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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).
The schedule of cities in New Zealand was brought under central government control in 1867, [18] but continued to be sporadically applied. From 1886 the definition of a city was changed to any borough with a population of 20,000 or more. [19] This value was increased to 50,000 in 1989. [9] [20]
As of June 2024, the urban population made up 84.3% of New Zealand's total population. The current standard for urban areas is the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18), which replaced the New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992 (NZSAC92) in 2018. [2] There are four classes of urban area under SSGA18:
This is a list of cities and towns in the South Island of New Zealand by the population of their urban area.. The populations given in the table below are provisional New Zealand usually resident populations, June 2024 estimates, and refer to the urban area defined under the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA) unless otherwise stated.
Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2024 [2] Toowoomba Australia: 140,303 Significant Urban Area, June 2021 [1] Papeete French Polynesia: 136,771 Urban area. National census, August 2017 [5] Dunedin New Zealand: 133,300 Urban area provisional New Zealand resident population, June 2024 [2] |- Darwin Australia: 132,921
In 2018, over half (50.7 percent) of New Zealand's overseas-born population lived in the Auckland Region, including 70 percent of the country's Pacific Island-born population, 61.5 percent of its Asian-born population, and 52 percent of its Middle Eastern and African- born population. [51]
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.
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 either the NZSCA92 or SSGA18 standard) are marked with an asterisk.