Auckland population projections reveal choking growth

Tuesday 21 February 2017

The National Government’s single-minded focus on solving Auckland’s housing crisis by boosting supply has taken another hammering, with new population projections from Statistics New Zealand estimating that Auckland’s population will rise between 37% (low growth scenario) and 75% (high growth scenario) between 2013 and 2043:

In number terms, the projections equate to the following population increase in Auckland:

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.