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Westmorland, Christchurch

1,500 council reports since June 2015, the 69th busiest suburb in the city. 1,165 photographs on record. 2,910 people at the 2023 Census, 1,157 to the square kilometre across 2.5 km².

Reports, all time
1,500
In the year to 12 Oct 2026
224
Busiest in Christchurch
69th
Photographs
1,165

The record also holds about $700 a week to rent 2023 Census snapshot 1,165 photographs 5 parks 3 tracks 3 names on the map 9.3% of the outline mapped liquefied graded mostly TC2 in 2011 the record drew water over 44% of the outline slope-hazard bands cover 3% of the outline the Ngāi Tahu schedule covers 1% of the outline ecological sites over 1% of the outline landscape schedules over 1% of the outline high flood hazard over 17% of the outline setback strips over 7% of the outline 882 SCIRT photographs filed on this ground 0.9 km of cycleway crosses the outline 1 remembered name on this ground 2 drawn rules bind this ground 188 parcels of made ground the 2019 model grades this ground mostly possible 10 council structures on the register 2 recreation register records 642 trees on the register the plan’s word on this ground 24 epicentres inside the outline 18 injury crashes 102 recorded victimisations 12 bus stops 2 businesses the council’s fix times 40 documents 5 mentions on the wire

See it on the map Its decade, charted

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

$700/week middle half $695–$1,095

New bonds here ran at about $700 a week in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half of them between $695 and $1,095, across 9 bonds lodged. That’s about $150 a week above the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the “Westmorland” statistical area, close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

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 9% of it; the 2011 grading filed it mostly TC2, the rest of the watch is drawn further down.

Day to day it holds 5 parks, 3 tracks and 12 bus stops, each is counted further down.

Lately the record’s mostly roads & footpaths, 224 reports in the year to 12 October 2026, the newest 10 October 2026.

One for the quiz, Its busiest day on record was 6 January 2026, 11 reports in a single day.

2023 Census snapshot SA1 areas grouped here

People
2,667
Under 15
16%
65 and over
18%
Occupied households
945

About 2,667 people and 945 occupied private households in the “Westmorland” statistical area, grouped from 18 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 ethnicity89% of ethnicity responses
  • Māori ethnicity6% of ethnicity responses
  • Pacific Peoples ethnicity1% of ethnicity responses
  • Asian ethnicity9% of ethnicity responses
  • Households with internet95% of stated households
  • Households with two or more vehicles79% 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

Westmorland is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated mostly on a hillside and is a recent development of the city, dating back to the 1970s.

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

As reported 1,165 on record

Cashmere Rd - Francis Res, Westmorland2 Brookford Place, Westmorland57E Penruddock Rise, Westmorland484–486 Cashmere Rd15 Sedgwick Way40 Pentonville Close, Westmorland 1,165 photographs
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The record on Westmorland

Lately the newest reports

Reports per year down 20% 2024→2025

What gets reported

Roads & footpaths 389
Trees & parks 377
Water & drains 362
Rubbish & dumping 223
Graffiti & vandalism 73
Everything else 40
Vehicles & parking 24
Animals & pests 11 Noise 1

Streets that keep coming up each a street page

Every street the archive knows in Westmorland →

Exactly what people say

How fast the council fixes things here 2,745 finished jobs on record

The median council work order pinned in Westmorland took 6 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. 64 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 6 March 2019.

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.

The suburb today

Schools here

Zoned for Aidanfield Christian School · Cashmere High School · Christchurch Adventist School · Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School · Middleton Grange School · Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch) · and 7 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

The green here 5

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 tracks through here 3

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 3

The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 9.3% 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.

The 2011 grading filed 7.2% of this outline, about 18 hectares, mostly TC2. 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 43.7% of this outline, about 110 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the whole record is drawn at /floods.

The plan’s slope-hazard bands cover 3% of this outline, about 9 hectares, rockfall management area 2, rockfall management area 1. The broad remaining-instability overlay covers 45% of it besides, the plan’s background watch over the hill country. Shares read from a sampled join; a management overlay, not a prediction. The whole watch is drawn at /slope.

The files record 188 parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 56 hectares, mostly silt, loess, buried topsoil, 1 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 47% of this outline in the possible class. 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 10 assets on this ground, 6 bridges, 3 sets of steps, 1 boardwalk, sited at Westmorland East Valley Reserv, Cashmere Stream Esplanade Rese, Sedgewick Reserve, Penruddock Park. 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 2 records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 1 tennis, 1 basketball. Seasons and surfaces are the register’s record, not this week’s draw; the layer is drawn at the map.

The register counts 642 living trees inside this outline, 1 veteran among them, mostly Kowhai, Totara, Narrow-leaved Lacebark. The file remembers 129 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 35% of this outline under Rural Urban Fringe, 39% residential, the rest mostly Residential Hills 33%, Rural Port Hills 13%. 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’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 is drawn at /cultural.

The plan’s ecological schedules cover 1% of this outline across 1 scheduled site, all protected under Schedule A. Shares read from a sampled join; a recognition overlay, not a survey. The whole ledger is drawn at /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 is drawn at /landscape.

The plan’s flood map draws 17% of this outline inside high flood hazard ground, about 42 hectares across 5 mapped areas. The broader flood-management watch covers 41% of it, Heathcote River. 1 ponding spot is mapped here, where the models expect water to sit. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water is drawn at /flood-hazard.

