DOMINION’S CITIES AND TOWNS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21803, 8 June 1936, Page 6

DOMINION’S CITIES AND TOWNS

THE OFFICIAL GRADING

POPULATION GRfWTH IN LAST DECADE

An amplification of t&o grading of citiea and towns in the Dominion, according to the preliminsftry Census returns, published in the “Post” last week, is contained in the Abstract of Statistics for May, The comment is made that the inter-censal increase of 10.95 per cent, for the Now Zealand population other than Maori represents the lowest rate of growth recorded for any decade in the country’s history, contrasting sharply with the gain of 10.69 per cent, for the five, years between the censuses of 1921 and 1926. Maori population in the 10 years increased at the remarkably high rate of 28.43 per cent, thus confirming the views derived from vital statistics records in recent years that the naturalincrease ratio of the Maori has become considerably hi,sier than the natural-increase ratio for the population of European descent. The following figures, apart from the grading of the 14 urban arehs, give the order of all towns of a population of 2000 or more, excluding. those boroughs which are part of the urban areas of large centres;—

I—Auckland.1 —Auckland. 19361 1926. ' Auckland City .. 102,086 96,627 ■ Birkenhead Borough 3,399 3,026 ' Northcote Borough .. 2,369 2,374 < Takapuna Borough .. 7,283 6,075 3 Devonport Borough .. 9,763 9,857 1 New Lynn Borough 3,491 2.736 1 Mount Albert Borough 19,705 17,516 : Mount Eden Borough 18,493 18,037 i Newmarket Borough 3,000 3,211 One Tree £Ol Borough 8,015 7,171 Onehunga Borough .. 11,085 10.120 i Otahuhu Borough .. 5,25 ft 4,122 : Ellerslie T.D. .. 2,688 2,413 Mount Roskill R.D. .. 6,970 4,725 i Mt. Wellington R.D. 1,679 1,027 Panmure Township R.D, 388 253 } Remainder of area .. 6,264 4,095 Total .. 211,913 193,385 | 2. —Wellington. Wellington City .. 115,653 98 893 , Lower Hutt Borough 15 953 7.962 Petone Borough .. 10,935 9.309 Eastbourne Borough 2,278 1.845 Johnsonville T.D. .. 1.740 1.297 Remainder of area .. 3,257 2,655 i Total .. 149,810r *21,961 ' 3. —Christchurch, , Christchurch City .. 92,174 83,300 Riccarton Borough .. 5,385 4,576 ' New Brighton Bor’h. 5.245 4.498 1 Sumner Borough .. 3.247 3.100 1 Lyttelton Borough .. 3.217 3 688 < Remainder of area .. 23,262 19 482 : Total .. 132,530 U45 644 i 4. —Dunedin. i Dunedin City .. 64.724 63,525 ' St. Kilda Borough 7,752 7j653 Green Island Borough 2,277 2J075 West Harbour Bor’h. 1,869 L 591 i Pt. Chalmers Borough 2.165 2[S6O 1 Remainder of area ~ 3,196 2L?;94 t Total .. 81,983 80,107 J ts.—lnvercargill. < Invercargill City .. 21.495 18,4£ l ] South Invercargill i Borough .. 977 996 Remainder of area 3,289 2,424 j Total .. 25.761 21,89{1 ts.—Wanganui. Wanganui City .. 23,168 23j688 Remainder of area .. 2,593 2,7f1p Total .. 25,761 26,38*1 7.—Palmerston North Palmerston North City 22,191 18,14$ Remainder of area .. 1,763 1,62 ft Total .. 23.954 19,76:3 Bj—Hamilton. Hamilton Borough .. 16,138 14,018 ! Remainder of area ~ 3,447 2.57R) 3 —. — ———4 ] Total .. 19,585 16.59*1 , 9. Timaru. 3 ■ Timaru Borough .. 17,428 15,!9071, Remainder of area .. 1,415 1,324: \ Total .. 18.843 16..831 1 10. —Napier. j Napier Borough .. 15.302 15.534 Taradale T.D. .. 1.206 1.102 ■ Remainder of area ~ 2,181 1.694 Total .. 18,689 18,330 J —— I 11. —New Plymouth. t New Plymouth Bor’h. 16.636 14,022 « Remainder of area .. 1,867 2.079 1 i Total .. 18,503 16.1Q1,,12. Hastings. \ Hastings Borough .. 12.747 10,148 Havelock North T.D. 1.145 1,050 * Remainder of area .. 4,067 3,425 < Total .. 17,959 14,623 13. Gisborne. ! Gisborne Borough .. 13,581 13,130; Remainder of area .. 2,456 2,018 j Total .. 16,037 15,148 , 14. —Nelson. , Nelson City 11,208 10,171, Tahunanui T.D. ~ 863 570 Remainder of area 1,500 1,031 \ Total .. 13,571 11,772 ■ 15. Masterton .. 9,094 8,135 i 16—Greymouth ~ 8,106 6,782 17.—Oamaru ~ 7,486 7,003 18—Whangarei .. 7,154 6,343 19.—Rotorua .. 5,532 4,099 ■ 20—Ashburton ~ 5,682 5,079 ; 21. —Blenheim .. 5.045 4,979 22. Hawera .. 4,660 4,528 23. Gore .. 4,635 3,915 i 24. Feilding .. 4,543 4 263 25. —Dannevirke .. 4,387 4.261 r 26. Thames .. 4,266 4J56 - 27. Westport .. 4,238 3,883 H 28. Waihi .. 3,900 3,826 29. Upper Hutt .. 3,865 2,858 , 30. Stratford .. 3,754 3.343 31. Tauranga .. 3,393 2,549 32. Lyttelton .. 3,264 3.709 ' 33. Marton .. 2,735 2,720 34. Hokitika .. 2,714 2388 , 35. —Levin .. 2,659 2,456 1 36. —Taumarunui .. 2.636 2,403 37. Pukekohe .. 2,536 2,352 38. Wairoa .. 2.519 2,336 39. Te Kuiti ~ 2.491 2,434 40. —Papatoetoe .. 2,377 1.607 41. Te Aroha ~ 2,367 2,324 42. Waimate .. 2,313 2,203 43. Rangiora .. 2,239 3,088 44. —Te Awamutu .. 2,224 1 670 45. —Cambridge .. 2,199 2,026 46. Taihape .. 2.181 2.423 47. —Motueka .. 2)178 L5lO 48. —Dargaville .. 2,173 1,979 49. —Port Chalmers .. 2.165 2,569 50. —Paeroa 2,147 1,833 51. Mosgiel .. 2,105 1,940 52. —Waipukurau ~ 2,048 1,763 53. Bluff .. 2,036 1,606