# Islington, Christchurch

1,891 council reports since July 2015, the 66th busiest suburb in the city. 1,519 photographs on record.
1,040 people at the 2023 Census, 169 to the square kilometre across 6.1 km².

https://www.chch.live/islington

## 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/)

## The encyclopaedia on it

Islington is a suburb on the western side of Christchurch city.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islington%2C_New_Zealand), 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 **$550 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $530–$550, across 9 bonds, up 16% on a year ago. That’s in line with the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Islington” 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 954 people and 363 occupied private households, grouped from 7 SA1 areas in Islington. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 15% (147 people)
- 65 and over: about 15% (144 people)
- Born overseas: about 24% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 69% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 18% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 9% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 17% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 81% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 55% 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 (1,519 on record)
- [Gilberthorpes Reserve 7 Gilberthorpes Road, Islington](https://www.chch.live/report/9076369)
- [48 Wilson St](https://www.chch.live/report/9075951)
- [48 Wilson St](https://www.chch.live/report/9073388)
- [48 Wilson St](https://www.chch.live/report/9073370)
- [7 Gilberthorpes Road, Islington](https://www.chch.live/report/9065844)
- [Hornby Domain 531 Main South Road, Islington](https://www.chch.live/report/9063669)

[1,519 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=islington)

## The suburb, back then (15 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.*
- [Freezing works, Islington](https://www.chch.live/then/1890s#p-52173058), 1896 · Canterbury Stories
- [Islington Freezing Works from the air, Christchurch.](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-41724758), 1920 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Finish of the Islington Handicap, won by Korero](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-38518817), 1935 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Youthful golfers compete on their own links: play by members of the Islington Village Green Golf Club, near Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1930s#p-43279829), 1935 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Freezing works, Islington?, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1950s#p-23009028), 1950 · TAPUHI
- [Freezing works, Islington?, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1950s#p-22789168), 1950 · TAPUHI
- [Islington Freezing Works, Christchurch, 1950](https://www.chch.live/then/1950s#p-43497404), 1950 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Islington, Christchurch, Canterbury Region](https://www.chch.live/then/1950s#p-23247523), 1951 · TAPUHI
- [Islington Freezing Works, Christchurch, Canterbury Region](https://www.chch.live/then/1950s#p-32972403), 1959 · TAPUHI
- [Islington Freezing Works, near Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1960s#p-22830428), 1963 · TAPUHI

[…and 5 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Islington
- Islington enters the written record in 13 June 1843, [“METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN LAW ASSOCIATION. (New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, 13 June 1843)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZCPNA18430613.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Islington” appears somewhere in 536 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 3 July 2015, at 5.
- Its busiest day was 31 October 2024, 15 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/street/islington/main-south-road), reported on 197 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 (2,574 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Islington took **3 days** to resolve, about the city-wide median (3 days).
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 9 weeks or longer.
71 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 26 July 2021.

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
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9076369), 12 Oct 2026 · Gilberthorpes Reserve 7 Gilberthorpes Road, “Graffiti on playground boxing”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9075951), 12 Oct 2026 · 48 Wilson St, “Please can the gutters be cleaned as this fill with the tree leaves and can the waste be removed as it blows onto lawn…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9073388), 11 Oct 2026 · 48 Wilson St, “This sign is not totally visible and the trees have not been cut or shaped. Not at all nice to have at the end of your…”
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9073370), 11 Oct 2026 · 48 Wilson St, “This fence is broken and is dangerous especially as children play in the reserve outside. Also damage worse because of…”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9065844), 10 Oct 2026 · 7 Gilberthorpes Road, “Graffiti”
- [Street Light Outage](https://www.chch.live/report/9063669), 9 Oct 2026 · Hornby Domain 531 Main South Road, “Main South Road SH1 by Hornby Domain, street light has failed.”
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9060567), 9 Oct 2026 · 5 Gilberthorpes Rd, “Graffiti on”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9055601), 8 Oct 2026 · 7 Gilberthorpes Road, “Graffiti on bench seat”
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9055572), 8 Oct 2026 · 7 Gilberthorpes Road, “Graffiti on rubbish bin”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9054918), 8 Oct 2026 · 20 Gilberthorpes Road, “Graffiti”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9053367), 8 Oct 2026 · 5 Gilberthorpes Road, “Graffiti on bus stop and fence”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9042339), 6 Oct 2026 · 87 Foremans Road, “broken ballads”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 10
- 2016, 18
- 2017, 65
- 2018, 113
- 2019, 113
- 2020, 127
- 2021, 167
- 2022, 210
- 2023, 246
- 2024, 256
- 2025, 344

