# Woolston, Christchurch

16,562 council reports since May 2015, the 3rd busiest suburb in the city. 13,368 photographs on record.
11,120 people at the 2023 Census, 2,030 to the square kilometre across 5.5 km².

https://www.chch.live/woolston

## 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

Woolston is an industrial and residential suburb of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. It is situated 3 kilometres southeast of the city centre, close to major arterial routes including State Highways 74 and 76 to Banks Peninsula. The Heathcote River flows through the suburb.

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolston%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 **$511 a week** in the April–June 2026 quarter, the middle half $387–$548, across 84 bonds, down 2% on a year ago. That’s about **$39 a week below** the city’s own quarter median of $550. Tenancy Services counts these under the Woolston North, Ensors, Woolston West, Woolston East and Woolston South areas combined, approximately this suburb.
- 1-bedroom house, $508 a week · 36 new bonds
- 2-bedroom house, $518 a week · 6 new bonds
- 3-bedroom house, $450 a week · 6 new bonds

Median and quartiles of weekly rents on new private bonds (Tenancy Services), new bonds only, not the whole stock.

## 2023 Census snapshot

About 10,608 people and 4,371 occupied private households, grouped from 73 SA1 areas in Ensors, Woolston South, Woolston West, Woolston East, Woolston North. Several statistical areas are combined here, so this is a grouped proxy rather than a count for one suburb boundary.

- Under 15: about 17% (1,794 people)
- 65 and over: about 16% (1,731 people)
- Born overseas: about 22% of stated birthplace
- European ethnicity: about 77% of ethnicity responses
- Māori ethnicity: about 17% of ethnicity responses
- Pacific Peoples ethnicity: about 8% of ethnicity responses
- Asian ethnicity: about 12% of ethnicity responses
- Households with internet: about 77% of stated households
- Households with two or more vehicles: about 43% 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 (13,368 on record)
- [23–81 Dyers Rd](https://www.chch.live/report/9072089)
- [713 Ferry Road, Woolston](https://www.chch.live/report/9070293)
- [40 Dampier St](https://www.chch.live/report/9070129)
- [Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/report/9069870)
- [Radley Park Woolston Court, Woolston](https://www.chch.live/report/9067031)
- [23 Heathcote Street, Woolston](https://www.chch.live/report/9066130)

[13,368 photographs on the wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=woolston)

## The suburb, back then (28 in the archive)

*Placed by the record’s locality join or the name in its own title, a lead, not a claim each frame stood here.*
- [3 Phase transformer](https://www.chch.live/then/1920s#p-46100518), 1928 · Canterbury Stories
- [St John the Evangelist Church, Woolston](https://www.chch.live/then/1870s#p-30063944), 1870 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [St John the Evangelist Church, Woolston](https://www.chch.live/then/1870s#p-30080503), 1870 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Woolston RS 32, 20, 37, 89 and 96](https://www.chch.live/then/1870s#p-55412806), 1877 · Canterbury Stories
- [Miss Hopkins, Woolston, 1904. Cake](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-46091159), 1904 · Canterbury Stories
- [DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CHRISTCHURCH: A VIEW OF THE RUINS AT MESSRS. BOWRON BROS.' WOOLSTON TANNERY, SHOWING WORKERS SAVING TINS OF BENZINE](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-36471924), 1905 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CHRISTCHURCH: THE RUINS OF MESSRS. BOWRON BROS.' WOOLSTON TANNERY. DESTROYED BY FIRE. DECEMBER. 1, 1905](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-29963116), 1905 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [Woolston Borough Council, traffic and tram lifting bridge](https://www.chch.live/then/1900s#p-52085881), 1905 · Canterbury Stories
- [St John the Evangelist Church, Woolston](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-30063561), 1910 · Kura Heritage Collections Online
- [St John the Evangelist Church, Woolston](https://www.chch.live/then/1910s#p-30063361), 1910 · Kura Heritage Collections Online

[…and 18 more across the archive](https://www.chch.live/then)

