# Heathcote Valley, Christchurch

3,282 council reports since May 2015, the 45th busiest suburb in the city. 2,629 photographs on record.
2,430 people at the 2023 Census, 293 to the square kilometre across 8.3 km².

https://www.chch.live/heathcote-valley

## Live source links

Link-outs to the source’s own live pages, chch.live does not copy their live values or source text.

- [Christchurch City Council What’s On](https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on)
- [Christchurch City Libraries events](https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/events/)
- [CCC mountain-bike track status](https://ccc.govt.nz/transport/getting-around/cycling/find-a-ride/trackstatus)
- [Christchurch Adventure Park trail information](https://christchurchadventurepark.com/trail-information)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Heathcote Valley is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is named after Sir William Heathcote, who was secretary of the Canterbury Association.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathcote_Valley), a tertiary source
Population: Stats NZ 2023 Census Statistical Area 2 counts summed over the suburb’s own areas, as Wikipedia maps them; the area is measured from the suburb boundary.

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$750 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $623–$758, across 6 bonds, up 27% on a year ago. That’s about **$200 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Heathcote Valley” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 2,379 people and 1,011 occupied private households, grouped from 17 SA1 areas in Heathcote Valley. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 15% (354 people)
- 65 and over: about 24% (576 people)
- Born overseas: about 22% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 93% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 9% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 4% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 85% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 57% of stated households

Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%. Stats NZ uses fixed random rounding to base 3; unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero.

[individuals](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120766-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-individuals-by-statistical-area-1-part-1/) · [households](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/120765-2023-census-totals-by-topic-for-households-by-statistical-area-1/) · [geography](https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243/) · [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

## As reported (2,629 on record)
- [30 Avoca Valley Road, Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/report/9077746)
- [Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/report/9074618)
- [22 Wendy Pl](https://www.chch.live/report/9072095)
- [3 Scruttons Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9069719)
- [12 Station Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9065082)
- [51 Bridle Path Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9063204)

[2,629 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=heathcote-valley)

## The suburb, back then (29 in the archive)

*Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.*
- [Maltworks, Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/then/1890s#p-46097425), 1890 · Canterbury Stories
- [Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/then/1890s#p-52172950), 1896 · Canterbury Stories
- ["Hillwood" Orchard, Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46097481), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- ["Hillwood", Bridle Path Road, Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46097516), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- ["Hillwood", Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46097565), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Flat land in Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46097443), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Heathcote Valley in the snow](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46097571), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Snowballing at Heathcote Valley School](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46097573), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Heathcote Valley School](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46097557), 1902 · Canterbury Stories
- [PLEASANT PASTURES: A PEACEFUL SCENE EN THE HEATHCOTE VALLEY NEAR CHRISTCHURCH. N.Z.](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-29966618), 1907 · Kura Heritage Collections Online

[…and 19 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Heathcote Valley
- Heathcote Valley enters the written record in 25 January 1851, [“WALKS ON THE ROADS. (Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1851)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510125.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Heathcote Valley” appears somewhere in 532 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: other, 31 May 2015, at 13.
- Its busiest day was 14 August 2017, 14 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Port Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/port-hills-road), reported on 550 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (4,704 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Heathcote Valley took **4 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 3 months or longer.
112 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 14 November 2018.

Work orders, not resident reports, 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](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · [the whole city’s fix times](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

One sensitive site stands here, Heathcote Valley School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of it.

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

## Lately
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9077746), 12 Oct 2026 · 30 Avoca Valley Road, “blocked gutter”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9075910), 12 Oct 2026 · 19 Flavell Street, “the water meter is spraying water, causing a bog by the house”
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9074618), 12 Oct 2026 · Bridle Path Road, “ewe on Bridle Path. Her 2 lambs on orher side of femce. Just after the eucalypts and bench on Heathcote side”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9072095), 11 Oct 2026 · 22 Wendy Pl
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069719), 11 Oct 2026 · 3 Scruttons Rd, “Graffiti”
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9065082), 10 Oct 2026 · 12 Station Rd, “Is this a stolen car”
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/9063204), 9 Oct 2026 · 51 Bridle Path Rd, “Litter behind BBQ, if there was a rubbish bin here maybe people would use it”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9062125), 9 Oct 2026 · 27A Martindales Road, “caravan on road side more than 10 days”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9059034), 9 Oct 2026 · Heathcote Domain 45 Bridle Path Road
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9044843), 6 Oct 2026 · 18 Flinders Road, “broken red bin lid”
- [Animal - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9042265), 6 Oct 2026 · 1039–1139 Summit Rd, “Lamb is the wrong side of the fence and crying. Can’t catch it to lift it back over to be with the other. No sheep…”
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9041064), 6 Oct 2026 · Port Hills Rd near Vega Pl, “Large election hoarding on council berm. Adjacent to NPD and French Bakery (before Chapmans Road).”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 41
- 2016, 84
- 2017, 99
- 2018, 179
- 2019, 306
- 2020, 330
- 2021, 356
- 2022, 419
- 2023, 389
- 2024, 394
- 2025, 391

