# Hillsborough, Christchurch

2,990 council reports since June 2015, the 50th busiest suburb in the city. 2,393 photographs on record.
2,430 people at the 2023 Census, 363 to the square kilometre across 6.7 km².

https://www.chch.live/hillsborough

## 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

Hillsborough is a mixed industrial and residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the south-east of the city centre.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough%2C_Christchurch), 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 **$445 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $96–$615, across 15 bonds, down 22% on a year ago. That’s about **$105 a week below** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Hillsborough (Christchurch City)” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
- 1-bedroom flat/unit, $96 a week · 6 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $615 a week · 6 new bonds

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

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 2,373 people and 936 occupied private households, grouped from 15 SA1 areas in Hillsborough (Christchurch City). This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 17% (402 people)
- 65 and over: about 18% (417 people)
- Born overseas: about 22% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 91% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 10% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 3% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 5% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 88% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 59% 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 (2,393 on record)
- [13 Erewhon Tce](https://www.chch.live/report/9070729)
- [7 Brabourne St](https://www.chch.live/report/9056467)
- [2 Avoca Valley Road, Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/report/9056285)
- [Summit Road, Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/report/9056165)
- [288 Opawa Road, Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/report/9045798)
- [200 Opawa Road, Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/report/9040867)

[2,393 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=hillsborough)

## The suburb, back then (5 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.*
- [Aerial photomosaic of Huntsbury and Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791407), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Glass Plate Negative: Artillery Company Canterbury Volunteer Regiment, Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/then/1860s#p-37803274), 1865 · Canterbury Museum
- [Hillsborough, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1960s#p-22583993), 1963 · TAPUHI
- [Hillsborough, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1960s#p-22615484), 1963 · TAPUHI
- [Hillsborough, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1960s#p-23197770), 1963 · TAPUHI

## The record on Hillsborough
- Hillsborough enters the written record in 11 October 1854, [“Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 11 October 1854)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541011.2.9.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Hillsborough” appears somewhere in 253 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 9 June 2015, at 53 Hillsborough Terrace.
- Its busiest day was 29 August 2026, 12 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Aynsley Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/aynsley-terrace), reported on 237 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), 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 (4,932 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Hillsborough 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.
129 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 8 January 2019.

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, Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki, 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
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9070729), 11 Oct 2026 · 13 Erewhon Tce, “The reserve and paper road around Montgomery Reservoir have remained uncut for the last couple of years, at least. In…”
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/9056467), 8 Oct 2026 · 7 Brabourne St, “Water main cover fallen in. Dangerous to ankles. And water.”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9056285), 8 Oct 2026 · 2 Avoca Valley Road, “broken pallet left on footpath”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9056165), 8 Oct 2026 · Summit Road, “sharp, barbed wire, on top of pedestrian gate. at top of rapaki track. put a whole in my hand. wire should be pointed…”
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9045798), 7 Oct 2026 · 288 Opawa Road, “Hillsborough Domain Mens toilet again”
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9040867), 6 Oct 2026 · 200 Opawa Road, “bent traffic light pole”
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9036052), 5 Oct 2026 · 251 Opawa Road, “Jarassic Adventure on Opawa Rd thoughlessly planted running bamboo along the fence line bordering Opawa Rd. As you can…”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9033771), 5 Oct 2026 · 25A Aynsley Terrace, “parks truck on foot parth and yellow lines out side rest home delivering Mondays and Fridays around 8 30 am blocking…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9031903), 5 Oct 2026 · Opawa Rd near Brougham St, “trees could do with a trim, makes it hard for the bus driver to see up waiting at the bus stop.”
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9031879), 5 Oct 2026 · 288 Opawa Road, “Hillsborough Domain Mens toilet. Walls and door.”
- [Poles and Signage - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9028976), 4 Oct 2026 · 41 Aynsley Terrace, “Road speed sign smashed out of the ground at cnr Grange & Aynsley, on Grange St”
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9028793), 4 Oct 2026 · Unnamed Road, “Dead lambs in pond”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 51
- 2016, 76
- 2017, 110
- 2018, 151
- 2019, 206
- 2020, 207
- 2021, 239
- 2022, 333
- 2023, 413
- 2024, 419
- 2025, 399

## What gets reported
- Water & drains, 785
- Roads & footpaths, 609
- Rubbish & dumping, 518
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 441
- Trees & parks, 416
- Vehicles & parking, 107
- Everything else, 57
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 54

## Exactly what people say
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 395
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 363
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 252
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 227
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 174
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 150
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 125
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 108

## On the heritage register (7)
- [9 Ford Road](https://www.chch.live/place/532), 9 Ford Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Bloomsbury](https://www.chch.live/place/289), 37 Maunsell Street
- [Dwelling and Setting, Fifield](https://www.chch.live/place/286), 14 Hawford Road
- [Dwelling and Setting, Glenmore](https://www.chch.live/place/186), 6 Peartree Lane
- [Dwelling and Setting, The Hollies](https://www.chch.live/place/197), 188 Richardson Terrace
- [Former Dwelling and Setting, Risingholme](https://www.chch.live/place/37), 22 Cholmondeley Avenue
- [Woolston Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/place/460), 76 Rutherford Street

