Paraparaumu, Wellington Region

Suburb in Kapiti Coast District.

How Paraparaumu fits you

44 out of 100

Based on 1 of 2 weighted dimensions published so far (4 not published yet).

Partial score: it rests on area profile only, because rents has no usable value for this area.

High confidence for the fit score

Percentile rank within Wellington Region

Rents (weight 5)no 2-bedroom value here
Commute (weight 4)not published yet
Liveability (weight 3)not published yet
Natural hazards (weight 2)not published yet
Area profile (weight 1)44
From Deprivation (NZDep2023) (high confidence)
Sun & slope (weight 1)not published yet

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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)

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Reported crime weight0

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Road safety weight0

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Congestion weight0

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

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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 5

56th percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2024-10-31n = 14,535 summed over 6 whole statistical areas

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

Address-weighted average of its 6 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)

$37,701/year

16th percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-09n = 12,294 summed over 6 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 6 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)

22.4%

22nd percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-09n = 11,943 summed over 6 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 6 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Stats NZ

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Share of households renting (Census 2023)

22.6%

32nd percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2024-11-27n = 5,859 summed over 6 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 6 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)

45.5 years

80th percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-09n = 14,532 summed over 6 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 6 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)

52.4%

33rd percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

Medium confidenceAs of 2025-07-08n = 3,906 summed over 6 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 6 statistical areas (SA2).

Source: Stats NZ

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Rents

How we calculate this: Rents

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

No data for this area

As of 2026-08-20

Paraparaumu North (31% of addresses) has no value, so no suburb value is published.

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)

$648/week

33rd percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

Low confidenceAs of 2026-08-20n = 102 summed over 4 whole statistical areas

Provisional: the latest months may still be revised.

Address-weighted average of 4 of its 6 statistical areas (SA2), covering 98% of addresses.

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

No data for this area

As of 2026-08-20

Paraparaumu North (31% of addresses) has no value, so no suburb value is published.

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

1.7 schools

26th percentile in Wellington Region

Higher values score better in the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2026-10-01n = 7,221 summed over 6 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 6 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 Paraparaumu

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 Paraparaumu, with Equity Index and zone coverage
School	Type	Authority	Roll	Equity Index (EQI)	Paraparaumu addresses in zone
Our Lady of Kapiti School	Full Primary	State: IntegratedState-integrated school: preference of enrolment applies.	314	402	100% (5,008)
Paraparaumu College	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State	1,500	442	70% (3,504)
Paraparaumu School	Full Primary	State	307	463	57% (2,843)
Kāpiti College	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State	1,410	430	36% (1,824)
Paraparaumu Beach School	Full Primary	State	483	443	7% (347)
Raumati South School	Full Primary	State	362	411	1% (33)
Raumati Beach School	Full Primary	State	534	423	1% (29)

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

Statistical areas in Paraparaumu with their share of its addresses
Statistical area	SA2 code	Share of addresses	Addresses	Population (2023 Census)
Paraparaumu Central on the map	237800	45%	2,261	3,966
Paraparaumu North on the map	237500	31%	1,559	3,576
Paraparaumu East on the map	238400	21%	1,076	2,295
Maungakotukutuku on the map	237900	2%	96	1,416
Otaihanga on the map	237401	under 1%	14	855
Paraparaumu Beach West on the map	237100	under 1%	2	2,424

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.