It lies to the east of the city centre, mostly between Pages Road and the Avon Heathcote Estuary.

[3] Bromley was named after the town in north-west Kent in England.

[5] As of 2018, the area includes oxidation ponds and a wildlife reserve.

[6] From 1913, Christchurch City Council looked for additional cemetery space and one of the options under consideration was a reserve that the city owned in Bromley, which at the time was located in Heathcote County.

In 1915, the designation of the land was changed, preparatory work happened in 1917, and in July the Bromley Cemetery opened for burials.

[7] Ruru Lawn Cemetery opened in 1941 and is the burial ground for the victims of the 1947 Ballantyne's fire.

Like other suburbs in the east of Christchurch, and in proximity to the Avon River or the Avon Heathcote Estuary, Bromley suffered great damage in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Bromley North contains the industrial area, the sewage treatment plant, and some rural land.

The percentage of people born overseas was 16.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 55.0% had no religion, 29.4% were Christian, 0.9% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.1% were Hindu, 1.6% were Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhist and 2.1% had other religions.