This article lists urban areas of New Zealand—as defined by Statistics New Zealand—ranked by population. Only the 150 largest urban areas are listed.
Urban areas are defined by the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18).
June 2023 rank | Name | Region | June 2023 estimate[1] | 2018 census[2] | Growth |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Auckland | Auckland | 1,478,800 | 1,346,091 | +9.86% |
2 | Christchurch | Canterbury | 384,800 | 358,062 | +7.47% |
3 | Wellington | Wellington | 215,200 | 201,786 | +6.65% |
4 | Hamilton | Waikato | 185,300 | 160,911 | +15.16% |
5 | Tauranga | Bay of Plenty | 161,800 | 136,713 | +18.35% |
6 | Lower Hutt | Wellington | 113,000 | 103,545 | +9.13% |
7 | Dunedin | Otago | 106,200 | 99,885 | +6.32% |
8 | Palmerston North | Manawatū-Whanganui | 82,500 | 76,236 | +8.22% |
9 | Napier | Hawke's Bay | 67,500 | 62,241 | +8.45% |
10 | Hibiscus Coast | Auckland | 64,660 | 54,924 | +17.73% |
11 | Porirua | Wellington | 60,900 | 55,218 | +10.29% |
12 | New Plymouth | Taranaki | 59,600 | 53,988 | +10.39% |
13 | Rotorua | Bay of Plenty | 58,900 | 54,204 | +8.66% |
14 | Whangārei | Northland | 56,900 | 50,784 | +12.04% |
15 | Nelson | Nelson | 51,900 | 48,072 | +7.96% |
16 | Hastings | Hawke's Bay | 51,500 | 44,940 | +14.60% |
17 | Invercargill | Southland | 51,000 | 47,625 | +7.09% |
18 | Upper Hutt | Wellington | 45,400 | 41,301 | +9.92% |
19 | Whanganui | Manawatū-Whanganui | 42,800 | 39,720 | +7.75% |
20 | Gisborne | Gisborne | 38,200 | 34,527 | +10.64% |
21 | Paraparaumu | Wellington | 30,800 | 28,701 | +7.31% |
22 | Blenheim | Marlborough | 30,500 | 26,832 | +13.67% |
23 | Rolleston | Canterbury | 29,600 | 17,532 | +68.83% |
24 | Queenstown | Otago | 29,000 | 13,533 | +59.25% |
25 | Timaru | Canterbury | 28,900 | 27,501 | +5.09% |
26 | Pukekohe | Auckland | 27,400 | 23,901 | +14.64% |
27 | Taupō | Waikato | 26,500 | 23,622 | +12.18% |
28 | Masterton | Wellington | 22,600 | 19,818 | +14.04% |
29 | Cambridge | Waikato | 21,800 | 18,651 | +16.88% |
30 | Ashburton | Canterbury | 20,800 | 19,284 | +7.86% |
31 | Levin | Manawatū-Whanganui | 19,800 | 17,670 | +12.05% |
32 | Rangiora | Canterbury | 19,600 | 17,844 | +9.84% |
33 | Richmond | Tasman | 19,200 | 15,282 | +25.64% |
34 | Feilding | Manawatū-Whanganui | 17,750 | 15,990 | +11.01% |
35 | Whakatāne | Bay of Plenty | 16,850 | 15,795 | +6.68% |
36 | Havelock North | Hawke's Bay | 15,200 | 14,334 | +6.04% |
37 | Mosgiel | Otago | 14,800 | 13,632 | +8.57% |
38 | Tokoroa | Waikato | 14,500 | 13,572 | +6.84% |
39= | Oamaru | Otago | 14,000 | 13,107 | +6.81% |
39= | Te Awamutu | Waikato | 14,000 | 12,195 | +14.80% |
41 | Kaiapoi | Canterbury | 13,600 | 11,847 | +14.80% |
42 | Waikanae | Wellington | 13,150 | 12,708 | +3.48% |
43 | Wānaka | Otago | 12,400 | 9,555 | +29.77% |
44 | Hāwera | Taranaki | 10,350 | 9,792 | +5.70% |
45= | Lincoln | Canterbury | 10,250 | 6,510 | +57.45% |
