# South New Brighton, Christchurch

2,672 council reports since June 2015, the 52nd busiest suburb in the city. 2,175 photographs on record.
3,420 people at the 2023 Census, 2,459 to the square kilometre across 1.4 km².

https://www.chch.live/south-new-brighton

## 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

South New Brighton is a coastal suburb on the eastern side of Christchurch city. The area previously had some Māori presence. The suburb also contains a primary school.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_New_Brighton), 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 **$640 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $520–$650, across 15 bonds, up 9% on a year ago. That’s about **$90 a week above** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “South New Brighton” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
- 1-bedroom house, $650 a week · 9 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 3,321 people and 1,296 occupied private households, grouped from 23 SA1 areas in South New Brighton. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 19% (639 people)
- 65 and over: about 16% (546 people)
- Born overseas: about 20% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 92% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 15% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 4% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 3% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 87% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 58% 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 (2,175 on record)
- [26 Cradock St](https://www.chch.live/report/9081130)
- [72 Beatty St](https://www.chch.live/report/9070655)
- [419 Marine Parade, South New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/report/9065109)
- [221 Pine Avenue, South New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/report/9055399)
- [69 Jellicoe Street, South New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/report/9047946)
- [424 Marine Parade, South New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/report/9033391)

[2,175 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=south-new-brighton)

## The suburb, back then (3 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.*
- [Aerial photomosaic of South New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791378), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [Aerial photomosaic of South New Brighton beach](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-53791396), 1926 · Canterbury Stories
- [South New Brighton tennis club members](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-54457444), 1929 · Canterbury Stories

## The record on South New Brighton
- South New Brighton enters the written record in 11 August 1868, [“Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 11 August 1868)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18680811.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “South New Brighton” appears somewhere in 26 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 31 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: roading/streets, 12 June 2015, at 373.
- Its busiest day was 8 July 2020, 28 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Estuary Road](https://www.chch.live/street/south-new-brighton/estuary-road), reported on 375 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Coastal ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/coastal), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (3,578 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in South New Brighton took **4 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs slower than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 4 months or longer.
160 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 23 April 2020.

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, South New Brighton 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
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9081130), 13 Oct 2026 · 26 Cradock St, “Leak”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9070655), 11 Oct 2026 · 72 Beatty St, “On back of Give Way sign”
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9065109), 10 Oct 2026 · 419 Marine Parade, “On beach,entrance Beatty Street. Used to be a small driftwood tippee for kids for the longest time has recently turned…”
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9055399), 8 Oct 2026 · 221 Pine Avenue, “car parked across my driveway which I have right of way- the car has around 3 feet infront of it to pull forward.”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9047946), 7 Oct 2026 · 69 Jellicoe Street, “tyres dumped”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9033391), 5 Oct 2026 · 424 Marine Parade, “garden rubbish under Large Macrocarpa Trees. reported this 3 weeks ago but has not been picked up. we need 2 b mindful…”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9028761), 4 Oct 2026 · Beatty Street, “large broken branch over footpath near south New Brighton pier”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9026609), 4 Oct 2026 · 376 Estuary Rd, “Broken mirror dumped opposite 377 Estuary Rd, has been there more than a week”
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/9024896), 3 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “This is a well used amenity and it’s a shame they are closed. There is no information re why and where the closet…”
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9014851), 1 Oct 2026 · 400 Estuary Rd, “Huge pot hills for repair please thanks”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8998953), 29 Sept 2026 · 360 Estuary Rd, “Dumped plastic barrel opposite 367 Estuary Rd”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8998919), 29 Sept 2026 · Canterbury, “Garden waste and other rubbish dumped between playground and gateway to jetty”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 42
- 2016, 90
- 2017, 95
- 2018, 122
- 2019, 175
- 2020, 237
- 2021, 228
- 2022, 348
- 2023, 319
- 2024, 391
- 2025, 379

## What gets reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 633
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 580
- Trees & parks, 567
- Roads & footpaths, 497
- Water & drains, 154
- Vehicles & parking, 118
- Everything else, 90
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 26

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 364
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 284
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 281
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 268
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 220
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 110
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 90
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 87

