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Richmond, Christchurch

9,439 council reports since May 2015, the 13th busiest suburb in the city. 7,938 photographs on record. 5,210 people at the 2023 Census, 2,915 to the square kilometre across 1.8 km².

Reports, all time
9,439
In the year to 13 Oct 2026
1,044
Busiest in Christchurch
13th
Photographs
7,938

The record also holds about $499 a week to rent 2023 Census snapshot 7,938 photographs 8 old photographs 2 schools 8 parks 1 place of worship 10 tracks 7 names on the map 79.0% of the outline mapped liquefied 15.3% of the outline in the red zone graded mostly TC2 in 2011 the record drew water over 25% of the outline the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 6% of the outline ecological sites over 6% of the outline landscape schedules over 4% of the outline setback strips over 14% of the outline 41% of the outline inside the plan’s density overlays 3,386 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground 18.5 km of cycleway crosses the outline 4 remembered names on this ground 12 drawn rules bind this ground 8 parcels on the dangerous-work register 56 parcels of made ground 3 parcels with a cleanup on file the 2019 model grades this ground mostly high 14 council structures on the register 13 recreation register records 1,380 trees on the register the plan’s word on this ground 4% of the outline reserved the plan’s exceptions touch 24% of the outline 5 places on the heritage schedule 132 injury crashes 2,304 recorded victimisations 18 bus stops 76 businesses the council’s fix times 6 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

$499/week middle half $425–$558

New bonds here ran at about $499 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $425 and $558, across 84 bonds lodged, down 3% on a year ago. That’s about $51 a week below the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Richmond North (Christchurch City) and Richmond South (Christchurch City) areas combined, approximately this suburb.

By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
  • 1-bedroom house, $503 a week · 36 new bonds
  • 2-bedroom house, $500 a week · 15 new bonds
  • 3-bedroom house, $638 a week · 12 new bonds
  • 2-bedroom flat/unit, $448 a week · 9 new bonds
  • 2-bedroom apartment, $485 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: 15% of the outline went into the residential red zone; the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 79% of it, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 2 schools, 8 parks, 1 place of worship, 10 tracks and 18 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly graffiti & vandalism, 1,044 reports in the year to 13 October 2026, the newest 13 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 14 April 2018, 51 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

People
4,770
Under 15
14%
65 and over
12%
Occupied households
2,163

About 4,770 people and 2,163 occupied private households in the “Richmond South (Christchurch City)” and “Richmond North (Christchurch City)” areas, grouped from 31 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 overseas28% of stated birthplace
  • European ethnicity75% of ethnicity responses
  • Māori ethnicity14% of ethnicity responses
  • Pacific Peoples ethnicity5% of ethnicity responses
  • Asian ethnicity17% of ethnicity responses
  • Households with internet80% of stated households
  • Households with two or more vehicles39% 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

Richmond is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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

As reported 7,938 on record

310 Stanmore Rd37 Eveleyn Couzins Avenue, Richmond143 River Road, Richmond68 Vogel Street, Richmond76 Alexandra St213 River Rd 7,938 photographs
on the wall →

The suburb, back then 8 in the archive

Cycle track, London Street, Richmond, 1901A country road, by D. K. Richmond, 1907Mr. T. W. Richmond's cocker spaniel dog, Epsom Merry Boy, 1907Corp. Chas. D. McKay, of Richmond, Christchurch, killed in action, 1918Des. Rider H. E. Butler, of Richmond, Christchurch, killed in action, 1918Playing in the snow at Richmond Primary School, 1938Richmond, Christchurch, 1974Richmond, Christchurch, 1974 8 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 Richmond

Lately the newest reports

General Request, a report photo
General Request310 Stanmore Rd

Property is used as an unregistered, and therefore unlawful, Air B’N’B. Property address is 310 Stanmore Road, and is owned by Victoria Eleanor WILLIAMSON. The…

Reports per year down 13% 2024→2025

What gets reported

Graffiti & vandalism 3,115
Rubbish & dumping 2,870
Roads & footpaths 1,299
Trees & parks 919
Water & drains 870
Vehicles & parking 170
Everything else 160
Animals & pests 31 Noise 5

Streets that keep coming up each a street page

Every street the archive knows in Richmond →

Exactly what people say

How fast the council fixes things here 10,158 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Richmond took 3 days to resolve, about the city-wide median (3 days). The slowest tenth waited 3 months or longer. 205 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 17 April 2021.

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, Kingslea School, Pareawa Banks Avenue School, 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 Christchurch Adventist School · Hillview Christian School · Mairehau High School · Marian College · Middleton Grange School · Pareawa Banks Avenue School · 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 8

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.

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 10

The first eight of 10, 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 7

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 79.0% of this outline, about 141 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 15.3% of this outline, about 27 hectares 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 29.3% of this outline, about 52 hectares, mostly TC2, with TC3 21 ha · TC2 32 ha. 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 24.9% of this outline, about 44 hectares, across 2 named events. 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, mineral extraction, refining and reprocessing, storage and use, 3 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 56 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 7 hectares, mostly peat, topsoil, sand, 3 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.

