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Linwood, Christchurch

15,633 council reports since June 2015, the 6th busiest suburb in the city. 12,497 photographs on record. 10,920 people at the 2023 Census, 3,859 to the square kilometre across 2.8 km².

Reports, all time
15,633
In the year to 12 Oct 2026
1,175
Busiest in Christchurch
6th
Photographs
12,497

The record also holds about $478 a week to rent 2023 Census snapshot 12,497 photographs 30 old photographs 3 schools 9 parks 3 civic facilities 6 places of worship 3 names on the map 42.0% of the outline mapped liquefied 1.2% of the outline in the red zone graded mostly TC3 in 2011 the record drew water over 3% of the outline the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 1% of the outline ecological sites over 1% of the outline landscape schedules over 1% of the outline setback strips over 3% of the outline 58% of the outline inside the plan’s density overlays 2,685 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground 14.7 km of cycleway crosses the outline 5 remembered names on this ground 10 drawn rules bind this ground 23 parcels on the dangerous-work register 103 parcels of made ground 37 parcels with a cleanup on file the 2019 model grades this ground mostly medium 16 council structures on the register 9 recreation register records 1,581 trees on the register the plan’s word on this ground 1% of the outline reserved the plan’s exceptions touch 2% of the outline 7 places on the heritage schedule 4 epicentres inside the outline 471 injury crashes 8,808 recorded victimisations 34 bus stops 135 businesses the council’s fix times alcohol ban over 13% of the outline 12 heritage places 40 documents 5 mentions on the wire

See it on the map Its decade, charted

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

$478/week middle half $412–$529

New bonds here ran at about $478 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $412 and $529, across 213 bonds lodged, up 5% on a year ago. That’s about $72 a week below the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Linwood West, Linwood North and Linwood East areas combined, approximately this suburb.

By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
  • 1-bedroom house, $479 a week · 129 new bonds
  • 2-bedroom house, $488 a week · 24 new bonds
  • 2-bedroom flat/unit, $440 a week · 12 new bonds
  • 1-bedroom apartment, $330 a week · 9 new bonds
  • 2-bedroom apartment, $480 a week · 6 new bonds
  • 1-bedroom flat/unit, $290 a week · 6 new bonds

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

The ground: 1% of the outline went into the residential red zone; the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 42% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 3 schools, 9 parks, 3 civic facilities, 6 places of worship and 34 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly graffiti & vandalism, 1,175 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 11 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 23 February 2019, 64 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

People
9,951
Under 15
16%
65 and over
12%
Occupied households
4,146

About 9,951 people and 4,146 occupied private households in the “Linwood East”, “Linwood Central”, “Stanmore” and “Linwood North” areas, grouped from 68 SA1 areas. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

More of the 2023 Census
  • Born overseas31% of stated birthplace
  • European ethnicity65% of ethnicity responses
  • Māori ethnicity18% of ethnicity responses
  • Pacific Peoples ethnicity8% of ethnicity responses
  • Asian ethnicity21% of ethnicity responses
  • Households with internet76% of stated households
  • Households with two or more vehicles37% of stated households

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

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

About the suburb

Linwood is an inner suburb of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It lies to the east of the city centre, mostly between Ferry Road and Linwood Avenue, two of the major arterial roads to the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. It is one of the city's older suburbs, established in 1850.

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

As reported 12,497 on record

21 Haast Street, Linwood405 Hereford Street, Linwood377 Hereford Street, Linwood365 Hereford Street, Linwood408 Worcester Street, Linwood388 Hereford St 12,497 photographs
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The suburb, back then 30 in the archive

Trimmed trees on Linwood Avenue, 1940Linwood RS 26 and 29, 1877Drainage of Linwood, 1885Pte A W Napper of Linwood, killed in action, 1917Pte A W Richardson of Linwood, wounded, 1917Pte B Batstone of Linwood, killed in action, 1917Pte J T Riddle of Linwood, killed in action, 1917Pte T Booth of Linwood, killed in action, 1917Pte T Wren of Linwood, wounded, 1917Pte W T Crocker of Linwood, wounded, 1917 30 photographs
from back when →

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

The record on Linwood

Lately the newest reports

Reports per year down 47% 2024→2025

What gets reported

Graffiti & vandalism 5,975
Rubbish & dumping 5,617
Roads & footpaths 1,558
Water & drains 1,190
Trees & parks 761
Vehicles & parking 270
Everything else 163
Noise 53 Animals & pests 46

Streets that keep coming up each a street page

Every street the archive knows in Linwood →

Exactly what people say

How fast the council fixes things here 19,320 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Linwood 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 waited 9 weeks or longer. 355 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 6 November 2019.

