# Phillipstown, Christchurch

11,868 council reports since May 2015, the 8th busiest suburb in the city. 9,674 photographs on record.
4,510 people at the 2023 Census, 3,632 to the square kilometre across 1.2 km².

https://www.chch.live/phillipstown

## 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

Phillipstown is a small inner city suburb of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It lies south-east of the city centre being bordered by Cashel Street to the north, Aldwins Road to the east, Ferry Road to the south, and Fitzgerald Avenue to the west. Phillipstown contains residential, commercial and industrial activity, and is recognised as a lower socio-economic area.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillipstown%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 **$490 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $399–$520, across 81 bonds, up 2% on a year ago. That’s about **$60 a week below** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Phillipstown” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
- 1-bedroom house, $500 a week · 45 new bonds
- 1-bedroom flat/unit, $102 a week · 9 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $620 a week · 9 new bonds
- 2-bedroom flat/unit, $415 a week · 6 new bonds
- 2-bedroom house, $500 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 4,098 people and 1,761 occupied private households, grouped from 30 SA1 areas in Phillipstown. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 16% (645 people)
- 65 and over: about 8% (348 people)
- Born overseas: about 32% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 61% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 18% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 9% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 24% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 75% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 33% 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 (9,674 on record)
- [Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/report/9083898)
- [55 Olliviers Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9082466)
- [52 Harrow St](https://www.chch.live/report/9081140)
- [544A Tuam Street, Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/report/9080403)
- [16 Hillview Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9077157)
- [26 Hillview Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9077068)

[9,674 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=phillipstown)

## The suburb, back then (27 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.*
- [No. 1 pumping station](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-46146752), 1880 · Canterbury Stories
- [North and south elevations, No. 1 pumping station](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-47923520), 1880 · Canterbury Stories
- [Sections, No. 1 pumping station](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-47923521), 1880 · Canterbury Stories
- [Sections, No. 1 pumping station](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-46148677), 1880 · Canterbury Stories
- [Sections of flues and chimney shaft](https://www.chch.live/then/1880s#p-51804724), 1881 · Canterbury Stories
- [Additions to pumping station](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46147153), 1900 · Canterbury Stories
- [Phillipstown RS 175 and 69](https://www.chch.live/then/1870s#p-55412838), 1877 · Canterbury Stories
- [Church of the Good Shepherd, Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-30027430), 1910 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Children of Phillipstown School during the 1920s](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-46087522), 1920 · Canterbury Stories
- [Montage of photographs from Phillipstown School](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-62856527), 1920 · Canterbury Stories

[…and 17 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Phillipstown
- Phillipstown enters the written record in 7 February 1876, [“CHRISTCHURCH DISTRIOT DRAINAGE BOARD. (Star, 07 February 1876)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18760207.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Phillipstown” appears somewhere in 542 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: graffiti, 26 May 2015, at 13 Bordesley St.
- Its busiest day was 19 June 2021, 69 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Olliviers Road](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/olliviers-road), reported on 694 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Central ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/central), the [Papanui-Innes-Central community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (12,206 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Phillipstown 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 5 weeks or longer.
178 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 23 February 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).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

One sensitive site stands here, Te Aratai College, 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
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9083898), 13 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Irrigation leak, hydrant.”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9082466), 13 Oct 2026 · 55 Olliviers Rd, “Rubbish x 2”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9081140), 13 Oct 2026 · 52 Harrow St, “Trailer parked on berm for more than a month.”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9080403), 12 Oct 2026 · 544A Tuam Street, “no padlock on chain so it is open. Olivier's reserve”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9077157), 12 Oct 2026 · 16 Hillview Rd
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/9077068), 12 Oct 2026 · 26 Hillview Rd, “Container with pink graffiti”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9077038), 12 Oct 2026 · 25 Nursery Rd, “Community board”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9077006), 12 Oct 2026 · 25 Nursery Rd, “Powerline”
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9072248), 11 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Crack in slide, ripped my sons pants”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9069721), 11 Oct 2026 · 77 Bordesley Street, “tenants moving out of 80 Bordesley Street dumped their excess rubbish out on the roadside in front of 76 and 77…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9069683), 11 Oct 2026 · 76 Bordesley Street, “Tenants moving out of 80 Bordesley Street have dumped their unwanted stuff on the side of the road.”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9067654), 10 Oct 2026 · 18 Percy St, “Water leaking on footpath”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 63
- 2016, 415
- 2017, 587
- 2018, 544
- 2019, 802
- 2020, 844
- 2021, 1,423
- 2022, 1,476
- 2023, 1,594
- 2024, 1,528
- 2025, 1,482

