List of Cities in New Zealand - Urban Areas By Population

Urban Areas By Population

The populations given in the table below are provisional New Zealand resident populations, June 2012 estimates, and they refer to the entire urban area, unless otherwise stated.

Rank (population) Urban area Population Area
(km²)		 Population
Density
(people/km²)		 Notes
1 Auckland 70061377200000000001,377,200 70031086000000000001,086 70031268100000999991,268.1
2 Wellington 7005393400000000000393,400 7002444000000000000444 7002886000000000000886.0 1.
3 Christchurch 7005380900000000000380,900 7002608000000000000608 7002626500000000000626.5
4 Hamilton 7005206400000000000206,400 7002877000000000000877 7002235300000000000235.3 2.
5 Napier-Hastings 7005124800000000000124,800 7002375000000000000375 7002332800000000000332.8 3.
6 Tauranga 7005121500000000000121,500 7002178000000000000178 7002682600000000000682.6
7 Dunedin 7005117700000000000117,700 7002255000000000000255 7002461600000000000461.6
8 Palmerston North 700482400000000000082,400 7002178000000000000178 7002462900000000000462.9
9 Nelson 700460800000000000060,800 7002146000000000000146 7002416400000000000416.4
10 Rotorua 700456200000000000056,200 700189000000000000089 7002631500000000000631.5
11 New Plymouth 700452500000000000052,500 7002112000000000000112 7002468800000000000468.8
12 Whangarei 700452200000000000052,200 7002133000000000000133 7002392500000000000392.5
13 Invercargill 700449200000000000049,200 7002123000000000000123 7002400000000000000400.0
14 Whanganui (Wanganui) 700439700000000000039,700 7002105000000000000105 7002378100000000000378.1
15 Gisborne 700434300000000000034,300 700185000000000000085 7002403500000000000403.5

Notes:

  1. Kapiti Coast (40,200) is the only urban area not listed by the Statistics New Zealand organization. The Kapiti Coast District includes the townships of Paekakariki, Raumati, Paraparaumu; Paraparaumu Beach, and Waikanae; and the village of Pekapeka, and is not considered to be a city by Statistics New Zealand. The Kapiti Coast is considered by most Wellingtonians as being part of the Greater Wellington Area - though not by Statistics New Zealand. Hundreds of people there commute daily to Wellington for work, and the suburban commuter railroad network ends in the Kapiti District. If Kapiti were added to Wellington the total population of the Wellington Urban Area would be approximately 430,000.
  2. The population for the Hamilton urban zone is 174,200, the Cambridge urban zone is 16,800 and the Te Awamutu urban zone is 15,400.
  3. The population figures for the Hastings urban zone is 66,100, and for Napier 58,800.
  4. Blenheim (30,300) is sometimes referred to as a city, especially by locals, although its (former) borough council was never proclaimed a city.
  5. Timaru (27,700) once had a city council, but it is now administered as part of a district council. It is classified as a secondary urban area by Statistics New Zealand.
  6. Pukekohe, a settlement not far south of Auckland, has an estimated population of 26,300.
  7. Taupo in the central North Island and with an estimated population of 22,600 is rarely referred to as a city.
  8. Masterton, the main centre in the Wairarapa, is rarely referred to as a city. It has an estimated population of 20,200.
  9. Tokoroa in the South Waikato district was long expected to become a city when its population continued to grow past 18,000 during the 1980s. However, with the fallback in the forestry industry, Tokoroa's main industry, many jobs were lost and Tokoroa's population declined. It now has 13,350 residents.
  10. Levin, the main centre in the Horowhenua district, with an estimated population of nearly 20,000, is also not considered to be a city.

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