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Demographics of Auckland

{{Short description|Population data of Auckland, New Zealand}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox place demographics|place=Auckland|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Auckland in 2022|size_of_population=1,440,300 (2022)|image=File:Auckland population pyramid in 2022.svg}}File:AucklandRegionPopulationDensity.png as of 2010 {{legend|#1a9850|Less than 1 person per square km}}

{{legend|#4eb05c|1 person per square km and above}}

{{legend|#7ec765|5 people per square km and above}}

{{legend|#aad86d|10 people per square km and above}}

{{legend|#cde983|50 people per square km and above}}

{{legend|#eae68a|100 people per square km and above}}

{{legend|#fbd682|250 people per square km and above}}

{{legend|#f8b267|500 people per square km and above}}

{{legend|#f58b51|750 people per square km and above}}

{{legend|#ee5536|1000 people per square km and above}}

{{legend|#fd0404|2000 people per square km and above}}

{{legend|#cb0403|3000 people per square km and above}}

{{legend|#a30302|4000 people per square km and above}}]]

The Auckland Region is New Zealand's most populous territorial authority and Auckland its most populous city. In the 2018 census, 1,571,718 persons declared themselves as residents of the region – an increase of 156,178 people or 11.0% since the 2013 census. The Auckland Region accounts for about one-third (33.4%) of New Zealand's population.{{cite web| url = http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/planspoliciesprojects/reports/Pages/censusinaucklandhome.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092912/http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/planspoliciesprojects/reports/Pages/censusinaucklandhome.aspx| archive-date = 2014-04-07| title = Census in Auckland}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/census_counts/2013CensusUsuallyResidentPopulationCounts_MR2013Census.aspx|title=Stats NZ archive website | Stats NZ}} Auckland has a large multicultural mix, including the largest Polynesian population in the world.

While having strong natural population growth, Auckland also has significant external (from overseas) immigration partially offset by internal (within New Zealand) emigration.{{cite web |title= New Zealand's population is drifting north – Population mythbusters |url= http://www.stats.govt.nz/browse_for_stats/population/mythbusters/the-drift-north.aspx |publisher= Statistics New Zealand |date= 22 June 2012 |accessdate= 1 August 2015}} During the decade up to 2011, approximately 50 people per day moved to Auckland, requiring an average of 21 new homes, and occupying in excess of one extra hectare of land.{{cite news|title=Auckland Council – History In The Making|date=March 2011|newspaper=Our Auckland|agency=Auckland Council|page=5}}

File:Change in population by regions in New Zealand based on 2006 - 2013 censuses.gif

Ethnicity

Tāmaki Māori, the group of Māori iwi that are indigenous to Auckland, include Ngāti Pāoa, Ngāi Tai, Te Wai-o-Hua, Ngāti Te Ata and Te Kawerau-a-Maki, and the Ngāti Whātua hapū (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Whātua-o-Ōrākei. Auckland also has a large urban Māori population.{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Taonui|first1=Rāwiri|title=Tāmaki tribes|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/tamaki-tribes|encyclopedia=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand|publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage|accessdate=15 September 2016|date=10 February 2015}}

The proportion of Asians and other non-European immigrants has increased during the last decades due to immigration,{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/7F0D2AFF-54F4-4CE9-BE7C-974597403FCB/0/Auckland.pdf|title=New Zealand — A Regional Profile — Auckland|publisher=Statistics New Zealand|accessdate=2007-10-03|year=1999|pages=19–20 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071025142501/http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/7F0D2AFF-54F4-4CE9-BE7C-974597403FCB/0/Auckland.pdf |archivedate = 2007-10-25}} and the removal of restrictions directly or indirectly based on ethnicity. Immigration to New Zealand is heavily concentrated towards Auckland (partly for job market reasons). This strong focus on Auckland has led the immigration services to award extra points towards immigration visa requirements for people intending to move to other parts of New Zealand.[http://www.immigration.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/4DAD508D-CC26-425A-A57B-D2AF557C8510/0/1003.pdf Residence in New Zealand] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614211315/http://www.immigration.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/4DAD508D-CC26-425A-A57B-D2AF557C8510/0/1003.pdf |date=2007-06-14 }} (PDF) (Page 8, from the Immigration New Zealand website. Accessed 2008-01-18.)

