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The resident population of the Regional Council Areas on the South Island according to official estimates.

NameStatusPopulation
Estimate
1996-06-30
Population
Estimate
2001-06-30
Population
Estimate
2006-06-30
Population
Estimate
2013-06-30
Population
Estimate
2018-06-30
Population
Estimate
2022-06-30
 
CanterburyRegional Council Area480,400496,700540,000562,900622,800655,000
MarlboroughRegional Council Area39,20040,70043,60044,70048,70051,900
NelsonRegional Council Area41,20042,90044,30048,70052,70054,500
OtagoRegional Council Area189,300188,300199,800208,800235,000246,000
SouthlandRegional Council Area99,00093,30093,20096,000100,500102,400
TasmanRegional Council Area38,80042,40045,80048,80054,00058,700
West CoastRegional Council Area33,20031,10032,10033,00032,40032,700
South Island (Te Waipounamu)Island921,100935,400998,8001,042,8001,146,2001,201,300

Contents: Settlements

The resident population of all urban areas and rural settlements on the South Island according to official estimates.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected place including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, religion, country of birth, ethnic group).

Name StatusRegionPopulation
Estimate
1996-06-30
Population
Estimate
2001-06-30
Population
Estimate
2006-06-30
Population
Estimate
2013-06-30
Population
Estimate
2018-06-30
Population
Estimate
2022-06-30
 
