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Fendalton, Christchurch

3,098 council reports since June 2015, the 47th busiest suburb in the city. 2,512 photographs on record. 4,870 people at the 2023 Census, 2,467 to the square kilometre across 2.0 km².

Reports, all time
3,098
In the year to 12 Oct 2026
386
Busiest in Christchurch
47th
Photographs
2,512

The record also holds about $618 a week to rent 2023 Census snapshot 2,512 photographs 60 old photographs 2 schools 6 parks 2 places of worship 16 tracks 5 names on the map 44.6% of the outline mapped liquefied graded mostly TC3 in 2011 the record drew water over 15% of the outline the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 8% of the outline ecological sites over 7% of the outline landscape schedules over 11% of the outline noise overlays over the whole outline setback strips over 12% of the outline 15% of the outline inside the plan’s density overlays 753 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground 12.7 km of cycleway crosses the outline 11 remembered names on this ground 17 drawn rules bind this ground 2 parcels on the dangerous-work register 135 parcels of made ground 1 parcels with a cleanup on file the 2019 model grades this ground mostly medium 15 council structures on the register 8 recreation register records 1,965 trees on the register the plan’s word on this ground 6% of the outline reserved the plan’s exceptions touch 25% of the outline 19 places on the heritage schedule 145 injury crashes 788 recorded victimisations 28 bus stops 19 businesses the council’s fix times alcohol ban over most of the outline 32 heritage places 40 documents 5 mentions on the wire

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Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day

$618/week middle half $498–$815

New bonds here ran at about $618 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $498 and $815, across 51 bonds lodged, down 6% on a year ago. That’s about $68 a week above the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Fendalton, Deans Bush and Mona Vale areas combined, approximately this suburb.

By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
  • 1-bedroom house, $565 a week · 21 new bonds
  • 2-bedroom house, $683 a week · 6 new bonds
  • 3-bedroom house, $963 a week · 6 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds, by quarter; suburb figures are a bond-weighted blend of the areas. New bonds are fresh lodgements, not the whole rental stock; under five bonds the rent is withheld, and counts are randomly rounded. Source: Tenancy Services rental bond data: provisional while the bond system migrates.

The ground: the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 45% of it; the 2011 grading filed it mostly TC3, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 2 schools, 6 parks, 2 places of worship, 16 tracks and 28 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly roads & footpaths, 386 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 10 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 19 December 2016, 134 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

People
6,273
Under 15
15%
65 and over
22%
Occupied households
2,319

About 6,273 people and 2,319 occupied private households in the “Deans Bush”, “Mona Vale” and “Fendalton” areas, grouped from 44 SA1 areas. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

More of the 2023 Census
  • Born overseas30% of stated birthplace
  • European ethnicity76% of ethnicity responses
  • Māori ethnicity6% of ethnicity responses
  • Pacific Peoples ethnicity2% of ethnicity responses
  • Asian ethnicity20% of ethnicity responses
  • Households with internet92% of stated households
  • Households with two or more vehicles61% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%.

Stats NZ’s 2023 Census uses fixed random rounding to base 3. Unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero. individuals · households · geography · CC BY 4.0.

About the suburb

Fendalton is a suburb of Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand.

the encyclopaedia’s version · Wikipedia · population: Stats NZ 2023 Census SA2 counts; the area is measured from the suburb outline

As reported 2,512 on record

35A Waiwetu St54 Fendalton RdFendalton Rd27 Fendalton Rd105 Harakeke Street, Fendalton35A Waiwetu St 2,512 photographs
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The suburb, back then 60 in the archive

Exterior of St Barnabas Church, 1900Exterior of St Barnabas Church, 1900Gas lamps in St Barnabas Church, 1900Lectern in St Barnabas Church, 1900St Barnabas Church lectern, 1900St Barnabas' Church, Fendalton, Christchurch, 1900St Barnabas' Church, Fendalton, Christchurch, 1910St Barnabas' Church, Fendalton, Christchurch, 1920St Barnabas' Church, Fendalton, Christchurch, 1920St Barnabas' Church, Fendalton, Christchurch, 1920 60 photographs
from back when →

Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.