The following table shows the ethnic profile of Auckland's population, as recorded in the 2006, 2013 and 2018 New Zealand censuses.http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/data-tables/tables-about-a-place.aspx?request_value=24394&tabname=Culturaldiversity 2013 Census about a place: Auckland region, Cultural Diversity The substantial percentage drop of 'Europeans' in 2006 was mainly caused by the increasing numbers of people from this group choosing to define themselves as 'New Zealanders', as a result of a media campaign that encouraged people to give the response 'New Zealander' even though this was not one of the groups listed on the census form. In the 2013 census fewer Europeans identify themselves as 'New Zealander', leading to a significant increase of numbers in 'Europeans'.http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-reports/quickstats-about-national-highlights/cultural-diversity.aspx 2013 Census QuickStats about national highlights

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"
rowspan=2 | Ethnicitycolspan="2" | 2006 censuscolspan=2| 2013 census

! colspan="2" |2018 census

Number%Number%

!Number

!%

style="text-align:left;"| European700,15856.5789,30659.3

|841,386

|53.5

style="text-align:left;" |    European (not further defined)9,1620.710,6680.8

|12,381

|0.8

style="text-align:left;"|    New Zealand European611,89849.4696,96352.3

|738,567

|47.0

style="text-align:left;"|    British and Irish35,0702.835,3792.7

|39,249

|2.5

style="text-align:left;"|    Dutch7,7850.67,9950.6

|7,920

|0.5

style="text-align:left;" |    Greek489<0.1492<0.1

|597

|<0.1

style="text-align:left;" |    Polish7050.17920.1

|1,059

|0.1

style="text-align:left;"|    South Slav

|3,819

|0.3

|3,531

|0.3

|3,708

|0.2

style="text-align:left;"|    Italian

|1,071

|0.1

|1,398

|0.1

|2,046

|0.1

style="text-align:left;"|    German

|4,224

|0.3

|4,782

|0.4

|6,135

|0.4

style="text-align:left;"|    Australian8,6370.77,0620.5

|8,688

|0.6

style="text-align:left;"|    Other European

|30,906

|2.5

|36,909

|2.8

|43,458

|0.8

style="text-align:left;" | Māori137,30411.1142,76710.7

|181,194

|11.5

style="text-align:left;" | Pacific peoples177,94814.4194,95814.6

|243,966

|15.5

style="text-align:left;" |    Pacific peoples (not further defined)

|267

|<0.1

|378

|<0.1

|1,296

|0.1

style="text-align:left;" |    Samoan87,8407.195,9167.2

|118,503

|7.5

style="text-align:left;" |    Cook Islands Māori34,7882.836,8102.8

|46,668

|3.0

style="text-align:left;" |    Tongan40,1403.246,9713.5

|62,403

|4.0

style="text-align:left;" |    Niuean17,6671.418,5551.4

|23,088

|1.5

style="text-align:left;" |    Tokelauan

|1,848

|0.1

|1,959

|0.1

|2,406

|0.2

style="text-align:left;" |    Fijian5,8500.58,4930.6

|11,202

|0.7

style="text-align:left;" |    Other Pacific peoples

|4,755

|0.4

|5,841

|0.4

|7,485

|0.5

style="text-align:left;"| Asian234,27918.9307,23323.1

|442,674

|28.2

style="text-align:left;"|    Asian (not further defined)

|1,143

|0.1

|2,025

|0.2

|5,850

|0.4

style="text-align:left;"|    Southeast Asian (not further defined)

|324

|<0.1

|774

|0.1

|3,366

|0.2

style="text-align:left;" |    Filipino9,8220.820,5021.5

|32,850

|2.1

style="text-align:left;"|    Cambodian

|3,372

|0.3

|4,185

|0.3

|4,386

|0.3

style="text-align:left;"|    Vietnamese

|3,174

|0.3

|4,386

|0.3

|6,324

|0.4

style="text-align:left;"|    Other Southeast Asian

|8,574

|0.7

|11,310

|0.8

|13,527

|0.9

style="text-align:left;"|    Chinese98,4187.9118,2338.9

|171,309

|10.9

style="text-align:left;"|    Indian74,4606.0106,3298.0

|154,824

|9.9

style="text-align:left;"|    Sri Lankan

|5,049

|0.4

|6,903

|0.5

|9,987

|0.6

style="text-align:left;" |    Japanese5,2890.46,7200.5

|8,463

|0.5

style="text-align:left;"|    Korean21,3541.721,9841.7

|25,038

|1.6

style="text-align:left;"|    Other Asian

|5,562

|0.4

|7,218

|0.5

|11,100

|0.7

style="text-align:left;"| Middle Eastern/Latin American/African18,5581.524,9451.9

