Ngauranga, Wellington Region

Suburb in Wellington City.

How Ngauranga fits you

63 out of 100

Based on 2 of 2 weighted dimensions published so far (4 not published yet).

Medium confidence for the fit score

Percentile rank within Wellington Region

Rents (weight 5)62
From Rent, 2-bed (medium confidence), Rent-to-income (medium confidence)
Commute (weight 4)not published yet
Liveability (weight 3)not published yet
Natural hazards (weight 2)not published yet
Area profile (weight 1)67
From Deprivation (NZDep2023) (high confidence)
Sun & slope (weight 1)not published yet

Adjust weights (0 to 5)

Area profile1

Rents5

Schools & zones0

Natural hazards (not published yet)2

Commute (not published yet)4

Liveability (not published yet)3

Sun & slope (not published yet)1

Bedrooms (for rents)

Sensitive dimensions (off by default)

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Include in my score: Reported crime (not published yet)

Reported crime weight0

Include in my score: Road safety (not published yet)

Road safety weight0

Include in my score: Congestion (not published yet)

Congestion weight0

Include in my score: Busy-road exposure (uses the Liveability weight)

Low-confidence values are shown with a badge but left out of your fit score. How the fit score works

Area profile

Census 2023 and NZDep2023. Only deprivation enters the score; the rest is context.

How we calculate this: Area profile

Deprivation index (NZDep2023), population-weighted decile

decile 3

33rd percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2024-10-31n = 5,094 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Area-level index (NZDep2023). It describes the area, not the people who live there.

Address-weighted average of its 2 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: University of Otago, Health Inequalities Research Programme (HIRP)

How we calculate this: Deprivation index (NZDep2023), population-weighted decile Report an error: Deprivation index (NZDep2023), population-weighted decile

Median personal income (Census 2023)

$59,358/year

75th percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-09n = 4,101 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 2 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Stats NZ

How we calculate this: Median personal income (Census 2023)Report an error: Median personal income (Census 2023)

Share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher (Census 2023)

40.6%

66th percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-09n = 4,026 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 2 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Stats NZ

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Share of households renting (Census 2023)

35.6%

64th percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2024-11-27n = 1,836 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 2 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Stats NZ

How we calculate this: Share of households renting (Census 2023)Report an error: Share of households renting (Census 2023)

Median age (Census 2023)

33.8 years

18th percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-09n = 5,097 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 2 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Stats NZ

How we calculate this: Median age (Census 2023)Report an error: Median age (Census 2023)

Share of families with children (Census 2023)

65.3%

83rd percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-08n = 1,449 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 2 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Stats NZ

How we calculate this: Share of families with children (Census 2023)Report an error: Share of families with children (Census 2023)

Rents

How we calculate this: Rents

Median weekly rent, 2-bedroom (latest year of new bonds)

$569/week

54th percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

Medium confidenceAs of 2026-08-20n = 51 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Provisional: the latest months may still be revised.

Address-weighted average of its 2 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Stats NZ, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) — Tenancy Services

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Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom (latest year of new bonds)

$679/week

52nd percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

Low confidenceAs of 2026-08-20n = 54 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Provisional: the latest months may still be revised.

Address-weighted average of its 2 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Stats NZ, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) — Tenancy Services

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Annual 2-bedroom rent as a share of median household income

0.21

23rd percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

Medium confidenceAs of 2026-08-20n = 51 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Provisional: the latest months may still be revised.

Address-weighted average of its 2 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Stats NZ, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) — Tenancy Services

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Schools & zones

How we calculate this: Schools & zones

State schools whose enrolment zone covers most addresses here

3 schools

70th percentile in Wellington Region

Higher values score better in the fit score

Low confidenceAs of 2026-10-01n = 2,438 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Zone boundaries are drawn from Ministry of Education map files. The written zone description in the enrolment scheme legally prevails.

Address-weighted average of its 2 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Ministry of Education — Education Counts, Stats NZ

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Schools whose enrolment zone covers Ngauranga

Zone boundaries are drawn from Ministry of Education map files. The written zone description in the enrolment scheme legally prevails.

Equity Index describes a school's roll, not its quality.

How we match zones to addresses · About the Equity Index

Schools whose enrolment zone covers addresses in Ngauranga, with Equity Index and zone coverage
School	Type	Authority	Roll	Equity Index (EQI)	Ngauranga addresses in zone
St Oran's CollegeGirls School	Secondary (Year 7-15)	State: IntegratedState-integrated school: preference of enrolment applies.	502	380	100% (198)
Hutt International Boys' SchoolBoys School	Secondary (Year 7-15)	State: IntegratedState-integrated school: preference of enrolment applies.	652	366	100% (198)
Onslow College	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State	1,180	398	60% (118)
Raroa Normal Intermediate	Intermediate	State	531	379	51% (101)
Newlands College	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State	1,254	410	48% (96)
Newlands Intermediate	Intermediate	State	516	398	48% (96)
Bellevue School (Newlands)	Contributing	State	245	392	33% (66)
Wellington Girls' CollegeGirls School	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State	1,423	375	6% (12)
Khandallah School	Contributing	State	305	372	1% (1)
Newlands School	Contributing	State	320	386	1% (1)

Schools Directory as of 2026-10-01; zones in force on 2026-10-01. Source: Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Ministry of Education — Education Counts, Stats NZ.

Statistical areas behind these numbers

Each value for Ngauranga is the average of these Stats NZ statistical areas (SA2 2023), weighted by the share of Ngauranga's addresses in each. How suburb values are built

Statistical areas in Ngauranga with their share of its addresses
Statistical area	SA2 code	Share of addresses	Addresses	Population (2023 Census)
Newlands South on the map	249701	99%	197	2,451
Khandallah North on the map	250000	1%	1	2,646

Data sources

Data release serving-wellington-2026-10-04T022806Z, built 2026-10-04. Suburb values are address-weighted from the statistical areas listed on the overview (how suburb values are built). See the methodology and data sources, orreport an error for this suburb.