Wellingtonians are paying twice as much as Aucklanders for home insurance

Latest figures from insurance comparison website Quashed show the average home insurance quote in Wellington is now almost 4-thousand-500.

That's well above the national average of 2-thousand-700, and more than double the Auckland average of 2-thousand-100.

It means an average Wellington household is spending 3-percent of their income on an average policy.

That compares with the average Kiwi family spending 2-percent, and the average Auckland household just 1.3-percent.