The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, 41 classified reaches, the plan calling Cashmere Stream and Dunbar Waterway by name, 7% 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 reaches, strips and held edges are mapped at /water-margin.

The rebuild’s cameras filed 882 photographs on this ground, 2011–2013, 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 is drawn at /rebuild.

The pedal network threads this ground, 0.9 km of cycleway crosses the outline. A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network is drawn at /cycleways.

The remembered names stand on this ground, 1 inscribed plaque, Penruddock 2 Drainage Reserve 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, 2 drawn instruments, 2 of them dog rules; 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 24 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M3.7 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, 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 18 injury crashes

18 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside Westmorland's outline, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: Cashmere Road at Boonwood Close, 4 injury crashes.

the suburb’s crashes on the map →

The crime record 102 recorded victimisations

102 victimisations on the Police record inside Westmorland’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 10 a year per 1,000 residents. Up 28% 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 12 stops

12 Metro stops inside Westmorland's outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by route 44.

Every route in the record →

Businesses here 2 in the directory

2 premises in Westmorland across 2 kinds, from OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory. Each kind below opens at this suburb’s shelf.

The whole directory →

Before any of that

Documents 40

What the archive’s sources say about Westmorland, 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.

Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 03 January 1863)…juvenile race to be run in heats first prize li second do 8s third do 10s 3 wrestling in westmorland and cumberland styles prize 2s 10s 4 wheelbarrow race blindfolded first li second 10s 5 dance high…Otago Daily Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Timaru Herald, 24 September 1864)…b out of lady helen by providence her dam cleodora by stride arab was bred by the earl of westmorland and lady helen by lord william bentick and were imported to new south wales by mr leslie of cannin…Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Timaru Herald, 01 October 1864)…b out of lady helen by providence her dam cleodora by stride arab was bred by the earl of westmorland and lady helen by lord william ben tick and were imported to new south wales by mr leslie of canni…Timaru Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS (Colonist, 07 April 1877)…found in boxes then a sixth body was found buried under a pear tree in a garden at helton westmorland where she had resided on being apprehended afc liverpool mrs kirkbride said yes they are all my ch…Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
CORRESPONDENCE. (Colonist, 13 November 1877)…wounded in one eye by the accij dental discharge of a gun whilst shooting on the earl of westmorland estate it is hoped his sight will riot be injured 1 cleopatra needle towed to london and which was…Colonist · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. (Bruce Herald, 16 November 1877)…red in one of his eyos by the accidental discharge of a gun while shooting on the earl of westmorland estate at apethorpe the shots were extracted and it is hoped the eyesight will not be lost…Bruce Herald · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (North Otago Times, 14 March 1883)…ence in the light from that produced by the more expensive oils i remain yours faithfully westmorland mr peach ironmonger oundle gwydyn house ryde 1w sept 9 1878 sir collingwood dickson has much plea…North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 3 Advertisements Column 7 (North Otago Times, 21 March 1883)…jnce in the light from that produced by he more expensive oils i remain yours faithfully westmorland mr pach ironmonger oundle gwydyn house ryde 1w sept 9 1878 sir colltngwood dickso ha 3 much plea s…North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (North Otago Times, 31 May 1883)…ence in the light from that produced by the more expensive oils i remain yours faithfully westmorland mr peach ironmonger oundle gwydvn house ryde 1w sept 9 1878 sir coltingwood dickaon has much plea…North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held
Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (North Otago Times, 10 August 1883)…ence in the light from that produced by the more expensive oils i remain yours faithfully westmorland mr peach ironmonger oundle gwydyn house ryde 1w sept 9 1878 sir collingwood dickson has much plea…North Otago Times · Papers Past · National Library of New Zealand · · text held

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The wire on Westmorland 5 lately

Rhapsa seen — Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park, Westmorland, Christchurch 8025, New ZealandiNaturalist · alekscz ·
Knobbled Orbweaver seen — Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park, Westmorland, Christchurch 8025, New ZealandiNaturalist · alekscz ·
Trigonidium maoricum seen — Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park, Westmorland, Christchurch 8025, New ZealandiNaturalist · josephbray ·
White Banded House Jumper seen — Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park, Westmorland, Christchurch 8025, New ZealandiNaturalist · alekscz ·
Hedgemustards seen — Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park, Westmorland, Christchurch 8025, New ZealandiNaturalist · alekscz ·

The whole wire →

Next door

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Compare Westmorland with Cracroft · Hoon Hay · Somerfield · Cashmere · Kennedys Bush · Spreydon, same record, side by side.

Questions, answered briefly

What is Westmorland?

Westmorland is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. The public record holds 1,500 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015.

How many people live in Westmorland?

2,910 people at the 2023 Census, 1,157 per square kilometre across 2.5 km².

How many people does the 2023 Census count for Westmorland?

About 2,667 people and 945 occupied private households: grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

What gets reported in Westmorland?

1,500 reports on record, most often roads & footpaths (389), trees & parks (377), water & drains (362). 224 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

How many crashes has Westmorland had?

18 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed. The suburb’s crashes, mapped →

Did earthquakes strike under Westmorland?

GeoNet’s catalogue puts 24 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside the suburb’s mapped outline since the September 2010 mainshock, the biggest a M3.7 in 2011. 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 →