# 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.

https://www.chch.live/westmorland

## 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

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.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmorland%2C_New_Zealand), 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 **$700 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $695–$1,095, across 9 bonds. 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 (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 2,667 people and 945 occupied private households, grouped from 18 SA1 areas in Westmorland. This exact statistical-area match is close to this suburb’s outline, not exactly it.

- Under 15: about 16% (426 people)
- 65 and over: about 18% (477 people)
- Born overseas: about 22% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 89% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 6% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 1% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 9% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 95% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 79% 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 (1,165 on record)
- [Cashmere Rd - Francis Res, Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/report/9065525)
- [2 Brookford Place, Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/report/9058979)
- [57E Penruddock Rise, Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/report/9058682)
- [484–486 Cashmere Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9054930)
- [15 Sedgwick Way](https://www.chch.live/report/9049427)
- [40 Pentonville Close, Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/report/9046370)

[1,165 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=westmorland)

## The record on Westmorland
- Westmorland enters the written record in 3 January 1863, [“Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 03 January 1863)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18630103.2.17.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Westmorland” appears somewhere in 46 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: rubbish/recycling, 17 June 2015, at 151 Hendersons Rd.
- Its busiest day was 6 January 2026, 11 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Penruddock Rise](https://www.chch.live/street/westmorland/penruddock-rise), reported on 232 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Cashmere ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/cashmere), 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 (2,746 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 of finished jobs waited 3 months or longer.
62 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 6 March 2019.

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).

## Lately
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9065525), 10 Oct 2026 · Cashmere Rd - Francis Res, “the gate at the tennis courts is broken”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9058979), 9 Oct 2026 · 2 Brookford Place, “graffiti on tree”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9058682), 9 Oct 2026 · 57E Penruddock Rise, “water on footpath causing slippery slime growth- hazard for walkers and wasteful of water”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9054930), 8 Oct 2026 · 484–486 Cashmere Rd, “Flowering gorse all along rural Cashmere Road”
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9049427), 7 Oct 2026 · 15 Sedgwick Way, “FIRE DANGER, NOCTIOUS CREEPERS AND WALKING DANGER. With the expected high summer temps these photos indicate serious…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9046370), 7 Oct 2026 · 40 Pentonville Close, “I spoke with the Chch city council over 2 weeks ago re the overgrown weeds , still waiting as this spreads onto our…”
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9036942), 5 Oct 2026 · Westmorland East Valley Reserve 316 Worsleys Road, “the weeds are out of control. looks terrible”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/9005304), 30 Sept 2026 · 313 Cashmere Rd, “Graffiti on road sign”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8993005), 28 Sept 2026 · 275 Cashmere Road, “The graffiti is in a number of places, starting at the mailbox near 18 Penruddock Rise, numerous trees, road signs…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8967805), 23 Sept 2026 · 299 Cashmere Rd, “Road signs and lime scooter thrown into the stream”
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8967123), 22 Sept 2026 · Cashmere Rd, “Graffiti on the big sign that points towards the halswell quarry, situated at ground level”
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8957964), 21 Sept 2026 · 280 Cashmere Road, “scooter and signage thrown over bridge on Cashmere Road just after intersection with Hendersons Road. one sign in…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 7
- 2016, 18
- 2017, 30
- 2018, 100
- 2019, 127
- 2020, 104
- 2021, 173
- 2022, 150
- 2023, 214
- 2024, 225
- 2025, 180

## What gets reported
- Roads & footpaths, 389
- Trees & parks, 377
- Water & drains, 362
- Rubbish & dumping, 223
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 73
- Everything else, 40
- Vehicles & parking, 24
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 11

## Exactly what people say
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 192
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 167
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 140
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation), 123
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 93
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 77
- [Water Supply](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 60
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 49

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Penruddock Rise](https://www.chch.live/street/westmorland/penruddock-rise), reported on 232 separate days
- [Cashmere Road](https://www.chch.live/street/westmorland/cashmere-road), reported on 179 separate days
- [Hendersons Road](https://www.chch.live/street/westmorland/hendersons-road), reported on 59 separate days
- [Ravensdale Rise](https://www.chch.live/street/westmorland/ravensdale-rise), reported on 54 separate days
- [Happy Home Road](https://www.chch.live/street/westmorland/happy-home-road), reported on 41 separate days
- [Worsleys Road](https://www.chch.live/street/westmorland/worsleys-road), reported on 39 separate days
- [Sedgwick Way](https://www.chch.live/street/westmorland/sedgwick-way), reported on 36 separate days
- [Woodside Common](https://www.chch.live/street/westmorland/woodside-common), reported on 34 separate days

