Parklands is a suburb which lies within the Territorial Authority of Christchurch, one of 116 residential suburbs which form the wider region. Parklands is the 6th largest suburb of Christchurch in terms of the total number of residential housing stock. Parklands provides a range of housing stock, with the earliest residential housing recorded in the area constructed between 1880 - 1889. The majority of the residential housing stock in the locality was constructed between 2000 - 2009. Residential housing stock in Parklands is made up of primarily standard residential housing property types with a small proportion of purpose built residential rental housing and lifestyle properties.