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, 1981–2010)
- Mean temperature, January: 19.1° C
- Mean temperature, July: 10.9° C
- Mean annual rainfall: 1,212 mm
- Mean annual sunshine: 2,003 hours
Total population, 2006 and 2013
- Auckland: 1,304,961 (2006); 1,415,550 (2013)
- New Zealand: 4,027,947 (2006); 4,242,051 (2013)
Ethnic affiliation, 2013
European
- Auckland: 59.3%
- New Zealand: 74.0%
Māori
- Auckland: 10.7%
- New Zealand: 14.9%
Pacific Island
- Auckland: 14.6%
- New Zealand: 7.4%
Asian (including Indian)
- Auckland: 23.1%
- New Zealand: 11.8%
Middle Eastern, Latin American, African
- Auckland: 1.9%
- New Zealand: 1.2%
Principal tribes/sub-tribes
Ngāti Whātua, Te Kawerau-a-Maki, Ngāti Pāoa, Waikato
Age distribution, 2013
Under 15
- Auckland: 20.9%
- New Zealand: 20.4%
15–64
- Auckland: 67.6%
- New Zealand: 65.3%
65 and over
- Auckland: 11.5%
- New Zealand: 14.3%
Employment by industry, 2013
(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: 0.8%
- New Zealand: 5.7%
Wholesale trade
- Auckland: 8.2%
- New Zealand: 5.4%
Information media and telecommunications
- Auckland: 3.0%
- New Zealand: 1.9%
Professional, scientific and technical services
- Auckland: 10.6%
- New Zealand: 7.9%
Unemployment, 2013
- Auckland: 8.1%
- New Zealand: 7.1%
Livestock numbers, 2012
(Agricultural Production Survey, Statistics New Zealand)
Sheep
- Auckland: 205,270
- New Zealand: 31,262,715
Dairy cattle
- Auckland: 117,281
- New Zealand: 6,445,681
Beef cattle
- Auckland: 117,458
- New Zealand: 3,734,412
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