## What gets reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 4,675
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4,338
- Roads & footpaths, 924
- Water & drains, 804
- Trees & parks, 763
- Vehicles & parking, 197
- Everything else, 138
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 24

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 3,137
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 2,374
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1,965
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 551
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 523
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 483
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 443
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 239

## On the heritage register (3)
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/2), 63 Aldwins Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/11), 14 Bass Street
- [Former Waterworks Pumping Station and Setting, No. 1 Pumphouse](https://www.chch.live/place/235), 544B Tuam Street

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Olliviers Road](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/olliviers-road), reported on 694 separate days
- [Aldwins Road](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/aldwins-road), reported on 489 separate days
- [Mathesons Road](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/mathesons-road), reported on 451 separate days
- [Bordesley Street](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/bordesley-street), reported on 439 separate days
- [Tuam Street](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/tuam-street), reported on 406 separate days
- [Cross Street](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/cross-street), reported on 327 separate days
- [Nursery Road](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/nursery-road), reported on 319 separate days
- [Saint Asaph Street](https://www.chch.live/street/phillipstown/saint-asaph-street), reported on 276 separate days

## Schools (2)
- [Catholic Cathedral College](https://www.chch.live/school/531-catholic-cathedral-college), Secondary (Year 7-15) · decile 4 · EQI 448
- [Te Aratai College](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college), Secondary (Year 7-15) · decile 3 · EQI 507

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) · [Te Aratai College](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college) · [Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College](https://www.chch.live/school/336-te-puna-wai-o-waipapa-hagley-college) · and 4 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (6)
- [Linwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1311-linwood-park), Sports ground · 9 ha · playground, 83 pieces
- [Cross Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1722-cross-reserve), playground, 22 pieces
- [Olliviers Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1459-olliviers-reserve), playground, 33 pieces
- [Buccleugh Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/969-buccleugh-reserve)
- [Essex Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1488-essex-reserve)
- [Welcome Rest](https://www.chch.live/park/1398-welcome-rest)

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

## The marae standing here (1)
- [Te Hepara Pai Marae](https://www.chch.live/marae/te-hepara-pai), institutional whare · wharenui Te Whakaruruhau · 290 Ferry Road

