Western Heights is a suburb of Rotorua in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.

Western Heights covers 2.38 km2 (0.92 sq mi)[1] and had an estimated population of 4,900 as of June 2024,[2] with a population density of 2,059 people per km2.

The percentage of people born overseas was 9.5, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 52.1% had no religion, 31.5% were Christian, 6.2% had Māori religious beliefs, 0.5% were Hindu, 0.1% were Muslim, 0.3% were Buddhist and 2.1% had other religions.

[9] St Michael's Catholic School is a co-educational state-integrated Catholic primary school for Year 1 to 6 students,[10][11] with a roll of 106.