## The record on Woolston
- Woolston enters the written record in 19 April 1862, [“LIST OF CLAMANTS TO BE PLACED ON THE ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHEVIOT. (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1862)”](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620419.2.24.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past).
- “Woolston” appears somewhere in 1,993 of the archive’s records.
- A Papers Past search for the name surfaced 30 records, leads by provenance.
- The first report here: parks, 20 May 2015, at 50 Riley Crescent.
- Its busiest day was 29 August 2026, 62 reports in a single day.
- The street that keeps coming up is [Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/ferry-road), reported on 1,085 separate days.
- For elections the suburb’s centre falls inside [Linwood ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/linwood), the [Coastal-Burwood-Linwood community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/coastal-burwood-linwood) is its local layer. The whole roll is at [/wards](https://www.chch.live/wards).
- On foot: [The borough’s own](https://www.chch.live/walks/woolston-borough), a heritage walk over this ground.

## How fast the council fixes things here (21,591 finished jobs on record)

The median council work order pinned in Woolston took **3 days** to resolve, the city-wide median is 3 days, so this ground runs faster than the city as a whole.
The slowest tenth of finished jobs waited 7 weeks or longer.
385 tickets are open here now, the oldest was filed 6 May 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).

## Alcohol rules on this ground

5 sensitive sites stand here, Kimihia Parents College, Ngutuawa School, St Annes School, Tamariki School, Te Waka Unua 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. A ban rules drinking in public places; it says nothing about whether a premises may sell, that is the licence register’s job.

## Lately
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9072089), 11 Oct 2026 · 23–81 Dyers Rd, “A number of tags on fence— all along”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9070293), 11 Oct 2026 · 713 Ferry Road, “graffiti on fence. both tags are ones that ive seen heaps of in Woolston.”
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9070129), 11 Oct 2026 · 40 Dampier St, “Leaking watermain on Council side I have dug most of it up for you Wet damp, Ground Water meter is running continuously…”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9069870), 11 Oct 2026 · Canterbury, “Heritage building FerryRoad Woolston Park. Susan, Sumner”
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/9067031), 10 Oct 2026 · Radley Park Woolston Court, “leak”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9066130), 10 Oct 2026 · 23 Heathcote Street, “dumped mattress on heathcote street”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9064585), 10 Oct 2026 · 11 Teal Close, “Graffiti on fence. Same image repeated 7 times along fenceline between Palinurus Rd & Te Rakau Drive on Dyers Rd”
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9064584), 10 Oct 2026 · 15 Teal Close, “Graffiti on fence”
- [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/9064577), 10 Oct 2026 · 23 Maronan St, “Willow branch down on track”
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9061791), 9 Oct 2026 · 61 Hopkins Street, “Graffiti, ( white) on wall of Hopkins Street Takeaways, 61 Hopkins Street Woolston. Thanks. Please notify me when…”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9059426), 9 Oct 2026 · 26 Richardson Tce, “Someone has unfortunately dumped a bunch of clothing/rubbish near the entrance to Woolston Park”
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9059139), 9 Oct 2026 · 20 Manning Pl, “This is my second post in a couple of weeks, the dumping seems to be the same offenders. I’m really sorry to have to…”

## Reports per year
- 2015, 164
- 2016, 662
- 2017, 653
- 2018, 656
- 2019, 1,027
- 2020, 967
- 2021, 1,424
- 2022, 1,878
- 2023, 2,186
- 2024, 2,479
- 2025, 2,496

## What gets reported
- Rubbish & dumping, 5,332
- [Graffiti & vandalism](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 4,497
- Water & drains, 2,173
- Roads & footpaths, 1,971
- Trees & parks, 1,751
- Vehicles & parking, 351
- Everything else, 325
- [Animals & pests](https://www.chch.live/problems/animals-pests), 93

## Exactly what people say
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/problems/dumped-rubbish), 3,077
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 2,836
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1,665
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1,290
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/problems/road-damage), 1,103
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 855
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 740
- [Graffiti somewhere else](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 437