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

## The tracks through here (11)
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-562-waltham), 3.5 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-589-richmond), 1.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-72-phillipstown), 561 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-93-phillipstown), 557 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-94-phillipstown), 447 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-87-woolston), 355 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-77-phillipstown), 354 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-88-phillipstown), 227 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-91-phillipstown), 158 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-67-phillipstown), 157 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-100-woolston), 148 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 58.7% of this outline, about 73 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 2011 grading filed 8.7% of this outline, about 11 hectares, mostly **TC3**, with TC3 8 ha · TC2 3 ha. 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 20.5% of this outline, about 25 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **77%** of it, Bells Creek, Heathcote River. 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, **13** classified reaches, the plan calling **Bells Creek** and **Outfall Drain**
           by name, **3%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **5 m** off the bank. 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 plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **48%** 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: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **1,968** photographs on this ground, 2007–2016, 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, **4.5 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, 0.1 km of it separated from the traffic, [Rapanui Shag Rock](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/rapanui-shag-rock). 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, [Linwood Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/60179-linwood-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, **7** drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules, 1 alcohol ban, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, 3 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).
**21** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, any other land that has been subject to the intentional or accidental release of a hazardous substance in sufficient quantity that it could be a risk to human health or the environment, 15 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 **21** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly compacted hardfill, pitrun, mixed fill with rubbish, 1 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).
**1** parcel inside this outline carries 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 **95%** of this outline in the **medium** 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 **6** assets on this ground, 4 boardwalks, 2 bridges, sited at Edmonds Park, Linwood Park. 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 **11** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 6 tag football, 3 rugby league, 1 basketball, 1 skateboard. 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 **733** living trees inside this outline, **22** veterans among them, 18 carrying a protection, mostly Ash, Painted Mona Maple, English Elm. The file remembers **386** 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 **38%** of this outline under **Medium density residential zone**, **52%** residential, the rest mostly Transport 19%, Industrial General 16%. 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 **6 hectares** of this outline, **5%** , under 2 designations, mostly learning. 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 **3%** of this outline, 8 qualifying matters, mostly residential, section 6, heritage. 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).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **2** places by name in this suburb, **1** graded highly significant, **Former Waterworks Pumping Station and Setting, No. 1 Pumphouse**, **Dwelling and Setting**. 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 4 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.8 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).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [CHRISTCHURCH DISTRIOT DRAINAGE BOARD. (Star, 07 February 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18760207.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1876-02-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 22 June 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18760622.2.15.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1876-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- [Phillipstown RS 175 and 69](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/heathcote-road-board-rural-sections/ccl-cs-95661), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1877-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Mountfort Line Drawing: Anglican Church of the Good Shepherd, Phillipstown, 1877 ?](https://collection.canterburymuseum.com/objects/18878), [Canterbury Museum](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-museum) · 1877-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
- [DEPUTATION TO THE DRAINAGE BOARD. (Star, 13 March 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18770313.2.18), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 19 June 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18770619.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-06-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [LAND FUND. (West Coast Times, 27 November 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18771127.2.6.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-11-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [POLITICAL MEETING. (Grey River Argus, 27 November 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18771127.2.8.14), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-11-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 06 July 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780706.2.10.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1878-07-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [EDUCATION RETURNS. (Star, 24 March 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18790324.2.23), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1879-03-24T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Phillipstown
- [‘Very historical’ gang links in Phillipstown double murder](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPOGJlVGcwcWl4eUc0ckt3NWZwOU5mRVkzVUdWRTdtT052M2l5cms4Yzg0amR6RkpvZ3pGdC1rZFk5N3dpQUFSVEdRQTBSQlFNQVpCbVpiMXVQRVdmMGJob3RRMWlUTmxRU3RYYW1FeEZ4SlAyOVBTVWpUZWxGQVE2U0h1THpEczM2UWloOHExdktsVGNSYmhRUFJFMFZYaU1zQi1qWGRlTmdOTGs?oc=5), The news · The Press, 11 Oct 2026
- [Christchurch man charged with two murders after Phillipstown deaths](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQNGF1SGhUM0l6QmJCQThuWndQaUp1MGQxVXJDRTlOOW5oX1AxdkVyMEN0UUFwcVdqNkJxeWRiUnFQdF9rS1R4cE9UbTFENkJicUQ5VHVxV3g5RVdONGlaaHBqalBaNnNWQ3g0Ny1zZTYwRktEOWFNaURuaE1JV0hNaGJfVHJkYjlZeUI0YjhLNTdHREU2QkF1dko2MFM0OXJXT2FzQy1BQUs3VVU?oc=5), The news · The Press, 10 Oct 2026
- [OPINION: Sprawling from Redwood to Opawa and Spreydon to Phillipstown, boundary changes have reshaped the electorate of Christchurch Central. It is anything but central now, rather a cross-shaped…](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361092380/compelling-contest-looms-reshaped-central-electorate), The Press · Mike Yardley, 6 Oct 2026
- [Field woundwort seen — Ferry Rd near Phillipstown Cts, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404907979), iNaturalist · brrosello, 1 Oct 2026
- [Slater Spider seen — Ferry Rd near Phillipstown Cts, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404907736), iNaturalist · brrosello, 1 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (137 injury crashes)

137 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 26 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Aldwins Road at Marlborough Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=aldwins-rd&suburb=phillipstown), 12 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (1,873 recorded victimisations)

1,873 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 114 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=phillipstown)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (19 stops)

