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Templeton, Christchurch

1,514 council reports since July 2015, the 68th busiest suburb in the city. 1,184 photographs on record. 1,910 people at the 2023 Census, 65 to the square kilometre across 29 km².

Reports, all time
1,514
In the year to 13 Oct 2026
265
Busiest in Christchurch
68th
Photographs
1,184

The record also holds about $620 a week to rent 2023 Census snapshot 1,184 photographs 3 old photographs 1 school 13 parks 2 civic facilities 1 place of worship 1 track 7 names on the map graded mostly TC1 in 2011 noise overlays over 88% of the outline 8 classified reaches cross the outline 38 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground 1.8 km of cycleway crosses the outline 6 remembered names on this ground 3 drawn rules bind this ground 2 parcels on the dangerous-work register 60 parcels of made ground the 2019 model grades this ground mostly unlikely 8 council structures on the register 8 recreation register records 1,321 trees on the register the plan’s word on this ground 28% of the outline reserved 1 place on the heritage schedule 8 epicentres inside the outline 155 injury crashes 873 recorded victimisations 10 bus stops 23 businesses the council’s fix times 1 heritage place 40 documents 1 mention on the wire

See it on the map Its decade, charted

Living here rent · the ground · the day-to-day

$620/week middle half $595–$650

New bonds here ran at about $620 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $595 and $650, across 9 bonds lodged. That’s about $70 a week above the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Templeton” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

By dwelling type and bedrooms, April–June 2026 quarter
  • 1-bedroom house, $620 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 2011 grading filed it mostly TC1, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 1 school, 13 parks, 2 civic facilities, 1 place of worship, 1 track and 10 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly roads & footpaths, 265 reports in the year to 13 October 2026, the newest 13 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 25 August 2025, 15 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

People
1,830
Under 15
18%
65 and over
17%
Occupied households
690

About 1,830 people and 690 occupied private households in the “Templeton” statistical area, grouped from 12 SA1 areas. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

More of the 2023 Census
  • Born overseas16% of stated birthplace
  • European ethnicity85% of ethnicity responses
  • Māori ethnicity14% of ethnicity responses
  • Pacific Peoples ethnicity4% of ethnicity responses
  • Asian ethnicity9% of ethnicity responses
  • Households with internet87% of stated households
  • Households with two or more vehicles68% 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

Templeton is a small town on the outskirts of Christchurch. Lying along State Highway 1. Templeton has been the centre of harness racing in Canterbury.

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

As reported 1,184 on record

8A Bailey St39 Kirk Road, Templeton4–22 Railway TceChattertons Road, Templeton, Christchurch637 Waterloo Road, Templeton637 Waterloo Road, Templeton 1,184 photographs
on the wall →

The suburb, back then 3 in the archive

Stooking at Templeton, 1910Aerial view of Templeton, 1941Templeton, Canterbury Region, 1951 3 photographs
from back when →

Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.

The record on Templeton

Lately the newest reports

Damaged Road, a report photo
Damaged Road24A Kirk Road

Potholes, road sunk in or poor patch works after pipe works. Also roadworks happened 2 days ago left the road with so much chips everywhere and it's been…

Reports per year up 15% 2024→2025

What gets reported

Roads & footpaths 435
Rubbish & dumping 360
Trees & parks 291
Water & drains 162
Graffiti & vandalism 127
Everything else 92
Vehicles & parking 39
Animals & pests 6 Noise 2

Streets that keep coming up each a street page

Every street the archive knows in Templeton →

Exactly what people say

How fast the council fixes things here 2,827 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Templeton 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. 95 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 19 January 2022.

Work orders, not the resident reports above, the council’s MyCouncilTicket stream, and one job can appear in both. A median counts only finished jobs; open ones are named as open, never averaged in. The ticket roll · the whole city’s fix times.

Alcohol rules on this ground

2 sensitive sites stand here, Nova Trust, Te Kura o Rātā Templeton 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 1

Zoned for Christchurch Adventist School · Hornby High School · Middleton Grange School · St Thomas of Canterbury College · Te Puna Wai o Waipapa - Hagley College · Villa Maria College · and 4 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws from, not how well it teaches.

The green here 13

The first eight of 13, 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.

The civic shelf 2

Libraries, halls, cemeteries and the rest in the council’s open data, a facility lands in the suburb its point or centre falls inside. The whole shelf is at /facilities.

Where the suburb worships 1

Places of worship in the open map’s record, one lands in the suburb its building stands in. The whole roll is at /worship.

The tracks through here 1

Tracks in the council’s open data, a line belongs to every suburb it passes through. The whole network is at /tracks.

The names on this ground 7

The 2011 grading filed 1.9% of this outline, about 57 hectares, mostly TC1. 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.

2 parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the whole register is drawn at /hazards.

The files record 60 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 103 hectares, mostly engineered fill, mixed fill with rubbish, topsoil, 2 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 80% of this outline in the "unlikely" class, 81% of the outline fell inside an assessed area. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the whole study is drawn at /vulnerability.

The council’s structure register stands 8 assets on this ground, 4 bridges, 2 shelters, 1 viewing platform, 1 set of steps, sited at Jones Reserve, Kirk Reserve, Templeton Pool, Colchester Reserve. The register’s site names are its own labels for the ground an asset stands in; the layer is drawn at the map.

