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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).
Statistics New Zealand defines urban areas of New Zealand for statistical purposes (they have no administrative or legal basis). [1] 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 ...
This is a list of functional urban areas in New Zealand, as defined by Statistics New Zealand.. Under the Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023 and Statistical standard for geographic areas 2018, a functional urban area an urban area, rural settlement or rural statistical area where there is a major, large medium or small urban core with more than 5,000 residents.
Many locations that once had a "city council" are now governed by a "district council". Since 2002, an urban area must have at least 50,000 residents to be proclaimed a city. [2] The word city is used in a general sense to identify the urban areas of New Zealand, independent of local body boundaries. This informal usage is jealously guarded.
This is a list of statistical areas in New Zealand, as defined by Statistics New Zealand in the statistical area 2 (SA2) and statistical area 3 (SA3) boundaries set out in the Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023. All SA2 areas are listed here, in non-italics.
This is a list of towns in New Zealand. The term "town" has no current statutory meaning in New Zealand, the few "Town Districts" having been abolished in 1989 or earlier. The list includes most urban areas in New Zealand. Those deemed urban areas by Statistics New Zealand (under
For New Zealand, metropolitan areas are defined as per the Functional Urban Area (FUA) classification [1] and population statistics are sourced from the Statistics New Zealand population estimates and projections.
The Hamilton Urban Area is a New Zealand urban area in the Waikato region. It is the fourth-largest urban area in the country with a population of 241,200. At its centre is Hamilton City, New Zealand's fourth-largest territorial authority. While rural land separates Hamilton from many of the nearby towns, there is significant economic and ...