# Shirley, Christchurch

4,691 council reports since June 2015, the 31st busiest suburb in the city. 3,649 photographs on record.
7,140 people at the 2023 Census, 2,593 to the square kilometre across 2.8 km².

https://www.chch.live/shirley

## 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

Shirley, sometimes referred to as Windsor, is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-east of the city centre. The area was used for farming from the 1850s, and subdivision started in the early 20th century, with most of the houses being built between 1950 and 1980.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley%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 **$575 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $537–$618, across 24 bonds, up 5% on a year ago. That’s about **$25 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Shirley West and Shirley East areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 1-bedroom house, $575 a week · 12 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $580 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 6,876 people and 2,565 occupied private households, grouped from 46 SA1 areas in Shirley East, Shirley West. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 17% (1,191 people)
- 65 and over: about 19% (1,305 people)
- Born overseas: about 22% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 78% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 15% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 6% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 12% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 83% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 53% 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 (3,649 on record)
- [308 Lake Terrace Road, Shirley](https://www.chch.live/report/9079046)
- [129 Emmett Street, Shirley](https://www.chch.live/report/9078061)
- [69 Marshland Road, Shirley](https://www.chch.live/report/9074533)
- [35 Sabina St](https://www.chch.live/report/9072648)
- [101 Quinns Road, Shirley](https://www.chch.live/report/9069377)
- [6 New Brighton Road, Shirley](https://www.chch.live/report/9036220)

[3,649 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=shirley)

## The suburb, back then (35 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.*
- [Group of golfers at the New Zealand Golf championship at Shirley links, Christchurch, 5 September 1902](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-29973509), 1902 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Prominent Players In The New Zealand Golf Championship Meeting At Shirley Links, Christchurch, September 5 To 10, 1910](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-37928830), 1910 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Prominent Players In The New Zealand Golf Championship Meeting At Shirley Links, Christchurch, September 5 To 10, 1910](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-37928831), 1910 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [The New Zealand Ladies' Golf Championship At Shirley Links, Christchurch, August 18 To 24, 1910](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-37928708), 1910 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Shirley Links at Christchurch, from the air](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-41725822), 1920 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Shirley School, Standard 4B, 1924](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-48594550), 1924 · Canterbury Stories
- [Further Snapshots At Shirley Links, Christchurch, During Play for the Open and Professional Golf Titles](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-38492495), 1925 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [New Zealand Golf Championship Tourney Opens At Shirley Links, Christchurch: Snapshots on the First Day](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-38492430), 1925 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Where The New Zealand Golf Championship Will Be Commenced on Friday of Next Week: Views of the Shirley Links, Christchurch, Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-38492352), 1925 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Final of the Dominion Ladies' Golf Championship decided on the Shirley Links, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-38506018), 1929 · Kura Heritage Collections Online

[…and 25 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Shirley
- Shirley enters the written record in 15 December 1841, [“LAST- NIGHT'S MEETING. (New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, 15 December 1841)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZGWS18411215.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Shirley” appears somewhere in 1,071 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 9 June 2015, at 47-51 Horseshoe Lake Rd.
- Its busiest day was 4 January 2022, 36 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Marshland Road](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/marshland-road), reported on 365 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Innes ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/innes), 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 (7,847 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Shirley 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 3 months or longer.
139 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 26 October 2018.

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 Oraka Shirley Intermediate School, 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
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9079046), 12 Oct 2026 · 308 Lake Terrace Road, “squished hedgehog. has been driven over all day. I have moved the carcass to the side of the road”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9078061), 12 Oct 2026 · 129 Emmett Street
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9074533), 12 Oct 2026 · 69 Marshland Road, “rubbish strewn on one side of road”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9072648), 11 Oct 2026 · 35 Sabina St, “Car is encroaching on my driveway. Have reported this vehicle multiple times for expired rego. Now making it difficult…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9069377), 11 Oct 2026 · 101 Quinns Road, “omg how filthy are some people ?? This creek is continuously been used as a dump”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9048336), 7 Oct 2026 · 103 Briggs Rd, “Contractors vehicles blocking view of road when coming out of Palm Drive onto Briggs Rd. I have to pull out too far to…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9036220), 5 Oct 2026 · 6 New Brighton Road, “Dumped rubbish, someone has dumped a washing machine on kerb.”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9035112), 5 Oct 2026 · 241 Lake Terrace Road, “water leaking out of mains to property”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9030712), 4 Oct 2026 · 20 Sabina Street, “over growth needs cut back down all way. I understand the over growth is on private property but I believe the council…”
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/9025272), 3 Oct 2026 · 150 Quinns Rd, “Log in stream causing water rise downstream. Noticed higher water levels for about a week.”
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9025001), 3 Oct 2026 · 176–194 Lake Terrace Rd, “When bus hits this repair line in the road travelling east to west it causes houses to shake on lake tce rd.”
- [Noise - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9021836), 2 Oct 2026 · 302 Lake Terrace Rd, “From approx 0:00hrs until approx 04:00hrs regularly during week mornings there is significant construction works noise…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 46
- 2016, 100
- 2017, 134
- 2018, 216
- 2019, 437
- 2020, 370
- 2021, 344
- 2022, 611
- 2023, 711
- 2024, 617
- 2025, 618

