Kilbirnie, New Zealand

Suburb in Wellington City, New Zealand

Kilbirnie
Suburb
Coordinates: 41°19′13″S 174°47′39″E / 41.3204°S 174.7941°E / -41.3204; 174.7941
Country	New Zealand
City	Wellington City
Local authority	Wellington City Council
Electoral ward	Motukairangi/Eastern Ward Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori Ward
Area [1]
• Land	145 ha (358 acres)
Population  (June 2024)[2]
• Total	5,030

Hataitai	Evans Bay	Rongotai
Melrose	Kilbirnie	Rongotai
Lyall Bay	Lyall Bay	Rongotai

Kilbirnie (from Scottish Gaelic: Cille Bhraonaidh) is a suburb of Wellington in New Zealand, 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the south-east of the city centre. Travellers can reach Kilbirnie from the Wellington central business district via the Mount Victoria Tunnel and Hataitai, or over Mount Victoria, or around the coast.

Kilbirnie sits on the eastern flank of the ridge which becomes Mount Victoria and on the flat of the Rongotai isthmus between Evans Bay to the north (part of Port Nicholson) and Lyall Bay to the south (on Cook Strait). No clear boundaries separate Kilbirnie from its neighbouring suburbs, with the exception of the town belt to the west which separates Kilbirnie from Newtown.