NXS-GRX-NZL · Australia and New Zealand · Regions

Auckland Region

First-level unit, New Zealand: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-NZL-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO NZL / NZStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
1,657,451
people (GHSL 2025)
4,939 km²
area
34.8%
of New Zealand
21
units inside
01Map

Inside Auckland Region

The 21 ADM2 units of Auckland Region.

FIG 1 · 21 units inside Auckland Region
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

1,657,451

34.8% of New Zealand.

People · WorldPop 2025

1,513,305

-9% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

4,939 km²

336 people per km².

Code

NZ-AUK

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

95,172

people on land at or below 10 m, 5.7% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

21 units inside Auckland Region

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

UnitCodePeople (GHSL)People (WorldPop)Area km²Per km²ShareCoast ≤ 10 m
Albert-Eden Local Board Area–219,856160,43128.577,69513%5,604
Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board Area–706742320.5320%33
Ōrākei Local Board Area–80,13463,93632.482,4674.7%2,200
Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board Area–83,72680,02937.162,2535%1,313
Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Area–35,58627,13520.981,6962.1%1,535
Franklin Local Board Area–66,65164,2611,197.99563.9%1,823
Henderson-Massey Local Board Area–133,537116,61553.272,5077.9%1,885
Hibiscus and Bays Local Board Area–118,553119,257110.221,0767%5,406
Howick Local Board Area–134,616132,93669.341,9418%13,516
Kaipātiki Local Board Area–83,94670,07234.122,4605%0
Māngere-Ōtāhuhu Local Board Area–97,13186,52652.271,8585.7%12,389
Manurewa Local Board Area–73,06976,44536.871,9824.3%7,737
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board Area–151,597127,50336.384,1679%16,568
Papakura Local Board Area–89,011105,44939.872,2335.3%9,990
Puketāpapa Local Board Area–63,89455,79718.673,4223.8%6,264
Rodney Local Board Area–68,40281,9212,271.53304%3,886
Upper Harbour Local Board Area–40,69442,55269.565852.4%1,281
Waiheke Local Board Area–1,0511,050155.970.1%34
Waitākere Ranges Local Board Area–51,01744,539306.051673%25
Waitematā Local Board Area–33,53725,57419.521,7182%0
Whau Local Board Area–63,89455,79726.582,4043.8%3,508
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
425.3 H3 cells
Ports
1 H3 cells
Airports
1 H3 cells
Major roads
344.2 H3 cells
Railways
206.2 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
41.6 H3 cells
05Risk

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Auckland Region publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for New Zealand.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Sources

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NZL ADM1, source: NZ Stats, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2017
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NZL ADM2, source: Stats NZ, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2021
ADM3 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen NZL ADM3, source: NZ Stats, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2017
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Countries
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.
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