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Aynsley Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/aynsley-terrace), reported on 237 separate days
- [Opawa Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/opawa-road), reported on 205 separate days
- [Port Hills Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/port-hills-road), reported on 176 separate days
- [Centaurus Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/centaurus-road), reported on 175 separate days
- [Rapaki Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/rapaki-road), reported on 123 separate days
- [Clarendon Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/clarendon-terrace), reported on 123 separate days
- [Garlands Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/garlands-road), reported on 106 separate days
- [Vernon Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/hillsborough/vernon-terrace), reported on 99 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki](https://www.chch.live/school/3680-mastery-schools-new-zealand-arapaki), Full Primary · EQI 434

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 Peter's School Te Kura Haoika](https://www.chch.live/school/3542-st-peter-s-school-te-kura-haoika) · and 7 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (11)
- [Montgomery Spur Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1464-montgomery-spur-reserve), Regional · 127 ha
- [Rapaki Track](https://www.chch.live/park/1508-rapaki-track), Regional · 6 ha
- [Witch Hill](https://www.chch.live/park/954-witch-hill), Regional · 5 ha
- [Hillsborough Park](https://www.chch.live/park/950-hillsborough-park), Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 61 pieces
- [Alderson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1354-alderson-reserve), 2 ha
- [King George V Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1758-king-george-v-reserve), 1 ha
- [Curries Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1348-curries-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Nuttall Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1542-nuttall-reserve)
- [Monro Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1116-monro-playground), playground, 4 pieces
- [Erewhon Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1406-erewhon-reserve)
- [Scruttons Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1405-scruttons-reserve)

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

## Where the suburb worships (1)
- [Opawa Community Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/opawa-community-church), a Methodist church · 158 Opawa Road

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

## The tracks through here (16)
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-71-hillsborough), 3.0 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-45-hillsborough), 2.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-586-cashmere), 2.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-92-hillsborough), 2.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-70-hillsborough), 1.6 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-80-hillsborough), 1.4 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-89-woolston), 1.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-81-hillsborough), 897 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-90-hillsborough), 891 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-49-opawa), 797 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-103-hillsborough), 691 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-42-saint-martins), 579 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-58-cashmere), 412 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-73-hillsborough), 328 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-79-hillsborough), 126 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-75-opawa), 58 m · 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 9.2% of this outline, about 62 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 0.8% of this outline, about 5 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 6.3% of this outline, about 42 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 11.2% of this outline, about 75 hectares, across 4 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover **10%** of this outline, about 65 hectares, rockfall management area 1, rockfall management area 2, mass movement management area 2. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers **63%** 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 **1%** of this outline, ngā wai. A silent-file precinct covers **13%** 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 ecological schedules cover **1%** of this outline across **1** scheduled site, all of it protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/ecology).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **61%** of this outline, about 407 hectares across **4** scheduled areas, **57%** 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).
The plan’s flood map draws **1%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground across **1** mapped area. The broader flood-management watch covers **20%** of it, Heathcote River, Avoca Heathcote Valley. 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, **90** classified reaches, the plan calling **Victory Drain** and **Popes Drain**
           by name, **15%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **30 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 drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **1,778** photographs on this ground, 2009–2016, stormwater 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, **7.3 km** of cycleway crosses the outline. 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, **5** inscribed plaques, [Monro Playground](https://www.chch.live/plaque/35498-monro-playground), [Heathcote Riverbank Tr South](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310907-heathcote-riverbank-tr-south), [Natural Heritage Project Monum](https://www.chch.live/plaque/34761-natural-heritage-project-monum) 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, **15** drawn instruments, 10 of them dog rules, 5 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).
**11** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 4 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 **105** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 69 hectares, mostly gravel, topsoil, sawdust, 7 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 **923** rocks inside this outline across 651 survey pins, **612** came down, 73 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 **69%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class, and 3 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 study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The register puts **88** engineered rockfall defences inside this outline, 56 rock anchors, 30 rock cables, 1 catch fence, 6 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 **15** assets on this ground, 5 ramps, 5 sets of steps, 2 bridges, 2 jetties, sited at Hillsborough Park, King George V Reserve, Scruttons Reserve, Heathcote Riverbank Tr South. 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 **5** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 2 football, 1 tennis, 1 basketball, 1 cricket. 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 **985** living trees inside this outline, **24** veterans among them, 6 carrying a protection, mostly Pin Oak, English Oak, Manna Ash. The file remembers **430** 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 **52%** of this outline under **Open Space Natural**, **17%** residential, the rest mostly Residential Suburban 8%, Residential Hills 8%. 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 **19 hectares** of this outline, **3%** , under 2 designations, mostly movement. 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, **Dwelling and Setting, Glenmore**. 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 52 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.9 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 (8)
- [Planetable](https://www.chch.live/summit/planetable), lookout
- [Archie Lilly memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/archie-lilly-memorial), monument
- [William David Mason memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/william-david-mason-memorial), monument
- [Mount Vernon](https://www.chch.live/summit/mount-vernon), summit · 462 m
- [Te Upoko-o-Kurī / Witch Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/te-upoko-o-kuri-witch-hill), summit · Te Upoko-o-Kurī
- [Avoca Valley Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/avoca-valley-stream), waterway · 1.4 km
- [Jacksons Creek](https://www.chch.live/river/jacksons-creek), waterway · 4.1 km
- [Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River](https://www.chch.live/river/opawaho-heathcote-river), waterway · 30.7 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.*
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 11 October 1854)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18541011.2.9.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1854-10-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Glenmore - List No. 3109](https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/3109/Glenmore), [The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero](https://www.chch.live/collection/the-new-zealand-heritage-list-rarangi-korero) · 1857-00-00T00:00:00
- [Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 10 February 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580210.2.20.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1858-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 23 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611123.2.14.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 30 November 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611130.2.9.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 04 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611204.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 11 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611211.2.5.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 14 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611214.2.4.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 18 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611218.2.21.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 28 December 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611228.2.4.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-12-28T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Hillsborough
- [Trachypepla conspicuella seen — Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408014060), iNaturalist · smankelow, 13 Oct 2026
- [Tangier Pea seen — Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407317111), iNaturalist · smankelow, 11 Oct 2026
- [Muehlenbeckia seen — Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407317078), iNaturalist · smankelow, 11 Oct 2026
- [White Banded House Jumper seen — Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407316969), iNaturalist · smankelow, 11 Oct 2026
- [Spring Fieldcap seen — Hillsborough, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407316826), iNaturalist · smankelow, 11 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (91 injury crashes)

