Waikanae Beach, Wellington Region

Suburb in Kapiti Coast District.

How Waikanae Beach fits you

32 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)25
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)

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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)

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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 3

33rd percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2024-10-31n = 5,685 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)

$42,798/year

27th percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-09n = 4,878 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)

31.8%

43rd percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-09n = 4,788 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)

23.1%

35th percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2024-11-27n = 2,454 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

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

Source: Stats NZ

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Median age (Census 2023)

52.6 years

98th percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-09n = 5,676 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)

43.2%

13th percentile in Wellington Region

Context only: not part of the fit score

High confidenceAs of 2025-07-08n = 1,662 summed over 2 whole statistical areas

Address-weighted average of its 2 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)

$582/week

63rd percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

Medium confidenceAs of 2026-08-20n = 18 for the whole statistical area

Provisional: the latest months may still be revised.

Address-weighted average of 1 of its 2 statistical areas (SA2), covering 100% 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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Median weekly rent, 3-bedroom (latest year of new bonds)

$646/week

33rd percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

Medium confidenceAs of 2026-08-20n = 21 for the whole statistical area

Provisional: the latest months may still be revised.

Address-weighted average of 1 of its 2 statistical areas (SA2), covering 100% 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

0.34

88th percentile in Wellington Region

Lower values score better in the fit score

Medium confidenceAs of 2026-08-20n = 18 for the whole statistical area

Provisional: the latest months may still be revised.

Address-weighted average of 1 of its 2 statistical areas (SA2), covering 100% 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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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 = 3,521 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 Waikanae Beach

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 Waikanae Beach, with Equity Index and zone coverage
School	Type	Authority	Roll	Equity Index (EQI)	Waikanae Beach addresses in zone
Paraparaumu College	Secondary (Year 9-15)	State	1,500	442	100% (2,181)
Our Lady of Kapiti School	Full Primary	State: IntegratedState-integrated school: preference of enrolment applies.	314	402	100% (2,181)
Waikanae School	Full Primary	State	467	437	98% (2,141)
Kapakapanui School	Full Primary	State	512	434	2% (41)

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

Statistical areas in Waikanae Beach with their share of its addresses
Statistical area	SA2 code	Share of addresses	Addresses	Population (2023 Census)
Waikanae Beach on the map	236800	100%	2,180	3,249
Waikanae Park on the map	237200	under 1%	1	2,427

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.