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The Rodney Local Board area had the fourth highest percentage population growth of any area, district or city in New Zealand over the past five years.
According to the first release of last year’s census data, Rodney’s population grew to 81,000, up from 69,100 people in the 2018 census – a growth of 17.22 per cent.
A comparison of population-growth data from 13 cities, 53 districts, 21 local board areas (in Auckland) and one territory (Chatham Islands) puts Rodney in fourth place, behind Selwyn district (28.44 per cent), Queenstown-Lakes district (24.24 per cent) and Papakura (24.06 per cent).
Auckland’s overall population grew over that period by just 5.11 per cent, Kaipara district by 15.19 per cent, Hibiscus and Bays LB area by 8.01 per cent, Far North district by 10.01 per cent and Whangārei district by 8.29 per cent.
Several jurisdictions – almost all of them in Auckland – experienced a drop in population between 2018 and 2023: Albert-Eden LB area (-4.05 per cent), Devonport-Takapuna LB area (-3.14 per cent),
Waitemata LB area (-2.03 per cent), Buller district (-1.83 per cent), Kaipatiki LB area (-1.72 per cent) and Orakei LB area (-1.71 per cent).
In other data released, New Zealand’s population grew by 6.3 per cent between 2018 and 2023, a slower growth rate than between 2013 and 2018, when it grew by 10.8 per cent.
The 2023 population count was 4,993,923, of whom 67.8 per cent comprised European ethnicities, 17.8 per cent Māori, 17.3 per cent Asian, 8.9 per cent Pasifika and 1.9 per cent Middle Eastern/Latin American/African.
The median age of the population increased to 38.1 years, compared with 37.4 years in 2018.
Auckland (35.9 years) and Gisborne (36.7 years) regions accounted for the youngest median age, while the West Coast (48.1 years) and Tasman (46.8 years) regions had the oldest median age.
