# Hornby South, Christchurch

513 council reports since November 2015, the 87th busiest suburb in the city. 358 photographs on record.

https://www.chch.live/hornby-south

## 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/)

## Living here

New bonds here ran at about **$550 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $480–$620, across 21 bonds, down 2% on a year ago. That’s in line with the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Hornby South” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
- 1-bedroom house, $580 a week · 9 new bonds
- 2-bedroom house, $475 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 4,554 people and 1,740 occupied private households, grouped from 29 SA1 areas in Branston, Hornby South. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 18% (828 people)
- 65 and over: about 15% (666 people)
- Born overseas: about 29% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 65% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 14% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 7% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 25% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 82% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 50% 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 (358 on record)
- [17 Mania Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/8968507)
- [540 Halswell Junction Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/8892565)
- [606 Halswell Junction Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/8892536)
- [126 Branston St](https://www.chch.live/report/8892495)
- [116 Branston St](https://www.chch.live/report/8892486)
- [70 Columbia Avenue, Hornby South](https://www.chch.live/report/8808436)

[358 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=hornby-south)

## The record on Hornby South
- Hornby South enters the written record in 20 January 1879, [“Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 20 January 1879)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790120.2.18.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 26 November 2015, at 380.
- Its busiest day was 8 May 2023, 19 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Halswell Junction Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby-south/halswell-junction-road), reported on 61 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Hornby ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/hornby), the [Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/halswell-hornby-riccarton) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (904 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Hornby South took **3 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs faster than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 4 months or longer.
21 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 23 April 2022.

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).

## Lately
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8968507), 23 Sept 2026 · 17 Mania Rd, “Unauthorised parking”
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8892565), 9 Sept 2026 · 540 Halswell Junction Rd, “Tipping speed limit sign. This is Ccc responsibility.”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8892536), 9 Sept 2026 · 606 Halswell Junction Rd, “Overgrown vegetation outside NPD HJR. Presents a visibility hazard to cyclists on the adjacent shared path. I have had…”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8892495), 9 Sept 2026 · 126 Branston St, “More potholes since weeks now”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8892486), 9 Sept 2026 · 116 Branston St, “This hole is a bit bigger than it looks. I could not get a close enough pic safely.”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/8808436), 26 Aug 2026 · 70 Columbia Avenue, “Pothole near centre of road by driveway of HDPS business. Smaller potholes and surface of road is breaking up by the…”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8782592), 21 Aug 2026 · 22 Klondyke Drive, “Water leak”
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8775203), 20 Aug 2026 · 214 Springs Road, “Hole in wire fence surrounding Sparks Halswell reservoir. Looks like a car has crashed through it. Hole is opposite…”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8764776), 18 Aug 2026 · 5 Depot Street, “bylaws with trailers parking longer than 5 days there is 2 of these on the same street are they are allowed to be there…”
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8762399), 17 Aug 2026 · 36 Canada Cres, “Displaced speed sign at road himp outside Hynds Pipes”
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/8762299), 17 Aug 2026 · 1 Mania Rd, “Street light not working by mainfreight gate 1”
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/8736634), 13 Aug 2026 · 153–163 Shands Rd, “Broken signage”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 1
- 2016, 4
- 2017, 26
- 2018, 21
- 2019, 18
- 2020, 29
- 2021, 28
- 2022, 37
- 2023, 99
- 2024, 76
- 2025, 88

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 218
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 99
- Rubbish & dumping, 61
- Water & drains, 47
- Trees & parks, 41
- Vehicles & parking, 39
- Everything else, 8

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 86
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 59
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 35
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 31
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 26
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 23
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 22
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/problems/potholes), 19

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Halswell Junction Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby-south/halswell-junction-road), reported on 61 separate days
- [Shands Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby-south/shands-road), reported on 54 separate days
- [Edmonton Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby-south/edmonton-road), reported on 25 separate days
- [Marshs Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby-south/marshs-road), reported on 23 separate days
- [Mania Road](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby-south/mania-road), reported on 22 separate days
- [Klondyke Drive](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby-south/klondyke-drive), reported on 14 separate days
- [Calgary Place](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby-south/calgary-place), reported on 14 separate days
- [Depot Street](https://www.chch.live/street/hornby-south/depot-street), reported on 13 separate days

