Rating information
Expenditure
Greater Wellington is planning $20 million capital expenditure, $84 million on transport improvements and $161 million operating expenditure. 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 64% of the total work programme for 2008/09.
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Revenue
Greater Wellington’s 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 32% of Greater Wellington’s total revenue. Government subsidies (primarily for funding public transport) make up a further 47% and the water supply levy (charged to Wellington, Porirua, Hutt and Upper Hutt city councils) makes up 10%. The remaining 11% of revenue is from other external sources.
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Downloads
Download the Expenditure and Revenue graphs (PDF, 95KB) or the Summary of rates and levies (PDF, 95KB)
Download the Funding Impact Statement (PDF, 101KB) which explains the different types of rates and rating categories.