New Zealand (Major Urban Areas (estimated population)): Regions, Major Urban Areas & Agglomerations

The main islands and regions (i.e. Regional Council Areas) of New Zealand as well as of all urban areas and agglomerations of more than 2,500 inhabitants according to official population estimates.

Regions
Principal Urban Areas
Principal Agglomerations
Urban Areas

Regions

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	A (km²)	E 1996-06-30 r	E 2001-06-30 r	E 2006-06-30 r	E 2010-06-30 r	Ep 2012-06-30 r
i	Northland	NL	Reg	NI	13,296	140,700	144,400	152,700	157,400	158,400
i	Auckland	AU	Reg	NI	4,894	1,115,800	1,218,300	1,373,000	1,461,900	1,507,600
i	Waikato	WA	Reg	NI	26,324	358,800	368,400	393,200	409,300	416,200
i	Bay of Plenty	BP	Reg	NI	11,428	230,600	246,900	265,300	275,100	277,300
i	Gisborne	GI	Reg	NI	8,355	47,200	45,500	46,000	46,600	46,800
i	Hawke's Bay {Hawkes Bay}	HB	Reg	NI	13,764	146,600	147,300	152,100	154,800	155,000
i	Taranaki	TA	Reg	NI	7,227	109,000	105,700	107,300	109,100	110,100
i	Manawatu-Wanganui	MW	Reg	NI	22,687	234,500	227,500	229,400	231,500	232,500
i	Wellington	WE	Reg	NI	8,056	426,900	440,200	466,300	483,300	490,100
i	North Island	NI	Isl		116,031	2,810,100	2,944,300	3,185,100	3,328,900	3,394,000
i	Tasman	TS	Reg	SI	14,538	38,800	42,400	45,800	47,300	48,400
i	Nelson	NE	Reg	SI	444	41,200	42,900	44,300	45,500	46,600
i	Marlborough	MB	Reg	SI	12,493	39,200	40,700	43,600	45,300	45,700
i	West Coast	WC	Reg	SI	23,351	33,200	31,100	32,100	32,700	32,900
i	Canterbury	CB	Reg	SI	45,845	480,400	496,700	540,000	565,700	558,800
i	Otago	OT	Reg	SI	31,476	189,300	188,300	199,800	207,400	211,200
i	Southland	SL	Reg	SI	25,392	99,000	93,300	93,200	94,200	94,900
i	South Island	SI	Isl		153,540	921,100	935,400	998,800	1,038,200	1,038,500
i	Offshore Islands	OI	Isl		963	750	750	650	650	620
	New Zealand	NZL			270,534	3,732,000	3,880,500	4,184,600	4,367,800	4,433,000

Statistics New Zealand / Te Tari Tatau (web).
The population estimates are adjusted for underenumeration and residents being temporarily overseas.

Principal Urban Areas

	Name	Adm.	UA Ep 2012-06-30 r
1	Auckland	AU	452,500
2	Manukau	AU	438,400
3	Christchurch	CB	375,900
4	North Shore	AU	285,100
5	Waitakere	AU	221,400
6	Wellington	WE	201,300
7	Hamilton	WA	176,900

Principal Agglomerations

	Name	Adm.	A Ep 2012-06-30 r
1	Auckland	AU	1,397,400
2	Wellington	WE	395,600
3	Christchurch	CB	375,900
4	Hamilton	WA	209,200
5	Napier-Hastings	HB	125,000

