New Zealand (Major Urban Areas (census population)): Main Islands, Major Urban Areas & Agglomerations

Main Islands

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	A (km²)	Cf 1986-03-04 r	Cf 1991-03-05 r	Cf 1996-03-05 r	Cf 2001-03-06 r	Cf 2006-03-07 r
i	Northland	NL	Reg	NI	13,296	122,832	126,787	137,052	140,133	148,470
i	Auckland	AU	Reg	NI	4,894	873,905	943,774	1,068,645	1,158,891	1,303,068
i	Waikato	WA	Reg	NI	26,324	320,465	331,026	350,125	357,726	382,713
i	Bay of Plenty	BP	Reg	NI	11,428	189,990	203,983	224,365	239,412	257,379
i	Gisborne	GI	Reg	NI	8,355	45,759	44,265	45,787	43,974	44,499
i	Hawke's Bay {Hawkes Bay}	HB	Reg	NI	13,764	139,453	138,336	142,789	142,947	147,783
i	Taranaki	TA	Reg	NI	7,227	108,460	107,126	106,589	102,858	104,124
i	Manawatu-Wanganui	MW	Reg	NI	22,687	222,253	224,763	228,770	220,089	222,423
i	Wellington	WE	Reg	NI	8,056	392,357	400,283	414,048	423,765	448,959
i	North Island	NI	Isl		116,031	2,415,474	2,520,343	2,718,170	2,829,798	3,059,418
i	Tasman	TS	Reg	SI	14,538	32,404	34,027	37,973	41,352	44,625
i	Nelson	NE	Reg	SI	444	35,164	36,458	40,279	41,568	42,891
i	Marlborough	MB	Reg	SI	12,493	33,409	35,147	38,397	39,558	42,558
i	West Coast	WC	Reg	SI	23,351	33,022	31,564	32,512	30,303	31,326
i	Canterbury	CB	Reg	SI	45,845	430,111	438,170	468,040	481,431	521,832
i	Otago	OT	Reg	SI	31,476	178,532	177,526	185,083	181,542	193,800
i	Southland	SL	Reg	SI	25,392	104,281	99,953	97,100	91,005	90,876
i	South Island	SI	Isl		153,540	846,923	852,845	899,384	906,753	967,908
i	Offshore Islands	OI	Isl		963	887	739	748	726	618
	New Zealand	NZL			270,534	3,263,284	3,373,927	3,618,302	3,737,277	4,027,947

Statistics New Zealand / Te Tari Tatau (web).
The census counts are not adjusted for underenumeration and do not include residents being temporarily overseas.

	Name	Adm.	UA Cf 2006-03-07 r
1	Auckland	AU	395,964
2	Manukau	AU	371,649
3	Christchurch	CB	360,768
4	North Shore	AU	248,121
5	Waitakere	AU	192,327
6	Wellington	WE	178,671
7	Hamilton	WA	155,262

	Name	Adm.	A Cf 2006-03-07 r
1	Auckland	AU	1,208,091
2	Wellington	WE	397,974
3	Christchurch	CB	360,768
4	Hamilton	WA	184,838
5	Napier-Hastings	HB	118,404

