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Parklands, Christchurch

4,951 council reports since June 2015, the 29th busiest suburb in the city. 3,981 photographs on record. 10,420 people at the 2023 Census, 1,853 to the square kilometre across 5.6 km².

Reports, all time
4,951
In the year to 13 Oct 2026
719
Busiest in Christchurch
29th
Photographs
3,981

The record also holds about $579 a week to rent 2023 Census snapshot 3,981 photographs 2 schools 37 parks 1 civic facility 1 place of worship 8 tracks 2 names on the map 37.8% of the outline mapped liquefied graded mostly TC2 in 2011 the record drew water over 7% of the outline the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 4% of the outline setback strips over 1% of the outline 2% of the outline inside the plan’s density overlays 3,945 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground 5.7 km of cycleway crosses the outline 8 remembered names on this ground 5 drawn rules bind this ground 8 parcels on the dangerous-work register 244 parcels of made ground 2 parcels with a cleanup on file the 2019 model grades this ground mostly high 15 council structures on the register 57 recreation register records 3,120 trees on the register the plan’s word on this ground 4 epicentres inside the outline 94 injury crashes 1,289 recorded victimisations 40 bus stops 53 businesses the council’s fix times 40 documents 5 mentions on the wire

See it on the map Its decade, charted

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

$579/week middle half $510–$631

New bonds here ran at about $579 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $510 and $631, across 30 bonds lodged, down 3% on a year ago. That’s about $29 a week above the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Parklands, Waitikiri and Queenspark areas combined, approximately this suburb.

By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
  • 3-bedroom house, $615 a week · 12 new bonds
  • 1-bedroom house, $575 a week · 9 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: the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 38% of it; the 2011 grading filed it mostly TC2, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 2 schools, 37 parks, 1 civic facility, 1 place of worship, 8 tracks and 40 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly trees & parks, 719 reports in the year to 13 October 2026, the newest 12 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 25 August 2020, 25 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

People
10,152
Under 15
20%
65 and over
15%
Occupied households
3,627

About 10,152 people and 3,627 occupied private households in the “Waitikiri”, “Queenspark” and “Parklands” areas, grouped from 66 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 overseas16% of stated birthplace
  • European ethnicity89% of ethnicity responses
  • Māori ethnicity15% of ethnicity responses
  • Pacific Peoples ethnicity5% of ethnicity responses
  • Asian ethnicity5% of ethnicity responses
  • Households with internet90% of stated households
  • Households with two or more vehicles66% 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

Parklands is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located north east of the city centre near Bottle Lake Forest.

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

As reported 3,981 on record

44 Pohutukawa Crescent, Parklands210 Queenspark Drive, Parklands77 Queenspark Dr22 Sylvia Street, Parklands526 Bower Avenue, Parklands601 Bower Ave 3,981 photographs
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The record on Parklands

Lately the newest reports

Reports per year up 1% 2024→2025

What gets reported

Trees & parks 1,316
Roads & footpaths 1,048
Graffiti & vandalism 958
Rubbish & dumping 653
Water & drains 572
Everything else 207
Vehicles & parking 119
Animals & pests 59 Noise 19

Streets that keep coming up each a street page

Every street the archive knows in Parklands →

Exactly what people say

How fast the council fixes things here 8,881 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Parklands took 5 days to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole. The slowest tenth waited 3 months or longer. 245 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 22 July 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

2 sensitive sites stand here, Parkview Parua, Queenspark Te Hua Mānuka, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.

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 2

Zoned for Avonside Girls' High School · Christchurch Adventist School · Emmanuel Christian School · Haeata Community Campus · Mairehau High School · Marian 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 37

The first eight of 37, 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 1

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 1

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 tracks through here 8

Tracks in the council’s open data, a line belongs to every suburb it passes through. The whole network is at /tracks.

The names on this ground 2

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 37.8% of this outline, about 213 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.

The 2011 grading filed 28.2% of this outline, about 159 hectares, mostly TC2. 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 6.8% of this outline, about 38 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

8 parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly 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 244 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 113 hectares, mostly sand, engineered fill, silt, 2 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the whole layer is drawn at /fill.