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Estuary Road](https://www.chch.live/street/south-new-brighton/estuary-road), reported on 375 separate days
- [Jellicoe Street](https://www.chch.live/street/south-new-brighton/jellicoe-street), reported on 270 separate days
- [Marine Parade](https://www.chch.live/street/south-new-brighton/marine-parade), reported on 236 separate days
- [Beatty Street](https://www.chch.live/street/south-new-brighton/beatty-street), reported on 211 separate days
- [Pine Avenue](https://www.chch.live/street/south-new-brighton/pine-avenue), reported on 178 separate days
- [Ebbtide Street](https://www.chch.live/street/south-new-brighton/ebbtide-street), reported on 76 separate days
- [Halsey Street](https://www.chch.live/street/south-new-brighton/halsey-street), reported on 69 separate days
- [Bridge Street](https://www.chch.live/street/south-new-brighton/bridge-street), reported on 54 separate days

## Schools (1)
- [South New Brighton School](https://www.chch.live/school/3508-south-new-brighton-school), Full Primary · decile 6 · EQI 454

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Avonside Girls' High School](https://www.chch.live/school/324-avonside-girls-high-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Haeata Community Campus](https://www.chch.live/school/704-haeata-community-campus) · [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) · and 4 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (4)
- [South New Brighton Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1059-south-new-brighton-beach), Regional · 37 ha
- [South New Brighton Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1383-south-new-brighton-park), Sports ground · 30 ha · playground, 69 pieces
- [Bridge Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/994-bridge-reserve), 7 ha
- [Te Karoro Karoro Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1676-te-karoro-karoro-reserve), 2 ha · playground, 12 pieces

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

## The tracks through here (1)
- [Walk and bike track through South New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-186-south-new-brighton), 2.0 km · 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 16.4% of this outline, about 23 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 1.0% of this outline, mostly **TC3**. 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 28.9% of this outline, about 40 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 mapped tsunami extent covers **83%** of this outline, about 116 hectares. The sea’s modelled reach, not a prediction, the plan’s inundation line, not the evacuation zones; the share is read from a sampled join. The whole extent is at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/tsunami).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **30%** of this outline, about 42 hectares, ngā tūranga tūpuna, ngā wai. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a catalogue. The whole schedule: [cultural](https://www.chch.live/cultural).
The plan’s ecological schedules cover **28%** of this outline, about 40 hectares across **2** scheduled sites, 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).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **49%** of this outline, about 69 hectares across **6** scheduled areas, **20%** of it outstanding, the plan’s strongest landscape standing, and **97%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
The plan’s flood map draws **22%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground, about 31 hectares across **6** mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers **67%** of it, Southshore. 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, **5** classified reaches, the plan calling **Beatty Street Drain** and **Pleasant Point Domain Drain**
           by name, **1%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **20 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 drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **925** photographs on this ground, 2010–2015, 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 remembered names stand on this ground, **5** inscribed plaques, [South Brighton Community Centr](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310955-south-brighton-community-centr), [Te Karoro Karoro Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/48031-te-karoro-karoro-reserve), [South New Brighton Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311015-south-new-brighton-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, **9** drawn instruments, 6 of them dog rules, 2 camping zones, a certified self-contained van can stay the night at City Coastal Restricted Zone; the other zone bans it outright, 1 bottle-store buffer; 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).
The files record **49** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly sand, pitrun, loess, 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 layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill).
**3** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file, 3 marked verified. 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 **46%** of this outline in the **possible** class, 93% of the outline fell inside an assessed area, and 2 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **19** assets on this ground, 9 boardwalks, 4 sets of steps, 3 boat ramps, 1 bridge, sited at South New Brighton Beach, South New Brighton Park, Estuary Rd And Beatty St, South Brighton Community Centr. 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 **13** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 5 tennis, 2 cricket, 2 basketball, 2 football. 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 **507** living trees inside this outline, **3** veterans among them, 7 carrying a protection, mostly Cabbage tree, Pohutukawa, Ngaio. The file remembers **198** 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 **40%** of this outline under **Residential Suburban**, **40%** residential, the rest mostly Open Space Coastal 20%, Open Space Community Parks 18%. 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 **1 hectares** of this outline, **1%** , under 1 designation, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
The plan’s exceptions touch **1%** of this outline, 3 qualifying matters, mostly section 6. 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 8 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.0 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 (3)
- [Estuary Road](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1941–1943
- [Te Kai-a-Te-Karoro](https://www.chch.live/site/te-kai-a-te-karoro), old site
- [Avon River / Ōtākaro](https://www.chch.live/river/avon-river-otakaro), waterway · 29.2 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.*
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Grey River Argus, 11 August 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18680811.2.17.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1868-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Poverty Bay Herald, 31 May 1882)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH18820531.2.11.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1882-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [New Brighton Steamer. (Star, 16 May 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910516.2.37), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1891-05-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. January 19. (North Otago Times, 21 January 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18950121.2.16.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1895-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Wanganui Herald, 21 January 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH18950121.2.31.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1895-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH ITEMS. (Wanganui Chronicle, 12 August 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18950812.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1895-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
- [SWIMMING. (Star, 17 December 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18951217.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1895-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE RECRD REIGN. (Star, 16 June 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970616.2.39), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1897-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [SOUTH ISLAND TROTTING ASSOCIATION. (Auckland Star, 27 November 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18971127.2.14.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1897-11-27T00:00:00.000Z
- [NEW YEAR'S DAY. (Star, 30 December 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18971230.2.19), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1897-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on South New Brighton
- [Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles seen — Estuary Rd near Cradock St, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408154900), iNaturalist · eleanor_bissell, 14 Oct 2026
- [Pericoptus seen — South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/408152487), iNaturalist · eleanor_bissell, 14 Oct 2026
- [Something seen — Estuary Rd near Cradock St, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407662861), iNaturalist · michael33768, 12 Oct 2026
- [Sacred Kingfisher seen — Estuary Rd near Jellicoe St, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405148029), iNaturalist · smankelow, 2 Oct 2026
- [Gossamer grass seen — Estuary Rd near Cradock St, South New Brighton, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/403458559), iNaturalist · scott_butcher, 26 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (25 injury crashes)