## What gets reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 770
- Water & drains, 678
- Trees & parks, 637
- Roads & footpaths, 616
- Rubbish & dumping, 413
- Everything else, 83
- Vehicles & parking, 51
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 33

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 566
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 383
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 376
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 271
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 179
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 170
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 147
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 114

## On the heritage register (3)
- [Bridle Path](https://www.chch.live/place/408)
- [Lyttelton Railway Tunnel, Lyttelton and Heathcote Tunnel Portals and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/341)
- [St Mary's Church and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/231), 2 Truscotts Road

The register’s own page for the area: [Heathcote on the heritage register](https://www.chch.live/history/heathcote)

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Port Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/port-hills-road), reported on 550 separate days
- [Bridle Path Road](https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/bridle-path-road), reported on 291 separate days
- [Martindales Road](https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/martindales-road), reported on 183 separate days
- [Summit Road](https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/summit-road), reported on 109 separate days
- [Flinders Road](https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/flinders-road), reported on 84 separate days
- [Truscotts Road](https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/truscotts-road), reported on 72 separate days
- [Laing Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/laing-crescent), reported on 66 separate days
- [Flavell Street](https://www.chch.live/street/heathcote-valley/flavell-street), reported on 54 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Heathcote Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/3371-heathcote-valley-school), Full Primary · decile 9 · EQI 424

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Anne's School (Woolston)](https://www.chch.live/school/3520-st-anne-s-school-woolston) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · and 4 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (15)
- [Scotts Valley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1412-scotts-valley-reserve), Regional · 130 ha
- [Castle Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/951-castle-rock-reserve), Regional · 89 ha
- [The Duncan Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1339-the-duncan-park), 24 ha
- [Mt Pleasant Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1659-mt-pleasant-reserve), Regional · 13 ha
- [Bridle Path Walkway](https://www.chch.live/park/1781-bridle-path-walkway), Regional · 9 ha
- [Heathcote Quarry Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1079-heathcote-quarry-reserve), Regional · 8 ha
- [Tors Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1227-tors-scenic-reserve), Regional · 5 ha
- [Heathcote Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1182-heathcote-domain), Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 52 pieces
- [Birdsey Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1654-birdsey-reserve), 3 ha
- [Cooks Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1674-cooks-reserve)
- [Warner Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1442-warner-reserve), playground, 4 pieces
- [Laing Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1247-laing-reserve)
- [Bridle Path Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1852-bridle-path-stream-reserve)
- [Martindales Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/park/1315-martindales-reserve-no-2)
- [Martindales Reserve No. 1](https://www.chch.live/park/1260-martindales-reserve-no-1)

A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim.

## Where the suburb worships (1)
- [The Church of St Mary Anglican Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/the-church-of-st-mary-anglican-church), an Anglican church · 2 Martindales Road

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The tracks through here (3)
- [Walk and bike track through Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-92-hillsborough), 2.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-163-heathcote-valley), 1.4 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Heathcote Valley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-154-heathcote-valley), 1.2 km · walk · bike

A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through.