## On the heritage register (13)
- [51 Radley Street](https://www.chch.live/place/486), 51 Radley Street
- [Canterbury Crematorium and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/438), 447 Linwood Avenue
- [Commercial Building and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/71), 650 Ferry Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/2), 63 Aldwins Road
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/11), 14 Bass Street
- [Dwelling and Setting, Bloomsbury](https://www.chch.live/place/289), 37 Maunsell Street
- [Dwelling and Setting, The Hollies](https://www.chch.live/place/197), 188 Richardson Terrace
- [Dwelling and Setting, Whalebone Cottage](https://www.chch.live/place/72), 704 Ferry Road
- [Edmonds Factory Garden](https://www.chch.live/place/70)
- [Former Girls’ Training Hostel and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/475), 30 Sullivan Avenue
- [MED substation and setting](https://www.chch.live/place/73)
- [Woolston Borough Monument and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/69)
- [Woolston Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/place/460), 76 Rutherford Street

The register’s own page for the area: [Woolston on the heritage register](https://www.chch.live/history/woolston)

On foot: [The borough’s own](https://www.chch.live/walks/woolston-borough), heritage walk over this ground.

## The streets that keep coming up
- [Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/ferry-road), reported on 1,085 separate days
- [Cumnor Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/cumnor-terrace), reported on 566 separate days
- [Richardson Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/richardson-terrace), reported on 518 separate days
- [Smith Street](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/smith-street), reported on 515 separate days
- [Clarendon Terrace](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/clarendon-terrace), reported on 382 separate days
- [Randolph Street](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/randolph-street), reported on 358 separate days
- [Riley Crescent](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/riley-crescent), reported on 315 separate days
- [Mackworth Street](https://www.chch.live/street/woolston/mackworth-street), reported on 303 separate days

## Schools (5)
- [Kimihia Parents' College](https://www.chch.live/school/2761-kimihia-parents-college), Teen Parent Unit · decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Ngutuawa School](https://www.chch.live/school/3288-ngutuawa-school), Full Primary · decile 3 · EQI 526
- [St Anne's School (Woolston)](https://www.chch.live/school/3520-st-anne-s-school-woolston), Full Primary · decile 3 · EQI 447
- [Tamariki School](https://www.chch.live/school/4143-tamariki-school), Full Primary · decile 4 · EQI 464
- [Te Waka Unua School](https://www.chch.live/school/684-te-waka-unua-school), Full Primary · decile 2 · EQI 509

Decile and Equity Index describe the community a school draws from, never how well it teaches.

Zoned for [Christchurch Adventist School](https://www.chch.live/school/317-christchurch-adventist-school) · [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school) · [Marian College](https://www.chch.live/school/343-marian-college) · [Middleton Grange School](https://www.chch.live/school/335-middleton-grange-school) · [St Anne's School (Woolston)](https://www.chch.live/school/3520-st-anne-s-school-woolston) · [St Thomas of Canterbury College](https://www.chch.live/school/331-st-thomas-of-canterbury-college) · and 6 more zones, the drawn zone is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal boundary.

## The green here (27)
- [Heathcote Riverbank True Right](https://www.chch.live/park/1345-heathcote-riverbank-true-right), 8 ha
- [Woolston Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1099-woolston-park), Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 23 pieces
- [Ti Rakau Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1807-ti-rakau-reserve), 3 ha · playground, 61 pieces
- [Staunton Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1765-staunton-esplanade-reserve), 3 ha
- [Radley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1670-radley-park), 3 ha · playground, 43 pieces
- [Christchurch Quay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/908-christchurch-quay-reserve), 1 ha
- [Connal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1178-connal-reserve), 1 ha
- [Kotuku Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1658-kotuku-reserve), 1 ha · playground, 12 pieces
- [Heathcote Riverbank](https://www.chch.live/park/1337-heathcote-riverbank)
- [Cutler Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1719-cutler-park), playground, 7 pieces
- [Rutherford Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/park/1171-rutherford-cemetery), Botanic
- [Laura Kent Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1731-laura-kent-reserve)
- [Kennaway Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1647-kennaway-drainage-reserve)
- [Kennaway Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/991-kennaway-reserve)
- [St Lukes Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1095-st-lukes-reserve), playground, 4 pieces
- [Arran Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1234-arran-playground), playground, 6 pieces
- [Palinurus Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1821-palinurus-reserve)
- [St Lukes East Drainage Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1181-st-lukes-east-drainage-reserve)
- [Mary Dixon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1202-mary-dixon-park)
- [Thistledown Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1165-thistledown-reserve)
- [St Florian Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1494-st-florian-reserve)
- [Steam Wharf Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1838-steam-wharf-stream-reserve)
- [Radley Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1294-radley-playground), playground, 6 pieces
- [Linwood Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1016-linwood-esplanade-reserve)
- [Charlotte Lane Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1523-charlotte-lane-park)
- [Gould Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1053-gould-reserve)
- [Glenroy Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1573-glenroy-reserve)