25 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 people killed, 8 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Estuary Road at Beatty Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=estuary-rd&suburb=south-new-brighton), 4 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (332 recorded victimisations)

332 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 25 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=south-new-brighton)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (15 stops)

15 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60).
- Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Beatty St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Beatty St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Cradock St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Cradock St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Ebbtide St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Ebbtide St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Ebbtide St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Halsey St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Halsey St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Halsey St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Jellicoe St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Jellicoe St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Sandra St near Estuary Rd
- Estuary Rd near Sandra St near Estuary Rd

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

## Businesses here (4 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.

- [Campgrounds](https://www.chch.live/businesses/campground#in-south-new-brighton), 2
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-south-new-brighton), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-south-new-brighton), 1

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

## Next door
- [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/southshore)
- [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/bexley)
- [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/new-brighton)
- [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/aranui)
- [Bromley](https://www.chch.live/bromley)
- [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/redcliffs)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) South New Brighton with [Southshore](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=south-new-brighton&b=southshore) · [Bexley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=bexley&b=south-new-brighton) · [New Brighton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=new-brighton&b=south-new-brighton) · [Aranui](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=aranui&b=south-new-brighton) · [Bromley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=bromley&b=south-new-brighton) · [Redcliffs](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=redcliffs&b=south-new-brighton), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is South New Brighton?**

South New Brighton is a coastal suburb on the eastern side of Christchurch city. The public record holds 2,672 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in South New Brighton?**

3,420 people at the 2023 Census, 2,459 per square kilometre across 1.4 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for South New Brighton?**

About 3,321 people and 1,296 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in South New Brighton?**

2,672 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (633), graffiti & vandalism (580), trees & parks (567). 309 of them in the year to 15 October 2026.

**How many crashes has South New Brighton had?**

25 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 3 people killed, 8 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=south-new-brighton)

**What schools are in South New Brighton?**

One school in the Ministry’s directory, South New Brighton School.

Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=South%20New%20Brighton · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=South%20New%20Brighton