|35,838

|2.3

style="text-align:left;"|    Middle Eastern

|10,710

|0.9

|12,854

|1.0

|17,088

|1.1

style="text-align:left;"|    Latin American

|3,090

|0.2

|5,820

|0.4

|11,163

|0.7

style="text-align:left;"|    African

|4,800

|0.4

|6,303

|0.5

|7,737

|0.5

style="text-align:left;"| Other100,1108.115,6391.2

|16,746

|1.1

style="text-align:left;"| Total people stated || 1,239,054 || || 1,331,427 ||

!1,517,718

!

style="text-align:left;"| Not elsewhere included65,9075.184,1235.9

|0

|0.0

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
+Ethnic groups by Auckland local board area, 2018 census{{Cite web|url=http://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/wbos/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TABLECODE8321|title=Ethnic group (detailed total response – level 3) by age and sex, for the census usually resident population count, 2006, 2013, and 2018 Censuses (RC, TA, SA2, DHB).|website=nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz|access-date=2020-03-03}}
rowspan=2| Local board areacolspan=2| Europeancolspan=2| Maoricolspan=2| Pacificcolspan=2| Asiancolspan=2| {{Abbr|MELAA|Middle Eastern, Latin American and African}}colspan=2| Other
Num.%Num.%Num.%Num.%Num.%Num.%
style="text-align:left;"| Rodney

| 59,013

88.97,55111.42,3403.53,7565.74500.78221.2
style="text-align:left;"| Hibiscus and Bays

| 84,057

80.86,7356.52,2052.116,62616.01,5511.51,2061.2
style="text-align:left;"| Upper Harbour

| 34,746

55.33,2105.11,5302.424,86739.61,8873.08971.4
style="text-align:left;"| Kaipatiki

| 51,633

58.57,6808.75,3796.129,03432.92,7183.11,1491.3
style="text-align:left;"| Devonport-Takapuna

| 40,152

69.33,1925.51,4432.515,24926.31,4762.56811.2
style="text-align:left;"| Henderson-Massey

| 57,633

48.720,31917.224,77120.932,52327.53,0872.61,4161.2
style="text-align:left;"| Waitākere Ranges

| 38,823

74.56,62112.76,09311.77,27514.09361.86421.2
style="text-align:left;"| Great Barrier

| 855

91.319220.5242.6151.600.0181.9
style="text-align:left;"| Waiheke

| 8,055

88.91,03511.43423.83664.03153.51081.2
style="text-align:left;"| Waitemata

| 49,950

60.35,0346.14,0534.926,10331.53,9124.78281.0
style="text-align:left;"| Whau

| 32,040

40.47,8459.914,81718.731,95940.32,2862.97801.0
style="text-align:left;"| Albert-Eden

| 58,899

59.77,0057.17,6537.831,52432.02,7482.89901.0
style="text-align:left;"| Puketapapa

| 19,356

33.63,4626.08,77515.228,26649.12,1633.85100.9
style="text-align:left;"| Orakei

| 61,221

72.64,8155.72,6763.219,29622.92,1272.58251.0
style="text-align:left;"| Maungakiekie-Tamaki

| 33,438

43.810,65614.019,60225.721,30927.91,6802.27110.9
style="text-align:left;"| Howick

| 64,776

46.08,0525.78,0285.765,54146.53,5402.52,0101.4
style="text-align:left;"| Mangere-Otahuhu

| 14,976

19.112,86116.446,57859.414,92519.06030.84440.6
style="text-align:left;"| Otara-Papatoetoe

| 14,142

16.613,39215.739,19846.029,88035.18821.04980.6
style="text-align:left;"| Manurewa

| 27,942

29.224,84626.034,70736.324,34525.41,9622.16450.7
style="text-align:left;"| Papakura

| 28,305

49.115,43826.89,75016.913,49723.49181.65881.0
style="text-align:left;"| Franklin

| 61,371

82.011,24715.04,0085.46,3248.55850.89691.3

Country of birth

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:right;"

|+Birthplace of usually resident population, 2006–18 Census{{Cite web|url=http://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/wbos/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TABLECODE8279|title=Birthplace (detailed), for the census usually resident population count, 2006, 2013, and 2018 Censuses (RC, TA, SA2, DHB)|website=nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz|access-date=2020-03-03}}

rowspan=2| Countrycolspan="2" | 2006 censuscolspan=2| 2013 census

! colspan="2" |2018 census

style="font-size:95%;"

