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City profile · New Zealand · Oceania

Upper Hutt

City population
47,400
#20
in New Zealand
#4
in Wellington Region
#12,006
worldwide
WellingtonUpper Hutt
-41.138, 175.050 · 28 km from Wellington
City population
47,400
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in New Zealand
#20
of 47 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#12,006
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of New Zealand
0.9%
of the national population

About Upper Hutt

Upper Hutt is a city in Wellington Region, New Zealand with a population of 47,400. It is the 20th largest of the 47 cities of 15,000 or more listed in New Zealand, and the 12,006th largest worldwide. It lies 28 km from Wellington.

Position in New Zealand
#20of 47
LargestSmallest
Position in Wellington Region
#4of 8
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Rank in region
#4of 8
Distance to capital
to Wellington
Elevation
60 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Pacific/Auckland
Coordinates
-41.138, 175.050
Record updated
2026-05-05
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

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