# Spreydon, Christchurch

7,313 council reports since June 2015, the 16th busiest suburb in the city. 5,869 photographs on record.
9,970 people at the 2023 Census, 3,768 to the square kilometre across 2.6 km².

https://www.chch.live/spreydon

## 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

Spreydon is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-south-west of Cathedral Square. The most central street through Spreydon is Barrington Street. Spreydon is flanked by the suburbs Hoon Hay, Sydenham, and Lower Cashmere. State Highway 76 marks the northern boundary of the suburb, including the eastern end of the Christchurch Southern Motorway.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreydon), 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 **$555 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $530–$599, across 189 bonds, down 2% on a year ago. That’s in line with the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Spreydon West, Spreydon North and Spreydon South areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 1-bedroom house, $562 a week · 108 new bonds
- 2-bedroom house, $552 a week · 27 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $597 a week · 21 new bonds
- 1-bedroom flat/unit, $116 a week · 6 new bonds
- 2-bedroom apartment, $543 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 9,279 people and 3,834 occupied private households, grouped from 63 SA1 areas in Spreydon West, Spreydon South, Spreydon North. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 16% (1,515 people)
- 65 and over: about 13% (1,245 people)
- Born overseas: about 25% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 79% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 12% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 3% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 14% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 83% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 45% 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 (5,869 on record)
- [8 Cheviot St](https://www.chch.live/report/9084456)
- [29 Domain Terrace, Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/report/9079316)
- [43 Bolton Avenue, Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/report/9072418)
- [16 Hammond Place, Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/report/9071710)
- [78 Domain Terrace, Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/report/9071363)
- [303 Selwyn St](https://www.chch.live/report/9069314)

[5,869 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=spreydon)

## The suburb, back then (11 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.*
- [Spreydon and Heathcote drainage](https://www.chch.live/then/1870s#p-54609973), 1874 · Canterbury Stories
- [Corporal L. S. Woods, of Spreydon, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-59695576), 1919 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Lance Corporal W. H. Watson, of Spreydon, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-59695762), 1919 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Halswell Memorial Gates being built by W. Winsor, builder, of Spreydon, 1923](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-46087254), 1920 · Canterbury Stories
- [Halswell Memorial Gates under construction by W. Winsor, builder, of Spreydon, 1923](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-46087259), 1920 · Canterbury Stories
- [Looking across Beckenham and Spreydon from the Sanatorium](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-48502388), 1921 · Canterbury Stories
- [Valuable Car Destroyed By Fire At Spreydon, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-38496878), 1926 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Spreydon Public Library, 1940s](https://www.chch.live/then/1940s#p-46138473), 1941 · Canterbury Stories
- [Spreydon, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1950s#p-23259046), 1957 · TAPUHI
- [Spreydon, Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/then/1970s#p-22767154), 1974 · TAPUHI

[…and 1 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Spreydon
- Spreydon enters the written record in 2 February 1867, [“ROAD BOARDS AND MUNICIPALITIES. (Timaru Herald, 02 February 1867)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18670202.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Spreydon” appears somewhere in 1,231 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 31 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: graffiti, 10 June 2015, at 266.
- Its busiest day was 15 January 2018, 43 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Domain Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/spreydon/domain-terrace), reported on 512 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Spreydon ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/spreydon), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## How fast the council fixes things here (12,262 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Spreydon took **3 days** to resolve, about the city-wide median (3 days).
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 7 weeks or longer.
244 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 17 December 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

2 sensitive sites stand here, Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School, Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon 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. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9084456), 13 Oct 2026 · 8 Cheviot St, “Just saw a normal sized car squeezing down this street. Any larger parked car or moving car would not have made it…”
- [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/9079316), 12 Oct 2026 · 29 Domain Terrace, “hazard: broken glass bottles on cycleway”
- [Animal - Domestic](https://www.chch.live/report/9072418), 11 Oct 2026 · 43 Bolton Avenue, “loose dog corner Brougham road and Bolton Ave. Comes from 43 Bolton Ave. Loose Saturday night 10/10/26 and Sunday…”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9071710), 11 Oct 2026 · 16 Hammond Place, “Tree on grass berm has rotted away at the base and am worried it might fall over.”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9071363), 11 Oct 2026 · 78 Domain Terrace, “tagging”
- [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9069314), 11 Oct 2026 · 303 Selwyn St, “Forgotten cones”
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9069237), 11 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Graffiti”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9062859), 9 Oct 2026 · 223 Lyttelton Street, “dumped clothing paper work (blowing everywhere) and bed mattress down the alley way”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9061805), 9 Oct 2026 · 92B Domain Tce, “Dumped rubbish”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9052806), 8 Oct 2026 · Selwyn St near Cheviot St, “this is beside the bus shelter opposite the school.”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9052488), 8 Oct 2026 · 77 Domain Tce, “Graffiti on building”
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9052338), 8 Oct 2026 · 266 Barrington Street, “4 green bins dumped out the back of Spreydon Library. The Library doesn't have green bins.”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 48
- 2016, 176
- 2017, 218
- 2018, 375
- 2019, 533
- 2020, 421
- 2021, 638
- 2022, 819
- 2023, 1,077
- 2024, 1,138
- 2025, 1,055

