Wellington, New Zealand, is among the top cities with a free business environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in safety, healthcare and environmental quality.
Wellington is one of the top ten city matches for 2.8% of Teleport users.
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Housing| Large apartment | $1900.00 |
|---|---|
| Medium apartment | $1600.00 |
| Rent index [score] | 0.56 |
| Small apartment | $1300.00 |
Cost of Living| 5km taxi ride | $12.00 |
|---|---|
| A Cappuccino | $3.00 |
| A beer | $3.80 |
| A kilogram of Apples | $2.50 |
| Bread | $1.00 |
| Inflation [score] | 0.52 |
| Lunch | $12.00 |
| Monthly fitness club membership | $37.00 |
| Monthly public transport | $110.00 |
| Movie ticket | $9.60 |
| Price of a meal at a restaurant | $66.41 |
Startups| Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.10 |
|---|---|
| Coworking spaces [score] | 0.10 |
| Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 78 |
| Meetups [score] | 0.57 |
| Meetups groups | 175 |
| Meetups members | 48066 |
| Number of investors | 3 |
| Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 262 |
| Number of upcoming meetup events | 40 |
| Startup climate scene [score] | 0.24 |
| Startup events | 45 |
| Startup events [score] | 0.55 |
| Startups [score] | 0.39 |
| Total number of startups | 98 |
Venture Capital| Funding accelerator names | LightningLab |
|---|---|
| Number of funding accelerators | 1 |
| Venture capital [score] | 0.18 |
Travel Connectivity| Airport hub | 21 |
|---|---|
| Airport hub [score] | 0.17 |
Commute| Traffic handling [score] | 0.92 |
|---|
Business Freedom| Business freedom | 91.40 |
|---|---|
| Business freedom [score] | 1.00 |
| Freedom from corruption | 91.00 |
| Freedom from corruption [score] | 1.00 |
| Lack of labor restrictions | 85.90 |
| Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 0.90 |
| Time to open a business | 0.50 |
| Time to open a business [score] | 1.00 |
Safety| Crime rate [score] | 0.77 |
|---|---|
| Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 1 |
| Guns per 100 residents | 23 |
| Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.97 |
| Lack of guns [score] | 0.88 |
| Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.93 |
Healthcare| Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.86 |
|---|---|
| Healthcare quality [score] | 0.80 |
| Life expectancy (years) | 81.64 |
| Life expectancy [score] | 0.90 |
Education| Best university in ranking | Victoria University of Wellington |
|---|---|
| Best university ranking | 375 |
| Country mean scores in PISA math test | 498.76 |
| Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 512.19 |
| Country mean scores in PISA science test | 515.64 |
| PISA math ranking (high school) | 18 |
| PISA ranking | 12 |
| PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.85 |
| PISA reading (high school) | 9 |
| PISA science (high school) | 11 |
| Percent of happy students | 0.78 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.23 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.16 |
| Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.16 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.15 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.14 |
| Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.13 |
| University quality [score] | 0.11 |
Environmental Quality| Air quality [score] | 1.00 |
|---|---|
| Cleanliness [score] | 0.92 |
| Drinking water quality [score] | 0.99 |
| Urban greenery [score] | 0.93 |
Economy| Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 1.36 |
|---|---|
| Currency for urban area | NZD |
| GDP growth rate | 0.03 |
| GDP growth rate [score] | 0.53 |
| GDP per capita | $35151.75 |
| GDP per capita [score] | 0.57 |
Taxation| Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.72 |
|---|---|
| Income tax level [score] | 0.47 |
| Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.34 |
| Time overhead to file company taxes | 152 |
| VAT (Sales Tax) | 0.15 |
Internet Access| Download speed (Mbps) | 45.65 |
|---|---|
| Internet access (download) [score] | 0.60 |
| Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.44 |
| Upload speed (Mbps) | 9.84 |
Leisure & Culture| Art galleries | 64 |
|---|---|
| Art galleries [score] | 0.45 |
| Cinemas | 22 |
| Cinemas [score] | 0.34 |
| Comedy clubs | 5 |
| Comedy clubs [score] | 0.49 |
| Concert venues | 29 |
| Concerts [score] | 0.26 |
| Historical sites | 19 |
| Historical sites [score] | 0.32 |
| Museums | 33 |
| Museums [score] | 0.60 |
| Performing art venues | 70 |
| Performing arts [score] | 0.46 |
| Sport venues | 28 |
| Sports [score] | 0.50 |
| Zoos | 5 |
| Zoos [score] | 0.69 |
Tolerance| LGBT Equality Index | 93.65 |
|---|---|
| LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.96 |
| LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
| LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (1-year deferral) |
| LGBT conversion therapy regulations | ✖ Not banned |
| LGBT discrimination legality | ✔ Illegal |
| LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, but requires surgery |
| LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
| LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity |
| LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
| Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.66 |
Outdoors| Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Median peak in meters | 1009.50 |
| Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
| Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
| Seaside access | 1.00 |
| Urban area elevation (meters) | 35.00 |
| Water access [score] | 0.93 |
Costs of living in Wellington are in the 167th place of all 248 Teleport cities. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
 Monthly fitness club membership | $37 |
|---|---|
 Movie ticket | $10 |
 Broadband internet connection | $52 |
 Monthly public transport | $110 |
 Lunch | $12 |
Software Engineer salaries in Wellington are above average. For this job type, Wellington ranks 90th for salaries among 265 cities. Get access to our salary comparison calculator by signing up. Compare salaries city by city with our free salary wizard and convert your own salary to a local salary in Wellington.
The overall crime rate puts Wellington in position 65 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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180Wellington (Māori: Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital and third largest city of New Zealand. It also has the distinction of being the world's southernmost capital city.
The Windy City is on the foreshore of Wellington Harbour and ringed by hills, providing the scenic home of many of New Zealand's national arts and cultural attractions.
Wellington (pop. 203,800) is New Zealand's third largest city, a long way behind Auckland and even Christchurch. It's actually just one of the four cities making up the Wellington metropolitan area which is New Zealand's second largest urban area (pop. 398,300) - the other three cities are Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt and Porirua. There are proposals to merge the four cities into one as was done in Auckland, but there is considerable opposition, especially from the two Hutts. Wellington became New Zealand's capital city in 1865, replacing Auckland; the government wanted a more centrally-located city as capital to quell the South Island nationalist movement.
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