The information included here is for Wellington City Council rates.  For information about rates for Greater Wellington Regional Council go to www.gw.govt.nz/rates-2  

Rates for 2021/22

 

  

 

The Rates in the Dollar on the Capital Value (including GST) are: 
Billing 
Category 	Differential 
Rating 
Category 	General rate 	Sewerage 	Water 	Stormwater 	Sector Targeted 	Other Levy 	TOTAL 	
  	  	cents in $ 	cents in $ 	cents in $ 	cents in $ 	cents in $ 	cents in $ 	cents in $ 	
A1 	Base 	0.24375	0.04151	0.04518	0.04302	0.02026	0.00000	0.39373	
A3 	 Base 	0.24375	0.00000	0.00000	0.04302	0.02026	0.00000	0.30703	
A4 	 Base 	0.24375	0.00000	0.04518	0.04302	0.02026	0.00000	0.35221	
A5 	100% nonrateable 	0.00000	0.04151	0.04518	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0.08670	
A6 	50% nonrateable 	0.12188	0.04151	0.02259	0.02151	0.01013	0.00000	0.09574	
D1 	 Base 	0.24375	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0.02026	0.00000	0.26401	
D2 	 Base 	0.24375	0.04151	0.04518	0.00000	0.02026	0.00000	0.35070	
D3 	Base 	0.24375	0.00000	0.04518	0.00000	0.02026	0.00000	0.30919	
D4 	 Base 	0.24375	0.04151	0.00000	0.00000	0.02026	0.00000	0.30552	
D5 	 Base 	0.24375	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0.02026	0.00000	0.26401	
D6 	50% nonrateable 	0.12188	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0.01013	  	0.13201	
F1 	 Base 	0.24375	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0.02026	0.00000	0.26401	
C1 	 Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.52543	0.05705	0.04560	0.00000	1.60274	
C3 	Commercial 	0.79133	0.00000	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	0.00000	0.89399	
C8 	Commercial 	0.79133	0.00000	0.00000	0.00000	0.04560	0.00000	0.83694	
J1 	 Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.52543	0.05705	0.04560	0.166165 [1] 	1.76891	
J3 	Commercial 	0.79133	0.00000	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	0.166165 [1] 	1.06063	
K1/K4 	 Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	0.166165 [1] 	1.24397	
B1/B4 	Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	[5] 	1.09888	
I1 	Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.52543	0.05705	0.04560	[5] 	1.62431	
I3 	Commercial 	0.79133	0.00000	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	[5] 	0.91555	
G1 and G4 	Commercial 	0.79133	0.00000	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	[6] 	1.04665	
E1 	Commercial 	0.79133	0.00000	0.52543	0.05705	0.04560	[6] 	1.57208	
L1 	 Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.52543	0.05705	0.04560	[4] 	1.62377	
L3 	 Commercial 	0.79133	0.00000	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	[4] 	0.91500	
M1 and M4 	 Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	[4] 	1.09833	
TW1 and TW2 	Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	[7] 	1.14259	
TW3 	Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.52543	0.05705	0.04560	[7] 	1.66802	
R1 	 Base 	0.24375	0.04151	0.04518	0.04302	0.02026	[3] 	0.39373	
R3 	 Base 	0.24375	0.00000	0.00000	0.04302	0.02026	[3] 	0.30703	
Q1 	100% nonrateable 	0.00000	0.04151	0.04518	0.00000	0.00000	[3] 	0.08670	
S1 and S4 	 Base 	0.24375	0.04151	0.00000	0.04302	0.02026	0.00000	0.34854	
S5 and S8 	100% nonrateable 	0.24375	0.04151	0.04518	0.04302	0.02026	0.00000	0.39373	

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S2 and S6 	50% nonrateable 	0.12187	0.04151	0.00000	0.02151	0.01013	0.00000	0.19502	
T1 and T4 	 Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	0.00000	1.07732	
T6 	 Commercial 	0.79133	0.00000	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	0.00000	0.89398	
Y1 	 Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.52543	0.05705	0.04560	[2]	1.60275	
Z1 and Z4 	 Commercial 	0.79133	0.18334	0.00000	0.05705	0.04560	[2]	1.07732	
 
[1]	Downtown rate for commercial, industrial and business properties in the downtown area 
[2]	Karori Business Improvement District rate of a rate per dollar of capital value of 0.143113 (including GST) per commercial rating unit in the Karori BID area 
[3]	Tawa Driveway rate is a uniform targeted rate of $153.33 (including GST) assessed on a specific group of rating units in the former 
Tawa Borough  
[4]	Miramar Business Improvement District rate of $420.00 (including GST) per commercial rating unit in the Miramar BID area, plus a rate per dollar of capital value of 0.018255 (including GST)  
[5]	Kilbirnie Business Improvement District rate of $575.00 (including GST) per commercial rating unit in the Kilbirnie BID area, plus a rate per dollar of capital value of 0.066537 (including GST)  
[6]	Khandallah Business Improvement District rate of a rate per dollar of capital value of 0.132756 (including GST) per commercial rating unit in the Khandallah BID area 
[7]	Tawa Business Improvement District rate of $598.00 (including GST) per commercial rating unit in the Tawa BID area, plus a rate per dollar of capital value of 0.056954 (including GST)  
 
Additional charges 
Water  A uniform annual charge of $227.35 (including GST) for water is added to all base rated properties where it shows a rate in the dollar under the water or sewerage column above (Billing Categories A1, A4, A5, A6, D2, D3, F2, R1 and Q1). 
Sewerage A uniform annual charge of $133.81 (including GST) for sewerage is added to all base rated properties where it shows a rate in the dollar under the water or sewerage column above (Billing Categories A1, A5, A6, D2, D4, R1, Q1, S1, S4, S5, S2, S6 and S8). 
 
EXAMPLE CALCULATION  
Your residential property is in Differential Rating Category “Base” with a billing category of 
“A1”, and has a capital value of $800,000 

WCC 	$800,000 X 	0.39373 Divided by 100 = $3149.80
Rates: 		
  	Uniform Annual Charge Water 	$227.35 	
  	Uniform Annual Charge Sewerage  	$133.81 	
Total WCC Rates 	$3,511.96 	
Total GWRC Rates 	$708.50  	

Total Combined Rates 
  	  	  	  	  	  	  
$4,219.46 

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Contact Numbers 
If you require further information, please contact  
 
Rates Team 
Wellington City Council Ph 04 499 4444 
Email: rates@wcc.govt.nz 

 

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