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

Alcohol rules on this ground one ban zone reaches in

Linwood Village. A public drinking ban, at all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, covers about 13% of Linwood.

One sensitive site stands here, Te Pā o Rākaihautū, 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, read from the Regulatory open-data service. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

The suburb today

Schools here 3

Zoned for Christchurch Adventist School · Hillview Christian School · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · Te Aratai College · Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College · and 7 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

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

The green here 9

The first eight of 9, Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.

The civic shelf 3

Libraries, halls, cemeteries and the rest in the council’s open data, a facility lands in the suburb its point or centre falls inside. The whole shelf is at /facilities.

Where the suburb worships 6

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

The names on this ground 3

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 42.0% of this outline, about 119 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.

The Crown’s 2011 classification drew 1.2% of this outline 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 drawn at /redzone.

The 2011 grading filed 3.4% of this outline, about 10 hectares, mostly TC3. A graded area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are drawn at /technical-categories.

The flood record drew water over 2.6% of this outline, about 7 hectares, across 2 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

23 parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 4 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 103 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 24 hectares, mostly mixed fill with rubbish, sand, engineered fill, 11 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

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

The 2019 liquefaction study put 96% of this outline in the medium class, and 2 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.

The council’s structure register stands 16 assets on this ground, 8 sets of steps, 6 shelters, 1 bridge, 1 ramp, sited at Linwood Community Arts Centre, Linwood Cemetery, Beverley Park, Worcester Reserve. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The recreation register keeps 9 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 4 tag football, 2 basketball, 1 football, 1 rugby league. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 1,581 living trees inside this outline, 48 veterans among them, 89 carrying a protection, mostly Yoshino Cherry, London Plane, Kowhai. The file remembers 684 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.

The plan files 39% of this outline under Medium density residential zone, 63% residential, the rest mostly Transport 24%, High density residential zone 19%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.

The plan reserves about 3 hectares of this outline, 1%, under 1 designation, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is read from a sampled join; the whole register is drawn at /designations.

The plan’s exceptions touch 2% of this outline, 2 qualifying matters, mostly heritage. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is read from a sampled join, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The whole register is drawn at /matters.

The plan’s heritage schedule protects 7 places by name in this suburb, 3 graded highly significant, Dwelling and Setting, Englefield, Former Linwood Town Board Offices and Setting, Holy Trinity Avonside Graveyard and Setting among them. And the street itself is listed, the Englefield Avonville heritage area lies here, protected as a street rather than house by house. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid; the whole schedule is at /heritage.

The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 1% of this outline, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule is drawn at /cultural.

The plan’s ecological schedules cover 1% of this outline across 1 scheduled site, all protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger is drawn at /ecology.

The plan’s landscape schedules cover 1% of this outline across 1 scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view is drawn at /landscape.

No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers 46% of it, Avon River, Bells Creek, Heathcote River. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water is drawn at /flood-hazard.

The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 20 classified reaches, the plan calling Brittans Drain and Buckleys Road Drain by name, 3% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 30 m off the bank. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank; the reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.

The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, 58% of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing Medium Density. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands; the allowed shape is drawn at /density.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 2,685 photographs on this ground, 2011–2016, 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 is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 14.7 km of cycleway crosses the outline, 0.3 km of it separated from the traffic, Rapanui Shag Rock. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 5 inscribed plaques, Beverley Park, William Brittan Garden Opening, William Brittan Reserve Ancest among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.

The rulebook binds this ground, 10 drawn instruments, 3 of them dog rules, 2 alcohol bans, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, 4 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 4 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.1 in 2012. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at /sequence, the live record is /quakes, and the story in plain language is the earthquakes explainer.

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

The crash record 471 injury crashes

471 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Linwood's outline, 5 people killed, 83 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: Linwood Avenue at Buckleys Road, 22 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 8,808 recorded victimisations

8,808 victimisations on the Police record inside Linwood’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 221 a year per 1,000 residents. Down 10% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

The buses through it 34 stops

34 Metro stops inside Linwood's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 5, route 60, the Orbiter (anticlockwise), route 155, route 80, route 140, the Orbiter (clockwise), the Orbiter.