The record on Fendalton

Lately the newest reports

Trees - General, a report photo
Trees - General68 Glandovey Rd

I have concerns about a very old looking tall tree opposite my property which is at 59 Glandovey Road. If this tree was uprooted in high winds and fell towards…

Trees - General, a report photo
Trees - General68 Glandovey Rd

Very large tree opposite my property which is at 59 Glandovey Road. This tree is outside the property fence of No. 70 Glandovey Road, so is it on council land…

Reports per year up 17% 2024→2025

What gets reported

Roads & footpaths 1,003
Water & drains 651
Graffiti & vandalism 537
Trees & parks 494
Rubbish & dumping 255
Vehicles & parking 70
Everything else 63
Animals & pests 17 Noise 8

Streets that keep coming up each a street page

Every street the archive knows in Fendalton →

Exactly what people say

How fast the council fixes things here 5,171 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Fendalton took 5 days to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole. The slowest tenth waited 4 months or longer. 131 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 21 October 2019.

Work orders, not the resident reports above, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. The ticket roll · the whole city’s fix times.

Alcohol rules on this ground one ban zone reaches in

Riccarton-Ilam. A public drinking ban, at all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, covers most of Fendalton.

2 sensitive sites stand here, Christchurch Boys' High School, Tūora Fendalton School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list, read from the Regulatory open-data service. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

The suburb today

Schools here 2

Zoned for Burnside High School · Christchurch Adventist School · Christchurch Boys' High School · Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora · Kahikatea Kirkwood Intermediate · Marian College · and 13 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws from, not how well it teaches.

The green here 6

Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.

Where the suburb worships 2

Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.

The tracks through here 16

The first eight of 16, Tracks in the council’s open data, a line belongs to every suburb it passes through. The whole network is at /tracks.

The names on this ground 5

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 44.6% of this outline, about 88 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.

The 2011 grading filed 35.2% of this outline, about 70 hectares, mostly TC3. A graded area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are drawn at /technical-categories.

The flood record drew water over 15.0% of this outline, about 30 hectares, across 2 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

2 parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 135 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 5 hectares, mostly mixed fill with rubbish, compacted hardfill, gravel, 6 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

1 parcel inside this outline carries a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the whole register is drawn at /remediated.

The 2019 liquefaction study put 66% of this outline in the medium class, and 10 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.

The council’s structure register stands 15 assets on this ground, 7 jetties, 5 bridges, 2 viewing platforms, 1 set of steps, sited at Mona Vale, Fendalton Park, Daresbury Park, Jeffreys Reserve. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The recreation register keeps 8 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 2 bowls, 2 rugby, 1 croquet, 1 tennis. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 1,965 living trees inside this outline, 73 veterans among them, 72 carrying a protection, mostly Ash, Japanese maple, Pin Oak. The file remembers 702 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.

The plan files 45% of this outline under Residential Suburban, 60% residential, the rest mostly Transport 19%, Medium density residential zone 14%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.

The plan reserves about 12 hectares of this outline, 6%, under 2 designations, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is read from a sampled join; the whole register is drawn at /designations.

The plan’s exceptions touch 25% of this outline, 20 qualifying matters, mostly heritage, utilities, section 6. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is read from a sampled join, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The whole register is drawn at /matters.

The plan’s heritage schedule protects 19 places by name in this suburb, 12 graded highly significant, Christchurch Boys' High School Main Building and Setting, Christchurch Boys' High School War Memorial and Setting, Dwelling and Setting among them. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid; the whole schedule is at /heritage.

The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 8% of this outline, about 16 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule is drawn at /cultural.

The plan’s ecological schedules cover 7% of this outline, about 13 hectares across 2 scheduled sites, 3% of it Schedule B, identified on private land but not yet protected. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger is drawn at /ecology.

The plan’s landscape schedules cover 11% of this outline, about 22 hectares across 3 scheduled areas, 7% of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view is drawn at /landscape.