! Number !! % !! Number !! %

!Number

!%

style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|New Zealand}}777,94263.0805,35660.9

|904,905

|58.4

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|China}}54,5194.465,3854.9

|96,540

|6.2

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|India}}30,7472.543,4103.3

|71,358

|4.6

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|England}}72,9755.974,9405.7

|68,799

|4.4

style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Fiji}}28,4462.339,0873.0

|44,658

|2.9

style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Samoa}}35,7662.935,5862.7

|38,232

|2.5

style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|South Africa}}24,6302.030,6122.3

|36,759

|2.4

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Philippines}}9,0690.718,6211.4

|30,237

|2.0

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Australia}}20,2501.619,5901.5

|21,903

|1.4

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|South Korea}}20,0341.619,4701.5

|21,753

|1.4

style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Tonga}}17,2081.418,1171.4

|20,913

|1.3

style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Malaysia}}8,4240.79,4590.7

|11,607

|0.7

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|United States}}5,9310.47,2720.5

|8,988

|0.6

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Sri Lanka}}4,5030.45,8410.4

|8,529

|0.6

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Cook Islands}}10,3740.89,1830.7

|8,259

|0.5

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Hong Kong}}5,8440.55,1090.4

|8,061

|0.5

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Scotland}}8,9610.77,8510.6

|7,443

|0.5

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Taiwan}}7,4850.66,3780.5

|7,113

|0.5

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Japan}}

|4,158

|0.3

|4,959

|0.4

|6,279

|0.4

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Vietnam}}

|3,264

|0.3

|3,978

|0.3

|5,859

|0.4

style="text-align:left;" | {{flag|Germany}}

|3,588

|0.3

|4,164

|0.3

|5,253

|0.3

style="text-align:left;" | Other countries80,2086.588,1856.7

|115,791

|7.5

style="text-align:left;" |Total people stated1,234,3171,322,535|1,571,718

|

style="text-align:left;" | Not elsewhere included70,6415.493,0156.6

|22,476

|1.5

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;"
+Birthplace by Auckland local board area, 2013 census{{cite web|url=http://archive.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/Census/2013%20Census/profile-and-summary-reports/quickstats-culture-identity/tables.xls|title=2013 Census QuickStats about culture and identity – data tables|publisher=Statistics New Zealand|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524102811/http://www.stats.govt.nz/~/media/Statistics/Census/2013%20Census/profile-and-summary-reports/quickstats-culture-identity/tables.xls|archivedate=24 May 2014|accessdate=10 November 2016}}
rowspan=2| Local board areacolspan=2| New Zealandcolspan=2| Australiacolspan=2| Pacific Islandscolspan=2| British Islescolspan=2| Europecolspan=2| North Americacolspan=2| Asiacolspan=2| Middle East and Africacolspan=2| Latin America and Other
style="font-size:95%;"

! Num. !! % !! Num. !! % !! Num. !! % !! Num. !! % !! Num. !! % !! Num. !! % !! Num. !! % !! Num. !! % !! Num. !! %

style="text-align:left;"| Rodney

| 39,678

77.89361.85401.15,76311.31,0982.25491.11,2722.51,0922.1900.2
style="text-align:left;"| Hibiscus and Bays

| 53,805

63.01,4761.76240.713,44315.72,5743.09121.15,4996.46,7177.93210.4
style="text-align:left;"| Upper Harbour

| 27,525

54.16991.47621.54,2968.41,2602.54380.911,56222.74,1408.11680.3
style="text-align:left;"| Kaipatiki

| 45,189

58.11,2511.62,3583.05,9917.72,2382.96480.815,93620.53,7114.84320.6
style="text-align:left;"| Devonport-Takapuna