## What gets reported
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,731
- Rubbish & dumping, 757
- Water & drains, 746
- Roads & footpaths, 738
- Trees & parks, 441
- Vehicles & parking, 141
- Everything else, 80
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 49

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,285
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 456
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 404
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 385
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 276
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 150
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 141
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 136

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Marshland Road](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/marshland-road), reported on 365 separate days
- [Emmett Street](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/emmett-street), reported on 235 separate days
- [Quinns Road](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/quinns-road), reported on 217 separate days
- [Joy Street](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/joy-street), reported on 205 separate days
- [Shirley Road](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/shirley-road), reported on 166 separate days
- [New Brighton Road](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/new-brighton-road), reported on 138 separate days
- [Golf Links Road](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/golf-links-road), reported on 137 separate days
- [Briggs Road](https://www.chch.live/street/shirley/briggs-road), reported on 135 separate days

## Schools (2)
- [Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/3504-te-hiwa-shirley-primary-school), Contributing · decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Te Oraka](https://www.chch.live/school/3503-te-oraka), Intermediate · decile 4 · EQI 505

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) · [Emmanuel Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/1168-emmanuel-christian-school) · [Mairehau High School](https://www.chch.live/school/320-mairehau-high-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Bede's College](https://www.chch.live/school/315-st-bede-s-college) · and 8 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (10)
- [Wilmington Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1904-wilmington-reserve), 2 ha
- [Havana Gardens Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1376-havana-gardens-reserve), 1 ha
- [Sanctuary Gardens Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1679-sanctuary-gardens-reserve), 1 ha · playground, 3 pieces
- [Fairway Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1625-fairway-reserve), 1 ha · playground, 19 pieces
- [Birkdale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1766-birkdale-reserve)
- [Pagoda Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1358-pagoda-playground), playground, 10 pieces
- [Sabina Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1212-sabina-playground), playground, 10 pieces
- [Ironwood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1700-ironwood-reserve)
- [Lytham Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1256-lytham-reserve)
- [Oakmont Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1070-oakmont-reserve)

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

## The civic shelf (2)
- [Shirley Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-30), Library · 36 Marshland Road, Christchurch 8061
- [Shirley Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-7), Service centre

## Where the suburb worships (3)
- [Quinns Road Bible Chapel](https://www.chch.live/worship/quinns-road-bible-chapel), a Brethren church · 148 Quinns Road
- [St Stephen's Anglican Church - Shirley](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-stephen-s-anglican-church-shirley), an Anglican church · 60 Shirley Road
- [World Mission Society Church of God](https://www.chch.live/worship/world-mission-society-church-of-god), a church · 6 New Brighton Road

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

## The tracks through here (9)
- [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-48-shirley), 5.7 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-76-burwood), 2.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-60-shirley), 1.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-545-mairehau), 1.5 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-564-shirley), 1.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-51-richmond), 548 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-59-shirley), 380 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-580-mairehau), 284 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-68-richmond), 161 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 45.5% of this outline, about 125 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 flood record drew water over 2.0% of this outline, about 6 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).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **1%** of this outline across **1** scheduled site, all of it protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger: [ecology](https://www.chch.live/ecology).
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **27%** of it, Dudley Creek, Avon 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, **29** classified reaches, the plan calling **Shirley Stream** and **No 1 Drain**
           by name, **2%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **10 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, **35%** 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 **1,794** photographs on this ground, 2010–2016, 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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **12.9 km** of cycleway crosses the outline. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The rulebook binds this ground, **7** drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules, 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 rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**2** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 2 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 **184** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 47 hectares, mostly sand, engineered fill, topsoil, 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).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **82%** of this outline in the **medium** class, and 3 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 study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **2** assets on this ground, 1 viewing platform, 1 jetty, sited at Sanctuary Gardens Reserve. 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 **3** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 2 basketball, 1 cricket. 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 **1047** living trees inside this outline, **3** veterans among them, 28 carrying a protection, mostly Scarlet Oak, Ribbonwood, Golden Elm. The file remembers **692** 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 **19%** of this outline under **Open Space Metropolitan Facilities**, **51%** residential, the rest mostly High density residential zone 18%, Medium density residential zone 17%. 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 **10 hectares** of this outline, **4%** , under 3 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 **15%** of this outline, 1 qualifying matter, mostly infrastructure. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 2 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.2 in 2011. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at [sequence](https://www.chch.live/sequence), and the story in plain language is [the earthquakes explainer](https://www.chch.live/how-nz-works/canterbury-earthquakes).

