Economic performance

Heart of the City’s reason for being is to support a successful city centre, and an important part of this is our economy. This means measuring and monitoring the economic performance of our area is a priority for us.

Measures and resources

Some of the key measures and resources that we refer to regularly - and that businesses and people interested in the city may find interesting – are shown below.

• Heart of the City retail spending results
  For trends in retail spending in the city centre and consumer categories.
• Infometrics’ Auckland city centre economic profile
  Statistics NZ figures for city centre GDP, employment, productivity, and business numbers.
• ATEED Auckland Index and Growth Monitor
  Auckland regional data on measures like the crane count, confidence index and GDP.
• Statistics NZ business demography statistics
  Detailed information about NZ businesses including size, sector and location.
• Colliers property reports
  Monthly prime office and retail vacancy data and detailed reports for sectors like hotels.