91 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 29 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Centaurus Road at Aynsley Terrace](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=centaurus-rd&suburb=hillsborough), 6 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (463 recorded victimisations)

463 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 49 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=hillsborough)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (11 stops)

11 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8).
- Opawa
- Opawa Rd near Brabourne St
- Opawa Rd near Brougham St
- Opawa Rd near Grange St
- Opawa Rd near Mary Mclean Pl near Opawa Rd
- Opawa Rd near Mary McLean Pl near Opawa Rd
- Port Hills Rd near Avoca Valley Rd
- Port Hills Rd near Curries Rd near Port Hills Rd
- Port Hills Rd near Curries Rd near Port Hills Rd
- Port Hills Rd near Nuttall Dr near Port Hills Rd
- Port Hills Rd near Nuttall Dr near Port Hills Rd

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

## Businesses here (24 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-hillsborough), 4
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-hillsborough), 4
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-hillsborough), 3
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-hillsborough), 2
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-hillsborough), 1
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-hillsborough), 1
- [Car repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-repair#in-hillsborough), 1
- [Charity](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-charity#in-hillsborough), 1
- [Company](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-company#in-hillsborough), 1
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-hillsborough), 1
- [Galleries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gallery#in-hillsborough), 1
- [IT & software](https://www.chch.live/businesses/it-services#in-hillsborough), 1
- [Mini golf](https://www.chch.live/businesses/mini-golf#in-hillsborough), 1
- [Sports centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-centre#in-hillsborough), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Castle Rock Café](https://www.chch.live/business/castle-rock-cafe-hillsborough), Cafés
- [In Situ](https://www.chch.live/business/in-situ-hillsborough), Cafés
- [Pierogi Joint](https://www.chch.live/business/pierogi-joint-hillsborough), Fast food

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

## Next door
- [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/opawa)
- [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins)
- [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston)
- [Huntsbury](https://www.chch.live/huntsbury)
- [Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/beckenham)
- [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Hillsborough with [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hillsborough&b=opawa) · [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hillsborough&b=saint-martins) · [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hillsborough&b=woolston) · [Huntsbury](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hillsborough&b=huntsbury) · [Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=beckenham&b=hillsborough) · [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hillsborough&b=waltham), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Hillsborough?**

Hillsborough is a mixed industrial and residential suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the south-east of the city centre. The public record holds 2,990 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Hillsborough?**

2,430 people at the 2023 Census, 363 per square kilometre across 6.7 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Hillsborough?**

About 2,373 people and 936 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Hillsborough?**

2,990 reports on record, most often water & drains (785), roads & footpaths (609), rubbish & dumping (518). 468 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Hillsborough had?**

91 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 29 seriously hurt, nobody killed. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=hillsborough)

**What schools are in Hillsborough?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, Mastery Schools New Zealand - Arapaki.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Hillsborough · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Hillsborough