## What gets reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 1,698
- Water & drains, 1,552
- Roads & footpaths, 1,335
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1,335
- Trees & parks, 884
- Vehicles & parking, 300
- Everything else, 144
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 38

## Exactly what people say
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 898
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 874
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 740
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 606
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 477
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 362
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 336
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 249

## On the heritage register (4)
- [Barrington Park Gates](https://www.chch.live/place/480)
- [Somerfield Hall](https://www.chch.live/place/533), 47 Studholme Street
- [Spreydon Hall](https://www.chch.live/place/481), 71 Domain Terrace
- [Sydenham Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/place/553)

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Domain Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/spreydon/domain-terrace), reported on 512 separate days
- [Barrington Street](https://www.chch.live/street/spreydon/barrington-street), reported on 496 separate days
- [Simeon Street](https://www.chch.live/street/spreydon/simeon-street), reported on 321 separate days
- [Lyttelton Street](https://www.chch.live/street/spreydon/lyttelton-street), reported on 292 separate days
- [Selwyn Street](https://www.chch.live/street/spreydon/selwyn-street), reported on 267 separate days
- [Glynne Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/spreydon/glynne-crescent), reported on 215 separate days
- [Cobham Street](https://www.chch.live/street/spreydon/cobham-street), reported on 191 separate days
- [Edinburgh Street](https://www.chch.live/street/spreydon/edinburgh-street), reported on 162 separate days

## Schools (3)
- [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate-school), Intermediate · decile 8 · EQI 411
- [TKKM o Te Whanau Tahi](https://www.chch.live/school/1618-tkkm-o-te-whanau-tahi), Composite · decile 3 · EQI 494
- [Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School](https://www.chch.live/school/3588-te-ara-koropiko-west-spreydon-school), Contributing · decile 4 · EQI 445

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) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [Sacred Heart School (Christchurch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3270-sacred-heart-school-christchurch) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · [Te Kura Tuarua o Horomaka Hillmorton High School](https://www.chch.live/school/339-te-kura-tuarua-o-horomaka-hillmorton-high-school) · and 9 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (9)
- [Spreydon Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1364-spreydon-domain), Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 63 pieces
- [Barrington Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1648-barrington-park), Sports ground · 6 ha · playground, 122 pieces
- [Simeon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1117-simeon-park), 1 ha · playground, 20 pieces
- [Glynne Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/947-glynne-reserve), playground, 3 pieces
- [Jerrold Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1580-jerrold-reserve)
- [Leith Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1062-leith-reserve)
- [Selwyn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/912-selwyn-reserve)
- [Cheviot Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1190-cheviot-reserve)
- [Lincoln Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1525-lincoln-park)

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

## The civic shelf (1)
- [Spreydon Library](https://www.chch.live/facility/library-28), Library · 266 Barrington St, Spreydon, Christchurch 8024

## Where the suburb worships (2)
- [St Saviour's and St Nicholas Anglican Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-saviour-s-and-st-nicholas-anglican-church), an Anglican church · 231 Barrington Street
- [](https://www.chch.live/worship/unnamed-way-1207073636), a place of worship