| 32,226

60.51,1132.15221.05,91911.11,7283.27591.48,59816.12,0733.93150.6
style="text-align:left;"| Henderson-Massey

| 64,248

64.21,2301.210,53610.54,6984.72,2322.25010.513,29313.32,9312.93990.4
style="text-align:left;"| Waitākere Ranges

| 31,902

70.67561.72,2655.04,80610.61,2842.84981.12,4545.41,0382.31860.4
style="text-align:left;"| Great Barrier

| 663

81.3212.630.4728.8212.6182.291.191.100.0
style="text-align:left;"| Waiheke

| 5,442

70.32132.8690.91,10714.33214.11952.51742.21471.9751.0
style="text-align:left;"| Waitemata

| 37,689

53.11,5392.21,6442.35,1907.32,7633.91,3231.917,58924.82,1903.11,0921.5
style="text-align:left;"| Whau

| 54,834

54.51,5841.23,15311.45,3794.41,8991.59660.518,61823.52,0852.94650.4
style="text-align:left;"| Albert-Eden

| 54,834

61.61,5841.83,1533.55,3796.01,8992.19661.118,61820.92,0852.34650.5
style="text-align:left;"| Puketapapa

| 24,192

48.35131.05,27410.51,7733.56451.32700.515,50731.01,6833.42040.4
style="text-align:left;"| Orakei49,22465.41,8152.41,2301.66,6218.82,6793.61,0831.49,63312.82,5263.45130.7
style="text-align:left;"| Maungakiekie-Tamaki

| 38,955

60.87981.28,21112.82,4963.91,2632.04290.710,16415.91,4492.32670.4
style="text-align:left;"| Howick

| 60,189

49.41,3981.14,8154.08,7307.22,1841.87230.632,92827.010,4888.63990.3
style="text-align:left;"| Mangere-Otahuhu

| 36,519

56.85880.921,85834.08101.32370.41830.33,4775.45010.8840.1
style="text-align:left;"| Otara-Papatoetoe

| 36,642

53.45670.820,57730.08701.32460.41650.28,59812.58371.2930.1
style="text-align:left;"| Manurewa

| 48,492

64.67441.013,96218.62,0822.84290.61980.36,8349.12,1932.9930.1
style="text-align:left;"| Papakura

| 32,337

76.55551.32,4635.81,9504.64291.01740.43,1627.51,1072.61050.2
style="text-align:left;"| Franklin

| 48,744

79.39811.61,0831.85,5029.09541.63780.62,0853.31,6232.6840.1

Religion

{{Pie chart

|thumb = right

|float=right

|caption=Major religions in Auckland, 2013 Census

|label1 = Catholic

|value1 = 13.29

|color1 = Purple

|label2 = Anglican

|value2 = 9.10

|color2 = DarkBlue

|label3 = Presbyterian

|value3 = 7.40

|color3 = DodgerBlue

|label4 = Other Christianity

|value4 = 17.77

|color4 = LightBlue

|label5 = Hinduism

|value5 = 4.75

|color5 = Orange

|label6 = Buddhism

|value6 = 2.53

|color6 = Yellow

|label7 = Islam

|value7 = 2.41

|color7 = Green

|label8 = Other religions

|value8 = 2.88

|color8 = Chartreuse

|label9 = Undeclared

|value9 = 3.75

|color9 = Black

|label10 = No religion

|value10 = 37.83

|color10 = Honeydew

}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"

|+ Religion of usually resident population, 2001–13 Census{{cite web |title= Religious affiliation (total responses) by age group and sex, for the census usually resident population count, 2001, 2006, and 2013 Censuses (RC, TA, AU) |url= http://nzdotstat.stats.govt.nz/wbos/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=TABLECODE8071 |publisher= Statistics New Zealand |accessdate= 24 January 2018}}

