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
| Sydenham | Waltham | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 6,970 2023 | 4,460 2023 |
| 2023 Census (SA1 join) | 6,774 indicative | 2,175 indicative |
| Census households | 3,084 | 999 |
| Under 15 (Census) | — | — |
| 65+ (Census) | — | — |
| Area | 3.04 km² | 1.77 km² |
| People per km² | 2,293 | 2,520 |
| Reports filed | 23,728 | 9,547 |
| Rank on the roll | 2nd of 108 | 12th of 108 |
| Reports per km² | 7,805 | 5,394 |
| First report on record | 2015 | 2015 |
| Busiest day | 2023-08-30 144 reports | 2022-02-16 42 reports |
| Crashes on record | 819 11 fatal · 139 serious | 341 2 fatal · 81 serious |
| Epicentres inside the outline | 7 biggest M4.7 | 1 biggest M3.9 |
| Of the outline, red-zoned | — | — |
| The 2011 grade | TC3 7.2% of the outline | TC3 16.3% of the outline |
| Flooded on record | 1.4% 3 events | 1.9% 2 events |
| The sea’s reach | — | — |
| Slope-hazard bands | — | — |
| The remembered ground | — | — |
| The wild ledger | — | — |
| The kept view | — | — |
| The waiting water | 0% high-hazard · 34% managed | 0% high-hazard · 41% managed |
| The quiet lines | 3% of the outline | – |
| The drawn water | 32 reaches (Jacksons Creek Upper, Heathcote / Opawaho River) · 2% setback strips | 11 reaches (Jacksons Creek Lower, Jacksons Creek Lower Branch) · 1% setback strips |
| The allowed shape | 37% under density overlays · Medium Density | 39% under density overlays · Medium Density |
| The rebuild’s receipts | 7,352 frames filed · 2009–2017 | 4,046 frames filed · 2009–2016 |
| The pedal network | 0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Quarryman's Trail, Southern Lights +1 | 0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Heathcote Expressway, Ōpāwaho River |
| The remembered names | 8 plaques · Sydenham School Memorial, Sydenham Park | 10 plaques · Edmonds Factory Garden, Waltham Park |
| The rules on the ground | 10 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga | 13 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga |
| On the hazard register | 75 parcels 39 current | 51 parcels 36 current |
| Made ground on file | 65 parcels 20 unvouched | 32 parcels 11 unvouched |
| Surveyed rocks | – | – |
| Cleanups on file | 16 parcels none verified | 6 parcels none verified |
| The model’s verdict | medium 81% of the outline · 2 free-face flags | medium 64% of the outline · 3 free-face flags |
| Engineered defences | – | – |
| The canopy | 1,385 trees 31 veterans · 660 remembered felled | 965 trees 42 veterans · 635 remembered felled |
| The plan’s word | Medium density residential zone 33% of the outline · 40% residential | Medium density residential zone 38% of the outline · 39% residential |
| The plan’s reservations | 1% of the outline 1 designation · movement | 16% of the outline 6 designations · movement, learning |
| The plan’s exceptions | 4% of the outline 8 matters · residential, heritage, utilities | 5% of the outline 11 matters · residential, nps matter, heritage |
| The listed city | 10 scheduled items none top-graded | 5 scheduled items 1 highly significant |
| The usual complaints | Graffiti 6,894 · Dumped Rubbish 2,439 · Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 1,856 | Graffiti 2,232 · Dumped Rubbish 1,567 · Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 892 |
| Schools | 0 | 2 |
| Parks | 14 | 7 |
| Facilities | 0 | 0 |
| Tracks | 18 | 13 |
| Bus stops | 41 | 17 |
| Bus routes through | 8 | 6 |
| Heritage places | 10 | 6 |
Same record, same caveats, the stream counts reports, not virtue. Sydenham's page · Waltham's page
Questions, answered briefly
Sydenham counts 6,970 people (2023) to Waltham's 4,460; Sydenham covers 3.04 km², Waltham 1.77 km²; the record holds 23,728 reports for Sydenham and 9,547 for Waltham.
Sydenham, 10 on the heritage register to the other’s 6.
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.