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

## The tracks through here (17)
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-406-spreydon), 2.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-484-addington), 1.9 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-356-spreydon), 1.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-446-spreydon), 744 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-361-spreydon), 724 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-408-spreydon), 624 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-409-spreydon), 593 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-433-spreydon), 422 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-468-spreydon), 366 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-454-spreydon), 357 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-445-spreydon), 355 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-450-spreydon), 343 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-384-spreydon), 193 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-352-spreydon), 192 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-435-spreydon), 169 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-448-spreydon), 60 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-386-spreydon), 39 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 41.7% of this outline, about 110 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 7.8% of this outline, about 21 hectares, mostly **TC3**, with TC3 19 ha · TC2 2 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 10.8% of this outline, about 29 hectares, across 5 named events. 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 schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **1%** of this outline, 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 **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).
The plan’s landscape schedules cover **1%** of this outline across **1** scheduled area. Shares read from a sampled join; a protection overlay, not a ranking of views. The kept view: [landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape).
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **2%** of it, 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 noise overlays cover **1%** of this outline across **1** mapped overlay, and inside the airport’s bird-strike buffer. Shares read from a sampled join; a planning line, not a meter’s reading. The quiet lines: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise).
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **12** classified reaches, the plan calling **Wilderness Drain** and **Heathcote / Opawaho River**
           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 plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **67%** 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 **1,463** photographs on this ground, 2001–2017, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **10.0 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, 0.5 km of it separated from the traffic, [Little River Link](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/little-river-link), [Nor'West Arc](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/nor-west-arc), [Quarryman's Trail](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/quarryman-s-trail). 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, **5** inscribed plaques, [Barrington Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28249-barrington-park), [Spreydon Domain](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311049-spreydon-domain) 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, **11** drawn instruments, 2 alcohol bans, 9 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).
**9** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, 5 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 **52** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 12 hectares, mostly topsoil, silt, mixed fill with rubbish, 4 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. 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 **86%** of this outline in the **medium** class, and 1 assessed area here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **6** assets on this ground, 2 ramps, 2 shelters, 1 viewing platform, 1 boardwalk, sited at Spreydon Domain, Barrington Park, Selwyn 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 **24** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 6 football, 4 tennis, 4 cricket, 4 softball. 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 **1452** living trees inside this outline, **57** veterans among them, 9 carrying a protection, mostly Kowhai, Manna Ash, Ribbonwood. The file remembers **581** 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 **67%** of this outline under **Medium density residential zone**, **73%** residential, the rest mostly Transport 17%, Residential Suburban 6%. 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, **2%** , 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 heritage schedule protects **2** places by name in this suburb, **Barrington Park Gates**, **Spreydon Hall**. 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 5 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.4 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 (4)
- [Community Pride Aotearoa](https://www.chch.live/memorial/community-pride-aotearoa), artwork · George Aranui;Suzanne Brittenden
- [Simeon Park](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1915–1919
- [Spreydon Domain](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1909–1930
- [Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River](https://www.chch.live/river/opawaho-heathcote-river), waterway · 30.7 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.*
- [ROAD BOARDS AND MUNICIPALITIES. (Timaru Herald, 02 February 1867)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18670202.2.12), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1867-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- [ROAD BOARDS AND MUNICIPALATIES. (Timaru Herald, 08 April 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18680408.2.15), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1868-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 31 October 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681031.2.12.3), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1868-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 24 November 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681124.2.9.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1868-11-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 01 December 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681201.2.10), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1868-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 08 December 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18681208.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1868-12-08T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local and General. (Star, 06 April 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690406.2.6), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1869-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
- [Magisterial. (Star, 04 May 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690504.2.11), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1869-05-04T00:00:00.000Z
- [Local and General. (Star, 13 August 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690813.2.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1869-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 26 October 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18691026.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1869-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Spreydon
- [Waihoro Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote Community Board — 4 pm, 15 Oct 2026](https://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/RedirectToDoc.aspx?URL=Open/2026/10/SCBCC_20261015_AGN_11375_AT_WEB.htm), The council · Christchurch City Council, 15 Oct 2026
- [Nimbopsocus australis seen — Spreydon, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406199340), iNaturalist · hitchjunkie, 6 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
- [Common European Greenbottle Fly seen — Spreydon, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405995300), iNaturalist · scaber, 5 Oct 2026
- [Gday folks, I may be moving to Chch next year and I had some suburbs in mind on where to live so I was hoping to get some feedback and suggestions. Even though Chch is easy to get around and…](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wxxunf/scoping_out_suburbs_to_live/), r/chch · Ok-Bar601, 5 Oct 2026

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

## The crash record (181 injury crashes)

181 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 41 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Barrington Street at Stourbridge Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=barrington-st&suburb=spreydon), 8 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (3,579 recorded victimisations)

3,579 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 96 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=spreydon)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (36 stops)

36 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 120](https://www.chch.live/buses/120), [route 60](https://www.chch.live/buses/60), [the Orbiter (anticlockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oa), [the Orbiter (clockwise)](https://www.chch.live/buses/oc), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44).
- Barrington Mall
- Barrington Mall (Athelstan St) near Athelstan St
- Barrington Mall (Athelstan St) near Athelstan St
- Barrington Mall (Barrington St) near Barrington St
- Barrington Mall (Barrington St) near Barrington Street
- Barrington St near Bewdley St near Barrington St
- Barrington St near Bewdley St near Barrington St
- Barrington St near Hammond Pl
- Barrington St near Neville St
- Barrington St near Wychbury St near Barrington St
- Barrington St near Wychbury St near Barrington St
- Brougham St near Kipling St
- Cobham St near Clent Ln near Cobham St
- Cobham St near Clent Ln near Cobham St
- Cobham St near Evesham Cres near Cobham St
- Cobham St near Evesham Cres near Cobham St