The recreation register keeps 8 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 3 tennis, 3 netball, 1 skateboard, 1 football. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 1,321 living trees inside this outline, 16 veterans among them, 22 carrying a protection, mostly Algerian Oak, Arizona Cypress, Ribbonwood. The file remembers 427 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 56% of this outline under Rural Urban Fringe, the rest mostly Rural Quarry 13%, Transport 3%, 82% of the outline fell inside a mapped zone. 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 824 hectares of this outline, 28%, under 3 designations, mostly civic, movement. 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 heritage schedule protects 1 place by name in this suburb, St Saviour's Church and Setting. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid; the whole schedule is at /heritage.

The plan’s noise overlays cover 88% of this outline, about 2,572 hectares across 5 mapped overlays, 47% of it inside the airport’s air-noise contours, where the 55 dB line bites, 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, 8 classified reaches, the plan calling Templeton Outfall and Kirk Road Drain by name. 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 rebuild’s cameras filed 38 photographs on this ground, 2010–2014, 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, 1.8 km of cycleway crosses the outline, South Express. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 6 inscribed plaques, Yaldhurst Cemetery, Templeton Domain, Templeton Pool among the grounds. The plaque is the register’s pin, not a surveyed spot; the whole roll is kept at /plaques.

The rulebook binds this ground, 3 drawn instruments, 3 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.

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 8 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.8 in 2010. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking here; the whole catalogue is counted at /sequence, the live record is /quakes, and the story in plain language is the earthquakes explainer.

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 155 injury crashes

155 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Templeton's outline, 5 people killed, 36 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: State Highway 1S at Barters Road, 17 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 873 recorded victimisations

873 victimisations on the Police record inside Templeton’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly assault, about 119 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 6% on the year before. Reported is not all, how much never reaches the record depends on the offence.

the suburb on the crime map →

The buses through it 10 stops

10 Metro stops inside Templeton's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 5.

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 23 in the directory

23 premises in Templeton across 13 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

Among them, the ones the record says most about:

The whole directory →

Before any of that

On the register here

  1. St Saviour's Church and Setting50 Kirk Road

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Templeton, 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.

St Mary's Church (Anglican) - List No. 3135…region. Initially part of the Upper Heathcote Parish (which included Riccarton, Halswell, Templeton and Governor's Bay), it became part of the parochial district of St Peter's, Riccarton about 1857. L…The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero · Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga · 1863
ROAD BOARDS AND MUNICIPALATIES. (Timaru Herald, 08 April 1868)…andeville hangiora 10545 0 0 g790 7 0 avon 3305 0 0 2212 14 0 kiccarton 270 0 0 1882 10 0 templeton 3585 0 0 2478 15 0 heathcote 4825 0 0 3004 10 0 spreydou 2125 0 0 1281 5 0 hals well 2450 0 0 1083 0…Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
LOCAL NEWS OF THE MONTH. (Timaru Herald, 02 May 1868)…line has of late heencoijsiderable during the hist week 2600 sacks of wheat and oats left templeton station iand 3ow the predni one ana asmneb from irolleston while fc tibe6ettyii tlie amount i popula…Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 17 November 1868)…adfield was ordered to be continued the following correspondence was read letter from the templeton road board stating that at the meeting held in their district to consider the proposed alteration of…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL. (Star, 08 December 1868)…ot particular as to day leeston avould retain saturday j lincoln would change to thursday templeton avould change to the middle bl the week j halswell did not desire change springs road wanted change…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 27 March 1869)…will be received np to 5 pm on wednesday april 7 for digging 50 acres of chicory root at templeton for full particulars apply at the works near templeton station or to e w trent market-place christch…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 29 March 1869)…ill be received up to 5 pm x on wednesday april 7 for digging 50 acres of chicory root at templeton for full particulars apply at the works near templeton station or to e w trent market-place christch…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 March 1869)…ill be received up to 5 pm x on wednesday april 7 for digging 50 acres of chicory root at templeton for full particulars apply at the works near templeton station or to e w trent market-place christch…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 03 April 1869)…ill be received ap to 5 pm x on wednesday april 7 for digging 50 acres of chicory root at templeton for full particulars apply at the works near templeton station or to e w trent market-place christch…Star · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Magisterial. (Star, 04 May 1869)…street christchurch i ouis schmidt selwyn bridge george tickner lincoln koad james voice templeton opposed by mr williams as only a very short distance from parishs and that the business was not suff…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 Templeton 1 lately

Bryum coronatum seen — Templeton, Christchurch, New ZealandiNaturalist · reinderw ·

The whole wire →

36 more documents came up in searches for Templeton's places and have not been read yet, a lead is a search result, not a fact, until somebody reads it.

Next door

IslingtonHornby SouthHei HeiYaldhurstHornbyBroomfield

Compare Templeton with Islington · Hornby South · Hei Hei · Yaldhurst · Hornby · Broomfield, same record, side by side.

Questions, answered briefly

What is Templeton?

Templeton is a small town on the outskirts of Christchurch. The public record holds 1,514 council reports for it, the first filed in July 2015.

How many people live in Templeton?

1,910 people at the 2023 Census, 65 per square kilometre across 29 km².

How many people does the 2023 Census count for Templeton?

About 1,830 people and 690 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

What gets reported in Templeton?

1,514 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (435), rubbish & dumping (360), trees & parks (291). 265 of them in the year to 13 October 2026.

How many crashes has Templeton had?

155 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 5 people killed, 36 seriously hurt. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →

Did earthquakes strike under Templeton?

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 8 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside the suburb’s mapped outline since the September 2010 mainshock, the biggest a M3.8 in 2010. An epicentre is where the instruments placed the break, not a measure of the shaking felt here. The whole sequence, counted → · The story, in plain language →

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