rowspan=2 | Religioncolspan=2| 2001 censuscolspan=2| 2006 censuscolspan=2| 2013 census
Number%Number%Number%
style="text-align:left;"| Christian604,71356.98636,40552.96615,93647.56
style="text-align:left;"|     Catholic153,67814.48169,88114.14172,11013.29
style="text-align:left;"|     Anglican147,99313.94141,52211.78117,8439.10
style="text-align:left;"|     Presbyterian, Congregational and Reformed110,49010.41109,5399.1295,8927.40
style="text-align:left;"|     Christian (not further defined)63,1805.9563,7145.3078,4806.06
style="text-align:left;"|     Methodist47,0344.4350,4424.2046,7703.61
style="text-align:left;"|     Pentecostal23,2382.1931,1042.5931,3862.42
style="text-align:left;"|     Baptist18,5461.7521,4951.7921,2371.64
style="text-align:left;"|     Latter-day Saints16,6321.5719,2301.6019,3741.50
style="text-align:left;"|     Other Christian religions32,7963.0937,5603.1339,2403.03
style="text-align:left;"| Hindu25,7882.4345,3273.7761,4584.75
style="text-align:left;"| Buddhist22,7222.1429,2172.4332,7782.53
style="text-align:left;"| Islam/Muslim15,3181.4423,6881.9731,1582.41
style="text-align:left;"| Sikh3,2250.306,1770.5111,7150.90
style="text-align:left;"| Māori Christian14,4811.3614,5741.2111,6490.90
style="text-align:left;"|     Ratana12,5851.1912,4381.0410,1220.78
style="text-align:left;"|     Ringatu1,9770.192,2530.191,6170.12
style="text-align:left;"|     Other Maori Christian religions1530.011410.011140.01
style="text-align:left;"| Spiritualism and New Age religions4,8540.465,9070.495,2380.40
style="text-align:left;"| Judaism/Jewish3,1320.303,3150.283,0990.24
style="text-align:left;"| Other religions4,7670.455,5410.465,6370.44
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| style="text-align:left;"| Total people with at least one religious affiliation

692,69165.27763,19163.51772,09559.61
style="text-align:left;"| No religion308,59229.08390,41132.49489,91537.83
style="text-align:left;"| Object to answering68,6016.4667,3025.6048,5853.75

Future growth

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Auckland is expecting substantial population growth via immigration and natural population increases (which contribute to growth at about one-third and two-thirds, respectively),[http://www.arc.govt.nz/arc/auckland-region/growth/can-we-stop-growth.cfm Can We Stop growth?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012191829/http://arc.govt.nz/arc/auckland-region/growth/can-we-stop-growth.cfm |date=2007-10-12 }} (from the ARC website) and is set to grow to an estimated 2 million inhabitants by 2050 (a compounded annual growth rate of 1.2% vs the 2013 number above)..[http://www.arc.govt.nz/albany/fms/main/Documents/Auckland/Aucklands%20growth/Auckland%20regional%20growth%20strategy.pdf Executive Summary] (PDF) (from the Auckland Regional Growth Strategy document, ARC, November 1999. Retrieved 2007-10-14.) This substantial increase in population will have a major impact on transport, housing and other infrastructure that is in many cases already considered under pressure. It is also feared by some organisations, such as the Auckland Regional Council, that urban sprawl will result from the growth and, as a result, that it is necessary to address this proactively in planning policy.

A 'Regional Growth Strategy' has been adopted that sees limits on further subdivision and intensification of existing use as its main sustainability measures.[http://portal.jarbury.net/thesis.pdf From Urban Sprawl to Compact City: an analysis of Auckland's Urban Growth Management Strategies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628160540/http://portal.jarbury.net/thesis.pdf |date=2007-06-28 }} — Arbury, Joshua — MA Thesis, University of Auckland, New Zealand. This policy is contentious, as it naturally limits the uses of private land, especially the subdivision of urban fringe properties,{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=139&objectid=10436540 |title=Green belt under siege |author=Cumming, Geoff |date=28 April 2007 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=27 September 2011}} by setting 'Metropolitan Urban Limits' in planning documents like the District Plan.[http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/growthstrategy/docs/Glossary.pdf Growth Strategy: Glossary and References] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614211325/http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/documents/growthstrategy/docs/Glossary.pdf |date=2007-06-14 }} (PDF) (from the Auckland City Council).

According to the 2006 Census projections, the medium-variant scenario shows that the population is projected to continue growing, to reach 1.93 million by 2031. The high-variant scenario shows the region's population growing to over two million by 2031.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mch.govt.nz/about-ministry/overview/vision |title=Vision | Ministry for Culture and Heritage |access-date=2014-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413193738/http://www.mch.govt.nz/about-ministry/overview/vision |archive-date=2014-04-13 |url-status=dead }}

See also

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