Source: Statistics New Zealand
Statistical area 2 and 3 population projections: 2023(base)–2053 – (second instalment) – information release
24 February 2026
Statistical area 2 (SA2) and statistical area 3 (SA3) population projections released in Aotearoa Data Explorer (ADE) provide an indication of future changes in the size and age-sex structure of the population usually living in each area.
About this release
This is the second instalment of the statistical area 2 (SA2) and statistical area 3 (SA3) population projections. This release includes SA2 and SA3 areas for the following territorial authority areas:
- South Waikato district
- Kaipara district
- South Wairarapa district
- Kawerau district
- Wairoa district
- Hurunui district
- Buller district
- Mackenzie district.