## The names on this ground (1)
- [Shirley Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/shirley-stream), waterway · 2.0 km

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

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [LAST- NIGHT'S MEETING. (New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, 15 December 1841)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZGWS18411215.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1841-12-15T00:00:00.000Z
- [JURY LIST FOR 1860. (Lyttelton Times, 19 May 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600519.2.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1860-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 10 April 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610410.2.19.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1861-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 05 April 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18710405.2.9.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1871-04-05T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 18 June 1872)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18720618.2.8.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1872-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 28 October 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18751028.2.7.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1875-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 09 February 1876)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18760209.2.16.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1876-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 18 January 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18770118.2.10.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-01-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 (Timaru Herald, 18 July 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18770718.2.31.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 May 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780509.2.19.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1878-05-09T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Shirley
- [Man ‘seriously hurt’ in Shirley firearms incident](https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPYVY4a1FJWV92V2N0UzRnWDJVY3cxU1hqbGxFNi1tTmJ0NmZhMHNMTkNFZDBETmlueVpuc3pDem1VelVOdkR2alhWUXpFaGNTTVRpTjA5VS1oRzN0bklHVWd4dW1neTlNckNXRzU1dFltRVNYeVhTazBYSUFjNDFkNlV3dmUtX1RHUlRkSmxlamtReVNkMk9hRDZ6RU5LU1RoOVFWbA?oc=5), The news · ODT, 12 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Emmett St near Acheson Ave, Shirley, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407131267), iNaturalist · jumpman12286, 10 Oct 2026
- [What's going down at Reburger Shirley? Are they selling Pokemon? It's almost as big as the Kmart line. https://preview.redd.it/415ctklmxwsh1.png?width=752&format=png&auto=webp&s=0d284d289dfbc32a6fac96…](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wv9wyn/reburger_shirley/), r/chch · MoistExperience1187, 2 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Emmett St, Shirley, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403447263), iNaturalist · jumpman12286, 26 Sept 2026
- [Something seen — Lake Terrace Rd near Fairway Dr, Shirley, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402373050), iNaturalist · hollyw96, 22 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (248 injury crashes)

248 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 50 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Shirley Road at Marshland Road](https://www.chch.live/crashes/marshland-road-and-shirley-road), 15 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (5,231 recorded victimisations)

5,231 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 190 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=shirley)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (38 stops)

38 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [route 135](https://www.chch.live/buses/135), [route 7](https://www.chch.live/buses/7), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100), [route 110](https://www.chch.live/buses/110), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc).
- Emmett St
- Emmett St near Acheson Ave
- Emmett St near Bellbrook Cres near Emmett St
- Emmett St near Bellbrook Cres near Emmett St
- Emmett St near Jebson St near Emmett St
- Emmett St near Jebson St near Emmett St
- Emmett St near Orcades St
- Emmett St near Riselaw St near Emmett St
- Emmett St near Riselaw St near Emmett St
- Emmett St near Shirley Rd
- Emmett St near Skipton St
- Lake Terrace Rd
- Lake Terrace Rd near Fairway Dr near Lake Terrace Rd
- Lake Terrace Rd near Fairway Dr near Lake Terrace Rd
- Lake Terrace Rd near Giles Pl
- Marshland Rd

