Migration loss in Auckland
Between 2018 and 2023, more internal migrants left Auckland for other parts of the country than moved to Auckland.
“The 2023 Census data has shown that roughly 50,000 more people left Auckland for other parts of the country than moved to Auckland from elsewhere in New Zealand between censuses,” Goodyear said.
More than 135,000 people who lived in Auckland in 2018 moved to another part of New Zealand by 2023. The most common regions people leaving Auckland moved to were Waikato (34,479), Northland (19,266), and Canterbury (17,283).
Meanwhile, around 85,000 people who lived in other parts of New Zealand in 2018 had moved to Auckland by 2023. Most of these people moved from another area in the North Island (65,064), while a smaller number moved from the South Island (19,986).