3 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 100% of this outline in the high class, and 13 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 14 assets on this ground, 5 sets of steps, 3 ramps, 2 boat ramps, 2 bridges, sited at Avon Riverbank True Right, Avon Riverbank True Left, Shirley Community Reserve, Dudley Creek Riverbank. 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 13 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 9 tennis, 2 cricket, 1 bmx, 1 skateboard. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 1,380 living trees inside this outline, 20 veterans among them, 75 carrying a protection, mostly Kowhai, Common Lime, Kobushi Magnolia. The file remembers 839 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 36% of this outline under Medium density residential zone, 41% residential, the rest mostly Transport 25%, Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor) 21%. 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 8 hectares of this outline, 4%, under 2 designations, 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 24% of this outline, 2 qualifying matters, mostly heritage, infrastructure. 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 5 places by name in this suburb, 1 graded highly significant, Dwelling and Setting, Avebury, Dwelling and Setting, Dwelling and Setting among them. 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 6% of this outline, about 11 hectares, 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 6% of this outline, about 11 hectares 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 4% of this outline, about 8 hectares 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 48% of it, Avon River, Dudley Creek. 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, 29 classified reaches, the plan calling Dudley Creek and Avon River by name, 14% of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding 30 m off the bank, and an esplanade line holds a public edge here. 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, 41% 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 3,386 photographs on this ground, 2011–2017, 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, 18.5 km of cycleway crosses the outline, 0.1 km of it separated from the traffic, City to Sea Pathway, Richmond Neighbourhood Greenway, Te Ara Ōtākaro Avon River Trail. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 4 inscribed plaques, Avebury Park, Richmond Playground 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, 12 drawn instruments, 5 of them dog rules, 1 alcohol ban, 1 camping zone, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at Christchurch Urban Restricted Area, 5 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.

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 132 injury crashes

132 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Richmond's outline, 3 people killed, 26 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: Stanmore Road at Warwick Street, 10 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 2,304 recorded victimisations

2,304 victimisations on the Police record inside Richmond’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 121 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 1% 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 18 stops

18 Metro stops inside Richmond's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 60, the Orbiter (clockwise), the Orbiter (anticlockwise), route 7.

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 76 in the directory

76 premises in Richmond across 32 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 Setting66 Chancellor Street
  2. Dwelling and Setting70 Chancellor Street
  3. Dwelling and Setting72 Chancellor Street
  4. Dwelling and Setting, Avebury9 Eveleyn Couzins Avenue
  5. Heritage Garden and House20 Templar Street
  6. MED Substation and Setting11 Retreat Road

The register’s own page for Richmond →

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Richmond, 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.

LAST- NIGHT'S MEETING. (New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, 15 December 1841)…reading russell ld chelsea riegate lord eastrior reilbrd east g h vernon captain duncombe richmond dundas s colburn s ripon sir e sugden rochester douglas bodkin rochdale crawtord s rye curteis s talf…New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
METROPOLITAN ANTI-CORN LAW ASSOCIATION. (New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, 13 June 1843)…itcham carshalton tooting merton wallington wandsworth no xii uxbridge hounslow brentford richmond no xiil bermondsey rotherhithe deptford greenwich woolwich no xiv dartford crayford that aggregate pu…New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 11 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 14 August 1852)…ohn oxford st lyttelton carpenter joyce matthew lee oxford terrace christch butcher keele richmond norwich quay lyttelton clerk kent edward heathcote river gentleman kent thomas bridle path lyttelton…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
JURY LIST. (Lyttelton Times, 04 April 1855)…ict landowner richedwin christchurch stockowner richards henry rockwood station gentleman richmond joseph rakaia stockowner riddell richard sloneyhurst gentleman rix joshua pigeon bay sawyer robinson…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 12 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1855)…thereout fifty acres of the same land alleged io have been sold by the deceased to robert richmond particulars whereof may be had at the supreme court offices wellington and auckland where a plan of t…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 23 May 1855)…reout fifty acres ot the same hind alleged to have been sold by tbe deev-ix--d i n robert richmond particular whereof m ay be had at the supreme court offices u f-jiington and auckland where a plan ol…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 30 May 1855)…thereout fifty acres of the same land alleged 10 have been sold by the deceased to robert richmond particulars whereof may be had at the supreme court offices wellington and auckland where a plan of t…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 16 June 1855)…thereout fifty acres of the same land alleged to have been sold by the deceased to robert richmond particulars whereof may be had at the supreme coufl offices wellington and auckland where a plan of t…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 28 July 1858)…by caution all peisons agaitl cutting or removing timber from the estate of the late luke richmond dale situ ated in little akaloa john anderson executor…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 28 August 1858)…ll broken to saddle or harness and have been selected from the stuff of james lord esq of richmond known as one of the best in van diemen land notice all parties having sold produce to the undeisigned…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 Richmond 5 lately

Foeniculum seen — Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New ZealandiNaturalist · blacv1 ·
Comfreys seen — Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New ZealandiNaturalist · blacv1 ·
deadnettles and archangels seen — Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New ZealandiNaturalist · blacv1 ·
wood ferns seen — Fitzgerald Ave near River Rd, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New ZealandiNaturalist · archie_tarn ·
Pāpango (New Zealand Scaup) seen — Fitzgerald Ave near River Rd, Richmond, Christchurch 8013, New ZealandiNaturalist · smankelow ·

The whole wire →

128 more documents came up in searches for Richmond'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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Compare Richmond with Edgeware · Avonside · Dallington · Linwood · Shirley · Phillipstown, same record, side by side.

Questions, answered briefly

What is Richmond?

Richmond is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 9,439 council reports for it, the first filed in May 2015.

How many people live in Richmond?

5,210 people at the 2023 Census, 2,915 per square kilometre across 1.8 km².

How many people does the 2023 Census count for Richmond?

About 4,770 people and 2,163 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 Richmond?

9,439 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (3,115), rubbish & dumping (2,870), roads & footpaths (1,299). 1,044 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

How many crashes has Richmond had?

132 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 people killed, 26 seriously hurt. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →

What did the earthquakes grade Richmond?

The 2011 technical categories filed 29.3% of the suburb’s outline, about 52 hectares, mostly TC2. TC1 meant standard foundations sufficed, TC2 enhanced, TC3 site-specific engineering, a verdict for the patch of ground, not a finding about any one address. The grades, drawn →

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