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Pāuatahanui, Wellington Region

Locality in Porirua City.

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 1

9th percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2024-10-31n = 1,359 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)

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Rents

How we calculate this: Rents

Schools & zones

How we calculate this: Schools & zones

State schools whose enrolment zone covers most addresses here

2 schools

39th percentile in Wellington Region

Higher values score better in the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2026-10-01n = 677 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 Pāuatahanui

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 Pāuatahanui, with Equity Index and zone coverage
SchoolTypeAuthorityRollEquity Index (EQI)Pāuatahanui addresses in zone
Aotea CollegeSecondary (Year 9-15)State1,358441100% (166)
St Oran's CollegeGirls SchoolSecondary (Year 7-15)State: IntegratedState-integrated school: preference of enrolment applies.502380100% (166)
Pauatahanui SchoolFull PrimaryState199395100% (166)
Hutt International Boys' SchoolBoys SchoolSecondary (Year 7-15)State: IntegratedState-integrated school: preference of enrolment applies.652366100% (166)
Plimmerton SchoolFull PrimaryState39339621% (35)
Adventure SchoolFull PrimaryState4643891% (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 Pāuatahanui is the average of these Stats NZ statistical areas (SA2 2023), weighted by the share of Pāuatahanui's addresses in each. How suburb values are built

Statistical areas in Pāuatahanui with their share of its addresses
Statistical areaSA2 codeShare of addressesAddressesPopulation (2023 Census)
Pāuatahanui on the map23940151%84990
Paekākāriki Hill on the map23890049%82372

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.