Living in Huntly

In Huntly, unemployment is 5% (2023).

The city covers 16.57 km², with a population density of 545.9 people per km² in March 2023. In March 2023, Huntly had a population of 8,232.

Last checked 2026-10-0713 sources

Population8,232people7 Mar 2023Official source · Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population

Median gross salary (region)3,063EUR/month30 Jun 2025Official source · Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter

Median rent1,315EUR/month31 Jul 2026District figureOfficial source · Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority

Unemployment rate5%country median 3.3% — 52% aboveOfficial source · tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz

Recorded crime3,374incidents per 100,00030 Jun 2026District figureOfficial source · Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in New ZealandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Huntly.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

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 broadband⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	37.06 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	One NZ Endless Plus⁴Official · national market
Median monthly rent	1,315 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority⁷Official · county

Is Huntly 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 worker36%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 25–47%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–70%

Student38%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 26–50%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 43–67%

Retirement33%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 19–47%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Huntly?

The unemployment rate is 5 % (2023 Census). Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹²

Unemployment across cities in New ZealandUnemployment in Huntly is 5.0%. Of 91 cities with data, 42 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

0–22–44–66–88–1014–16

Huntly 5.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,063 EUR/month	30 Jun 2025	Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter¹¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5 %country median 3.3%	31 Dec 2023	tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹²Official

What does a salary buy in Huntly?

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

Left over each month€1,085of €2,472 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.	€2,472
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · Rental bond data · 2026-07-31	− €1,315
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	€1,085

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Huntly. 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 Huntly. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Huntly?

Police recorded about 3,374 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 2026¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,374 incidents per 100,000	30 Jun 2026	Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026¹³Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	4 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Nearest airport	HLZ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Distance to nearest airport	38 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Huntly. 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.

In Person, Online, HybridFree

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

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Climate and air quality

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 29.56 · Feb 28.33 · Mar 27.21 · Apr 24.64 · May 21.37 · Jun 19.14 · Jul 17.92 · Aug 18.69 · Sep 20 · Oct 22.14 · Nov 26.4 · Dec 27.16 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan 9.19 · Feb 9.8 · Mar 7.57 · Apr 6.11 · May 2.92 · Jun 2.1 · Jul 1.65 · Aug 1.51 · Sep 2.26 · Oct 3.91 · Nov 5.93 · Dec 6.55 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 19.35 · Feb 19.85 · Mar 18.44 · Apr 16.18 · May 13.83 · Jun 11.71 · Jul 10.56 · Aug 11.1 · Sep 12.38 · Oct 13.74 · Nov 15.55 · Dec 17.79 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Huntly?

The published population was 8,232 people in March 2023. Source: Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport86.3%
Foreign residents13.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	16.57 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.³Official
Foreign residents	1,131 people	31 Dec 2023	tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹²Official
Population density	545.9 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.⁸Official
Population	8,232 people	7 Mar 2023	Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population¹⁰Official

International community in Huntly

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	342	4.2%
Pacific Islands	282	3.5%
United Kingdom and Ireland	186	2.3%
Australia	141	1.7%
Middle East and Africa	99	1.2%
Europe (excl United Kingdom and Ireland)	51	0.6%
North America	21	0.3%
Other	9	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Ancestry or ethnicity

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

Published group	People	Share
Māori	4,404	53.5%
New Zealand European	3,921	47.6%
Other European	363	4.4%
Cook Islands Maori	327	4.0%
Southeast Asian	285	3.5%
Samoan	273	3.3%
Tongan	234	2.8%
Indian	207	2.5%
Niuean	102	1.2%
Other Ethnicity	75	0.9%

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Published group	People	Share
Other Pacific Peoples	72	0.9%
Fijian	69	0.8%
Chinese	60	0.7%
Other Asian	42	0.5%
Latin American	24	0.3%
Middle Eastern	18	0.2%
African	18	0.2%
Asian nfd	15	0.2%
European nfd	12	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 source⁹

Ancestry or ethnicity

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

Published group	People	Share
Māori	4,404	53.5%
European	4,197	51.0%
Pacific Peoples	972	11.8%
Asian	603	7.3%
Other Ethnicity	75	0.9%
Middle Eastern/Latin American/African	57	0.7%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Alternatives for people set on Huntly

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.

Ngāruawāhia as a Huntly alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Nearest airport: 27.0 km Ngāruawāhia vs 38.0 km Huntly−29%
Unemployment: 5.1% Ngāruawāhia vs 5.0% Huntlysame level
Residents: 7,992 Ngāruawāhia vs 8,232 Huntly−3%
Median gross pay, region: €3,063 Ngāruawāhia vs €3,063 Huntlysame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,374 Ngāruawāhia vs 3,374 Huntlysame level

Full comparison More about Ngāruawāhia

Whangārei as a Huntly alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 217 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 8,232 Huntly+554%
Nearest airport: 6.0 km Whangārei vs 38.0 km Huntly−84%
Median gross pay, region: €3,245 (2024) Whangārei vs €3,063 (2025) Huntlyno percentage

Full comparison More about Whangārei

Cities near Huntly

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in New Zealand

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

All New Zealand cities

Motueka8,190 residents Gore8,181 residents Greymouth8,337 residents Kerikeri8,070 residents Ngāruawāhia7,992 residents Kawerau7,539 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Huntly 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 Huntly?

The published population was 8,232 people in March 2023. Source: Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population.

How safe is Huntly?

What is the unemployment rate in Huntly?

The unemployment rate is 5 % (2023 Census). Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz.

What is the typical salary around Huntly?

The median gross salary is 3,063 EUR/month. Source: Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter.

How many foreign residents live in Huntly?

1,131 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz.

Is Huntly a good place to live?

Huntly 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.

Which cities are near Huntly?

Ngāruawāhia is near Huntly. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Asia live in Huntly?

The official country of birth distribution records 342 people (4.2%) 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). Huntly, New Zealand: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a9454ee29bd3c8a0a5f7878c9574ccfc]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nz/huntly/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_huntly-new-zealand-population-rent-salary-jobs-safety_f13a714ffc59,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Huntly, New Zealand: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {a9454ee29bd3c8a0a5f7878c9574ccfc},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nz/huntly/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Coordinate identity evidence services2.arcgis.com · checked 2026-09-06
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
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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

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Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter api.data.stats.govt.nz · checked 2026-10-07
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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