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

## Where the suburb worships (7)
- [EFKS Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/worship/efks-christchurch), a Congregational church
- [Gurudwara Singh Sabha](https://www.chch.live/worship/gurudwara-singh-sabha), a gurdwara · 537 Ferry Road
- [Saint Anne’s Catholic Church](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-anne-s-catholic-church), a Catholic church · 739 Ferry Road
- [Saint John the Evangelist](https://www.chch.live/worship/saint-john-the-evangelist-2), an Anglican church · 2 St Johns Street
- [Salem Community Church / Salem at the Gateway](https://www.chch.live/worship/salem-community-church-salem-at-the-gateway), a Pentecostal church · 62 Glenroy Street
- [St Luke's Samoan Assembly of God](https://www.chch.live/worship/st-luke-s-samoan-assembly-of-god), a Pentecostal church · 21 St Lukes Street
- [](https://www.chch.live/worship/unnamed-relation-13562777), a church

The whole roll is at [/worship](https://www.chch.live/worship).

## The tracks through here (30)
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), 6.6 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-562-waltham), 3.5 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-140-ferrymead), 1.8 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-89-woolston), 1.3 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-85-woolston), 1.2 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-83-woolston), 1.1 km · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-120-woolston), 975 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-69-woolston), 915 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-84-woolston), 688 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-153-woolston), 601 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-105-woolston), 591 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-136-woolston), 520 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-109-woolston), 427 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-148-bromley), 405 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-111-woolston), 393 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-87-woolston), 355 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-152-bromley), 345 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-142-woolston), 323 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-123-woolston), 318 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-104-woolston), 278 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-86-woolston), 255 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-117-woolston), 249 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-121-woolston), 243 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-102-woolston), 234 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-122-woolston), 214 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-106-woolston), 196 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-97-woolston), 181 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-124-woolston), 167 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-100-woolston), 148 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-139-woolston), 120 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 62.9% of this outline, about 345 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 20.0% of this outline, about 110 hectares, mostly **TC3**, with TC3 95 ha · TC2 15 ha. 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 25.6% of this outline, about 140 hectares, across 5 named events. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods).
The mapped tsunami extent covers **27%** of this outline, about 147 hectares. The sea’s modelled reach, not a prediction, the plan’s inundation line, not the evacuation zones; the share is read from a sampled join. The whole extent is at [tsunami](https://www.chch.live/tsunami).
The plan’s schedule of sites significant to Ngāi Tahu covers **5%** of this outline, about 27 hectares, 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 **7%** of this outline, about 38 hectares across **2** scheduled sites, 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 **6%** of this outline, about 34 hectares across **3** scheduled areas, and **2%** of it sits inside the coastal environment. 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 **1%** of this outline inside **high flood hazard** ground across **1** mapped area. The broader flood-management watch covers **83%** of it, Heathcote River, Bells Creek, Avoca Heathcote Valley. 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, **118** classified reaches, the plan calling **Steamwharf Stream** and **Bells Creek**
           by name, **14%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **30 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 plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **11%** 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: [density](https://www.chch.live/density).
The rebuild’s cameras filed **5,354** photographs on this ground, 2007–2017, 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: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild).
The pedal network threads this ground, **35.8 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Heathcote Expressway](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/heathcote-expressway), [Rapanui Shag Rock](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/rapanui-shag-rock), [Smith Street Neighbourhood Greenway](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/smith-street-neighbourhood-greenway), [Ōpāwaho River](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/opawaho-river). 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, **13** inscribed plaques, [Woolston Park](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54222-woolston-park), [Heathcote Quay Monuments](https://www.chch.live/plaque/55396-heathcote-quay-monuments), [Woolston Borough Monument](https://www.chch.live/plaque/53344-woolston-borough-monument) 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, **13** drawn instruments, 4 of them dog rules, 1 alcohol ban, 8 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 rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules).
