# Central ward, Christchurch

One of Christchurch City Council’s sixteen electoral wards, the ground that elects one councillor at each triennial election. Jake McLellan holds the seat (Labour), declared 16 October 2025; 15,918 electors enrolled, 28.7% of them returned a paper. The record inside its boundary: 85,595 council reports across 5 suburbs. Its community board is Papanui-Innes-Central.

## The suburbs inside it

- [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), 45,550 reports · about 9,180 people
- [Linwood](https://www.chch.live/linwood), 16,447 reports · about 10,920 people
- [Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown), 8,557 reports · about 4,510 people
- [Richmond](https://www.chch.live/richmond), 7,702 reports · about 5,210 people
- [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham), 7,339 reports · about 4,460 people

A suburb belongs where its centre falls, ward edges do not always follow suburb lines, so an address near an edge can sit in the neighbouring ward. The boundary is the council’s own electoral layer.

## How long the council takes here

The median council work order in Central ward took 2 days to resolve, the fastest of 16 wards, on the jobs the council has finished. The slowest tenth waited 10 weeks or longer. 2,591 tickets are open in the ward now.

MyCouncilTicket, the council’s own work-order stream, 108,213 finished jobs counted inside this ward’s boundary. A median counts only closed work. The roll: [/fixed](https://www.chch.live/fixed) · the city’s fix times: [/trends](https://www.chch.live/trends#fix).

## The reports on its ground

119,788 council reports filed under the suburbs it centres on, most often graffiti and rubbish, 99,023 with a photograph. The newest:
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9085010), Aldwins Rd near Harrow St, Phillipstown, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9084860), 207 Fitzgerald Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9084498), 310 Stanmore Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9084452), 60 Cashel Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9084360), 7 Willow Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/9084276), 348 Saint Asaph St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9084216), 11 Rolleston Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9084199), 22F Goldsmith Place, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9084104), 189 Antigua St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [HAZ_TR_VEHICLE](https://www.chch.live/report/9084014), 30B Gracefield Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9083898), Canterbury, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand · 2026-10-13
- [HAZ_TR_VEHICLE](https://www.chch.live/report/9083730), 270 Saint Asaph Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 2026-10-13

## The crash record

2,824 crashes that hurt somebody on record across the suburbs it centres on, 26 people killed, 496 seriously hurt. The corner that keeps appearing: Bealey Avenue at Barbadoes Street, 35 injury crashes.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is the Central ward?**

One of Christchurch City Council’s sixteen electoral wards, the ground that elects one councillor at each triennial election. This page counts the public record inside its boundary: 85,595 council reports across 5 suburbs.

**Which suburbs are in the Central ward?**

Christchurch Central City, Linwood, Phillipstown, Richmond, Waltham, a suburb counts where its centre falls; ward edges don’t always follow suburb lines.

**What community board covers the Central ward?**

[Papanui-Innes-Central](https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central), the board the ward’s councillor also sits on.

**Who represents the Central ward?**

Jake McLellan (Labour), declared 16 October 2025. The council’s own [elected-members](https://ccc.govt.nz/the-council/mayor-councillors-and-community-boards/) list is the live record, a by-election can move the name between this site’s bakes.

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HTML: https://www.chch.live/wards/central · board: https://www.chch.live/boards/papanui-innes-central
All wards: https://www.chch.live/wards
Source: Christchurch City Council electoral boundaries (ArcGIS OpenData/Electoral)