Urban Areas

	Name	Adm.	UA Cf 1991-03-05 r	UA Cf 1996-03-05 r	UA Cf 2001-03-06 r	UA Cf 2006-03-07 r
i	Ashburton	CB	15,531	15,785	15,777	16,836
i	Auckland (Central Auckland Urban Zone)	AU	299,625	338,161	359,466	395,964
i	Blenheim	MB	23,788	25,712	26,547	28,527
i	Cambridge	WA	12,372	13,004	13,890	15,192
i	Christchurch	CB	303,411	325,250	334,107	360,768
i	Dannevirke	MW	5,769	5,511	5,349	5,520
i	Dunedin	OT	107,522	110,801	107,088	110,997
i	Feilding	MW	13,532	14,043	13,641	13,890
i	Gisborne	GI	31,401	32,608	31,722	32,529
i	Gore	SL	10,957	10,619	9,927	9,645
i	Greymouth	WC	10,019	10,191	9,525	9,672
i	Hamilton	WA	120,687	131,331	138,792	155,262
i	Hastings	HB	57,220	58,495	59,139	62,118
i	Hawera	TA	11,534	11,437	10,944	10,776
i	Huntly	WA	7,152	7,068	6,822	6,834
i	Invercargill	SL	51,541	49,403	46,305	46,773
i	Kaitaia	NL	5,049	5,283	5,151	5,205
i	Kapiti (Paraparaumu)	WE	27,344	30,289	33,666	37,344
i	Kawerau	BP	8,337	7,830	6,975	6,921
i	Kerikeri	NL	...	4,161	4,854	5,859
i	Levin	MW	19,292	19,327	19,047	19,134
i	Lower Hutt	WE	94,381	95,381	95,022	97,158
i	Manukau (Southern Auckland Urban Zone)	AU	261,398	291,559	321,465	371,649
i	Masterton	WE	19,768	19,688	19,500	19,494
i	Matamata	WA	5,751	5,838	6,078	6,306
i	Morrinsville	WA	5,793	5,901	6,165	6,603
i	Motueka	TS	6,267	6,609	6,891	7,128
i	Napier	HB	52,125	54,298	54,534	56,286
i	Nelson	NE	45,877	50,692	53,685	56,364
i	New Plymouth	TA	47,654	48,871	47,763	49,281
i	North Shore (Northern Auckland Urban Zone)	AU	176,254	202,307	219,936	248,121
i	Oamaru	OT	13,537	13,417	12,693	12,681
i	Otaki	WE	5,421	5,580	5,643	5,466
i	Palmerston North	MW	70,237	73,860	72,681	76,032
i	Porirua	WE	46,435	46,492	47,220	48,393
i	Pukekohe	AU	15,324	16,915	18,825	22,515
i	Queenstown	OT	5,142	7,527	8,538	10,422
i	Rangiora	CB	8,763	9,867	10,800	11,865
i	Rotorua	WA	50,771	52,953	52,608	53,766
i	Stratford	TA	5,688	5,664	5,229	5,337
i	Taumarunui	MW	6,141	5,832	5,136	5,055
i	Taupo	WA	17,110	19,150	20,310	21,291
i	Tauranga	BP	70,293	82,287	95,694	108,882
i	Te Awamutu	WA	13,088	13,710	13,446	14,454
i	Te Puke	BP	6,162	6,498	6,771	7,080
i	Thames	WA	6,411	6,807	6,705	6,756
i	Timaru	CB	27,786	27,323	26,745	26,886
i	Tokoroa	WA	16,649	15,527	14,430	13,530
i	Upper Hutt	WE	35,548	35,192	34,527	36,405
i	Waiheke Island (Onetangi)	AU	5,433	6,288	7,137	7,689
i	Waitakere (Western Auckland Urban Zone)	AU	140,959	159,769	173,640	192,327
i	Waitara	TA	6,681	6,507	6,246	6,291
i	Waiuku	AU	5,490	6,063	6,669	7,725
i	Wanaka	OT	...	2,526	3,330	5,040
i	Wanganui	MW	41,100	41,097	39,423	38,988
i	Wellington	WE	147,798	156,986	162,981	178,671
i	Whakatane	BP	16,662	17,496	17,775	18,204
i	Whangarei	NL	44,347	45,892	46,047	49,080

Statistics New Zealand / Te Tari Tatau (web).
The census counts are not adjusted for underenumeration and do not include residents being temporarily overseas.
In case of urban areas consisting of several urban zones, the zones are given as separate urban areas and the composed urban areas as agglomerations.

NEW ZEALAND: Major Urban Areas (census population)

Contents

Main Islands

Principal Urban Areas

Principal Agglomerations

Urban Areas