**49** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly chemical manufacture, application and bulk storage, vehicle refuelling, service and repair, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, 21 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards).
The files record **252** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, about 103 hectares, mostly peat, mixed fill with rubbish, engineered fill, 28 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).
**14** parcels inside this outline carry a cleanup on the file. A cleanup on the file is the register’s word, not a clearance; the register is at [remediated](https://www.chch.live/remediated).
The 2019 liquefaction study put **55%** of this outline in the **medium** class, and 13 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 study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability).
The council’s structure register stands **48** assets on this ground, 18 bridges, 15 sets of steps, 5 ramps, 4 jetties, sited at Woolston Park, Christchurch Quay Reserve, Charlesworth Reserve, Staunton Esplanade Reserve. **1** entry is out of service on the file. 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 **25** records inside this outline, bookable surfaces for 5 cricket, 4 football, 3 rugby league, 1 tennis, plus a marked dog exercise area and 8 pieces of dog-agility gear. 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 **2728** living trees inside this outline, **31** veterans among them, 23 carrying a protection, mostly Ribbonwood, Cabbage tree, Kowhai. The file remembers **1229** 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 **33%** of this outline under **Residential Suburban**, **55%** residential, the rest mostly Transport 16%, Residential Suburban Density Transition 12%. 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).
The plan reserves about **21 hectares** of this outline, **4%** , under 3 designations, mostly movement, learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations).
The plan’s exceptions touch **4%** of this outline, 4 qualifying matters, mostly section 6. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters).
The plan’s heritage schedule protects **9** places by name in this suburb, **1** graded highly significant, **Woolston Cemetery**, **51 Radley Street**, **Commercial Building and Setting** among them. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage).
GeoNet’s catalogue puts 27 magnitude-3+ epicentres inside this outline since the sequence opened, the biggest a M4.1 in 2012. 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 (6)
- [Huia](https://www.chch.live/memorial/huia), artwork · Nick Lowry
- [Rutherford Street (Woolston) Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/cemetery/rutherford-street-woolston-cemetery), cemetery
- [Woolston Park](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1909–1912
- [Linwood Ave Waterrace](https://www.chch.live/river/linwood-ave-waterrace), waterway · 1.2 km
- [Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River](https://www.chch.live/river/opawaho-heathcote-river), waterway · 30.7 km
- [Woolston Cut](https://www.chch.livenull), waterway · 0.5 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.*
- [LIST OF CLAMANTS TO BE PLACED ON THE ELECTORAL ROLL FOR THE DISTRICT OF CHEVIOT. (Lyttelton Times, 19 April 1862)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620419.2.24.2), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1862-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [Plan of part of Heathcote CemeteryRutherford Street (Woolston) cemetery](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/maps-plans/cemeteries/ccl-cs-12573), [Canterbury Stories](https://www.chch.live/collection/canterbury-stories) · 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Whalebone Cottage - List No. 1945](https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/1945/Whalebone%20Cottage), [The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero](https://www.chch.live/collection/the-new-zealand-heritage-list-rarangi-korero) · 1867-00-00T00:00:00
- [House - List No. 3720](https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/3720/House), [The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero](https://www.chch.live/collection/the-new-zealand-heritage-list-rarangi-korero) · 1867-00-00T00:00:00
- [St John the Evangelist Church, Woolston](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/411257), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online) · 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [St John the Evangelist Church, Woolston](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/412577), [Kura Heritage Collections Online](https://www.chch.live/collection/kura-heritage-collections-online) · 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z
- [Local and General. (Star, 07 November 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18701107.2.7), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1870-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- [CRICKET. (Star, 19 December 1870)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18701219.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1870-12-19T00:00:00.000Z
- [The Hollies - List No. 3112](https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/3112/The%20Hollies), [The New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero](https://www.chch.live/collection/the-new-zealand-heritage-list-rarangi-korero) · 1871-00-00T00:00:00
- [Local and General. (Star, 02 May 1871)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18710502.2.8), [Papers Past](https://www.chch.live/collection/papers-past) · 1871-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

