Living in Hāwera

In Hāwera, the median rent tenants pay is €1,162 a month (2026) and unemployment is 3.3% (2023).

Hawera had a population of 10,365 in March 2023. The city covers 25.18 km², with a population density of 437.3 people per km² in March 2023.

Last checked 2026-10-0712 sources

Population10,365people7 Mar 2023Official source · Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population

Median gross salary (region)3,018EUR/month30 Jun 2025Official source · Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter

Median rent1,162EUR/month31 Jul 2026Official source · Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority

Unemployment rate3.3%country median 3.3% — about the sameOfficial source · tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz

Recorded crime3,416incidents per 100,00030 Jun 2026Official source · Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026

Which New Zealand-wide rules apply when you move to Hāwera?

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Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€37

Internet, 60 Mbps€36

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	35.54 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	One NZ fixed broadband³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	37.06 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	One NZ Endless Plus³Official · national market
Median monthly rent	1,162 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority⁶Official

Is Hāwera a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker62%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 53–71%

Skilled employee69%strong on work, weak on education · range 60–78%

Student40%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 30–50%

Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 52–70%

Retirement35%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 24–46%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Hawera?

The unemployment rate is 3.3 % (2023 Census). Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹¹

Unemployment across cities in New ZealandUnemployment in Hāwera is 3.3%. Of 91 cities with data, 42 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

0–22–44–66–88–1014–16

Hāwera 3.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,018 EUR/month	30 Jun 2025	Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter¹⁰Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.3 %country median 3.3% — about the same	31 Dec 2023	tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹¹Official

What does a salary buy in Hāwera?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,210of €2,444 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,444
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · Rental bond data · 2026-07-31	− €1,162
Internet€36 · official · One NZ fixed broadband · 2026-09-30	− €36
Mobile plan€37 · official · One NZ Endless Plus · 2026-09-30	− €37
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,210

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Hāwera. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Work and Income employment service — Public employment service

Ministry of Social Development, New Zealand

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Hāwera. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Hawera?

Police recorded about 3,416 incidents per 100,000 (2025-07/2026-06). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,416 incidents per 100,000	30 Jun 2026	Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026¹²Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	3 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁴Official
Nearest airport	NPL	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	65 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Hāwera. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

English Language Teaching — Intensive Literacy and Numeracy Fund — State Language Course

Tertiary Education Commission

For adult migrants, refugees, adult speakers of other languages.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridSubsidised

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New Zealand settlement services — Newcomer Adaptation

Immigration New Zealand

For migrants, refugees, newcomers.

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Hāwera.

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Climate and air quality

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 27.69 · Feb 27.21 · Mar 25.89 · Apr 21.84 · May 19.94 · Jun 17.73 · Jul 16.17 · Aug 16.2 · Sep 19.71 · Oct 20.27 · Nov 23.87 · Dec 25.75 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan 7.46 · Feb 7.5 · Mar 5.98 · Apr 5.34 · May 2.93 · Jun 0.82 · Jul -0.59 · Aug 0.04 · Sep 0.76 · Oct 2.49 · Nov 3.09 · Dec 5.77 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 16.7 · Feb 17.13 · Mar 15.96 · Apr 13.86 · May 12.01 · Jun 10.1 · Jul 8.91 · Aug 9.4 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 11.79 · Nov 13.28 · Dec 15.42 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Hawera?

The published population was 10,365 people in March 2023. Source: Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport88.1%
Foreign residents11.9%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	25.18 km²	1 Jan 2023	Official Stats NZ Urban-rural 2023 area for the exact UR2023 urban-area code. AREA_SQ_KM is the clipped official geography used here; no territorial-authority or SA observation is substituted.²Official
Foreign residents	1,233 people	31 Dec 2023	tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹¹Official
Population density	437.3 people/km²	7 Mar 2023	Reproducible exact-UR2023 density using the existing official Stats NZ population denominator and the exact official UR2023 area. No observation geography is promoted.⁷Official
Population	10,365 people	7 Mar 2023	Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population⁹Official

