Editing Wellington Region (section)

=== Urban areas ===
Over three-quarters of the {{NZ population data 2018|Wellington Region|y|y|y|people (|)}} reside in the four cities at the southwestern corner. Other main centres of population are on the Kāpiti Coast and in the fertile farming areas close to the upper Ruamahanga River in the Wairarapa.

Along the Kāpiti Coast, numerous small towns sit close together, many of them occupying spaces close to popular beaches. From the north, these include [[Ōtaki, New Zealand|Ōtaki]], [[Waikanae]], [[Paraparaumu]], the twin settlements of [[Raumati Beach]] and [[Raumati South]], [[Paekākāriki]] and [[Pukerua Bay]], the latter being a northern suburb of [[Porirua]]. Each of these settlements has a population of between 2,000 and 10,000, making this moderately heavily populated.

In the Wairarapa the largest community by a considerable margin is [[Masterton]], with a population of over 20,000. Other towns include [[Featherston, New Zealand|Featherston]], [[Martinborough]], [[Carterton, New Zealand|Carterton]] and [[Greytown (New Zealand)|Greytown]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Urban area
! Population<br /><small>({{NZ population data 2018|||y|y||)}}</small>
! % of region
|-
| [[Wellington]]
|style="text-align:right;"| {{NZ population data 2018|Wellington|y}}
|style="text-align:right;"|{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Lower Hutt]]
|style="text-align:right;"| {{NZ population data 2018|Lower Hutt|y}}
|style="text-align:right;"|{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Lower Hutt|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Porirua]]
|style="text-align:right;"| {{NZ population data 2018|Porirua|y}}
|style="text-align:right;"|{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Porirua|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Upper Hutt]]
|style="text-align:right;"| {{NZ population data 2018|Upper Hutt|y}}
|style="text-align:right;"|{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Upper Hutt|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Paraparaumu]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{NZ population data 2018|Paraparaumu|y}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Paraparaumu|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Masterton]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{NZ population data 2018|Masterton|y}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Masterton|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Waikanae]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{NZ population data 2018|Waikanae|y}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Waikanae|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Carterton, New Zealand|Carterton]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{NZ population data 2018|Carterton|y}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Carterton|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Ōtaki, New Zealand|Ōtaki]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{NZ population data 2018|Otaki|y}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Otaki|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Greytown, New Zealand|Greytown]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{NZ population data 2018|Greytown|y}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Greytown|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Featherston, New Zealand|Featherston]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{NZ population data 2018|Featherston|y}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Featherston|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Ōtaki Beach]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{NZ population data 2018|Otaki Beach|y}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Otaki Beach|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Martinborough]]
| style="text-align:right;" |{{NZ population data 2018|Martinborough|y}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Martinborough|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|-
| [[Paekākāriki]]
| style="text-align:right;" | {{NZ population data 2018|Paekakariki|y}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{Rnd|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Paekakariki|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Wellington region|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%
|}