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 135 in the directory

135 premises in Linwood across 47 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

Among them, the ones the record says most about:

The whole directory →

Before any of that

On the register here

  1. Dwelling and Setting63 Aldwins Road
  2. Dwelling and Setting14 Bass Street
  3. Dwelling and Setting196 Fitzgerald Avenue
  4. Dwelling and Setting, Englefield230 Fitzgerald Avenue
  5. Edmonds Factory Garden
  6. Former Linwood Town Board Offices and Setting388 Worcester Street
  7. Heritage Garden and House20 Templar Street
  8. Holy Trinity Avonside Graveyard and Setting168 Stanmore Road
  9. Holy Trinity Avonside Lychgate and Setting168 Stanmore Road
  10. Linwood Cemetery
  11. MED Substation70E Linwood Avenue
  12. Woodham Park Caretakers Cottage169 Woodham Road

The register’s own page for Linwood →

Documents 40

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

ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH, July 5th, 1853. (Lyttelton Times, 16 July 1853)…l engineer brittan william guise oxford terrace westchristchurch gentleman brittan joseph linwood near christchurch surgeon brooker stephen riccarton labourer broughton john papanui gentleman brown jo…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 15 October 1853)…bush lately in the occupation of c h greenstieet esq for particulars apply to mr brittan linwood christchurch 100 acres of land to le let for a term of 7 14 or 21 yearsal a progressive rent of is per…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 22 October 1853)…bush lately in the occupation of c h greenstreet esq for particulars apply to mr brittan linwood christchurch 100 acres of land to be let for a term of 7 14 or 21 years at a progressive rent of is pe…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 29 October 1853)…bush lately in the occupation of c h greenstreet esq for particulars apply to mr brittan linwood christchurch 100 acres of land to be let for a term of 7 14 or 21 years at a progressive rent of is pe…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 10 December 1853)…bush lately in the occupation of c h greenstreet esq for particulars apply to mr brittan linwood christchurch woolpacks toolpacks wool-bagging to make bales of any size longden le cren wool tallow c…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 17 December 1853)…bush lately in the occupation of c h greenstreet esq for particulars apply to mr brittan linwood christchurch to be let a neat cottage in the heathcote valley recently occupied by george l lee esq an…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE TOWN OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 12 August 1854)…ths possession house and section situa tej in tuam street cliiistcluucli i brittan joseph linwood near christchurch surgeon broughton john papanui gentleman brown charles durham street sawyer brown jo…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHRISTCHURCH. (Lyttelton Times, 16 August 1854)…l engineer brittan william guise oxford terrace westchristchurch gentleman brittan joseph linwood near christchurch surgeon brooker stephen i riccarton i labourer broughton john i papanui gentleman br…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 15 August 1855)…our confidence i have the honour to be gentlemen your very obedient servant joseph bhutan linwood august 7 1855…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 22 August 1855)…ur confidence i have the honour to be gentlemen your very obedient servant joseph bbitxak linwood august 7 1855…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The wire on Linwood 5 lately

Yellow Admiral seen — Woodham Rd near Patten St, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New ZealandiNaturalist · blacv1 ·
Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board — 4 pm, 05 Oct 2026The council · Christchurch City Council ·
Information Session/Workshop - Waitai Coastal-Burwood-Linwood Community Board — 3 pm, 05 Oct 2026The council · Christchurch City Council ·
Something seen — Gloucester St, Linwood, Christchurch 8011, New ZealandiNaturalist · devon97340 ·
jag586 silver saloon. it had a Mark x badge, but carjam shows a different toyota model Dark skinned, hooded driver, sunglasses with a mo and chin beard. Police have been called and we need help to…r/chch · CulturalRound5937 ·

The whole wire →

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

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Questions, answered briefly

What is Linwood?

Linwood is an inner suburb of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 15,633 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

How many people live in Linwood?

10,920 people at the 2023 Census, 3,859 per square kilometre across 2.8 km².

How many people does the 2023 Census count for Linwood?

About 9,951 people and 4,146 occupied private households (combined SA2s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

What gets reported in Linwood?

15,633 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (5,975), rubbish & dumping (5,617), roads & footpaths (1,558). 1,175 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

How many crashes has Linwood had?

471 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 5 people killed, 83 seriously hurt. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →

Did earthquakes strike under Linwood?

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 4 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside the suburb’s mapped outline since the September 2010 mainshock, the biggest a M4.1 in 2012. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking felt here. The whole sequence, counted → · The story, in plain language →

Every suburb in Christchurch → · Its decade, charted → · the whole A–Z →