Living in Kerikeri

In Kerikeri, unemployment is 2.3% (2023).

Kerikeri had a population of 8,070 in March 2023. The city covers 22.05 km², with a population density of 446.5 people per km² in March 2023.

Last checked 2026-10-0712 sources

Population8,070people7 Mar 2023Official source · Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population

Median gross salary (region)2,911EUR/month30 Jun 2025Official source · Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter

Median rent1,195EUR/month31 Jul 2026District figureOfficial source · Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority

Unemployment rate2.3%country median 3.3% — 30% belowOfficial source · tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz

Recorded crime5,628incidents 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 Kerikeri?

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

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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	1,195 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority⁶Official · county

Is Kerikeri 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 worker60%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–71%

Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on education · range 60–80%

Student33%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 21–45%

Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–74%

Retirement29%strong on housing, weak on admin · range 15–43%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kerikeri?

The unemployment rate is 2.3 % (2023 Census). Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹¹

Unemployment across cities in New ZealandUnemployment in Kerikeri is 2.3%. Of 91 cities with data, 42 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

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Kerikeri 2.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	2,911 EUR/month	30 Jun 2025	Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter¹⁰Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	2.3 %country median 3.3%	31 Dec 2023	tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹¹Official

What does a salary buy in Kerikeri?

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

Left over each month€1,108of €2,376 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.	€2,376
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · Rental bond data · 2026-07-31	− €1,195
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	€1,108

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Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Kerikeri?

Police recorded about 5,628 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	5,628 incidents per 100,000	30 Jun 2026	Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026¹²Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁴Official
Nearest airport	KKE	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	5 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 27.51 · Feb 27.9 · Mar 25.92 · Apr 24.3 · May 22.25 · Jun 19.94 · Jul 18.33 · Aug 18.2 · Sep 19.61 · Oct 20.77 · Nov 25.34 · Dec 26.29 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan 13.18 · Feb 14.43 · Mar 12.7 · Apr 11.09 · May 7.7 · Jun 7.05 · Jul 7.04 · Aug 6.05 · Sep 7.51 · Oct 8.28 · Nov 10.16 · Dec 11.51 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 20.01 · Feb 20.78 · Mar 19.77 · Apr 18.06 · May 16.13 · Jun 14.28 · Jul 13.25 · Aug 13.2 · Sep 13.91 · Oct 14.91 · Nov 16.49 · Dec 18.56 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Kerikeri?

The published population was 8,070 people in March 2023. Source: Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport69.7%
Foreign residents30.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	22.05 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	2,442 people	31 Dec 2023	tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹¹Official
Population density	446.5 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	8,070 people	7 Mar 2023	Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population⁹Official

International community in Kerikeri

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
United Kingdom and Ireland	1,044	13.0%
Asia	375	4.7%
Middle East and Africa	303	3.8%
Europe (excl United Kingdom and Ireland)	279	3.5%
Australia	180	2.2%
North America	132	1.6%
Pacific Islands	102	1.3%
Other	27	0.3%

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	6,150	76.2%
Māori	1,479	18.3%
Other European	786	9.7%
Indian	183	2.3%
Southeast Asian	144	1.8%
Chinese	99	1.2%
Other Ethnicity	99	1.2%
Samoan	96	1.2%
Other Asian	96	1.2%
Cook Islands Maori	81	1.0%

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Published group	People	Share
European nfd	57	0.7%
Fijian	39	0.5%
Middle Eastern	39	0.5%
Latin American	36	0.4%
Tongan	30	0.4%
Other Pacific Peoples	21	0.3%
Niuean	15	0.2%
African	15	0.2%
Asian nfd	9	0.1%
Pacific Peoples nfd	6	0.1%
Tokelauan	6	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
European	6,846	84.8%
Māori	1,479	18.3%
Asian	519	6.4%
Pacific Peoples	270	3.3%
Other Ethnicity	99	1.2%
Middle Eastern/Latin American/African	90	1.1%

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

Alternatives for people set on Kerikeri

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.

Palmerston North as a Kerikeri alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 590 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: 78,021 Palmerston North vs 8,070 Kerikeri+867%
Median gross pay, region: €3,276 (2024) Palmerston North vs €2,911 (2025) Kerikerino percentage
Nearest airport: 4.0 km Palmerston North vs 5.0 km Kerikeri−20%

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Alternative cities in New Zealand

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

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Ngāruawāhia7,992 residents Gore8,181 residents Motueka8,190 residents Huntly8,232 residents Greymouth8,337 residents Kawerau7,539 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Kerikeri 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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Common questions

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

How many people live in Kerikeri?

The published population was 8,070 people in March 2023. Source: Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population.

How safe is Kerikeri?

What is the unemployment rate in Kerikeri?

The unemployment rate is 2.3 % (2023 Census). Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz.

What is the typical salary around Kerikeri?

The median gross salary is 2,911 EUR/month. Source: Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter.

How many foreign residents live in Kerikeri?

2,442 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz.

Is Kerikeri a good place to live?

Kerikeri 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 United Kingdom and Ireland live in Kerikeri?

The official country of birth distribution records 1,044 people (13.0%) 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). Kerikeri, New Zealand: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version db85a1c9fb4188ee7f5f928d76c58503]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nz/kerikeri/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_kerikeri-new-zealand-population-rent-salary-jobs_1aed2b40631c,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Kerikeri, New Zealand: population, rent, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {db85a1c9fb4188ee7f5f928d76c58503},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nz/kerikeri/},
  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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