AhauraRural SettlementWest Coast120140110100100110
AkaroaRural SettlementCanterbury680610620670770780
AlexandraSmall Urban AreaOtago4,6904,4804,9404,9205,6306,090
AllantonRural SettlementOtago220240260260310310
AmberleySmall Urban AreaCanterbury1,0501,1601,3401,6202,1102,340
Amberley BeachRural SettlementCanterbury140150140170180170
AnakiwaRural SettlementMarlborough160170190180180180
AramoanaRural SettlementOtago70809090110120
ArrowtownSmall Urban AreaOtago1,4701,7702,2602,5802,9702,950
Arthur's PassRural SettlementCanterbury907070605050
Arthurs PointSmall Urban AreaOtago2503004308601,2101,360
AshburtonMedium Urban AreaCanterbury15,65015,60016,55018,60019,85020,600
AshleyRural SettlementCanterbury290340340370410440
BalcluthaSmall Urban AreaOtago4,2804,2504,2104,0504,1904,300
BalfourRural SettlementSouthland140140140120120130
BannockburnRural SettlementOtago150180320390500610
BenharRural SettlementOtago1201201001009090
Birdling's FlatRural SettlementCanterbury80110150150200210
BlackballRural SettlementWest Coast370310320290280290
BlenheimMedium Urban AreaMarlborough21,50022,70024,20025,30027,60029,000
BluffSmall Urban AreaSouthland2,1402,0001,8501,8601,8401,830
BrightonSmall Urban AreaOtago1,5601,5201,5201,4801,5201,520
BrightwaterSmall Urban AreaTasman1,3101,5101,8801,8602,1902,340
Burnham CampRural SettlementCanterbury1,5301,2001,3501,2501,2801,510
Carters BeachRural SettlementWest Coast310280310340340340
Castle HillRural SettlementCanterbury102010502050
CaveRural SettlementCanterbury908080808090
CheviotRural SettlementCanterbury450400390380380360
ChristchurchMajor Urban AreaCanterbury315,800324,800350,300345,500372,500377,900
ClintonRural SettlementOtago360330300290300300
ClydeSmall Urban AreaOtago8508309301,0401,1801,270
CoalgateRural SettlementCanterbury190240240320350380
CollingwoodRural SettlementTasman210200220250280310
CromwellSmall Urban AreaOtago2,7602,8403,8604,5005,8407,010
CulverdenRural SettlementCanterbury350330360370360370
CustRural SettlementCanterbury280290350380400420
DarfieldSmall Urban AreaCanterbury1,5201,8302,0502,5002,8303,120
Diamond HarbourSmall Urban AreaCanterbury1,0001,1601,2601,3501,5301,600
DobsonRural SettlementWest Coast600620600580580600
DoylestonRural SettlementCanterbury180210250330330360
DunedinMajor Urban AreaOtago98,50096,80098,60098,600104,200102,400
DunsandelRural SettlementCanterbury360380400460450480
DuntroonRural SettlementCanterbury1001109080100110
DuvauchelleRural SettlementCanterbury150180170220180200
EdendaleRural SettlementSouthland600600520570610610
EttrickRural SettlementOtago160160170180180180
FairlieRural SettlementCanterbury1,000870890890920930
Fox GlacierRural SettlementWest Coast190200290240260240
Franz JosefRural SettlementWest Coast210220300350500510
GeraldineSmall Urban AreaCanterbury2,3302,3102,3902,4702,7502,820
GlenavyRural SettlementCanterbury130130120210200210
GlenorchyRural SettlementOtago130160160270370390
GlentunnelRural SettlementCanterbury130120140160170190
GloriavaleRural SettlementWest Coast240300370530630700
GoreSmall Urban AreaSouthland8,4608,0107,9307,9108,1508,220
Governors BayRural SettlementCanterbury670760860850910940
GranityRural SettlementWest Coast280220190210170160
GreymouthSmall Urban AreaWest Coast8,7608,1508,4108,3208,2308,320
GrovetownRural SettlementMarlborough290320310310360420
HaastRural SettlementWest Coast606060509090
HampdenRural SettlementOtago310310300310350370
Hanmer SpringsRural SettlementCanterbury6007007508901,0301,120
HarihariRural SettlementWest Coast290270270250240260
HarwoodRural SettlementOtago230220220210230240
HavelockRural SettlementMarlborough540520540520610640
HawardenRural SettlementCanterbury220240220240250250
Hāwea FlatRural SettlementOtago110110290430570650
HerbertRural SettlementOtago120120120110100110
HindsRural SettlementCanterbury250260300300300320
HokitikaSmall Urban AreaWest Coast3,4203,1703,1503,0602,9602,860
HopeSmall Urban AreaTasman790810910920950990
HororataRural SettlementCanterbury120140170190210230
InvercargillLarge Urban AreaSouthland48,10045,30045,60046,80049,10049,800
Jacks PointRural SettlementOtago2030602501,0402,140
KaiapoiMedium Urban AreaCanterbury8,5309,83010,9009,89012,20013,400
KaikōuraSmall Urban AreaCanterbury2,2902,1902,2702,0502,3002,330