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

## Businesses here (90 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-spreydon), 16
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-spreydon), 9
- [Clothing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/clothes#in-spreydon), 7
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-spreydon), 5
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-spreydon), 5
- [ATMs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/atm#in-spreydon), 3
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-spreydon), 3
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-spreydon), 3
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-spreydon), 2
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-spreydon), 2
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-spreydon), 2
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-spreydon), 2
- [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-spreydon), 2
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-spreydon), 2
- [Travel agents](https://www.chch.live/businesses/travel-agent#in-spreydon), 2
- [Audiologists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/audiologist#in-spreydon), 1
- [Banks](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bank#in-spreydon), 1
- [Beauty](https://www.chch.live/businesses/beauty#in-spreydon), 1
- [Bookshops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bookshop#in-spreydon), 1
- [Butchers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/butcher#in-spreydon), 1
- [Cinemas & theatres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cinema#in-spreydon), 1
- [Department stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/department-store#in-spreydon), 1
- [Garden centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/garden-centre#in-spreydon), 1
- [Gift shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gift#in-spreydon), 1
- [Gyms & fitness](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gym#in-spreydon), 1
- [Laundromats](https://www.chch.live/businesses/laundromat#in-spreydon), 1
- [Malls](https://www.chch.live/businesses/mall#in-spreydon), 1
- [Midwives](https://www.chch.live/businesses/midwife#in-spreydon), 1
- [Nutrition Supplements](https://www.chch.live/businesses/nutrition-supplements#in-spreydon), 1
- [Optometrists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/optometrist#in-spreydon), 1
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-spreydon), 1
- [Phone shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/phones#in-spreydon), 1
- [Physio](https://www.chch.live/businesses/physio#in-spreydon), 1
- [Post offices](https://www.chch.live/businesses/post-office#in-spreydon), 1
- [Real estate](https://www.chch.live/businesses/real-estate#in-spreydon), 1
- [Repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/repair#in-spreydon), 1
- [Sports shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-shop#in-spreydon), 1
- [Variety Store](https://www.chch.live/businesses/variety-store#in-spreydon), 1
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-spreydon), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Subway](https://www.chch.live/business/subway-spreydon), Fast food
- [Barrington](https://www.chch.live/business/barrington-spreydon), Malls
- [Cafe Mosaic](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-mosaic-spreydon), Cafés
- [Coupland's](https://www.chch.live/business/coupland-s-spreydon), Bakeries
- [Pizza Hut](https://www.chch.live/business/pizza-hut-spreydon), Restaurants
- [Thai Rendezvous](https://www.chch.live/business/thai-rendezvous-spreydon), Restaurants
- [The Warehouse](https://www.chch.live/business/the-warehouse-spreydon), Department stores
- [Barrington Medical Centre](https://www.chch.live/business/barrington-medical-centre-spreydon), Doctors & clinics
- [Brick and Crust](https://www.chch.live/business/brick-and-crust-spreydon), Fast food
- [Celtic Arms Inn](https://www.chch.live/business/celtic-arms-inn-spreydon), Bars & pubs

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

## Next door
- [Addington](https://www.chch.live/addington)
- [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield)
- [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay)
- [Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton)
- [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham)
- [Middleton](https://www.chch.live/middleton)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Spreydon with [Addington](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=addington&b=spreydon) · [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=somerfield&b=spreydon) · [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hoon-hay&b=spreydon) · [Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hillmorton&b=spreydon) · [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=spreydon&b=sydenham) · [Middleton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=middleton&b=spreydon), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Spreydon?**

Spreydon is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-south-west of Cathedral Square. The public record holds 7,313 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

**How many people live in Spreydon?**

9,970 people at the 2023 Census, 3,768 per square kilometre across 2.6 km².

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

About 9,279 people and 3,834 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 Spreydon?**

7,313 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (1,698), water & drains (1,552), roads & footpaths (1,335). 1,060 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Spreydon had?**

181 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 41 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=spreydon)

**What schools are in Spreydon?**

3 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School, TKKM o Te Whanau Tahi, Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School.

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