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hornby High School](https://www.chch.live/school/338-hornby-high-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Bernadette's School (Hornby)](https://www.chch.live/school/3521-st-bernadette-s-school-hornby) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · [Te Manu Tukutuku South Hornby School](https://www.chch.live/school/3507-te-manu-tukutuku-south-hornby-school) · and 3 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (3)
- [Springs Halswell Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1582-springs-halswell-reserve), 4 ha
- [Shands Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1152-shands-reserve), 1 ha
- [Klondyke Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1336-klondyke-reserve)

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

## The tracks through here (2)
- [Walk and bike track through Hornby South](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-205-hornby-south), 5.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hornby South](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-209-halswell), 402 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 0.0% of this outline. 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 plan’s noise overlays cover **83%** of this outline, about 290 hectares across **1** mapped overlay, 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: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **188** photographs on this ground, 2010–2013, 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, **8.9 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Little River Link](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/little-river-link). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The rulebook binds this ground, **1** drawn instrument, 1 bottle-store buffer; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**30** 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, 12 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 **59** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 97 hectares, mostly engineered fill, mixed fill with rubbish, silt, 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).
**4** 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 **57%** of this outline in the **"unlikely"** class, 83% of the outline fell inside an assessed area. 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 counts **281** living trees inside this outline, mostly Ribbonwood, Narrow-leaved Lacebark, Lancewood. The file remembers **30** 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 **57%** of this outline under **Industrial Heavy**, the rest mostly Industrial General 14%, Transport 10%, 83% of the outline fell inside a mapped zone. 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 **15 hectares** of this outline, **4%** , under 3 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).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.8 in 2016. 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 (1)
- [Halswell Junction Rd and Springs Rd](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1970–1980

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 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 20 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790120.2.18.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Timaru Herald, 17 February 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790217.2.23.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-02-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 28 July 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790728.2.19.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 (Timaru Herald, 15 September 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18790915.2.22.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 12 November 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18791112.2.8.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 15 November 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18791115.2.22.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEW SOUTH WALES. (Hawke's Bay Herald, 30 March 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HBH18800330.2.10.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [FIRE AT CHRISTCHURCH. Christchurch, January 28. (West Coast Times, 29 January 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18810129.2.7.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (North Otago Times, 29 January 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18810129.2.8.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Thames Star, 29 January 1881)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THS18810129.2.13.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1881-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Hornby South
- [dandelions seen — Hornby South, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406272606), iNaturalist · reinderw, 6 Oct 2026
- [Ground Beetles seen — Hornby South, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404345216), iNaturalist · awmwootton, 29 Sept 2026
- [Taraxacum seen — Hornby South, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/400860937), iNaturalist · reinderw, 17 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (67 injury crashes)

67 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 6 people killed, 20 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [State Highway 76 at Shands Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/sh-76-and-shands-road), 10 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (157 recorded victimisations)

157 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly burglary, about 9 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=hornby-south)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## Businesses here (10 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-hornby-south), 2
- [Clothing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/clothes#in-hornby-south), 2
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-hornby-south), 2
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-hornby-south), 1
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-hornby-south), 1
- [Car dealers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-dealer#in-hornby-south), 1
- [Truck](https://www.chch.live/businesses/truck#in-hornby-south), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Southpaw Brewing Company](https://www.chch.live/business/southpaw-brewing-company-hornby-south), Bottle stores
- [NZ Safety Blackwoods](https://www.chch.live/business/nz-safety-blackwoods-hornby-south), Clothing
- [Prestige Commercial Vehicles](https://www.chch.live/business/prestige-commercial-vehicles-hornby-south), Car dealers
- [SaveMart](https://www.chch.live/business/savemart-hornby-south), Clothing

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

## Next door
- [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby)
- [Islington](https://www.chch.live/islington)
- [Prebbleton](https://www.chch.live/prebbleton)
- [Hei Hei](https://www.chch.live/hei-hei)
- [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/wigram)
- [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/broomfield)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Hornby South with [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hornby&b=hornby-south) · [Islington](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hornby-south&b=islington) · [Prebbleton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hornby-south&b=prebbleton) · [Hei Hei](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hei-hei&b=hornby-south) · [Wigram](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hornby-south&b=wigram) · [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=broomfield&b=hornby-south), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Hornby South?**

A suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, the public record holds 513 council reports for it, the first filed in November 2015.

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Hornby South?**

About 4,554 people and 1,740 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Hornby South?**

513 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (218), graffiti & vandalism (99), rubbish & dumping (61). 98 of them in the year to 14 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Hornby South had?**

67 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 6 people killed, 20 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=hornby-south)

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