International community in Hāwera

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Census usually resident population count for the 2023 Census place-summary geography · 2023 Census

Published group	People	Share
Asia	363	3.5%
United Kingdom and Ireland	267	2.6%
Middle East and Africa	186	1.8%
Pacific Islands	162	1.6%
Australia	150	1.5%
Europe (excl United Kingdom and Ireland)	63	0.6%
North America	27	0.3%
Other	15	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Ancestry or ethnicity

Census usually resident population count for the 2023 Census place-summary geography · 2023 Census

Published group	People	Share
New Zealand European	7,728	74.6%
Māori	3,003	29.0%
Other European	366	3.5%
Indian	234	2.3%
Southeast Asian	207	2.0%
Samoan	195	1.9%
Other Ethnicity	144	1.4%
Chinese	90	0.9%
Other Asian	69	0.7%
Cook Islands Maori	66	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Tongan	39	0.4%
African	36	0.3%
European nfd	30	0.3%
Niuean	21	0.2%
Fijian	21	0.2%
Other Pacific Peoples	21	0.2%
Latin American	18	0.2%
Asian nfd	12	0.1%
Middle Eastern	9	0.1%
Pacific Peoples nfd	3	0.0%
Tokelauan	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Ancestry or ethnicity

Census usually resident population count for the 2023 Census place-summary geography · 2023 Census

Published group	People	Share
European	8,034	77.5%
Māori	3,003	29.0%
Asian	603	5.8%
Pacific Peoples	351	3.4%
Other Ethnicity	144	1.4%
Middle Eastern/Latin American/African	60	0.6%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Alternatives for people set on Hāwera

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Whangārei as a Hāwera alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 431 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 53,841 Whangārei vs 10,365 Hāwera+419%
Nearest airport: 6.0 km Whangārei vs 65.0 km Hāwera−91%
Median gross pay, region: €3,245 (2024) Whangārei vs €3,018 (2025) Hāwerano percentage

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Alternative cities in New Zealand

Other cities in New Zealand to compare with Hāwera, nearest in population first.

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Lincoln10,611 residents Waiuku9,531 residents Matamata9,132 residents Te Puke9,114 residents Wānaka11,922 residents Morrinsville9,003 residents

How does Hāwera compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Hāwera when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Hawera?

The published population was 10,365 people in March 2023. Source: Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population.

How safe is Hawera?

What is the unemployment rate in Hawera?

The unemployment rate is 3.3 % (2023 Census). Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz.

What is the typical salary around Hāwera?

The median gross salary is 3,018 EUR/month. Source: Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter.

How many foreign residents live in Hāwera?

1,233 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz.

Is Hāwera a good place to live?

Hāwera may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Asia live in Hāwera?

The official country of birth distribution records 363 people (3.5%) in the source-defined population for 2023 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Hāwera, New Zealand: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 39b4f840433edbb44e58479db04e12c1]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nz/hawera/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Hāwera, New Zealand: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {39b4f840433edbb44e58479db04e12c1},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nz/hawera/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
Official Stats NZ Urban-rural 2023 area for the exact UR2023 urban-area code. AREA_SQ_KM is the clipped official geography used here; no territorial-authority or SA observation is substituted. services2.arcgis.com · checked 2023-01-01
One NZ fixed broadband one.nz · checked 2026-09-15
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority Rental bond data · tenancy.govt.nz · checked 2026-10-06
Reproducible exact-UR2023 density using the existing official Stats NZ population denominator and the exact official UR2023 area. No observation geography is promoted. services2.arcgis.com · checked 2023-03-07
Stats NZ / Tatauranga Aotearoa tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz · checked 2026-08-30
Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries · tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz · checked 2026-08-13
Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter api.data.stats.govt.nz · checked 2026-10-07

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tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz · checked 2026-08-27
Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026 Victimisations Time and Place · public.tableau.com · checked 2026-10-05

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