KaitangataRural SettlementOtago880810830770770780
KaiteriteriRural SettlementTasman210290310360360420
KakanuiRural SettlementOtago390380380360410450
Kaka PointRural SettlementOtago260220210230230240
KaniereRural SettlementWest Coast270240300310300290
KarameaRural SettlementWest Coast470460430380360400
KaritāneRural SettlementOtago450400350370410420
KenningtonRural SettlementSouthland140120120130120120
KingstonRural SettlementOtago8070130210320390
KirweeRural SettlementCanterbury3904406508101,0001,060
KūmaraRural SettlementWest Coast320330320310290290
KurowRural SettlementCanterbury440410350330380390
Lake Hāwea (Lake Hawea Village)Small Urban AreaOtago2703405708401,2701,860
Lake Hayes (Lake Hayes Estate)Small Urban AreaOtago2302609102,0705,0206,760
Lake HoodRural SettlementCanterbury404080220400460
Lake Roxburgh VillageRural SettlementOtago1108070808090
LawrenceRural SettlementOtago550470440420460470
LeestonSmall Urban AreaCanterbury1,3001,2701,3701,6002,2902,490
LeithfieldRural SettlementCanterbury270340410570600610
Leithfield BeachRural SettlementCanterbury350370390420410420
Ligar BayRural SettlementTasman80140120120130150
LincolnSmall Urban AreaCanterbury2,4302,4402,9204,0506,8409,180
Little RiverRural SettlementCanterbury220260230290280280
LuggateRural SettlementOtago140160200290490640
LumsdenRural SettlementSouthland540480450430520550
LytteltonSmall Urban AreaCanterbury3,0703,0403,0902,9003,1003,150
MahenoRural SettlementOtago140120140110130130
MākikihiRural SettlementCanterbury807070809090
Malvern Hills - WhitecliffsRural SettlementCanterbury110110120160180200
ManapōuriRural SettlementSouthland190220270200220240
MāpuaSmall Urban AreaTasman7309901,1001,1501,2801,350
MārahauRural SettlementTasman190280190210240260
Marlborough RidgeRural SettlementMarlborough202050140180260
MatauraSmall Urban AreaSouthland1,9901,7901,6101,5601,7001,720
MethvenSmall Urban AreaCanterbury1,1301,2101,4501,7801,8601,970
MiddlemarchRural SettlementOtago210190170160160150
Milford HutsRural SettlementCanterbury506060708080
MillbrookRural SettlementOtago70608090130140
Millers FlatRural SettlementOtago120110100909090
MiltonSmall Urban AreaOtago2,2302,1302,1102,1102,2002,200
MoanaRural SettlementWest Coast1408060706070
MoerakiRural SettlementOtago140120130120110120
MosgielMedium Urban AreaOtago11,05011,20011,90012,50013,90014,500
MossburnRural SettlementSouthland220190190170180180
MotuekaSmall Urban AreaTasman6,2506,5306,8107,3008,2608,340
Mount SomersRural SettlementCanterbury120130110140150170
Mt Cook VillageRural SettlementCanterbury290250220210230200
MurchisonRural SettlementTasman510500470450480520
NasebyRural SettlementOtago110100120120120140
NelsonLarge Urban AreaNelson39,80041,30042,60046,40049,80050,800
NgākawauRural SettlementWest Coast360310240220200190
Ngākuta BayRural SettlementMarlborough407070606060
NightcapsRural SettlementSouthland410350320300310300
OamaruMedium Urban AreaOtago13,00012,35012,25012,60013,45013,900
ObanRural SettlementSouthland330300300280310320
ŌhaiRural SettlementSouthland530410370320270270
Ōkiwi BayRural SettlementMarlborough6080100807070
OmakauRural SettlementOtago280280300300350410
ŌmāramaRural SettlementCanterbury370280230280300340
ŌrarīRural SettlementCanterbury130130150190170180
Ōtākou - Harington PointRural SettlementOtago200190170170200200
ŌtautauRural SettlementSouthland860780810710780760
OtematataRural SettlementCanterbury370250190190190240
OutramRural SettlementOtago650630660730790790
OwakaRural SettlementOtago410370330310320320
OxfordSmall Urban AreaCanterbury1,5301,6401,7802,0102,2802,440
PalmerstonRural SettlementOtago1,0109209309209801,040
ParaparaRural SettlementTasman901009090100100
PareoraRural SettlementCanterbury510480460440470490
PegasusSmall Urban AreaCanterbury3020201,0802,7703,820
PictonSmall Urban AreaMarlborough3,9904,0904,1604,1304,6504,800
Pisa MooringsRural SettlementOtago4060160360590840
Pleasant PointSmall Urban AreaCanterbury1,2701,2001,2201,3401,4301,490
PōharaRural SettlementTasman350370520530530570
PounaweaRural SettlementOtago707060605050
PrebbletonSmall Urban AreaCanterbury9701,0502,0802,9104,6805,260
PūrākaunuiRural SettlementOtago190190200200210230
PūrauRural SettlementCanterbury304060507070
QueenstownMedium Urban AreaOtago7,7008,87010,95011,90015,15015,800