## The wire on Woolston
- [Kāruhiruhi (Pied Shag) seen — Woolston, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/406010200), iNaturalist · smankelow, 5 Oct 2026
- [Sacred Kingfisher seen — Garlands Rd near Cumnor Tce, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/404386188), iNaturalist · woody832, 29 Sept 2026
- [Hi! This is a question mainly for V Energy drinkers based in Christchurch and people who commonly shop for energy drinks at diaries... There is a disconnected V flavour called "Tropical Tang" that…](https://www.reddit.com/r/chch/comments/1wqigyf/question_for_christchurch_v_energy_drinkers/), r/chch · Emergency-Frame-9054, 26 Sept 2026
- [Heart-podded Hoary Cress seen — Charlesworth St near Ti Rakau Dr, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402355499), iNaturalist · noahfenwick, 22 Sept 2026
- [Eriophyes plaginus seen — Charlesworth St near Ti Rakau Dr, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/402355389), iNaturalist · noahfenwick, 22 Sept 2026

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

## The crash record (338 injury crashes)

338 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 6 people killed, 79 seriously hurt.

The corner that keeps appearing: [Ferry Road at Hopkins Street](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=ferry-rd&suburb=woolston), 18 injury crashes, 1 fatal.

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

## The crime record (4,350 recorded victimisations)

4,350 victimisations on the NZ Police record inside the suburb’s outline, September 2022–August 2026, mostly theft, about 103 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=woolston)
- [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crime)

## The buses through it (42 stops)

42 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 155](https://www.chch.live/buses/155), [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140).
- Charlesworth St near Ti Rakau Dr near Charlesworth St
- Charlesworth St near Ti Rakau Dr near Charlesworth St
- Delta Wy near Ti Rakau Dr
- Ferry Rd near Aldwins Rd
- Ferry Rd near Alport Pl
- Ferry Rd near Alport Place
- Ferry Rd near Catherine St near Ferry Rd
- Ferry Rd near Catherine St near Ferry Road
- Ferry Rd near Charlesworth St near Ferry Rd
- Ferry Rd near Charlesworth St near Ferry Rd
- Ferry Rd near Dyers Rd
- Ferry Rd near Hargood St
- Ferry Rd near Mackworth St
- Ferry Rd near Manning Pl near Ferry Rd
- Ferry Rd near Manning Pl near Ferry Rd
- Ferry Rd near Oak St

