Urban areas of New Zealand

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Statistics New Zealand defines urban areas of New Zealand for statistical purposes (they have no administrative or legal basis).<ref name=defn>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The urban areas comprise cities, towns and other conurbations (an aggregation of urban settlements) of a thousand people or more. In combination, the urban areas of the country constitute New Zealand's urban population.<ref name=defn/> As of Template:NZ population data 2018, the urban population made up Template:Decimals% of New Zealand's total population.

The current standard for urban areas is the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2023 (SSGA23), an update of SSGA18, which had replaced the New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992 (NZSAC92) in 2018.<ref name=SSGA23>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="stats.govt.nz">Template:Cite book</ref> There are four classes of urban area under SSGA23 and SSGA18 – major, large, medium and small. Each urban area consists of one or more level-2 statistical areas (SA2s). Urban areas under SSGA18 do not cross territorial authority boundaries, with one exception (Richmond, which lies in the Tasman District but includes the Daelyn SA2 area from neighbouring Nelson City).

Under SSGA18, details of the four classes were:

Statistics New Zealand also defines rural settlements with a population of 200 to 999 people or at least 40 dwellings.<ref name=review2021>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> While these do not fit the standard international definition of an urban population, they serve to distinguish between true rural dwellers and those in rural settlements or towns. There are 402 rural settlements which combined have a population of Template:NZ population data 2018 (Template:Decimals% of the total population).

While SSGA23 is similar to SSGA18, it added a new geographical area (SA3), upgraded Wānaka to a medium urban area, upgraded seven rural settlements to small urban areas, and created thirteen new rural settlements.<ref name="2023 Stats NZ datafinder">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018

The following shows the urban areas as classified under SSGA18 (adjusted according to SSGA23 update).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="SSGA23 update">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Major urban areas

Large urban areas

Medium urban areas

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Small urban areas

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Rural settlements

North Island

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South Island

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Offshore islands

New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992

Under the New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992 (NZSAC92), there are three classes of urban area:<ref name="urban_area">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="geo_defs">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • Main urban areas, with a population of 30,000 or more. These 17 areas mostly correspond to the places known by New Zealanders as cities.
  • Secondary urban areas are the 14 urban areas with a population of 10,000 to 29,999.
  • Minor urban areas make up the remainder of the urban population of the country, towns with 1,000 to 9,999 people. There are 103 minor urban areas.

Main urban areas

The population figures shown are Statistics New Zealand's resident population estimates at Template:NZ population data For rankings in various criteria see the ranked list of New Zealand urban areas by population. Four main urban areas are subdivided into urban zones. The following cities are listed by location from north to south.

North Island

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Skycrapers in Auckland's central business district
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Wellington city centre

South Island

Secondary urban areas

The population figures shown are Statistics New Zealand's resident population estimates at the Template:NZ population data The following towns are listed by location from north to south.

North Island

South Island

Minor urban areas

North Island

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South Island

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Changes to classification

1992

Original classification

1996

No change

2001
  • Kapiti promoted from secondary to main urban area
  • Rolleston added as minor urban area
  • Pauanui Beach dropped to rural centre
2006
  • Edgecumbe Community renamed Edgecumbe
2013
  • Blenheim promoted from secondary to main urban area
  • Rangiora and Queenstown promoted from minor to secondary urban areas
  • Gore demoted from secondary to minor urban area
  • Ngunguru, Mangawhai Heads, Te Kauwhata, Ngatea, Mapua, Amberley, Methven, Rakaia and Waikouaiti added as minor urban areas
  • Russell, Mangakino, Manaia and Hanmer Springs dropped to rural centres

References

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