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

## Businesses here (178 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.

- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-shirley), 27
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-shirley), 14
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-shirley), 12
- [Clothing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/clothes#in-shirley), 11
- [Beauty](https://www.chch.live/businesses/beauty#in-shirley), 6
- [Gift shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gift#in-shirley), 6
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-shirley), 5
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-shirley), 5
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-shirley), 5
- [Banks](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bank#in-shirley), 4
- [Delis](https://www.chch.live/businesses/deli#in-shirley), 4
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-shirley), 4
- [Dentists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dentist#in-shirley), 3
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-shirley), 3
- [Gyms & fitness](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gym#in-shirley), 3
- [Jewellery](https://www.chch.live/businesses/jewellery#in-shirley), 3
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-shirley), 3
- [Phone shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/phones#in-shirley), 3
- [Real estate](https://www.chch.live/businesses/real-estate#in-shirley), 3
- [Shoes](https://www.chch.live/businesses/shoes#in-shirley), 3
- [Variety Store](https://www.chch.live/businesses/variety-store#in-shirley), 3
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-shirley), 2
- [Car washes](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-wash#in-shirley), 2
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-shirley), 2
- [Department stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/department-store#in-shirley), 2
- [Hotels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hotel#in-shirley), 2
- [Ice cream](https://www.chch.live/businesses/ice-cream#in-shirley), 2
- [Malls](https://www.chch.live/businesses/mall#in-shirley), 2
- [Opticians](https://www.chch.live/businesses/optician#in-shirley), 2
- [Outdoor gear](https://www.chch.live/businesses/outdoor-gear#in-shirley), 2
- [Pet shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pet-shop#in-shirley), 2
- [Alternative](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-alternative#in-shirley), 1
- [Audiologists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/audiologist#in-shirley), 1
- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-shirley), 1
- [Baby Goods](https://www.chch.live/businesses/baby-goods#in-shirley), 1
- [Bag](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bag#in-shirley), 1
- [Bike shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bike-shop#in-shirley), 1
- [Bookmaker](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bookmaker#in-shirley), 1
- [Bookshops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bookshop#in-shirley), 1
- [Car parts](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-parts#in-shirley), 1
- [Centre](https://www.chch.live/businesses/healthcare-centre#in-shirley), 1
- [Chemist](https://www.chch.live/businesses/chemist#in-shirley), 1
- [Cinemas & theatres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cinema#in-shirley), 1
- [Golf courses](https://www.chch.live/businesses/golf-course#in-shirley), 1
- [Hardware](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hardware#in-shirley), 1
- [Houseware](https://www.chch.live/businesses/houseware#in-shirley), 1
- [Lawyers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/lawyer#in-shirley), 1
- [Massage](https://www.chch.live/businesses/massage#in-shirley), 1
- [Op shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/op-shop#in-shirley), 1
- [Paint](https://www.chch.live/businesses/paint#in-shirley), 1
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-shirley), 1
- [Repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/repair#in-shirley), 1
- [Sports shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-shop#in-shirley), 1
- [Tailors](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tailor#in-shirley), 1
- [Toy shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/toys#in-shirley), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-shirley), 1
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-shirley), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Bean & Co](https://www.chch.live/business/bean-co-shirley), Cafés
- [Cocopelli](https://www.chch.live/business/cocopelli-shirley), Bars & pubs
- [Coffee Culture](https://www.chch.live/business/coffee-culture-shirley), Cafés
- [Indian Moments](https://www.chch.live/business/indian-moments-shirley), Restaurants
- [KFC](https://www.chch.live/business/kfc-shirley), Fast food
- [Kosco](https://www.chch.live/business/kosco-shirley), Dairies & convenience
- [Big Bang](https://www.chch.live/business/big-bang-shirley), Restaurants
- [Farmers](https://www.chch.live/business/farmers-shirley), Department stores
- [Frozen Direct](https://www.chch.live/business/frozen-direct-shirley), Supermarkets
- [Hungry Wok](https://www.chch.live/business/hungry-wok-shirley), Fast food

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

## Next door
- [Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/mairehau)
- [Dallington](https://www.chch.live/dallington)
- [Edgeware](https://www.chch.live/edgeware)
- [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/richmond)
- [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/burwood)
- [Avonside](https://www.chch.live/avonside)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Shirley with [Mairehau](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=mairehau&b=shirley) · [Dallington](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=dallington&b=shirley) · [Edgeware](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=edgeware&b=shirley) · [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=richmond&b=shirley) · [Burwood](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=burwood&b=shirley) · [Avonside](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=avonside&b=shirley), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Shirley?**

Shirley, sometimes referred to as Windsor, is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-east of the city centre. The public record holds 4,691 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Shirley?**

7,140 people at the 2023 Census, 2,593 per square kilometre across 2.8 km².

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

About 6,876 people and 2,565 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 Shirley?**

4,691 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (1,731), rubbish & dumping (757), water & drains (746). 657 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Shirley had?**

248 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 50 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=shirley)

**What schools are in Shirley?**

2 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Te Hiwa Shirley Primary School, Te Oraka.

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