Russley is a suburb on the western side of Christchurch city.

The suburb is named after Russley Farm,[2] which was owned by William Chisnell (1827–1876) but sold shortly before his death.

Before the 2023 census, the suburb was part of the Hawthornden statistical area, which had a larger boundary, covering 1.89 km2 (0.73 sq mi).

The percentage of people born overseas was 29.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 47.1% had no religion, 39.7% were Christian, 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs, 2.3% were Hindu, 1.4% were Muslim, 1.0% were Buddhist and 2.0% had other religions.