List of New Zealand urban areas by population

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 2024 rank Name Region June 2024 estimate[1] 2023 census[2] Growth
1 Auckland Auckland 1,531,400 1,402,275 +9.21%
2 Christchurch Canterbury 403,300 380,079 +6.11%
3 Wellington Wellington 214,200 201,708 +6.19%
4 Hamilton Waikato 192,000 174,741 +9.88%
5 Tauranga Bay of Plenty 162,800 152,790 +6.55%
6 Lower Hutt Wellington 114,500 106,530 +7.48%
7 Dunedin Otago 106,700 100,908 +5.74%
8 Palmerston North Manawatū-Whanganui 83,100 78,021 +6.51%
9 Napier Hawke's Bay 67,500 64,695 +4.34%
10 Hibiscus Coast Auckland 69,070 63,351 +9.03%
11 Porirua Wellington 60,600 58,080 +4.34%
12 New Plymouth Taranaki 60,100 58,047 +3.54%
13 Rotorua Bay of Plenty 58,800 55,326 +6.28%
14 Whangārei Northland 56,800 53,841 +5.50%
15 Nelson Nelson 51,300 49,224 +4.22%
16 Hastings Hawke's Bay 52,200 47,682 +9.48%
17 Invercargill Southland 51,700 48,987 +5.54%
18 Upper Hutt Wellington 45,000 42,903 +4.89%
19 Whanganui Manawatū-Whanganui 42,500 41,481 +2.46%
20 Gisborne Gisborne 38,800 36,912 +5.11%
21 Paraparaumu Wellington 30,300 28,938 +4.71%
22 Blenheim Marlborough 30,600 28,788 +6.29%
23 Rolleston Canterbury 31,600 28,449 +11.08%
24 Queenstown Otago 27,700 25,050 +10.58%
25 Timaru Canterbury 29,600 28,095 +5.36%
26 Pukekohe Auckland 28,000 27,042 +3.54%
27 Taupō Waikato 27,000 25,374 +6.41%
28 Masterton Wellington 23,200 21,606 +7.38%
29 Cambridge Waikato 22,500 21,366 +5.31%
30 Ashburton Canterbury 21,700 20,346 +6.65%
31 Levin Manawatū-Whanganui 20,100 19,533 +2.90%
32 Rangiora Canterbury 19,400 18,855 +2.89%
33 Richmond Tasman 19,750 18,447 +7.06%
34 Feilding Manawatū-Whanganui 18,250 16,929 +7.80%
35 Whakatāne Bay of Plenty 16,650 16,419 +1.41%
36 Havelock North Hawke's Bay 14,900 15,003 −0.69%
37 Mosgiel Otago 15,150 14,589 +3.85%
38 Tokoroa Waikato 14,650 14,001 +4.64%
39= Oamaru Otago 14,350 13,680 +4.90%
39= Te Awamutu Waikato 14,150 13,380 +5.75%
41 Kaiapoi Canterbury 13,700 13,017 +5.25%
42 Waikanae Wellington 13,150 12,966 +1.42%
43 Wānaka Otago 13,600 11,922 +14.07%
44 Hāwera Taranaki 10,550 10,365 +1.78%
45= Lincoln Canterbury 11,600 10,611 +9.32%
45= Te Puke Bay of Plenty 10,500 9,114 +15.21%
47 Waiuku Auckland 9,930 9,531 +4.19%
48 Matamata Waikato 9,610 9,132 +5.23%
49 Morrinsville Waikato 9,710 9,003 +7.85%
50 Huntly Waikato 8,850 8,232 +7.51%
51 Greymouth West Coast 8,640 8,337 +3.63%
52 Motueka Tasman 8,300 8,190 +1.34%
53= Kerikeri Northland 8,360 8,070 +3.59%
53= Waiheke Island Auckland 8,020 7,998 +0.28%
55 Gore Southland 8,290 8,181 +1.33%
56 Ngāruawāhia Waikato 8,540 7,992 +6.86%
57 Kawerau Bay of Plenty 7,610 7,539 +0.94%
58 Beachlands-Pine Harbour Auckland 8,340 7,797 +6.96%
59 Thames Waikato 7,440 7,212 +3.16%
60 Waitara Taranaki 7,680 7,509 +2.28%
61 Cromwell Otago 7,440 6,783 +9.69%
62 Kumeū-Huapai Auckland 7,330 6,948 +5.50%
63 Warkworth Auckland 6,730 6,675 +0.82%
64 Whitianga Waikato 6,540 6,054 +8.03%
65 Kaitaia Northland 6,380 5,955 +7.14%
66 Stratford Taranaki 6,510 6,330 +2.84%
67 Pōkeno Waikato 6,860 6,081 +12.81%
68 Alexandra Otago 6,150 5,589 +10.04%
69 Tuakau Waikato 6,180 5,736 +7.74%
70 Carterton Wellington 5,980 5,859 +2.07%
71 Waihi Waikato 6,020 5,682 +5.95%
72 Katikati Bay of Plenty 5,920 5,580 +6.09%
73 Dannevirke Manawatū-Whanganui 5,680 5,580 +1.79%
74 Marton Manawatū-Whanganui 5,740 5,598 +2.54%
75 Ōpōtiki Bay of Plenty 5,180 4,839 +7.05%
76 Ōtaki Wellington 5,270 5,025 +4.88%
77 Prebbleton Canterbury 5,690 5,382 +5.72%
