Story: Auckland region
Page 16 – Facts and figures
Land area
- Auckland: 5,600 sq km
- New Zealand: 268,690 sq km
Climate (Auckland city)
(National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) data, 1971–2000)
- Mean temperature, January: 19.3° C
- Mean temperature, July: 10.8° C
- Mean annual rainfall: 1,240 mm
- Mean annual sunshine: 2,060 hours
Total population, 2009
- Auckland: 1,436,500
- New Zealand: 4,315,800
Ethnic affiliation, 2006
European
- Auckland: 56.5%
- New Zealand: 67.6%
New Zealander 1
- Auckland: 8.1%
- New Zealand: 11.1%
Māori
- Auckland: 11.1%
- New Zealand: 14.6%
Pacific Island
- Auckland: 14.4%
- New Zealand: 6.9%
Asian (including Indian)
- Auckland: 18.9%
- New Zealand: 9.2%
Principal tribes/sub-tribes
Ngāti Whātua, Te Kawerau-a-Maki, Ngāti Pāoa, Waikato
Population of major urban areas, 2009
- Auckland: 1,333,200
- Pukekohe: 25,000
Age distribution, 2006
Under 15
- Auckland: 22.1%
- New Zealand: 21.5%
15–64
- Auckland: 68.0%
- New Zealand: 66.2%
65 and over
- Auckland: 9.9%
- New Zealand: 12.3%
Employment by industry, 2006
(Figures are for workers aged 15 and over, in selected industries in which the region’s employment pattern is most distinctive)
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
- Auckland: 1.5%
- New Zealand: 6.8%
Wholesale trade
- Auckland: 7.3%
- New Zealand: 5.0%
Information media and telecommunications
- Auckland: 2.9%
- New Zealand: 1.9%
Professional, scientific and technical services
- Auckland: 10.2%
- New Zealand: 7.8%
Unemployment, 2006
- Auckland: 5.6%
- New Zealand: 5.1%
Livestock numbers, 2007
(Agricultural Production Survey, Statistics New Zealand)
Sheep
- Auckland: 287,589
- New Zealand: 38,460,477
Dairy cattle
- Auckland: 113,344
- New Zealand: 5,260,850
Beef cattle
- Auckland: 156,787
- New Zealand: 4,393,617