Rai ValleyRural SettlementMarlborough150150140150180200
RākaiaSmall Urban AreaCanterbury9009701,0901,3101,4801,560
RanfurlyRural SettlementOtago870750720680740780
RangioraMedium Urban AreaCanterbury10,10011,20012,50015,70018,40019,700
RārangiRural SettlementMarlborough400400520590680700
ReeftonSmall Urban AreaWest Coast1,1001,0301,0001,070940930
RenwickSmall Urban AreaMarlborough1,8001,8902,0202,3202,4802,620
RichmondMedium Urban AreaTasman9,55011,45012,70013,85015,70018,450
RiversdaleRural SettlementSouthland390390430410420430
RivertonSmall Urban AreaSouthland1,8901,7201,5801,4901,6801,660
RīwakaRural SettlementTasman640650640680790830
RollestonMedium Urban AreaCanterbury1,5502,8205,21010,05018,40028,000
RossRural SettlementWest Coast390320300300290280
RotherhamRural SettlementCanterbury8090100120140150
RoxburghRural SettlementOtago750630630540600620
Ruby BayRural SettlementTasman420490560640700750
RūnangaSmall Urban AreaWest Coast1,4301,3401,2601,2701,2201,240
SeddonRural SettlementMarlborough530470490500580600
SeftonRural SettlementCanterbury200210240240210230
Selwyn HutsRural SettlementCanterbury6060606090100
Sheffield and WaddingtonRural SettlementCanterbury250290260290330360
SouthbridgeRural SettlementCanterbury6907407609009401,010
SpencervilleRural SettlementCanterbury190300590530530530
Spring CreekRural SettlementMarlborough510540590560590640
SpringfieldRural SettlementCanterbury210220220240330380
SpringstonRural SettlementCanterbury300320380530550560
St AndrewsRural SettlementCanterbury190180180190200200
St ArnaudRural SettlementTasman709080110120150
StirlingRural SettlementOtago340320330320330340
Taieri MouthRural SettlementOtago170180180200260280
Tai TapuRural SettlementCanterbury350350340500560680
TākakaSmall Urban AreaTasman1,2501,2201,1701,2801,3801,400
TakamatuaRural SettlementCanterbury10090120140120120
TapanuiRural SettlementOtago890860750730800800
TapaweraRural SettlementTasman350320340320350370
TasmanRural SettlementTasman330310360430520610
Te ĀnauSmall Urban AreaSouthland1,8701,9601,9902,0402,6302,970
Tekapō (Lake Tekapo Town)Rural SettlementCanterbury300310330370590690
TemukaSmall Urban AreaCanterbury4,2404,2504,3304,4004,6004,660
The Pines BeachRural SettlementCanterbury480480510370340350
TimaruMedium Urban AreaCanterbury27,00026,60026,70027,20028,30028,600
TuamarinaRural SettlementMarlborough210220270220240240
TuatapereRural SettlementSouthland760700590570550530
TwizelSmall Urban AreaCanterbury1,2201,0401,0701,1901,5301,670
WaiauRural SettlementCanterbury280260260270260270
WaiholaRural SettlementOtago260270280360410470
WaikaiaRural SettlementSouthland90110120130140140
WaikariRural SettlementCanterbury290280260280270270
WaikouaitiSmall Urban AreaOtago1,1901,1201,1201,1501,2301,240
WaikukuRural SettlementCanterbury8090110120170190
Waikuku BeachRural SettlementCanterbury7208108809409301,080
WaimangaroaRural SettlementWest Coast290230230250230220
WaimateSmall Urban AreaCanterbury3,5303,2903,3703,3903,5803,600
WaiparaRural SettlementCanterbury260260270280330320
WaipōpōRural SettlementCanterbury807090809090
Wairau ValleyRural SettlementMarlborough140150180210240270
Waitati - Doctors PointRural SettlementOtago540510520520590620
WakefieldSmall Urban AreaTasman1,4701,6202,0502,3902,5102,680
WallacetownRural SettlementSouthland710650630700730740
WānakaSmall Urban AreaOtago2,6003,4505,2806,82010,25012,150
WardRural SettlementMarlborough1101201001108090
WarringtonRural SettlementOtago420410440460500530
West MeltonSmall Urban AreaCanterbury2303003308202,2102,640
WestportSmall Urban AreaWest Coast4,9804,5304,6204,8504,5204,290
WinchesterRural SettlementCanterbury240270270280270270
WintonSmall Urban AreaSouthland2,2402,1502,1402,2702,4002,450
WoodbourneRural SettlementMarlborough940720700420610670
WoodburyRural SettlementCanterbury706080100110120
WoodendSmall Urban AreaCanterbury1,6402,3602,7402,8502,8603,210
Woodend BeachRural SettlementCanterbury180190200260270300
WoodlandsRural SettlementSouthland310290260270290300
WyndhamRural SettlementSouthland670600540570590590

Source: Statistics New Zealand / Te Tari Tatau (web).

Explanation: Settlements in 2022 boundaries. Population estimates for 2018 and later are based on the results of the 2018 census. The 2022 figures are provisional.