78 Ngongotahā Bay of Plenty 5,180 5,124 +1.09%
79 Dargaville Northland 5,230 5,016 +4.27%
80 Wairoa Hawke's Bay 4,940 4,707 +4.95%
81 Kaikohe Northland 4,890 4,563 +7.17%
82 Picton Marlborough 4,890 4,812 +1.62%
83 Taumarunui Manawatū-Whanganui 4,950 4,821 +2.68%
84 Ōmokoroa Bay of Plenty 5,450 5,451 −0.02%
85 Waipukurau Hawke's Bay 4,850 4,698 +3.24%
86= Te Kūiti Waikato 4,890 4,659 +4.96%
86= Temuka Canterbury 4,840 4,593 +5.38%
88 Te Aroha Waikato 4,700 4,650 +1.08%
89 Paeroa Waikato 4,740 4,458 +6.33%
90 Putāruru Waikato 4,670 4,455 +4.83%
91 Woodend Canterbury 5,140 4,542 +13.17%
92 Whangamatā Waikato 4,420 4,269 +3.54%
93 Balclutha Otago 4,430 4,347 +1.91%
94 Westport West Coast 4,680 4,527 +3.38%
95 Pegasus Canterbury 4,160 3,915 +6.26%
96 Raglan Waikato 4,040 3,717 +8.69%
97 Inglewood Taranaki 3,960 3,801 +4.18%
98 Tūrangi Waikato 3,840 3,792 +1.27%
99 Snells Beach Auckland 3,750 3,678 +1.96%
100 Riverhead Auckland 3,700 3,558 +3.99%
101 Waimate Canterbury 3,740 3,591 +4.15%
102 Kihikihi Waikato 3,620 3,456 +4.75%
103 Foxton Manawatū-Whanganui 3,350 3,384 −1.00%
104 Ashhurst Manawatū-Whanganui 3,440 3,237 +6.27%
105 Helensville Auckland 3,420 3,279 +4.30%
106 Ōtorohanga Waikato 3,360 3,180 +5.66%
107 Ōhope Bay of Plenty 3,250 3,033 +7.15%
108 Lyttelton Canterbury 3,310 3,123 +5.99%
109 Darfield Canterbury 3,400 3,249 +4.65%
110 Hokitika West Coast 3,250 3,267 −0.52%
111 One Tree Point Northland 3,390 2,988 +13.45%
112= Arrowtown Otago 2,930 2,838 +3.24%
112= Te Anau Southland 3,210 2,751 +16.68%
114 Te Kauwhata Waikato 3,440 3,303 +4.15%
115 Geraldine Canterbury 3,120 3,018 +3.38%
116 Ruakākā Northland 2,990 2,817 +6.14%
117 Pahiatua Manawatū-Whanganui 2,860 2,838 +0.78%
118= Greytown Wellington 2,940 2,772 +6.06%
118= Mangawhai Heads Northland 2,850 2,685 +6.15%
120= Featherston Wellington 2,760 2,793 −1.18%
120= Waihi Beach-Bowentown Bay of Plenty 2,860 2,550 +12.16%
122 Wakefield Tasman 2,680 2,694 −0.52%
123 Renwick Marlborough 2,650 2,448 +8.25%
124 Maraetai Auckland 2,770 2,553 +8.50%
125 Winton Southland 2,550 2,475 +3.03%
123 West Melton Canterbury 2,710 2,409 +12.49%
127 Leeston Canterbury 2,530 2,271 +11.40%
128 Waipawa Hawke's Bay 2,540 2,334 +8.83%
129= Amberley Canterbury 2,770 2,520 +9.92%
129= Oxford Canterbury 2,350 2,235 +5.15%
131 Brightwater Tasman 2,390 2,280 +4.82%
132 Kaikōura Canterbury 2,470 2,316 +6.65%
133 Wellsford Auckland 2,240 2,037 +9.97%
134 Milton Otago 2,270 2,121 +7.02%
135 Bulls Manawatū-Whanganui 2,380 2,055 +15.82%
136 Foxton Beach Manawatū-Whanganui 2,150 2,130 +0.94%
137 Ōtaki Beach Wellington 2,120 2,145 −1.17%
138= Clive Hawke's Bay 2,120 1,992 +6.43%
138= Moerewa Northland 2,100 1,845 +13.82%
140 Eltham Taranaki 2,140 2,097 +2.05%
141= Martinborough Wellington 2,050 1,875 +9.33%
141= Murupara Bay of Plenty 2,040 1,884 +8.28%
143 Lake Hāwea Otago 2,190 2,001 +9.45%
144 Methven Canterbury 2,080 1,977 +5.21%
145 Coromandel Waikato 1,870 1,782 +4.94%
146 Twizel Canterbury 1,890 1,674 +12.90%
147 Bluff Southland 1,840 1,797 +2.39%
148 Paekākāriki Wellington 1,800 1,674 +7.53%
149 Edgecumbe Bay of Plenty 1,750 1,800 −2.78%
150 Taihape Manawatū-Whanganui 1,810 1,668 +8.51%

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References

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  1. ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Totals by topic for individuals, (RC, TALB, UR, SA3, SA2, Ward, Health), 2013, 2018, and 2023 Censuses | Aotearoa Data Explorer". explore.data.stats.govt.nz/. Retrieved 3 October 2024.