Traffic Signals8 Strowan Rd
When the lights at Heaton and glandovey where up graded recently we had a right turning arrow activated for traffic coming from straven road turning right onto…
Strowan, Christchurch
2,554 council reports since June 2015, the 55th busiest suburb in the city. 2,021 photographs on record. 3,620 people at the 2023 Census, 2,670 to the square kilometre across 1.4 km².
The record also holds about $620 a week to rent· 2023 Census snapshot· 2,021 photographs· 1 park· 2 places of worship· 14 tracks· 5 names on the map· 33.7% of the outline mapped liquefied· graded mostly TC3 in 2011· the record drew water over 4% of the outline· noise overlays over the whole outline· setback strips over 5% of the outline· 14% of the outline inside the plan’s density overlays· 530 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground· 10.4 km of cycleway crosses the outline· 8 drawn rules bind this ground· 3 parcels on the dangerous-work register· 50 parcels of made ground· the 2019 model grades this ground mostly medium· 1 recreation register record· 763 trees on the register· the plan’s word on this ground· 3% of the outline reserved· the plan’s exceptions touch 5% of the outline· 2 places on the heritage schedule· 146 injury crashes· 697 recorded victimisations· 13 bus stops· 38 businesses· the council’s fix times· 10 heritage places· 40 documents· 2 mentions on the wire
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Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day
$620/week
middle half $540–$770
New bonds here ran at about $620 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $540 and $770, across 27 bonds lodged, down 1% on a year ago. That’s about $70 a week above the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Strowan” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
- 1-bedroom house, $703 a week · 12 new bonds
- 2-bedroom house, $545 a week · 6 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $720 a week · 6 new bonds
Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds, by quarter. New bonds are fresh lodgements, not the whole rental stock; under five bonds the rent is withheld, and counts are randomly rounded. Source: Tenancy Services rental bond data: provisional while the bond system migrates.
The ground: the February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over 34% of it; the 2011 grading filed it mostly TC3, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.
Day to day it holds 1 park, 2 places of worship, 14 tracks and 13 bus stops, each is counted further down.
Lately the record’s mostly graffiti & vandalism, 385 reports in the year to 10 October 2026, the newest 10 October 2026.
One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 30 July 2023, 28 reports in a single day.
2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here
About 3,564 people and 1,263 occupied private households in the “Strowan” statistical area, grouped from 22 SA1 areas. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.
More of the 2023 Census
- Born overseas22% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity88% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity7% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity2% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity8% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet89% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles62% of stated households
Ethnicity is a multiple-response measure, so those percentages are not meant to add to 100%.
Stats NZ’s 2023 Census uses fixed random rounding to base 3. Unavailable or confidential cells are left out, not treated as zero. individuals · households · geography · CC BY 4.0.
About the suburb
Strowan is an inner city suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately 5 km north-west of Christchurch's central business district. It had a population of 3,705 at the 2013 census. It is located between the suburbs of Merivale, Papanui, Bryndwr, Fendalton, and St Albans.
As reported 2,021 on record
The shape of it outline © OpenStreetMap · recent reports, pinned
The record on Strowan
- Strowan enters the written record on 28 April 1858, “Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 28 April 1858)”, Papers Past.
- “Strowan” appears somewhere in 348 of the archive’s records, title, description or body.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance, not by phrase.
- The first report the feed ever carried here: roading/streets, 23 June 2015, at 100.
- Its busiest day on record was 30 July 2023, 28 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is Blighs Road, reported on 303 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside Fendalton ward, the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood community board is its local layer. The whole roll is at /wards.
Lately the newest reports
Pavement - Damaged51 Normans Rd
Lots of footpath repair work going on this week at Normans Road. But why not this section? It’s among the worst undulating and earthquake damaged in the street…
Pest / Vermin11 Blighs Road
neighbours beehive must have broken or something as there are hundreds of bees surrounding my house now
Pavement - Damaged97 St Andrews Sq
Damaged four path - removed fir installation off private property fence - not reinstated
Accessibility97 St Andrews Sq
Footpath cut away for installation of private property fence in May 2026 and has not been reinstated.
Sediment - Construction12 Normans Road
Pollution of some sort has leaked into the stream. Traced to the pipe from the Z station and behold the south side Normans Road shops. Maybe from the building…
Reports per year down 20% 2024→2025
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What gets reported
Exactly what people say
How fast the council fixes things here 4,470 finished jobs on record
The median council work order pinned in Strowan 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 waited 3 months or longer. 116 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 15 November 2018.
