Wellington City

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 other territorial authorities in this region by using the drop down menu above.  For territorial authorities in other regions 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 05 199 148 569 116 21 983 2 1,686
Age 06 207 154 619 132 23 1,079 0 1,836
Age 07 237 167 629 162 28 1,155 2 2,002
Age 08 246 191 649 135 25 1,122 2 1,979
Age 09 236 174 602 163 26 1,273 0 2,103
Age 10 245 208 713 145 29 1,248 3 2,196
Age 11 298 201 621 128 42 1,372 6 2,214
Age 12 301 176 628 128 62 1,473 10 2,336
Age 13 346 298 660 135 63 1,661 13 2,543
Age 14 386 285 640 148 55 1,733 27 2,615
Age 15 410 284 683 116 59 1,855 79 2,820
Age 16 347 330 568 110 76 1,757 124 2,693
Age 17 311 252 567 116 66 1,661 132 2,550
Age 18 42 38 119 24 8 208 61 430
Age 19+ 18 12 23 7 3 23 14 86
Total 3,829 2,918 8,290 1,765 586 18,603 475 30,089

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.