## The ground that moved
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 1.5% of this outline, about 12 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at [liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction).
The Crown’s 2011 classification drew 8.3% of this outline, about 69 hectares inside the residential red zone. A mapped area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a classification is the record of a decision, not a finding about an address; the whole line is at [redzone](https://www.chch.live/redzone).
The 2011 grading filed 6.1% of this outline, about 51 hectares, mostly **TC2**. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories).
The flood record drew water over 5.2% of this outline, about 43 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The mapped tsunami extent covers **1%** of this outline. The sea’s modelled reach, not a prediction, the plan’s inundation line, not the evacuation zones; the share is read from a sampled join. The whole extent is at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/tsunami).
The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover **37%** of this outline, about 304 hectares, rockfall management area 1, rockfall management area 2, mass movement management area 2. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **50%** of it besides, the plan’s background watch over the hill country. Shares read from a sampled join; a management overlay, not a prediction. The whole watch: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **2%** of this outline, about 20 hectares, wāhi tapu/wāhi taonga, ngā tūranga tūpuna. A silent-file precinct covers **7%** of it besides, sensitive ground the plan flags without naming the sites. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **63%** of this outline, about 524 hectares across **3** scheduled areas, **63%** 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: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **4%** of it, Avoca Heathcote Valley, Heathcote River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **77** classified reaches, the plan calling **Bridle Path Waterway** and **Whites Waterway**
           by name, **6%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **20 m** off the bank. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **1,593** photographs on this ground, 2010–2017, 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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **2.7 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, 0.5 km of it separated from the traffic, [Heathcote Expressway](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/heathcote-expressway). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **4** inscribed plaques, [Heathcote Domain](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112706-heathcote-domain), [Martindales Reserve No. 2](https://www.chch.live/plaque/56515-martindales-reserve-no-2), [Heathcote Domain, Com Centre](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310968-heathcote-domain-com-centre) among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/plaques).
The rulebook binds this ground, **23** drawn instruments, 21 of them dog rules, 2 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Rapaki Runanga and Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**4** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly vehicle refuelling, service and repair, any other land that has been subject to the intentional or accidental release of a hazardous substance in sufficient quantity that it could be a risk to human health or the environment, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, 2 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **124** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 38 hectares, mostly silt, engineered fill, buried topsoil, 2 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
The rockfall survey mapped **5,632** rocks inside this outline across 1,899 survey pins, **3,375** came down, 279 still wobble easy. A pin may stand for a cluster and marks where the survey saw the rock, not where it is now; the survey is at [boulders](https://www.chch.live/boulders).
**2** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **76%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The register puts **96** engineered rockfall defences inside this outline, 38 rock cables, 33 rock anchors, 20 mesh drapes, 1 rated poor or worse on the file. Nearly all are the emergency works the quake years left standing; the register is at [defences](https://www.chch.live/defences).
The council’s structure register stands **29** assets on this ground, 14 sets of steps, 7 bridges, 4 boardwalks, 3 ramps, sited at Heathcote Domain, Port Hills 13 Rrz Land, Heathcote Combined Cmty Centre, Heathcote Domain, Com Centre. Site names are the register’s own labels; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=structures).
The recreation register keeps **9** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 5 cricket, 2 football, 1 bowls, 1 basketball. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
The register counts **763** living trees inside this outline, **11** veterans among them, 22 carrying a protection, mostly Pin Oak, Kowhai, Cabbage tree. The file remembers **219** trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees).
The plan files **33%** of this outline under **Rural Port Hills**, **12%** residential, the rest mostly Open Space Natural 31%, Rural Urban Fringe 11%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
The plan reserves about **40 hectares** of this outline, **5%** , under 5 designations, mostly movement, power & signal. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **1** place by name in this suburb, **1** graded highly significant, **St Mary's Church and Setting**. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 103 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M6.2 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence), and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes).

## The names on this ground (14)
- [Flinders](https://www.chch.live/memorial/flinders), artwork · Zoe Ayton Shaw
- [Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/castle-rock), crag
- [Cattle Stop crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/cattle-stop-crag), crag
- [John Britten crag](https://www.chch.live/rock/john-britten-crag), crag
- [Upper Gondola Station](https://www.chch.live/summit/upper-gondola-station), lookout
- [Heathcote War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/heathcote-war-memorial), monument
- [old Heathcote Quarry site](https://www.chch.live/rock/old-heathcote-quarry-site), quarry
- [Te Moenga-o-Wheke/The Tors](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-moenga-o-wheke-the-tors), rock
- [Te Tihi-o-Kahukura/Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/rock/te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock), rock
- [Mount Cavendish](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-cavendish), summit · 445 m
- [Tauhinukorokio / Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/summit/tauhinukorokio-mount-pleasant), summit · Tauhinukorokio
- [Te Moenga-o-Wheke / The Tors](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-moenga-o-wheke-the-tors), summit · Te Moenga-o-Wheke
- [Te Tihi-o-Kahukura / Castle Rock](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-tihi-o-kahukura-castle-rock), summit · Te Tihi-o-Kahukura
- [Avoca Valley Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/avoca-valley-stream), waterway · 1.4 km

