Rating Information
Categories of Expenditure
Next year Greater Wellington plans to spend over $25 million on capital expenditure and transport investments. Our operating expenditure will be over $215 million. The above pie chart shows the total cost of delivering Greater Wellington's services broken down by our groups of activities. The most significant area of our expenditure is transport, accountable for 57% of the total work programme for 2007/08.
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Sources of Revenue
Our work programmes will be funded by a mix of rates, levies, government subsidies and other revenue. Regional rates, comprising general rates and targeted rates, make up 35% of Greater Wellington’s total revenue.
Government subsidies (primarily for funding public transport) make up a further 40% and the water supply levy (charged to Wellington, Porirua, Hutt and Upper Hutt city councils) makes up 12%. The remaining 13% of revenue is from other external sources.
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