## What gets reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 623
- Roads & footpaths, 502
- Trees & parks, 273
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 252
- Water & drains, 130
- Vehicles & parking, 82
- Everything else, 25
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 4

## Exactly what people say
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 405
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 244
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 199
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 161
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 86
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 80
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 59
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 59

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Main South Road](https://www.chch.live/street/islington/main-south-road), reported on 197 separate days
- [Roberts Road](https://www.chch.live/street/islington/roberts-road), reported on 160 separate days
- [Waterloo Road](https://www.chch.live/street/islington/waterloo-road), reported on 121 separate days
- [Halswell Junction Road](https://www.chch.live/street/islington/halswell-junction-road), reported on 121 separate days
- [Foremans Road](https://www.chch.live/street/islington/foremans-road), reported on 98 separate days
- [Gilberthorpes Road](https://www.chch.live/street/islington/gilberthorpes-road), reported on 53 separate days
- [Islington Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/islington/islington-avenue), reported on 39 separate days
- [Gregory Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/islington/gregory-avenue), reported on 37 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 Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College](https://www.chch.live/school/336-te-puna-wai-o-waipapa-hagley-college) · and 5 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (8)
- [Templeton Country Club](https://www.chch.live/park/1129-templeton-country-club), Sports ground · 54 ha
- [Leslie Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1292-leslie-park), Sports ground · 3 ha · playground, 8 pieces
- [Hornby Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1664-hornby-domain), Sports ground · 3 ha
- [Gilberthorpes Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1853-gilberthorpes-reserve), playground, 1 pieces
- [Islington Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1359-islington-reserve)
- [Foremans Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1703-foremans-reserve)
- [Lomax Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1481-lomax-reserve), playground, 2 pieces
- [Moffett Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1628-moffett-reserve), playground, 9 pieces

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 Islington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-204-islington), 2.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Islington](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-206-islington), 1.8 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 0.1% 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 ecological schedules cover **10%** of this outline, about 58 hectares 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 noise overlays cover **all** of this outline, about 615 hectares across **5** mapped overlays, **50%** 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: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise).
The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **2%** 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: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **327** photographs on this ground, 2012–2014, 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, **16.0 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, 2.9 km of it separated from the traffic, [South Express](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/south-express). 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, **1** inscribed plaque, [Little Waterloo Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/309646-little-waterloo-park) 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, **2** drawn instruments, 2 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 rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**30** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly vehicle refuelling, service and repair, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, 19 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 **63** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 146 hectares, mostly silt, engineered fill, gravel, 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).
**3** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file, about 21 hectares. 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 **70%** of this outline in the **low** 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 council’s structure register stands **2** assets on this ground, 1 bridge, 1 boardwalk, sited at Templeton Country Club, Hornby Domain. 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 **10** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 4 tennis, 2 bowls, 1 croquet, 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 **420** living trees inside this outline, **1** veteran among them, 1 carrying a protection, mostly Deodar Cedar, Pin Oak, Silver Birch. The file remembers **204** 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 **23%** of this outline under **Rural Urban Fringe**, **12%** residential, the rest mostly Industrial General 23%, Industrial Heavy 14%. 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 **95 hectares** of this outline, **15%** , under 5 designations, mostly power & signal, 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 exceptions touch **1%** of this outline, 1 qualifying matter, mostly infrastructure. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 3 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.2 in 2010. 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)
- [Pound Rd 3](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump

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.*
- [METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN LAW ASSOCIATION. (New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, 13 June 1843)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZCPNA18430613.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1843-06-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [LIST OF RETURNED LETTERS. (Lyttelton Times, 08 October 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18591008.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1859-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 19 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610119.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-01-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 10 July 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610710.2.17), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 12 October 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18611012.2.4.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-10-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 May 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620517.2.19.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1862-05-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Timaru Herald, 15 September 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18690915.2.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1869-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local and General. (Star, 03 December 1873)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18731203.2.7.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1873-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL. (Star, 30 January 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18800130.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1880-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- [NOTES BY PASQUIN, (Otago Witness, 06 October 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18831006.2.88), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1883-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Islington
- [Taraxacum pulchrifolium seen — Islington, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402948498), iNaturalist · reinderw, 24 Sept 2026
- [Taraxacum seen — Islington, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402130702), iNaturalist · reinderw, 21 Sept 2026
- [Dove's-foot Crane's-Bill Complex seen — Islington, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/400851298), iNaturalist · reinderw, 17 Sept 2026
- [Hamata seen — Islington, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/400670758), iNaturalist · reinderw, 16 Sept 2026
- [Taraxacum seen — Islington, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/400668658), iNaturalist · reinderw, 16 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (90 injury crashes)

90 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 19 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [State Highway 1S at Halswell Junction Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/halswell-junction-road-and-sh-1s), 12 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (513 recorded victimisations)

513 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 134 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=islington)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (8 stops)

8 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 5](https://www.chch.live/buses/5), [route 130](https://www.chch.live/buses/130).
- Gilberthorpes Rd near Gregory Ave
- Gilberthorpes Rd near Waterloo Rd
- Halswell Junction Rd near Foremans Rd
- Temp - Halswell Junction Rd near Foremans Rd
- Temp - Waterloo Rd near Islington Ave
- Waterloo Rd
- Waterloo Rd near Islington Ave
- Waterloo Rd near Wilson St

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

## Businesses here (41 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.

- [Moving Company](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-moving-company#in-islington), 3
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-islington), 3
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-islington), 2
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-islington), 2
- [Car dealers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-dealer#in-islington), 2
- [Car parts](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-parts#in-islington), 2
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-islington), 2
- [Engineers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/engineer#in-islington), 2
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-islington), 2
- [Advertising Agency](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-advertising-agency#in-islington), 1
- [Agricultural Engines](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-agricultural-engines#in-islington), 1
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-islington), 1
- [Car washes](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-wash#in-islington), 1
- [Caravan](https://www.chch.live/businesses/caravan#in-islington), 1
- [Company](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-company#in-islington), 1
- [Delis](https://www.chch.live/businesses/deli#in-islington), 1
- [Doors](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doors#in-islington), 1
- [Electrical](https://www.chch.live/businesses/electrical#in-islington), 1
- [Elevator](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-elevator#in-islington), 1
- [Golf courses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/golf-course#in-islington), 1
- [Insulation](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-insulation#in-islington), 1
- [Markets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/market#in-islington), 1
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-islington), 1
- [Roofers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/roofer#in-islington), 1
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-islington), 1
- [Trade](https://www.chch.live/businesses/trade#in-islington), 1
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-islington), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Harcourt Insulation](https://www.chch.live/business/harcourt-insulation-islington), Insulation
- [Midland Bricks](https://www.chch.live/business/midland-bricks-islington), Trade
- [Big T Asian Supermarket](https://www.chch.live/business/big-t-asian-supermarket-islington), Supermarkets
- [Thirsty Liquor Islington](https://www.chch.live/business/thirsty-liquor-islington), Bottle stores

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

## Next door
- [Hei Hei](https://www.chch.live/hei-hei)
- [Hornby South](https://www.chch.live/hornby-south)
- [Hornby](https://www.chch.live/hornby)
- [Broomfield](https://www.chch.live/broomfield)
- [Yaldhurst](https://www.chch.live/yaldhurst)
- [Templeton](https://www.chch.live/templeton)

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

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Islington?**

Islington is a suburb on the western side of Christchurch city. The public record holds 1,891 council reports for it, the first filed in July 2015.

**How many people live in Islington?**

1,040 people at the 2023 Census, 169 per square kilometre across 6.1 km².

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

About 954 people and 363 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Islington?**

1,891 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (623), roads & footpaths (502), trees & parks (273). 303 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Islington had?**

90 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 19 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=islington)

**Does Islington have buses?**

8 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, served by 5, 130.

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