Zoned for [Aidanfield Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/82-aidanfield-christian-school) · [Cashmere High School](https://www.chch.live/school/340-cashmere-high-school) · [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate-school) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [Our Lady of the Assumption School (Chch)](https://www.chch.live/school/3461-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)
- [Sedgewick Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1357-sedgewick-reserve), 2 ha · playground, 42 pieces
- [Francis Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/911-francis-reserve), 1 ha · playground, 55 pieces
- [Willowdell Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/985-willowdell-reserve)
- [Highcrest Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/992-highcrest-reserve), playground, 10 pieces
- [Brookford Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1907-brookford-reserve)

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

## The tracks through here (3)
- [Walk and bike track through Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-366-cashmere), 3.0 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-400-cracroft), 2.6 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Westmorland](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-351-westmorland), 415 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 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](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction).
The 2011 grading filed 7.2% of this outline, about 18 hectares, mostly **TC2**. 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 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 record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/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: [slope](https://www.chch.live/slope).
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).
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: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/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 drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/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: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways).
The remembered names stand on this ground, **1** inscribed plaque, [Penruddock 2 Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/175464-penruddock-2-drainage-reserve) 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, **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 rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
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 layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/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 study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/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. 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 **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 on [the map](https://www.chch.live/map?layer=recreation).
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 canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/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 a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones).
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](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 (3)
- [Cashmere Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/cashmere-stream), waterway · 5.0 km
- [Hoon Hay Valley Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/hoon-hay-valley-stream), waterway · 2.5 km
- [Milns Drain](https://www.chch.live/river/milns-drain), waterway · 2.5 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](https://www.chch.live/geography).

## Documents that name it

*These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.*
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Otago Daily Times, 03 January 1863)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18630103.2.17.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1863-01-03T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Timaru Herald, 24 September 1864)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18640924.2.22.6.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1864-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Timaru Herald, 01 October 1864)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18641001.2.18.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1864-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- [LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS (Colonist, 07 April 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18770407.2.9), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [CORRESPONDENCE. (Colonist, 13 November 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18771113.2.13), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
- [THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. (Bruce Herald, 16 November 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BH18771116.2.5.1), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1877-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 7 (North Otago Times, 14 March 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18830314.2.17.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1883-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 3 Advertisements Column 7 (North Otago Times, 21 March 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18830321.2.24.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1883-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 (North Otago Times, 31 May 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18830531.2.20.4), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1883-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
- [Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 (North Otago Times, 10 August 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18830810.2.16.5), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1883-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Westmorland
- [Rhapsa seen — Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park, Westmorland, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/407471174), iNaturalist · alekscz, 11 Oct 2026
- [Knobbled Orbweaver seen — Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park, Westmorland, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406489437), iNaturalist · alekscz, 7 Oct 2026
- [Trigonidium maoricum seen — Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park, Westmorland, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406018747), iNaturalist · josephbray, 5 Oct 2026
- [White Banded House Jumper seen — Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park, Westmorland, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405660344), iNaturalist · alekscz, 4 Oct 2026
- [Hedgemustards seen — Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park, Westmorland, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404368526), iNaturalist · alekscz, 29 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (18 injury crashes)

18 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 7 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Cashmere Road at Boonwood Close](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=cashmere-rd&suburb=westmorland), 4 injury crashes.

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

## The crime record (102 recorded victimisations)

102 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 10 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=westmorland)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (12 stops)

12 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44).
- Cashmere Rd - Francis Res
- Penruddock Rise near Francis Mill Grove
- Penruddock Rise near Sedbergh Place
- Penruddock Rse near Croftfield Pl
- Penruddock Rse near Hamish Pl
- Penruddock Rse near Highcrest Hts
- Penruddock Rse near Pembridge Ln
- Penruddock Rse near Sedgwick Wy
- Ravensdale Rise at Ravensdale Park
- Ravensdale rise near Cumbria Lane
- Ravensdale Rise near Woodside Common
- Sedgwick Way near Woodside Common

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

## Businesses here (2 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.

- [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-westmorland), 1
- [Hostels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hostel#in-westmorland), 1

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

## Next door
- [Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/cracroft)
- [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay)
- [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield)
- [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/cashmere)
- [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/kennedys-bush)
- [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/spreydon)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Westmorland with [Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cracroft&b=westmorland) · [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hoon-hay&b=westmorland) · [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=somerfield&b=westmorland) · [Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=cashmere&b=westmorland) · [Kennedys Bush](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=kennedys-bush&b=westmorland) · [Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=spreydon&b=westmorland), 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 14 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 →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=westmorland)

**Does Westmorland have buses?**

12 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, served by 44.

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