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

	Waltham	Woolston
Population	4,460 2023	11,120 2023
2023 Census (SA1 join)	2,175 indicative	10,608 indicative
Census households	999	4,371
Under 15 (Census)	—	17%
65+ (Census)	—	16%
Area	1.77 km²	5.48 km²
People per km²	2,520	2,029
Reports filed	9,547	16,613
Rank on the roll	12th of 108	3rd of 108
Reports per km²	5,394	3,032
First report on record	2015	2015
Busiest day	2022-02-16 42 reports	2026-08-29 62 reports
Crashes on record	341 2 fatal · 81 serious	338 6 fatal · 79 serious
Epicentres inside the outline	1 biggest M3.9	27 biggest M4.1
Of the outline, red-zoned	—	—
The 2011 grade	TC3 16.3% of the outline	TC3 20.0% of the outline
Flooded on record	1.9% 2 events	25.6% 5 events
The sea’s reach	—	27% of the outline
Slope-hazard bands	—	—
The remembered ground	—	5% of the outline
The wild ledger	—	7% of the outline
The kept view	—	6% of the outline
The waiting water	0% high-hazard · 41% managed	1% high-hazard · 83% managed
The quiet lines	–	–
The drawn water	11 reaches (Jacksons Creek Lower, Jacksons Creek Lower Branch) · 1% setback strips	118 reaches (Steamwharf Stream, Bells Creek) · 14% setback strips · held edge
The allowed shape	39% under density overlays · Medium Density	11% under density overlays · Medium Density
The rebuild’s receipts	4,046 frames filed · 2009–2016	5,354 frames filed · 2007–2017
The pedal network	0.0 km inside the outline · 0.0 km separated · Heathcote Expressway, Ōpāwaho River	0.0 km inside the outline · Heathcote Expressway, Rapanui Shag Rock +2
The remembered names	10 plaques · Edmonds Factory Garden, Waltham Park	13 plaques · Woolston Park, Heathcote Quay Monuments
The rules on the ground	13 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga	13 drawn rules · Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga
On the hazard register	51 parcels 36 current	49 parcels 21 current
Made ground on file	32 parcels 11 unvouched	252 parcels 28 unvouched
Surveyed rocks	–	–
Cleanups on file	6 parcels none verified	14 parcels none verified
The model’s verdict	medium 64% of the outline · 3 free-face flags	medium 55% of the outline · 13 free-face flags
Engineered defences	–	–
The canopy	965 trees 42 veterans · 635 remembered felled	2,693 trees 31 veterans · 1,271 remembered felled
The plan’s word	Medium density residential zone 38% of the outline · 39% residential	Residential Suburban 33% of the outline · 55% residential
The plan’s reservations	16% of the outline 6 designations · movement, learning	4% of the outline 3 designations · movement, learning
The plan’s exceptions	5% of the outline 11 matters · residential, nps matter, heritage	4% of the outline 4 matters · section 6
The listed city	5 scheduled items 1 highly significant	9 scheduled items 1 highly significant
The usual complaints	Graffiti 2,232 · Dumped Rubbish 1,567 · Graffiti on a fence, building or structure 892	Dumped Rubbish 3,089 · Graffiti 2,836 · Rubbish/Recycling 1,665
Schools	2	5
Parks	7	27
Facilities	0	0
Tracks	13	30
Bus stops	17	42
Bus routes through	6	3
Heritage places	6	13

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

Questions, answered briefly

What is the difference between Waltham and Woolston?

Waltham counts 4,460 people (2023) to Woolston's 11,120; Waltham covers 1.77 km², Woolston 5.48 km²; the record holds 9,547 reports for Waltham and 16,613 for Woolston.

Which has more heritage places, Waltham or Woolston?

Woolston, 13 on the heritage register to the other’s 6.

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.