45= | Te Puke | Bay of Plenty | 10,250 | 8,688 | +17.98% |
47 | Waiuku | Auckland | 9,800 | 9,171 | +6.86% |
48 | Matamata | Waikato | 9,130 | 7,806 | +16.96% |
49 | Morrinsville | Waikato | 8,960 | 7,758 | +15.49% |
50 | Huntly | Waikato | 8,880 | 7,905 | +12.33% |
51 | Greymouth | West Coast | 8,340 | 7,965 | +4.71% |
52 | Motueka | Tasman | 8,320 | 8,007 | +3.91% |
53= | Kerikeri | Northland | 8,270 | 7,164 | +15.44% |
53= | Waiheke Island | Auckland | 8,270 | 7,959 | +3.91% |
55 | Gore | Southland | 8,240 | 7,908 | +4.20% |
56 | Ngāruawāhia | Waikato | 8,170 | 6,261 | +30.49% |
57 | Kawerau | Bay of Plenty | 7,820 | 7,146 | +9.43% |
58 | Beachlands-Pine Harbour | Auckland | 7,770 | 6,261 | +24.10% |
59 | Thames | Waikato | 7,630 | 7,293 | +4.62% |
60 | Waitara | Taranaki | 7,550 | 6,915 | +9.18% |
61 | Cromwell | Otago | 7,160 | 5,610 | +27.63% |
62 | Kumeū-Huapai | Auckland | 6,930 | 3,432 | +101.92% |
63 | Warkworth | Auckland | 6,730 | 5,586 | +20.48% |
64 | Whitianga | Waikato | 6,440 | 5,493 | +17.24% |
65 | Kaitaia | Northland | 6,390 | 5,868 | +8.90% |
66 | Stratford | Taranaki | 6,320 | 5,784 | +9.27% |
67 | Pōkeno | Waikato | 6,370 | 2,517 | +153.08% |
68 | Alexandra | Otago | 6,120 | 5,475 | +11.78% |
69 | Tuakau | Waikato | 6,030 | 5,016 | +20.22% |
70 | Carterton | Wellington | 5,960 | 5,343 | +11.55% |
71 | Waihi | Waikato | 5,870 | 5,403 | +8.64% |
72 | Katikati | Bay of Plenty | 5,800 | 5,010 | +15.77% |
73 | Dannevirke | Manawatū-Whanganui | 5,640 | 5,505 | +2.45% |
74 | Marton | Manawatū-Whanganui | 5,590 | 5,268 | +6.11% |
75 | Ōpōtiki | Bay of Plenty | 5,350 | 4,806 | +11.32% |
76 | Ōtaki | Wellington | 5,300 | 4,500 | +17.78% |
77 | Prebbleton | Canterbury | 5,280 | 4,515 | +16.94% |
78 | Ngongotahā | Bay of Plenty | 5,230 | 4,869 | +7.41% |
79 | Dargaville | Northland | 5,130 | 4,794 | +7.01% |
80 | Wairoa | Hawke's Bay | 5,020 | 4,527 | +9.80% |
81 | Kaikohe | Northland | 4,980 | 4,437 | +12.24% |
82 | Picton | Marlborough | 4,880 | 4,500 | +8.44% |
83 | Taumarunui | Manawatū-Whanganui | 4,800 | 4,710 | +1.91% |
84 | Ōmokoroa | Bay of Plenty | 4,770 | 3,210 | +48.60% |
85 | Waipukurau | Hawke's Bay | 4,750 | 4,383 | +8.37% |
86= | Te Kūiti | Waikato | 4,680 | 4,572 | +2.36% |
86= | Temuka | Canterbury | 4,680 | 4,467 | +4.77% |
88 | Te Aroha | Waikato | 4,670 | 4,551 | +2.61% |
89 | Paeroa | Waikato | 4,640 | 4,269 | +8.69% |
90 | Putāruru | Waikato | 4,600 | 4,314 | +6.63% |
91 | Woodend | Canterbury | 4,550 | 2,784 | +63.43% |
92 | Whangamatā | Waikato | 4,500 | 4,074 | +10.46% |
93 | Balclutha | Otago | 4,340 | 4,110 | +5.60% |
94 | Westport | West Coast | 4,250 | 4,392 | −3.23% |
95 | Pegasus | Canterbury | 4,180 | 2,637 | +58.51% |
96 | Raglan | Waikato | 3,880 | 3,279 | +18.33% |
97 | Inglewood | Taranaki | 3,870 | 3,543 | +9.23% |
98 | Tūrangi | Waikato | 3,840 | 3,444 | +11.50% |
99 | Snells Beach | Auckland | 3,810 | 3,405 | +11.89% |
