13 reports
Crashes on record	54 1 fatal · 10 serious	271 5 fatal · 51 serious
Epicentres inside the outline	2 biggest M3.2	1 biggest M3.3
Of the outline, red-zoned	—	—
The 2011 grade	TC2 18.1% of the outline	TC2 105.1% of the outline
Flooded on record	0.8% 1 event	20.0% 1 event
The sea’s reach	—	—
Slope-hazard bands	—	—
The remembered ground	1% of the outline	1% of the outline
The wild ledger	12% of the outline	2% of the outline
The kept view	11% of the outline	1% of the outline
The waiting water	6% high-hazard · 9% managed	0% high-hazard · 31% managed · 1 ponding
The quiet lines	all of the outline · 69% under the airport’s contours · bird-strike buffer	all of the outline · bird-strike buffer
The drawn water	55 reaches (Styx River, Harts Creek) · 12% setback strips · held edge	53 reaches (Prestons Creek, Horners Drain) · 3% setback strips · held edge
The allowed shape	4% under density overlays · Suburban	3% under density overlays · New Neighbourhood
The rebuild’s receipts	587 frames filed · 2010–2014	1,355 frames filed · 2010–2014
The pedal network	0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Northern Line	0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Northern Line
The remembered names	20 plaques · Groynes, Styx Mill Conservation Reserve	2 plaques · Murchison Park, Owen Mitchell Park
The rules on the ground	7 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga	7 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register	5 parcels none current	5 parcels 3 current
Made ground on file	130 parcels 3 unvouched	213 parcels 2 unvouched
Surveyed rocks	–	–
Cleanups on file	2 parcels none verified	–
The model’s verdict	possible 90% of the outline	possible 54% of the outline
Engineered defences	–	–
The canopy	2,148 trees 6 veterans · 512 remembered felled	2,688 trees 7 veterans · 1,200 remembered felled
The plan’s word	Specific Purpose (Golf Resort) 32% of the outline · 21% residential	Residential Suburban 46% of the outline · 67% residential
The plan’s reservations	5% of the outline 5 designations · movement	19% of the outline 10 designations · movement, learning
The plan’s exceptions	–	–
The listed city	–	–
The usual complaints	Parks 318 · Overgrown Vegetation 254 · Roading/Streets 243	Graffiti 805 · Water Leak 455 · Roading/Streets 439
Schools	0	2
Parks	17	16
Facilities	0	1
Tracks	0	12
Bus stops	12	34
Bus routes through	2	7
Heritage places	0	0

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

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Northwood and Redwood?

Northwood counts 4,460 people (2023) to Redwood's 8,400; Northwood covers 6.33 km², Redwood 4.38 km²; the record holds 2,309 reports for Northwood and 4,975 for Redwood.

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.