Nelson City Council

1. Oct 2026

First measured October 2026.

1. Kāpiti Coast District Council, 1.23 MB
2. Waimakariri District Council, 1.26 MB
3. Hamilton City Council, 1.59 MB
4. Hutt City Council, 1.61 MB
5. Whangārei District Council, 1.92 MB
6. Invercargill City Council, 2.11 MB
7. Tauranga City Council, 2.12 MB
8. Auckland Council, 2.24 MB
9. Far North District Council, 2.32 MB
10. Western Bay of Plenty District Council, 2.34 MB
11. Christchurch City Council, at least 2.54 MB
12. Dunedin City Council, 2.65 MB
13. Waikato District Council, at least 2.77 MB
14. Palmerston North City Council, at least 2.78 MB
15. Rotorua Lakes Council, 3.13 MB
16. Napier City Council, 3.56 MB
17. Nelson City Council, 3.86 MB
18. Selwyn District Council, 5.98 MB
19. New Plymouth District Council, 6.29 MB

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3. D
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5. E
6. E
7. E
8. E
9. E
10. E
11. F
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18. G
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LightestHeaviest

• Nelson City Council

• Phone

  8.55 MB

• Laptop

  8.48 MB

First pageiLater pagei

1. Homepage

   /

   First page

   Phone 8.55 MB

   Laptop 8.48 MB

   Later page

   Phone 4.61 MB

   Laptop 4.62 MB

2. Rubbish and recycling

   /2services/41rubbish

   First page

   Phone 3.86 MB

   Laptop 3.86 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.03 MB

   Laptop 0.03 MB

3. Rates

   /3rates

   First page

   Phone 3.98 MB

   Laptop 4.02 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.14 MB

   Laptop 0.14 MB

4. Building consents

   /2services/95building-consents

   First page

   Phone 3.86 MB

   Laptop 3.86 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.02 MB

   Laptop 0.02 MB

5. Contact

   /1your-council/feedback/contact-us

   First page

   Phone 3.90 MB

   Laptop 3.92 MB

   Later page

   Phone 0.02 MB

   Laptop 0.02 MB

• Nelson City Council’s own files

  This website

  5.91 MB69%

• Facebook

  Advertising and social

  0.69 MB8%

• Google reCAPTCHA

  Utility

  0.36 MB4%

• Google Tag Manager

  Tag manager

  0.33 MB4%

• 3 more companies

  Google Maps, Utility, 0.21 MB
  Google Fonts, Hosting and delivery, 0.07 MB
  Siteimprove, Utility, 0.02 MB

  0.30 MB4%

• Unknown source

  0.96 MB11%

• Images

  6.82 MB

• Scripts

  1.45 MB

• Fonts

  0.16 MB

• Styles

  0.09 MB

• Other

  0.03 MB

1. Image · Nelson City Council

   NCC FEATURED WEBSITE brook bund.png

   Homepage

   1.18 MB

2. Image · Nelson City Council

   rates.PNG

   Every page

   0.87 MB

3. Image · Unknown source

   hero-area-texture.jpg

   Homepage

   0.66 MB

4. Image · Nelson City Council

   ncc-electricity-building (1).jpg

   Homepage

   0.48 MB

5. Image · Nelson City Council

   Our Nelson issue 243 cover.png

   Homepage

   0.42 MB

Fix

Nothing a visitor would notice

Choice

Removes or delays something

Worked out on a phone and a laptop. The icons show where each saving applies.

1. Fix

   Resize and compress 10 images to the size screens show them

   Every page · Nelson City Council

   Saves this on every page

   at least 1.33 MB

2. Fix

   Compress 15 images that are already the right size

   Every page · Nelson City Council Phone

   Saves this on every page

   at least 0.96 MB

3. Fix

   Ship less of your own code: scripts and styles that did not run while the homepage loaded

   Every page · Nelson City Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.32 MB

4. Choice

   Google Maps: you choose whether it loads

   Every page · Google Maps

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.12 MB

5. Fix

   Cut 1 font down to the characters used

   Every page · Nelson City Council

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.07 MB

6. Choice

   Google Fonts: you choose whether it loads

   Every page · Google Fonts

   Saves this on every page

   up to 0.06 MB

If this website had 100,000 page views a year, they would cause about 35 kg of carbon emissions.

Built to grade A (an average page view of 0.53 MB or less), the same page views would cause about 4.8 kg.

A grade C badge needs an average page view of 1.41 MB or less. Nelson City Council’s is 3.86 MB.