100 | Riverhead | Auckland | 3,770 | 2,802 | +34.55% |
101 | Waimate | Canterbury | 3,590 | 3,456 | +3.88% |
102 | Kihikihi | Waikato | 3,390 | 2,808 | +20.73% |
103 | Foxton | Manawatū-Whanganui | 3,380 | 3,147 | +7.40% |
104 | Ashhurst | Manawatū-Whanganui | 3,350 | 2,934 | +14.18% |
105 | Helensville | Auckland | 3,330 | 2,787 | +19.48% |
106 | Ōtorohanga | Waikato | 3,320 | 3,027 | +9.68% |
107 | Ōhope | Bay of Plenty | 3,270 | 3,177 | +2.93% |
108 | Lyttelton | Canterbury | 3,180 | 2,982 | +6.64% |
109 | Darfield | Canterbury | 3,150 | 2,724 | +15.64% |
110 | Hokitika | West Coast | 3,120 | 2,892 | +7.88% |
111 | One Tree Point | Northland | 3,070 | 2,208 | +39.04% |
112= | Arrowtown | Otago | 3,060 | 2,814 | +8.74% |
112= | Te Anau | Southland | 3,060 | 2,538 | +20.57% |
114 | Te Kauwhata | Waikato | 2,980 | 1,617 | +84.29% |
115 | Geraldine | Canterbury | 2,970 | 2,706 | +9.76% |
116 | Ruakākā | Northland | 2,930 | 2,586 | +13.30% |
117 | Pahiatua | Manawatū-Whanganui | 2,840 | 2,682 | +5.89% |
118= | Greytown | Wellington | 2,800 | 2,466 | +13.54% |
118= | Mangawhai Heads | Northland | 2,800 | 1,995 | +40.35% |
120= | Featherston | Wellington | 2,780 | 2,487 | +11.78% |
120= | Waihi Beach-Bowentown | Bay of Plenty | 2,780 | 2,139 | +29.97% |
122 | Wakefield | Tasman | 2,680 | 2,448 | +9.48% |
123 | Renwick | Marlborough | 2,630 | 2,418 | +8.77% |
124 | Maraetai | Auckland | 2,580 | 2,346 | +9.97% |
125 | Winton | Southland | 2,460 | 2,337 | +5.26% |
123 | West Melton | Canterbury | 2,450 | 2,085 | +17.51% |
127 | Leeston | Canterbury | 2,430 | 2,208 | +10.05% |
128 | Waipawa | Hawke's Bay | 2,400 | 2,085 | +15.11% |
129= | Amberley | Canterbury | 2,380 | 2,067 | +15.14% |
129= | Oxford | Canterbury | 2,380 | 2,214 | +7.50% |
131 | Brightwater | Tasman | 2,370 | 2,133 | +11.11% |
132 | Kaikōura | Canterbury | 2,360 | 2,223 | +6.16% |
133 | Wellsford | Auckland | 2,280 | 1,929 | +18.20% |
134 | Milton | Otago | 2,240 | 2,157 | +3.85% |
135 | Bulls | Manawatū-Whanganui | 2,210 | 1,935 | +14.21% |
136 | Foxton Beach | Manawatū-Whanganui | 2,170 | 1,884 | +15.18% |
137 | Ōtaki Beach | Wellington | 2,150 | 1,818 | +18.26% |
138= | Clive | Hawke's Bay | 2,090 | 2,247 | −6.99% |
138= | Moerewa | Northland | 2,090 | 1,632 | +28.06% |
140 | Eltham | Taranaki | 2,080 | 1,935 | +7.49% |
141= | Martinborough | Wellington | 2,060 | 1,767 | +16.58% |
141= | Murupara | Bay of Plenty | 2,060 | 1,815 | +13.50% |
143 | Lake Hāwea | Otago | 2,020 | 1,200 | +68.33% |
144 | Methven | Canterbury | 2,010 | 1,779 | +12.98% |
145 | Coromandel | Waikato | 1,930 | 1,743 | +10.73% |
146 | Twizel | Canterbury | 1,850 | ||
147 | Bluff | Southland | 1,840 | 1,797 | +2.39% |
148 | Paekākāriki | Wellington | 1,830 | 1,746 | +4.81% |
149 | Edgecumbe | Bay of Plenty | 1,820 | 1,644 | +10.71% |
150 | Taihape | Manawatū-Whanganui | 1,800 | 1,716 | +4.90% |
See also
References
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