Work orders, not the resident reports above, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. The ticket roll · the whole city’s fix times.
Alcohol rules on this ground
3 sensitive sites stand here, St Andrews College, St Patricks School, Waimairi School, and the Local Alcohol Policy restricts new off-licences within 200 m of them.
The council’s bylaw zones and the Local Alcohol Policy’s buffer list, read from the Regulatory open-data service. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.
The suburb today
Schools here
Zoned for Burnside High School · Christchurch Adventist School · Christchurch Boys' High School · Christchurch Girls' High School -Te Kura o Hine Waiora · Emmanuel Christian School · He Tīwai Mātauranga Heaton Normal Intermediate · and 14 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.
The green here 1
- Plynlimon ParkSports ground · 1 ha · playground, 53 pieces
Parks and reserves in the council’s open data, a park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside. The whole roll is at /parks.
Where the suburb worships 2
- Bryndwr Gospel Chapela non-denominational church · 179 Idris Road
- Saint Matthew's Catholic Churcha Catholic church · 108 Jeffreys Road
Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.
The tracks through here 14
- Walk and bike track through Strowan3.1 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Strowan2.1 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Strowan1.7 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Strowan1.5 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Strowan1.2 km · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Strowan723 m · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Strowan654 m · Christchurch · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Strowan616 m · Christchurch · walk · bike
The first eight of 14, Tracks in the council’s open data, a line belongs to every suburb it passes through. The whole network is at /tracks.
The names on this ground 5
The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 33.7% of this outline, about 46 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at /liquefaction.
The 2011 grading filed 2.1% of this outline, mostly TC3. A graded area files under the suburb its middle sits in, and a category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are drawn at /technical-categories.
The flood record drew water over 4.0% of this outline, about 5 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.
3 parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly vehicle refuelling, service and repair, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, 2 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.
The files record 50 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly engineered fill, 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 whole layer is drawn at /fill.
The 2019 liquefaction study put 78% of this outline in the medium class, and 4 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.
The recreation register keeps 1 record inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 rugby. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.
The register counts 763 living trees inside this outline, 7 veterans among them, 70 carrying a protection, mostly Kobushi Magnolia, Manna Ash, Scarlet Oak. The file remembers 300 trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the whole canopy is drawn at /trees.
The plan files 54% of this outline under Residential Suburban, 68% residential, the rest mostly Transport 19%, Specific Purpose (School) 11%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is read from a sampled join of the plan’s polygons; the whole district is drawn at /zones.
The plan reserves about 4 hectares of this outline, 3%, under 2 designations, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is read from a sampled join; the whole register is drawn at /designations.
The plan’s exceptions touch 5% of this outline, 2 qualifying matters, mostly heritage. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is read from a sampled join, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The whole register is drawn at /matters.
The plan’s heritage schedule protects 2 places by name in this suburb, 1 graded highly significant, Former Dwelling and Setting, Strowan, Dwelling and Setting, Woodford. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid; the whole schedule is at /heritage.
No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers 32% of it, Avon River, Dudley Creek. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water is drawn at /flood-hazard.
The plan’s noise overlays cover all of this outline, about 136 hectares 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 are drawn at /noise.
The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 52 classified reaches, the plan calling Cross Stream and Taylor Stream by name, 5% 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 reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.
The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, 14% of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing Medium Density. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands; the allowed shape is drawn at /density.
The rebuild’s cameras filed 530 photographs on this ground, 2011–2016, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now; the whole record is drawn at /rebuild.
The pedal network threads this ground, 10.4 km of cycleway crosses the outline, Northern Line. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.
The rulebook binds this ground, 8 drawn instruments, 2 alcohol bans, 6 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the whole rulebook is drawn at /rules.
- Plynlimon Parkold dump · 1928–1954
- Dudley Creekwaterway · 9.4 km
- Strowan Streamwaterway · 0.5 km
- Taylor's Drainwaterway · 1.5 km
- Wairarapa Streamwaterway · 5.5 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.
The crash record 146 injury crashes
146 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Strowan's outline, 1 person killed, 32 seriously hurt.
The corner that keeps appearing: Strowan Road at Normans Road, 11 injury crashes.
The crime record 697 recorded victimisations
697 victimisations on the Police record inside Strowan’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 49 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 3% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.