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](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [WALKS ON THE ROADS. (Lyttelton Times, 25 January 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18510125.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1851-01-25T00:00:00.000Z
- [WALKS ON THE ROADS. (Wellington Independent, 19 February 1851)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18510219.2.19), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1851-02-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 31 January 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520131.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 February 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520214.2.9.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.19.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.21.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 10 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.19.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.20.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18520814.2.21.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1852-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Heathcote Valley
- [Horehounds seen — Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407988217), iNaturalist · freshwaterfelix, 13 Oct 2026
- [Ongaonga seen — Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407987928), iNaturalist · freshwaterfelix, 13 Oct 2026
- [Myosotis australis seen — Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403410364), iNaturalist · meurkc, 26 Sept 2026
- [Luzula banksiana seen — Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403408629), iNaturalist · meurkc, 26 Sept 2026
- [Comb fern seen — Heathcote Valley, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403402272), iNaturalist · meurkc, 26 Sept 2026

[The whole wire](https://www.chch.live/wire)

## The crash record (66 injury crashes)

66 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 people killed, 16 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [State Highway 76 at Chapmans Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=sh-76&suburb=heathcote-valley), 4 injury crashes.

- [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=heathcote-valley)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes)

## The crime record (347 recorded victimisations)

347 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 36 a year per 1,000 residents. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

- [The suburb on the crime map](https://www.chch.live/crime?grain=suburb&area=heathcote-valley)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (25 stops)

25 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 155](https://www.chch.live/buses/155).
- Bridle Path Rd
- Bridle Path Rd
- Bridle Path Rd near Hammerton Ln
- Bridle Path Rd near Port Hills Rd near Bridle Path Rd
- Bridle Path Rd near Port Hills Rd near Bridle Path Rd
- Bridle Path Rd near Rollin St near Bridle Path Rd
- Bridle Path Rd near Rollin St near Bridle Path Rd
- Christchurch Gondola
- Heathcote near Bridle Path Rd
- Heathcote near Bridle Path Rd
- Heathcote near Martindales Rd
- Heathcote near Martindales Rd
- Martindales Rd near Station Rd
- Martindales Rd near Truscotts Rd
- Port Hills Rd near Ardtrea Ln near Port Hills Rd
- Port Hills Rd near Ardtrea Ln near Port Hills Rd

- [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses)

## Businesses here (15 in the directory)

From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf.

- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-heathcote-valley), 3
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-heathcote-valley), 3
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-heathcote-valley), 2
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-heathcote-valley), 2
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-heathcote-valley), 1
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-heathcote-valley), 1
- [Galleries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gallery#in-heathcote-valley), 1
- [Gift shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gift#in-heathcote-valley), 1
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-heathcote-valley), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Spice Hub](https://www.chch.live/business/spice-hub-heathcote-valley), Restaurants
- [Craft Room Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/craft-room-cafe-heathcote-valley), Cafés
- [The Valley Inn Tavern](https://www.chch.live/business/the-valley-inn-tavern-heathcote-valley), Bars & pubs
- [Upshot](https://www.chch.live/business/upshot-heathcote-valley), Cafés
- [The Port Hills Barbershop](https://www.chch.live/business/the-port-hills-barbershop-heathcote-valley), Hairdressers

- [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses)

## Next door
- [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/ferrymead)
- [Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/mount-pleasant)
- [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs)
- [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton)
- [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/cass-bay)
- [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Heathcote Valley with [Ferrymead](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=ferrymead&b=heathcote-valley) · [Mount Pleasant](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=heathcote-valley&b=mount-pleasant) · [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=heathcote-valley&b=redcliffs) · [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=heathcote-valley&b=lyttelton) · [Cass Bay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cass-bay&b=heathcote-valley) · [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=heathcote-valley&b=hillsborough), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Heathcote Valley?**

Heathcote Valley is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 3,282 council reports for it, the first filed in May 2015.

**How many people live in Heathcote Valley?**

2,430 people at the 2023 Census, 293 per square kilometre across 8.3 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Heathcote Valley?**

About 2,379 people and 1,011 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Heathcote Valley?**

3,282 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (770), water & drains (678), trees & parks (637). 375 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Heathcote Valley had?**

66 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 people killed, 16 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=heathcote-valley)

**What schools are in Heathcote Valley?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Heathcote Valley School.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Heathcote%20Valley · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Heathcote%20Valley