Waikato District Council
waikatodistrict.
Measured by our bot, 20 to 21 October
In October 2026, an average page view on Waikato District Council’s website weighed at least 2.77 MB: 13th of 19 New Zealand councils we scored.
Gradei
Grade F
- A+
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
Pretty massive.
At least2.77 MBAn average page viewi
Range this month: 2.74 to 2.83 MBi
Still downloading when we stopped measuring, so this website weighs more than this. What “at least” means
Heaviest page: Contact, 3.06 MB. This blends the phone and the laptop, and the page as a first page and as a later page, the first page counting three times as much. Each page’s figures
Over time
| October 2026 | 2.77 MB |
|---|
First measured October 2026.
Among local government
Rank, lightest firsti
13th of 19
- Waikato District Council
Phone and laptopi
Homepage, first page
Phone
3.03 MB
Laptop
3.81 MB
The five pages
Homepage
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First page
Phone 3.03 MB
Laptop 3.81 MB
Later page
Phone 1.22 MB
Laptop 1.59 MB
Rubbish and recycling
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services-facilities/ refuse-and-recycling First page
Phone 3.03 MB
Laptop 3.36 MB
Later page
Phone 1.00 MB
Laptop 0.58 MB
Rates
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services-facilities/ rates First page
Phone 3.27 MB
Laptop 3.55 MB
Later page
Phone at least 0.03 MB
Laptop 0.46 MB
Building consents
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services-facilities/ land-and-property/ building-consents-guidance-and-inspections1 First page
Phone 3.47 MB
Laptop 3.61 MB
Later page
Phone at least 0.03 MB
Laptop at least 0.07 MB
Contact
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contact-us First page
Phone 3.68 MB
Laptop 4.16 MB
Later page
Phone 0.44 MB
Laptop 0.52 MB
Whose weight it is
Homepage, first page on a phone, 3.03 MB
- 1.22 MB40%
Waikato District Council’s own files
This website
- 0.33 MB11%
Google Tag Manager
Tag manager
- 0.30 MB10%
Facebook
Advertising and social
- 0.13 MB4%
Google Fonts
Hosting and delivery
- 0.24 MB8%
6 more companies
FullStory, Analytics, 0.08 MB
Qualtrics, Analytics, 0.06 MB
New Relic, Utility, 0.03 MB
Clarity, Utility, 0.03 MB
Bing Ads, Advertising and social, 0.02 MB
Siteimprove, Utility, 0.01 MB - 0.81 MB27%
Unknown source
What it is made ofi
Homepage, first page on a phone, 3.03 MB
Scripts
2.28 MBFonts
0.51 MBImages
0.15 MBStyles
0.06 MBOther
0.03 MB
The heaviest files
Across the pages we measured
Script · Waikato District Council
main.js
Every page
0.63 MB
Script · Google reCAPTCHA
recaptcha__en.js
Building consents and 3 more
0.36 MB
Script · Unknown source
muiVendor.min.js
Homepage and 3 more
0.26 MB
Image · Waikato District Council
wdc-banner-june-2022-resized.jpg
Homepage
0.20 MB
Image · Waikato District Council
matangi-recreation-reserve-(3).jpg
Homepage
0.20 MB
We found 12 savings. Here are the 5 biggest.
- 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.
- Fix
Ship less of your own code: scripts and styles that did not run while the homepage loaded
Every page · Waikato District Council
Saves this on every page
up to 0.46 MB
- Choice
Check every marketing tag still earns its place: 5 companies
Every page · several companies
Saves this on every page
up to 0.35 MB
- Fix
Cut 3 fonts down to the characters used
Every page · Waikato District Council
Saves this on every page
up to 0.30 MB
- Choice
Google Fonts: you choose whether it loads
Every page · Google Fonts
Saves this on every page
up to 0.18 MB
- Fix
Compress 16 of your own text files
Every page · Waikato District Council
Saves this on every page
up to 0.17 MB
Carboni
If this website had 100,000 page views a year, they would cause about 25 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.
Your traffic
Optional, for an average page view. Worked out on your screen, never sent to us.
Add your grade to your website
A grade C badge needs an average page view of 1.41 MB or less. Waikato District Council’s is at least 2.77 MB.