The buses through it 13 stops
13 Metro stops inside Strowan's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 1, route 95, route 8, route 100.
- Glandovey Rd
- Glandovey Rd
- Papanui Rd near Blighs Rd
- Papanui Rd near Hawthorne St
- Papanui Rd near Mays Rd
- Papanui Rd near Normans Rd
- Papanui Rd near Paparoa St
- Papanui Rd near Tomes Rd near Papanui Rd
- Papanui Rd near Tomes Rd near Papanui Rd
- Papanui Rd near Weston Rd
- Strowan Rd near Lloyd St
- Strowan Rd near Normans Rd
- Wairakei Rd near Idris Rd
Businesses here 38 in the directory
38 premises in Strowan across 18 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.
- Bottle stores6
- Fast food4
- Restaurants4
- Cafés3
- Dentists3
- Doctors & clinics3
- Gift shops2
- Petrol stations2
- B&Bs1
- Bars & pubs1
- Car repair1
- Chemist1
- Clothing1
- Dairies & convenience1
- Delis1
- Hairdressers1
- Pharmacies1
- Tailors1
Among them, the ones the record says most about:
Before any of that
On the register here
- Dwelling and Setting70 Heaton Street
- Dwelling and Setting74 Heaton Street
- Dwelling and Setting41 Leinster Road
- Dwelling and Setting61 Leinster Road
- Dwelling and Setting98 Heaton Street
- Dwelling and Setting, Woodford399 Papanui Road
- Elmwood Park
- Elmwood School War Memorial and Setting1/76 Leinster Road
- Former Dwelling and Setting, Strowan347S Papanui Road
- Streets with trees and plaques
Documents 40
What the archive’s sources say about Strowan, titled for it, turned up by a search for one of its places, or carrying its name in the text. These are leads and citations: the originals live at the provider, linked from each row.
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Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 28 April 1858)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 21 May 1859)Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 21 April 1860)
…christchurch household town reserve lot no 19 between colombo street duncan thomas smith strowan north road household lichfield street christchurch on section 989 and manchester streetnorth missen ba…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 25 April 1860)
…or christchurch household town reserve lot no 19 between colombo strm duncan thomas smith strowan north road household lichfield street christchurch on section 989 lousuiom 10 im3ester street north mi…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 01 May 1861)
births april 26 at strowan near christchurch the wife of mr thomas s duncan of a son april 26 at christchurch the wife of mr edwa…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 06 July 1861)
…sonaprii 24 at christehureh the wife of c j w cookson esq of a daughter duncanaprii 26 at strowan near christchurch the wife of mr thomas s duncan of a son lee-april 26 at christchurch the wife of mr…Lyttelton Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 29 November 1880)
…ood ore we phillipstown riccarton new cambridge fendaltown north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woolston bryndwr opawa merivale st martin albans it will also contain a carefully revised copy of the…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 November 1880)
…wood crewe phillipstown eiccarton new cambridge fendaltown north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woolaton bryndwr opawa merivale st martin albans ifc will also contain a carefully revised copy of the…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 01 December 1880)
…wood crewe phiuip��town riccarton new cambridge fenda-town north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woolston bryndwr opawa merivale bt martin albans it will also contain a carefully revised copy of the…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 December 1880)
…wood crewe phillipstown riccarton new cambridge fendaltown north opawa holmwood ashbourne strowan woolston bryndwr opawa merivale sfc martin alban3 it will also contain a carofully revised copy of tho…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →
The wire on Strowan 2 lately
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…r/chch · Ok-Bar601 ·
weeping willow seen — Papanui Rd near Tomes Rd, Strowan, Christchurch 8052, New ZealandiNaturalist · finn62512 ·
146 more documents came up in searches for Strowan's places and have not been read yet, a lead is a search result, not a fact, until somebody reads it.
Next door
Compare Strowan with PAPANUI · Bryndwr · Merivale · Fendalton · Saint Albans · Northcote, same record, side by side.
Questions, answered briefly
What is Strowan?
Strowan is an inner city suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately 5 km north-west of Christchurch's central business district. The public record holds 2,554 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.
How many people live in Strowan?
3,620 people at the 2023 Census, 2,670 per square kilometre across 1.4 km².
How many people does the 2023 Census count for Strowan?
About 3,564 people and 1,263 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.
What gets reported in Strowan?
2,554 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (694), water & drains (672), roads & footpaths (594). 385 of them in the year to 10 October 2026.
How many crashes has Strowan had?
146 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 person killed, 32 seriously hurt. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →
What did the earthquakes grade Strowan?
The 2011 technical categories filed 2.1% of the suburb’s outline, mostly TC3. TC1 meant standard foundations sufficed, TC2 enhanced, TC3 site-specific engineering, a verdict for the patch of ground, not a finding about any one address. The grades, drawn →
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