New Zealand - Major Urban Areas (census counts) [ City Population: Cities, Towns, Countries & Provinces, Statistics & Maps ]

Main Islands

	Name	Abbr.	Status	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
<	North Island	NI	Isl	116,031	2,415,474	2,520,343	2,718,170	2,829,798	3,059,418
<	South Island	SI	Isl	153,540	846,923	852,845	899,384	906,753	967,908
<	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	NI	395,964
2	Manukau	NI	371,649
3	Christchurch	SI	360,768
4	North Shore	NI	248,121
5	Waitakere	NI	192,327
6	Wellington	NI	178,671
7	Hamilton	NI	155,262
8	Dunedin	SI	110,997
9	Tauranga	NI	108,882
10	Lower Hutt	NI	97,158

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

NEW ZEALAND: Major Urban Areas (census counts)

Contents

Main Islands

Principal Urban Areas

Table of Urban Areas