19 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 80](https://www.chch.live/buses/80), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc), [the Orbiter](https://www.chch.live/buses/or).
- Aldwins Rd near Bass St near Aldwins Rd
- Aldwins Rd near Bass St near Aldwins Rd
- Aldwins Rd near Edmond St
- Aldwins Rd near Harrow St near Aldwins Rd
- Aldwins Rd near Harrow St near Aldwins Rd
- Aldwins Rd near Marlborough St near Aldwins Rd
- Aldwins Rd near Marlborough St near Aldwins Rd
- Aldwins Rd near Matlock St
- Harrow St near Bordesley St near Harrow St
- Harrow St near Bordesley St near Harrow St
- Harrow St near Glasgow St
- St Asaph St near Phillips St
- Tuam St near England St
- Tuam St near Fitzgerald Ave
- Tuam St near Nursery Rd
- Tuam St near Olliviers Rd

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

## Businesses here (46 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.

- [Car repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-repair#in-phillipstown), 3
- [Electrical](https://www.chch.live/businesses/electrical#in-phillipstown), 3
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-phillipstown), 2
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-phillipstown), 2
- [Car dealers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-dealer#in-phillipstown), 2
- [Government](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-government#in-phillipstown), 2
- [Gyms & fitness](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gym#in-phillipstown), 2
- [Pet shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pet-shop#in-phillipstown), 2
- [Tyre shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tyres#in-phillipstown), 2
- [Alternative](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-alternative#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Car parts](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-parts#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Carpet](https://www.chch.live/businesses/carpet#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Caterers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/caterer#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Coworking spaces](https://www.chch.live/businesses/coworking#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Curtain](https://www.chch.live/businesses/curtain#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Delis](https://www.chch.live/businesses/deli#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Electricians](https://www.chch.live/businesses/electrician#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Flooring](https://www.chch.live/businesses/flooring#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Furniture](https://www.chch.live/businesses/furniture#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Galleries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gallery#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Guide](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-guide#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Hostels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hostel#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Houseware](https://www.chch.live/businesses/houseware#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Joiner](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-joiner#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Laundromats](https://www.chch.live/businesses/laundromat#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Pastry](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pastry#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Saunas & day spas](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sauna#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Signwriters](https://www.chch.live/businesses/signwriter#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Upholsterer](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-upholsterer#in-phillipstown), 1
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-phillipstown), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Victoria Food Service](https://www.chch.live/business/victoria-food-service-phillipstown), Caterers
- [Aldwins Road Vet Clinic](https://www.chch.live/business/aldwins-road-vet-clinic-phillipstown), Vets
- [Animates](https://www.chch.live/business/animates-phillipstown), Pet shops
- [Kuri City Doggy Daycare and Raw Food](https://www.chch.live/business/kuri-city-doggy-daycare-and-raw-food-phillipstown), Pet shops
- [Lillies](https://www.chch.live/business/lillies-phillipstown), Restaurants
- [Roses Carpets](https://www.chch.live/business/roses-carpets-phillipstown), Carpet
- [Supercheap Auto](https://www.chch.live/business/supercheap-auto-phillipstown), Car parts
- [The Pink Elephant](https://www.chch.live/business/the-pink-elephant-phillipstown), Furniture
- [Thirsty Liquor Linwood](https://www.chch.live/business/thirsty-liquor-linwood-phillipstown), Bottle stores

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

## Next door
- [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood)
- [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham)
- [Avonside](https://www.chch.live/avonside)
- [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/woolston)
- [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/richmond)
- [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Phillipstown with [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=linwood&b=phillipstown) · [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=phillipstown&b=waltham) · [Avonside](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avonside&b=phillipstown) · [Woolston](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=phillipstown&b=woolston) · [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=phillipstown&b=richmond) · [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=christchurch-central-city&b=phillipstown), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Phillipstown?**

Phillipstown is a small inner city suburb of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 11,868 council reports for it, the first filed in May 2015.

**How many people live in Phillipstown?**

4,510 people at the 2023 Census, 3,632 per square kilometre across 1.2 km².

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

About 4,098 people and 1,761 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Phillipstown?**

11,868 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (4,675), graffiti & vandalism (4,338), roads & footpaths (924). 1,445 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Phillipstown had?**

137 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 2 people killed, 26 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=phillipstown)

**What schools are in Phillipstown?**

2 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Catholic Cathedral College, Te Aratai College.

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