No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers 45% of it, Avon River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water is drawn at /flood-hazard.

The plan’s noise overlays cover all of this outline, about 197 hectares across 2 mapped overlays, 1% of it inside the airport’s air-noise contours, where the 55 dB line bites, and inside the airport’s bird-strike buffer. Shares read from a sampled join; a planning line, not a meter’s reading. The quiet lines are drawn at /noise.

The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 68 classified reaches, the plan calling Avon River and Fendalton Stream by name, 12% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 20 m off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank; the reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.

The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, 15% of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing Suburban. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands; the allowed shape is drawn at /density.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 753 photographs on this ground, 2011–2016, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now; the whole record is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 12.7 km of cycleway crosses the outline, Northern Line, Uni-Cycle. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 11 inscribed plaques, Jeffreys Reserve, Waiwetu Reserve, Alister John Macleod Memorial among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.

The rulebook binds this ground, 17 drawn instruments, 6 of them dog rules, 3 alcohol bans, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, 7 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: /geography.

The crash record 145 injury crashes

145 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Fendalton's outline, 2 people killed, 28 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: Fendalton Road at Idris Road, 12 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 788 recorded victimisations

788 victimisations on the Police record inside Fendalton’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 31 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 40% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

The buses through it 28 stops

28 Metro stops inside Fendalton's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 29, route 130, route 100.

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 19 in the directory

19 premises in Fendalton across 13 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

Among them, the ones the record says most about:

The whole directory →

Before any of that

On the register here

  1. Christchurch Boys' High School Main Building and Setting39 Kahu Road
  2. Christchurch Boys' High School War Memorial and Setting39B Kahu Road
  3. Dwelling and Setting12 Glandovey Road
  4. Dwelling and Setting27 Glandovey Road
  5. Dwelling and Setting70 Glandovey Road
  6. Dwelling and Setting60 Glandovey Road
  7. Dwelling and Setting43 Holmwood Road
  8. Dwelling and Setting5 Jacksons Road
  9. Dwelling and Setting46 Jeffreys Road
  10. Dwelling and Setting, Avonhoe4 Medbury Terrace
  11. Dwelling and Setting, Brenchley5 St Barnabas Lane
  12. Dwelling and Setting, Colwell46 Memorial Avenue
  13. Dwelling and Setting, Hatherley19 Gleneagles Terrace
  14. Dwelling and Setting, Kooringa88A Clyde Road
  15. Dwelling and Setting, Los Angeles110 Fendalton Road
  16. Elmwood Park
  17. Former dwelling and setting, Deans Cottage
  18. Former Dwelling and Setting, Mona Vale63 Fendalton Road
  19. Former dwelling and setting, Riccarton16 Kahu Road
  20. Former Pumphouse and Setting, Pump No. 24.5 Matai Street East
  21. Former Riccarton Farm Buildings and Setting39V Kahu Road
  22. Mona Vale Bath House and Setting
  23. Mona Vale Gatehouse and Setting65 Fendalton Road
  24. Mona Vale Grounds
  25. Mona Vale Lodge and Setting40 Mona Vale Avenue
  26. Open Air Classroom (east) and Setting
  27. Open Air Classroom (west) and Setting
  28. Riccarton Bush
  29. Riccarton Grounds
  30. St Barnabas Church and Setting
  31. St Barnabas Parish Hall and Setting8 Tui Street
  32. St John's Methodist Church, Lychgate and Setting49 Bryndwr Road

The register’s own page for Fendalton →

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Fendalton, titled for it, turned up by a search for one of its places, or carrying its name in the text. These are leads and citations: the originals live at the provider, linked from each row.

CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 09 September 1875)…ly snootina ducks john laithwaito was charged on tho information of mr oofthaghttn ranger fendalton with having shot a duok aftor tho oloso of the eoaoon three witnesses were oallod but tho ovidenoo t…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
REAPER AND BINDER TRIAL AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 18 January 1879)…were tempered with a cooling breeze a plea��ant drive through the roads of rtccarton and fendalton brought the town visit 01 8 within three-quarters of an hour on to the avonhead farm of mr william b…Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
REAPER AND BINDER TRIAL AT CHRISTCHURCH. (Timaru Herald, 29 January 1879)…n were tompored with a cooling breeze a pleasant drive through the roads of ricearton and fendalton brought the town visitors within three-quarters of an hour on to the avonhead farm of mr william boa…Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 13 Advertisements Column 2 (New Zealand Tablet, 10 September 1880)…gentlemen to the organ fund handed to him by mr john ryan amounting to 53 0 0 mr coolaban fendalton 1 0 0 ttew peal of bells the parish priest of christchurch also acknowledges gratefully the munifice…New Zealand Tablet · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Taranaki Herald, 16 September 1880)…the pure-bred jhg2jiffi clydesdale entire s2jmz young charley 4 tears old bred by mr boag fendalton canterbury his dam blossom grnnj-dam gipsy were imported from tasmania blossom is a pure clydesdale…Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 (Taranaki Herald, 24 September 1880)…he pure-bred immlhi i clydesdalb entire sfrthft young charley 4 years old bred by mr boag fendalton canterbury ttib dam blos��om grnnd-dam gipsy were x i imported from tasmania blossom is a rule clyde…Taranaki Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Wanganui Herald, 05 November 1881)…november messrs h matson co have re ceived instructions from william boag esq of burnside fendalton and selwyn to hold a special clearing sale dur ing the show week on monday the 14th november at the…Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Wanganui Herald, 07 November 1881)…november messrs h matson co have re ceived instructions from william boag esq of burnside fendalton and selwyn to hold a special clearing sale dur ing the show week on monday the 14th november homeste…Wanganui Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 05 September 1882)…ntre of the town good posi tion 11 aorea upper biccarton 13 acrea upper ricoarton 5 acres fendalton 5 to 25 aorea upper middleton seotions in addington sydenham st albans lyttelton bicearton pap anui…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 23 September 1882)…re of tho town j good posi tion 11 aores upper biocarton 13 acres upper biccarton 5 acres fendalton 6 to 25 acres upper middleton seotions in addington sydenham st albans lyttelton bicearton pap anui…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held

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The wire on Fendalton 5 lately

Tun tree seen — Fendalton Rd near Wood Ln, Fendalton, Christchurch 8014, New ZealandiNaturalist · resuelze ·
Japanese maple seen — Fendalton Rd near Wairarapa Tce, Fendalton, Christchurch 8014, New ZealandiNaturalist · resuelze ·
Dunnock seen — Fendalton, Christchurch, New ZealandiNaturalist · jrkuethe ·
Song Thrush seen — Fendalton, Christchurch, New ZealandiNaturalist · jrkuethe ·
Muscovy Duck seen — Fendalton, Christchurch, New ZealandiNaturalist · jrkuethe ·

The whole wire →

590 more documents came up in searches for Fendalton's places and have not been read yet, a lead is a search result, not a fact, until somebody reads it.

Next door

RiccartonMerivaleStrowanBryndwrIlamUpper Riccarton

Compare Fendalton with Riccarton · Merivale · Strowan · Bryndwr · Ilam · Upper Riccarton, same record, side by side.

Questions, answered briefly

What is Fendalton?

Fendalton is a suburb of Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand. The public record holds 3,098 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

How many people live in Fendalton?

4,870 people at the 2023 Census, 2,467 per square kilometre across 2.0 km².

How many people does the 2023 Census count for Fendalton?

About 6,273 people and 2,319 occupied private households (combined SA2s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

What gets reported in Fendalton?

3,098 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (1,003), water & drains (651), graffiti & vandalism (537). 386 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

How many crashes has Fendalton had?

145 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 28 seriously hurt. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →

What did the earthquakes grade Fendalton?

The 2011 technical categories filed 35.2% of the suburb’s outline, about 70 hectares, mostly TC3. TC1 meant standard foundations sufficed, TC2 enhanced, TC3 site-specific engineering, a verdict for the patch of ground, not a finding about any one address. The grades, drawn →

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