Living in Waitara

In Waitara, unemployment is 4% (2023).

Waitara's population was 7,509 in March 2023. The city covers 6.09 km², with a population density of 1,374.5 people per km² in March 2023.

Last checked 2026-10-0720 sources

Population7,509people7 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 rent1,239EUR/month31 Jul 2026District figureOfficial source · Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority

Unemployment rate4%country median 3.3% — 21% aboveOfficial source · tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz

Recorded crime3,467incidents per 100,00030 Jun 2026District figureOfficial source · Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026

PM2.5, annual mean3.1µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · LAWA Air Quality Dataset (2016–2025), daily PM2.5 observations

Higher unemployment than 65% of New Zealand cities that publish it and cleaner air than any other New Zealand city that publishes it.

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

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 Waitara.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	1,239 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority⁷Official · county

Is Waitara 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 worker38%strong on work, weak on safety · range 27–49%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–74%

Student36%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 24–48%

Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 45–69%

Retirement32%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 18–46%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Waitara?

The unemployment rate is 4 % (2023 Census). Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹³

Unemployment across cities in New ZealandUnemployment in Waitara is 4.0%. Of 91 cities with data, 42 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

0–22–44–66–88–1014–16

Waitara 4.0%

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 quarter¹¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4 %country median 3.3%	31 Dec 2023	tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹³Official

What does a salary buy in Waitara?

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

Left over each month€1,133of €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	− €1,239
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	€1,133

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Waitara Salary needed to live in Waitara

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Waitara. 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

Job Search

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

Safety

How safe is Waitara?

Police recorded about 3,467 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 2026¹⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,467 incidents per 100,000	30 Jun 2026	Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026¹⁴Official · county

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	3 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Nearest airport	NPL	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Distance to nearest airport	5 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

Open official information

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 Waitara.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Waitara?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.1 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: LAWA Air Quality Dataset (2016–2025), daily PM2.5 observations²

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

22°13°

23°14°

21°12°

19°11°

17°9°

14°7°

14°6°

15°8°

16°9°

18°10°

20°12°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

117

149

144

141

129

123

127

104

119

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

260

235

227

181

150

126

143

170

171

201

225

230

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.53.1WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in New ZealandOf 15 cities with data, 3 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

5–67–88–99–1010–1111–1215–16

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	3.1 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	LAWA Air Quality Dataset (2016–2025), daily PM2.5 observations²Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 21.8 · Feb 22.5 · Mar 21.3 · Apr 19 · May 16.5 · Jun 14.3 · Jul 13.5 · Aug 14 · Sep 15.2 · Oct 16.3 · Nov 17.8 · Dec 20.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan 13.4 · Feb 13.8 · Mar 12.3 · Apr 10.6 · May 8.9 · Jun 7.1 · Jul 5.9 · Aug 6.5 · Sep 8 · Oct 9.2 · Nov 10.1 · Dec 12.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 17.6 · Feb 18.2 · Mar 16.8 · Apr 14.8 · May 12.7 · Jun 10.7 · Jul 9.7 · Aug 10.3 · Sep 11.6 · Oct 12.8 · Nov 14 · Dec 16.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 76.3 · Feb 89.8 · Mar 91.1 · Apr 117.1 · May 149.4 · Jun 143.6 · Jul 141.3 · Aug 128.8 · Sep 122.9 · Oct 127 · Nov 103.7 · Dec 119.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official
Average sunshine by month	Jan 260.1 · Feb 235.1 · Mar 227 · Apr 180.8 · May 149.9 · Jun 125.5 · Jul 142.5 · Aug 170.2 · Sep 171 · Oct 200.9 · Nov 225.4 · Dec 229.7 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official

Similar climate. In New Zealand: Lower Hutt ±1.0 °C. Elsewhere: Ventura (United States) ±4.8 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±6.3 °C, Downey (United States) ±6.4 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±6.9 °C, Reims (France) ±7.7 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Waitara?

The published population was 7,509 people in March 2023. Source: Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport92.1%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	6.09 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	591 people	31 Dec 2023	tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz¹³Official
Population density	1,375 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	7,509 people	7 Mar 2023	Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population¹⁰Official

International community in Waitara

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	171	2.3%
Australia	144	1.9%
Asia	84	1.1%
Pacific Islands	69	0.9%
Middle East and Africa	57	0.8%
Europe (excl United Kingdom and Ireland)	45	0.6%
North America	18	0.2%
Other	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
New Zealand European	5,232	69.7%
Māori	3,384	45.1%
Other European	273	3.6%
Samoan	114	1.5%
Other Ethnicity	105	1.4%
Cook Islands Maori	81	1.1%
Other Pacific Peoples	57	0.8%
Southeast Asian	54	0.7%
Chinese	48	0.6%
Tongan	36	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Indian	33	0.4%
Niuean	24	0.3%
Fijian	24	0.3%
European nfd	18	0.2%
Middle Eastern	15	0.2%
Latin American	15	0.2%
Tokelauan	9	0.1%
Other Asian	9	0.1%
African	9	0.1%
Pacific Peoples nfd	6	0.1%
Asian nfd	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
European	5,451	72.6%
Māori	3,384	45.1%
Pacific Peoples	330	4.4%
Asian	141	1.9%
Other Ethnicity	105	1.4%
Middle Eastern/Latin American/African	36	0.5%

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

Alternatives for people set on Waitara

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.

Inglewood as a Waitara alternative in the same region

18 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 1.9% Inglewood vs 4.0% Waitara−53%
Median gross pay, region: €3,018 Inglewood vs €3,018 Waitarasame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,467 Inglewood vs 3,467 Waitarasame level
Annual PM2.5: 3.1 µg/m³ Inglewood vs 3.1 µg/m³ Waitarasame level

Full comparison More about Inglewood

Palmerston North as a Waitara alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 193 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 7,509 Waitara+939%
Median gross pay, region: €3,276 (2024) Palmerston North vs €3,018 (2025) Waitarano percentage
Nearest airport: 4.0 km Palmerston North vs 5.0 km Waitara−20%

Full comparison More about Palmerston North

Cities near Waitara

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

New Plymouth 15.4 km away

Rent: 1,225 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-07-31

Alternative cities in New Zealand

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

All New Zealand cities

Kawerau7,539 residents Thames7,212 residents Ngāruawāhia7,992 residents Kerikeri8,070 residents Kumeū-Huapai6,948 residents Gore8,181 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Waitara 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 Waitara?

The published population was 7,509 people in March 2023. Source: Stats NZ Urban Rural 2023 place summaries — Census population.

Is the air quality good in Waitara?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 3.1 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: LAWA Air Quality Dataset (2016–2025), daily PM2.5 observations.

How safe is Waitara?

What is the unemployment rate in Waitara?

The unemployment rate is 4 % (2023 Census). Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz.

What is the typical salary around Waitara?

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 Waitara?

591 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz.

Is Waitara a good place to live?

Waitara 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 Waitara?

New Plymouth, Inglewood are near Waitara. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in United Kingdom and Ireland live in Waitara?

The official country of birth distribution records 171 people (2.3%) 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). Waitara, New Zealand: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 121d4665c3caf1a28658ca1c488863bb]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nz/waitara/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_waitara-new-zealand-population-rent-salary-jobs-safety_7d644b40f84b,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Waitara, New Zealand: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {121d4665c3caf1a28658ca1c488863bb},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nz/waitara/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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