LGOIMA Request Details: LG2405

The information you have requested is below; 

The total number of ratepayers within the Manawatu District Council and the date that this is relevant for. 

There are 20,395 active contacts in our database that own a property . i.e. “ratepayers” 

We set rates on 1 July 2025 on 15816 rating units.  
Additionally a quick note on how your council defines a “rating unit,” just so I’m consistent across all councils. 
The rating units are determined by a combination of the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 and the Rating Valuations Act 1998   

Our valuers drive the use of the Rating Valuations Act as per Valuer General directive.  

A rating unit may be made up of multiple valuations where they are owned by the same person and used jointly as a single unit, and are contiguous or separated only by a road, river etc.