Living in Wigram

At the end of 2023, unemployment in Wigram reached 4.1%.

Last checked 2026-10-0718 sources

Median gross salary (region)3,060EUR/month30 Jun 2025Official source · Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter

Median rent1,206EUR/month31 Jul 2026District figureOfficial source · Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority

Unemployment rate4.1%31 Dec 2023Municipality figureOfficial source · Stats NZ

Recorded crime7,812incidents per 100,00030 Jun 2026District figureOfficial source · Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026

PM2.5, annual mean8.54µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · LAWA Air Quality Dataset (2016–2025), daily PM2.5 observations

Higher unemployment than 67% of New Zealand cities that publish it and cleaner air than 67% of New Zealand cities that publish it.

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

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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 broadband⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	37.06 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	One NZ Endless Plus⁸Official · national market
Median monthly rent	1,206 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority¹¹Official · county

Is Wigram a good place to live?

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Remote worker36%strong on work, weak on safety · range 21–51%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–73%

Student38%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 24–52%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–70%

Retirement33%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 18–48%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Wigram?

The unemployment rate is 4.1 % (2023). Source: Stats NZ¹²

Unemployment across cities in New ZealandUnemployment in Wigram is 4.1%. Of 91 cities with data, 42 have unemployment of 2 to under 4%.

0–22–44–66–88–1014–16

Wigram 4.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,060 EUR/month	30 Jun 2025	Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter¹³Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.1 %	31 Dec 2023	Stats NZ¹²Official · parent municipality

What does a salary buy in Wigram?

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

Left over each month€1,194of €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	− €1,206
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	€1,194

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Wigram. 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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Safety

How safe is Wigram?

Police recorded about 7,812 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	7,812 incidents per 100,000	30 Jun 2026	Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026¹⁴Official · county

Mobility and administration

Wigram's nearest airport was CHC, 7 km away and offered 20 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	20 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	7 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	CHC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Wigram. 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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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 17.1°C in January and 6°C in July. Wigram's monthly precipitation totalled 42.4 mm in January and 64.2 mm in July. Wigram's average monthly sunshine was 227.5 hours in January and 127.8 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Wigram?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.5 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

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

PM2.5 — annual mean: 8.54 µg/m³ · LAWA Air Quality Dataset (2016–2025), daily PM2.5 observations²

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

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

228

195

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158

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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

PM2.58.5WHO 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 ZealandAnnual PM2.5 in Wigram is 8.5 µg/m³. Of 15 cities with data, 3 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Wigram 8.5

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8.54 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	LAWA Air Quality Dataset (2016–2025), daily PM2.5 observations²Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 22.5 · Feb 22.2 · Mar 20.3 · Apr 17.2 · May 14.7 · Jun 11.7 · Jul 11.2 · Aug 12.5 · Sep 14.8 · Oct 16.9 · Nov 18.8 · Dec 21.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 11.8 · Feb 11.5 · Mar 9.5 · Apr 6.6 · May 3.9 · Jun 1.2 · Jul 0.7 · Aug 2 · Sep 3.9 · Oct 5.8 · Nov 7.6 · Dec 10.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 17.1 · Feb 16.9 · Mar 14.9 · Apr 11.9 · May 9.3 · Jun 6.4 · Jul 6 · Aug 7.3 · Sep 9.3 · Oct 11.3 · Nov 13.2 · Dec 15.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 42.4 · Feb 39.8 · Mar 45.1 · Apr 57.5 · May 58.1 · Jun 68.3 · Jul 64.2 · Aug 58.1 · Sep 42.2 · Oct 49.1 · Nov 45.1 · Dec 47.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 227.5 · Feb 195.2 · Mar 190.6 · Apr 158.1 · May 141.2 · Jun 115.3 · Jul 127.8 · Aug 156.5 · Sep 169.1 · Oct 205.4 · Nov 226.7 · Dec 215 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In New Zealand: Lower Hutt ±2.8 °C. Elsewhere: Ventura (United States) ±6.0 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±6.8 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±7.5 °C, Downey (United States) ±8.0 °C, Reims (France) ±8.4 °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.

Alternatives for people set on Wigram

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.

Halswell as a Wigram alternative in the same region

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

Annual PM2.5: 7.2 µg/m³ Halswell vs 8.5 µg/m³ Wigram−16%
Median gross pay, region: €3,060 Halswell vs €3,060 Wigramsame level
Unemployment: 4.1% Halswell vs 4.1% Wigramsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,812 Halswell vs 7,812 Wigramsame level

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Cities near Wigram

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

Christchurch 5.2 km away

Rent: 1,206 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-07-31

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Wigram 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.

Is the air quality good in Wigram?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.5 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: LAWA Air Quality Dataset (2016–2025), daily PM2.5 observations.

How safe is Wigram?

What is the unemployment rate in Wigram?

The unemployment rate is 4.1 % (2023). Source: Stats NZ.

What is the typical salary around Wigram?

The median gross salary is 3,060 EUR/month. Source: Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter.

Is Wigram a good place to live?

Wigram 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 Wigram?

Halswell, Prebbleton, Christchurch, Spreydon, Lincoln are near Wigram. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Wigram, New Zealand: rent, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e50b0ee00a5fe0cb3bd5871f879f0bae]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nz/wigram/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_wigram-new-zealand-rent-salary-cost-of-living-jobs_3549905b5895,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Wigram, New Zealand: rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {e50b0ee00a5fe0cb3bd5871f879f0bae},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/nz/wigram/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Sources

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Coordinate identity evidence services2.arcgis.com · checked 2026-09-06
LAWA Air Quality Dataset (2016–2025), daily PM2.5 observations lawa.org.nz · checked 2026-10-06
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
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

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Rental bond data — monthly by territorial authority Rental bond data · tenancy.govt.nz · checked 2026-10-06
Stats NZ tools.summaries.stats.govt.nz · checked 2026-08-03
Table 18: LEED measures, by industry (based on ANZSIC06) and region, June 2025 quarter api.data.stats.govt.nz · checked 2026-10-07
Victimisations Time and Place — Map export, July 2025 to June 2026 Victimisations Time and Place · public.tableau.com · checked 2026-10-05
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06

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