Urban Areas

	Name	Adm.	UA E 1996-06-30 r	UA E 2001-06-30 r	UA E 2006-06-30 r	UA E 2010-06-30 r	UA Ep 2012-06-30 r
i	Alexandra	OT	4,690	4,480	4,940	4,940	4,950
i	Ashburton	CB	16,050	16,050	17,150	17,700	18,350
i	Auckland (Central Auckland Urban Zone)	AU	354,100	380,100	419,200	440,800	452,500
i	Balclutha	OT	4,230	4,190	4,140	4,080	3,970
i	Blenheim	MB	26,100	27,300	29,100	30,100	30,600
i	Cambridge	WA	13,400	14,350	15,700	16,500	16,800
i	Carterton	WE	4,250	4,190	4,210	4,300	4,400
i	Christchurch	CB	334,500	345,600	374,500	390,300	375,900
i	Cromwell	OT	2,670	2,730	3,700	4,320	4,330
i	Dannevirke	MW	5,680	5,530	5,660	5,570	5,480
i	Dargaville	NL	4,580	4,670	4,570	4,450	4,490
i	Dunedin	OT	113,200	111,800	114,400	116,600	118,400
i	Feilding	MW	14,350	14,000	14,250	14,500	14,600
i	Foxton	MW	4,840	4,740	4,540	4,480	4,490
i	Gisborne	GI	33,500	32,800	33,600	34,200	34,400
i	Gore	SL	10,800	10,150	9,870	9,770	9,700
i	Greymouth	WC	10,550	9,830	10,000	10,150	9,950
i	Hamilton	WA	135,200	144,200	161,200	171,600	176,900
i	Hastings	HB	60,200	61,100	64,200	65,700	66,200
i	Hawera	TA	11,650	11,250	11,050	11,050	11,050
i	Helensville	AU	2,150	2,300	2,620	2,770	2,830
i	Hokitika	WC	3,880	3,570	3,620	3,520	3,500
i	Huntly	WA	7,300	7,100	7,110	7,040	7,010
i	Inglewood	TA	3,270	3,020	3,190	3,260	3,300
i	Invercargill	SL	50,300	47,500	47,900	48,700	49,000
i	Kaikohe	NL	4,260	4,200	4,270	4,300	4,260
i	Kaitaia	NL	5,460	5,350	5,390	5,530	5,460
i	Kapiti (Paraparaumu)	WE	30,900	34,600	38,300	40,000	40,400
i	Katikati	BP	2,720	2,990	3,680	4,090	4,210
i	Kawerau	BP	8,120	7,290	7,150	6,990	6,910
i	Kerikeri	NL	4,290	4,990	5,980	6,710	6,670
i	Levin	MW	19,750	19,500	19,600	19,550	19,600
i	Lincoln	CB	2,390	2,390	2,830	2,960	3,020
i	Lower Hutt	WE	98,300	98,600	100,700	102,100	102,100
i	Manukau (Southern Auckland Urban Zone)	AU	305,200	338,000	391,400	422,800	438,400
i	Marton	MW	5,420	4,840	4,810	4,770	4,650
i	Masterton	WE	20,200	20,000	20,000	20,100	20,300
i	Matamata	WA	6,010	6,280	6,440	6,720	7,010
i	Morrinsville	WA	6,060	6,360	6,770	6,970	6,960
i	Motueka	TS	6,740	7,070	7,310	7,360	7,880
i	Napier	HB	55,700	56,100	57,700	58,600	58,800
i	Nelson	NE	51,800	55,300	58,000	59,800	61,100
i	New Plymouth	TA	50,000	49,100	50,800	52,200	53,000
i	North Shore (Northern Auckland Urban Zone)	AU	210,400	230,300	260,800	276,500	285,100
i	Oamaru	OT	13,650	12,950	12,950	12,950	13,000
i	Opotiki	BP	4,410	4,320	4,290	4,250	4,100
i	Otaki	WE	5,720	5,840	5,650	5,680	5,680
i	Otorohanga	WA	2,730	2,720	2,660	2,580	2,560
i	Paeroa	WA	4,170	4,000	4,080	4,180	4,200
i	Pahiatua	MW	2,770	2,680	2,630	2,550	2,450
i	Palmerston North	MW	76,000	75,800	79,000	81,600	83,200
i	Picton	MB	3,990	4,100	4,190	4,340	4,200
i	Porirua	WE	48,000	49,400	50,400	52,000	52,900
i	Pukekohe	AU	17,450	19,450	23,300	25,600	26,600
i	Putaruru	WA	4,160	3,890	3,840	3,860	3,760
i	Queenstown	OT	7,860	9,020	11,000	11,650	11,750
i	Raglan	WA	2,710	2,760	2,720	2,760	2,890
i	Rangiora	CB	10,100	11,200	12,500	13,500	13,200
i	Rolleston	CB	1,210	2,310	4,610	6,990	5,550
i	Rotorua	WA	54,700	54,600	55,600	55,900	56,100
i	Snells Beach	AU	3,320	3,810	4,070	4,170	3,440
i	Stratford	TA	5,780	5,360	5,480	5,600	5,580
i	Taumarunui	MW	6,040	5,330	5,220	5,070	4,870
i	Taupo	WA	19,950	21,200	22,100	22,500	22,600
i	Tauranga	BP	84,200	98,300	112,300	120,000	121,900
i	Te Aroha	WA	3,910	3,770	3,850	3,920	3,870
i	Te Awamutu	WA	14,050	13,850	14,900	15,400	15,500
i	Te Kuiti	WA	4,780	4,550	4,580	4,580	4,570
i	Temuka	CB	4,050	4,080	4,130	4,120	4,080
i	Te Puke	BP	6,660	6,970	7,330	7,570	7,510
i	Thames	WA	6,950	6,880	6,930	6,900	6,780
i	Timaru	CB	27,700	27,300	27,500	27,600	27,800
i	Tokoroa	WA	16,100	14,950	13,900	13,400	13,300
i	Turangi	WA	3,890	3,580	3,370	3,240	3,200
i	Upper Hutt	WE	36,100	35,800	37,600	38,800	39,300
i	Waiheke Island (Onetangi)	AU	6,500	7,420	8,050	8,470	8,800
i	Waihi	WA	4,870	4,650	4,600	4,610	4,660
i	Waimate	CB	3,000	2,800	2,900	2,950	2,950
i	Waipukurau	HB	4,090	4,020	4,090	4,200	4,070
i	Wairoa	HB	5,170	4,600	4,400	4,330	4,180
i	Waitakere (Western Auckland Urban Zone)	AU	165,900	181,200	201,400	214,800	221,400
i	Waitara	TA	6,690	6,450	6,520	6,560	6,450
i	Waiuku	AU	6,060	6,730	7,800	8,550	8,980
i	Wanaka	OT	2,600	3,450	5,280	6,690	7,080
i	Wanganui	MW	42,000	40,500	40,000	39,700	39,500
i	Warkworth	AU	2,540	2,910	3,370	3,770	3,940
i	Wellington	WE	162,700	170,300	186,900	196,800	201,300
i	Westport	WC	4,320	3,870	4,000	4,070	4,170
i	Whakatane	BP	17,950	18,350	18,800	18,750	18,750
i	Whangamata	WA	3,860	4,070	3,640	3,570	3,590
i	Whangarei	NL	47,100	47,500	50,500	51,900	52,500
i	Whitianga	WA	3,060	3,160	3,880	4,210	4,310
i	Woodend	CB	1,600	2,310	2,680	2,680	2,710

Statistics New Zealand / Te Tari Tatau (web).
The population estimates are adjusted for underenumeration and 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 (estimated population)

Contents

Regions

Principal Urban Areas

Principal Agglomerations

Urban Areas