Statistics about Wellington City

Population of the city:

The Wellington region makes up "10.6%" of the country's population, with an estimated "496, 000" people that live here.

Opinions on the city:

"The Nielsen Quality of Life Survey, released in October 2016, measures the perceptions of over 5000 residents living in six of the country’s largest urban areas".

From this survey;

A total of "87% of Wellingtonians rated their quality of life as “good” or “very good”". "89% agree or strongly agree that Wellington is a great place to live" and "82% of Wellingtonians have pride in the city’s look and feel".

Travel to/within the city:

Around "23,000" people travel into Wellington City every day, with an estimated "11%" of people walking to work. "30%" of people use public transport in Wellington. More than any other city in New Zealand.

(https://www.wellingtonnz.com/life-in-wellington/facts-and-figures/)

Domestic tourism spend NZ:

"Distribution of domestic tourism spend for the year ending February 2018".

(https://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/sectors-industries/tourism/documents-image-library/key-tourism-statistics.pdf)


(http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/sectors-industries/tourism/tourism-research-data/monthly-regional-tourism-estimates/previous-regional-tourism-series/regional-tourism-estimates/documents-image-library/council-summaries/Wellington.pdf)



Some other helpful websites:

https://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/your-council/news/files/2017/rms-2017-summary-reportdoc.pdf

https://wellington.govt.nz/~/media/about-wellington/profile/files/wellington-city-profile.pdf









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