Wellington Region

Student Population: Age

The Ministry uses school roll data in a number of ways: to fund and staff schools; to support policy analysis, development, and decision making; to monitor the outcomes of the New Zealand education system; and for national and international reporting purposes.

The roll data presented here is based on the 1 July roll returns.  The data includes gender, ethnic group, funding year level, and age.  A small amount of trend information is also available.

Identical information is available for the region's territorial authorities using the drop down menu above.  For other territorial authorities first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

Alternatively a large amount of roll data is available from our statistical pages.  See July School Roll Returns.

Roll by age and ethnic group, as at 1 July 2025
Age Māori Pacific Asian MELAA Other European/
Pākehā		 International
students		 Total
Age 05 1,334 769 1,217 226 53 3,128 2 5,361
Age 06 1,394 814 1,304 300 64 3,349 0 5,731
Age 07 1,396 801 1,337 302 66 3,480 2 5,974
Age 08 1,418 825 1,319 289 64 3,588 3 6,043
Age 09 1,388 834 1,224 327 75 3,707 0 6,189
Age 10 1,348 807 1,349 287 73 3,711 3 6,210
Age 11 1,428 843 1,236 262 85 3,840 8 6,259
Age 12 1,456 837 1,256 260 100 4,071 11 6,517
Age 13 1,504 942 1,189 258 131 4,256 18 6,496
Age 14 1,546 958 1,130 244 107 4,553 39 6,676
Age 15 1,496 942 1,148 202 118 4,646 107 6,865
Age 16 1,308 923 1,024 193 120 4,182 209 6,356
Age 17 1,018 699 945 195 108 3,692 200 5,609
Age 18 147 125 239 47 19 532 79 996
Age 19+ 53 27 61 17 4 79 18 219
Total 18,234 11,146 15,978 3,409 1,187 50,814 699 81,501

Notes:

  1. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  2. MELAA (Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African) students.