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

## Businesses here (151 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.

- [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-woolston), 24
- [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-woolston), 16
- [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-woolston), 10
- [Clothing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/clothes#in-woolston), 9
- [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-woolston), 9
- [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-woolston), 6
- [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-woolston), 6
- [Bike shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bike-shop#in-woolston), 5
- [Op shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/op-shop#in-woolston), 5
- [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-woolston), 4
- [Attractions](https://www.chch.live/businesses/attraction#in-woolston), 3
- [Bookshops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bookshop#in-woolston), 3
- [Car repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-repair#in-woolston), 3
- [Clubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/club#in-woolston), 3
- [Delis](https://www.chch.live/businesses/deli#in-woolston), 3
- [Sports centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/sports-centre#in-woolston), 3
- [Bakeries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bakery#in-woolston), 2
- [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-woolston), 2
- [Supermarkets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/supermarket#in-woolston), 2
- [Venues & events](https://www.chch.live/businesses/venue#in-woolston), 2
- [Association](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-association#in-woolston), 1
- [Boat](https://www.chch.live/businesses/boat#in-woolston), 1
- [Car dealers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-dealer#in-woolston), 1
- [Caravan](https://www.chch.live/businesses/caravan#in-woolston), 1
- [Cinemas & theatres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cinema#in-woolston), 1
- [Craft](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft#in-woolston), 1
- [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-woolston), 1
- [Education & tutoring](https://www.chch.live/businesses/education#in-woolston), 1
- [Electronics Repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/craft-electronics-repair#in-woolston), 1
- [Galleries](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gallery#in-woolston), 1
- [Garden centres](https://www.chch.live/businesses/garden-centre#in-woolston), 1
- [Hardware](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hardware#in-woolston), 1
- [Hostels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hostel#in-woolston), 1
- [Industrial](https://www.chch.live/businesses/office-industrial#in-woolston), 1
- [Jewellery](https://www.chch.live/businesses/jewellery#in-woolston), 1
- [Laundromats](https://www.chch.live/businesses/laundromat#in-woolston), 1
- [Malls](https://www.chch.live/businesses/mall#in-woolston), 1
- [Markets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/market#in-woolston), 1
- [Motels](https://www.chch.live/businesses/motel#in-woolston), 1
- [Physio](https://www.chch.live/businesses/physio#in-woolston), 1
- [Post offices](https://www.chch.live/businesses/post-office#in-woolston), 1
- [Vets](https://www.chch.live/businesses/vet#in-woolston), 1

The ones the record says most about:

- [Ferry Indians](https://www.chch.live/business/ferry-indians-woolston), Restaurants
- [Green Chilli](https://www.chch.live/business/green-chilli-woolston), Restaurants
- [Hell](https://www.chch.live/business/hell-woolston), Fast food
- [Blue Smoke](https://www.chch.live/business/blue-smoke-woolston), Bars & pubs
- [Chef Astig EuroAsian Cuisine](https://www.chch.live/business/chef-astig-euroasian-cuisine-woolston), Restaurants
- [Claude's Kitchen](https://www.chch.live/business/claude-s-kitchen-woolston), Cafés
- [McDonald's](https://www.chch.live/business/mcdonald-s-woolston), Fast food
- [Wool Yarn Fibre](https://www.chch.live/business/wool-yarn-fibre-woolston), Craft
- [Around Again Cycles](https://www.chch.live/business/around-again-cycles-woolston), Bike shops
- [BestStart Ferry Road](https://www.chch.live/business/beststart-ferry-road-woolston), Education & tutoring

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

## Next door
- [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/opawa)
- [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/hillsborough)
- [Bromley](https://www.chch.live/bromley)
- [Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/phillipstown)
- [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham)
- [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/saint-martins)

[Compare](https://www.chch.live/compare) Woolston with [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=opawa&b=woolston) · [Hillsborough](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=hillsborough&b=woolston) · [Bromley](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=bromley&b=woolston) · [Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=phillipstown&b=woolston) · [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=waltham&b=woolston) · [Saint Martins](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=saint-martins&b=woolston), same record, side by side.

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Woolston?**

Woolston is an industrial and residential suburb of Christchurch in the South Island of New Zealand. The public record holds 16,562 council reports for it, the first filed in May 2015.

**How many people live in Woolston?**

11,120 people at the 2023 Census, 2,030 per square kilometre across 5.5 km².

**How many people does the 2023 Census count for Woolston?**

About 10,608 people and 4,371 occupied private households (combined SA2s): grouped from Stats NZ SA1 areas through this site’s suburb join. Indicative, not a LIM.

**What gets reported in Woolston?**

16,562 reports on record, most often rubbish & dumping (5,332), graffiti & vandalism (4,497), water & drains (2,173). 2,581 of them in the year to 12 October 2026.

**How many crashes has Woolston had?**

338 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 6 people killed, 79 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=woolston)

**What schools are in Woolston?**

5 schools in the Ministry’s directory, Kimihia Parents' College, Ngutuawa School, St Anne's School (Woolston), and 2 more.

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