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 whole register is drawn at /remediated.

The 2019 liquefaction study put 37% of this outline in the high class, and 1 assessed area 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 15 assets on this ground, 5 bridges, 4 viewing platforms, 3 sets of steps, 1 ramp, sited at Titirangi Reserve, Bluestone Drainage Reserve, Rockport Reserve, Snellings 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 57 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 24 disc golf, 8 football, 7 touch rugby, 4 tennis. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 3,120 living trees inside this outline, 11 veterans among them, 23 carrying a protection, mostly Tarata / Lemonwood, Ribbonwood, Ash. The file remembers 1,609 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 40% of this outline under Residential Suburban, 43% residential, the rest mostly Rural Urban Fringe 15%, Transport 14%. 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’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers 4% of this outline, about 23 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule is drawn at /cultural.

No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers 6% of it, Avon River, Lower Styx 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, 26 classified reaches, the plan calling Putake Drain and Snellings Drain by name, 1% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 7 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, 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 is drawn at /density.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 3,945 photographs on this ground, 2011–2017, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now; the whole record is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 5.7 km of cycleway crosses the outline. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 8 inscribed plaques, Parklands Reserve, Alpine View Drainage Reserve, Broadhaven Reserve 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, 5 drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules, 1 alcohol ban, 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 whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 4 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.5 in 2015. 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 94 injury crashes

94 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Parklands's outline, 18 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: Mairehau Road at Inwoods Road, 6 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 1,289 recorded victimisations

1,289 victimisations on the Police record inside Parklands’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 32 a year per 1,000 residents. Down 17% 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 40 stops

40 Metro stops inside Parklands's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 7, route 135, route 80.

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 53 in the directory

53 premises in Parklands across 22 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

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Parklands, 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.

Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 (Auckland Star, 11 December 1875)Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Wanganui Chronicle, 12 October 1878)Wanganui Chronicle · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Untitled (Timaru Herald, 11 August 1885)Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
SPORTING. (Otago Daily Times, 11 October 1888)Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 7 (Otago Daily Times, 09 December 1895)Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
OVERLAND PASSENGERS. (Otago Daily Times, 11 August 1896)Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 (Auckland Star, 08 December 1896)Auckland Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Otago Daily Times, 04 October 1899)Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
The Star. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1907. THE DOMAIN. (Star, 15 February 1907)Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
RECREATION GROUNDS. (Poverty Bay Herald, 29 January 1909)Poverty Bay Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held

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

The wire on Parklands 5 lately

Swamp Crane Fly seen — Mairehau Rd near Medina Cres, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New ZealandiNaturalist · seamusmoran ·
unarmed stick-insect seen — Mairehau Rd near Medina Cres, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New ZealandiNaturalist · seamusmoran ·
unarmed stick-insect seen — Mairehau Rd near Tapiri St, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New ZealandiNaturalist · seamusmoran ·
Common Pill Woodlouse seen — Mairehau Rd near Tapiri St, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New ZealandiNaturalist · seamusmoran ·
Large Hover Fly seen — Mairehau Rd near Tapiri St, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New ZealandiNaturalist · seamusmoran ·

The whole wire →

Next door

Waimairi BeachNorth New BrightonBottle LakeBurwoodMarshlandAvondale

Compare Parklands with Waimairi Beach · North New Brighton · Bottle Lake · Burwood · Marshland · Avondale, same record, side by side.

Questions, answered briefly

What is Parklands?

Parklands is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 4,951 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

How many people live in Parklands?

10,420 people at the 2023 Census, 1,853 per square kilometre across 5.6 km².

How many people does the 2023 Census count for Parklands?

About 10,152 people and 3,627 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 Parklands?

4,951 reports on record, most often trees & parks (1,316), roads & footpaths (1,048), graffiti & vandalism (958). 719 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

How many crashes has Parklands had?

94 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 18 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →

Did earthquakes strike under Parklands?

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 4 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside the suburb’s mapped outline since the September 2010 mainshock, the biggest a M3.5 in 2015. 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 →