Economic Information for North Shore City

Economic Monitor July 2008

Economic Futures Survey

Following the Economic Briefing on 13th March, we strongly encourage you to complete the Economic Futures Survey to contribute to the Economic Futures Model for North Shore City

Click here to complete the survey

Data from this survey will not identify individual organisations but will be used to help North Shore City understand how the local economy ticks, including its key drivers for change.

The Economic Futures Model derived from this data will assess future trends for North Shore City including employment, infrastructure, consumption, business expansion, innovation and transport. There are over 26,000 businesses based on the North Shore so the information is essential for future planning!

If you have any questions please call Ian Robertshaw, on 09 414 1344

North Shore City Quarterly Economic Monitoring Report

The quarterly Economic Monitoring report to March '07 prepared for the Economic Development Association of NZ (EDANZ), puts recent economic growth in context alongside the economy's progress over the last nine years. This has been a long period of economic growth with real GDP growing 26% in the six years to 2005, an average of 3.9% pa. Nevertheless, GDP forecasts suggest a slowing of growth to a comparatively weak 2.4% in the year to March 2009, before strengthening to 3.3% in the year ended March 2011 as the economy experiences an export-led recovery.

Download the full EDANZ Economic Monitoring Report

North Shore City's continuing economic growth

The release of economic performance data has confirmed the good economic progress that North Shore City is making. The BERL report summarises North Shore City's impressive growth over the last ten years. Download the BERL report North Shore City Economic Performance 1997 - 2007

Readable summary of the BERL Report by Enterprise North Shore

EDANZ quarterly report supports economic trends

Wednesday 3rd May 2006

The quarterly Economic Monitoring report to December '05 prepared for the Economic Development Association of NZ (EDANZ), continues to indicate a flattening-out in recent economic growth. The Report provides a range of key information about North Shore including data pertaining to: visitor arrivals, residential and non-residential property consents and unemployment. This latest report presents economic trends that generally mirror the fact that for the year ended December 2005, New Zealand's economy grew by 2.2%.

Download the EDANZ Economic Monitoring Report (372 KB)

 BERL report indicates economic performance closer to the national average

Friday 31st March 2006

While improving its economic performance in some areas, the twelve months to June 2005 demonstrated a slowing in recent GDP growth for the North Shore economy, more in line with the national economy. Nevertheless, according to BERL reports, growth in employment levels and number of business units have been ahead of most other regions.

Download Profile & Performance of North Shore Economy 1994 - 2005 (301 KB)

North Shore economy continues to expand faster than national average

Wednesday 14th September 2005

North Shore's strong domestic economy is accounting for the majority of the healthy 4.4% GDP growth for the year to 31 March 2004. While this growth is above the national averge, it is the underlying feature for the North Shore economy of the Business & Economy summary prepared for the Auckland region by Infometrics.

Download the Business & Economy 2005 report (922 KB)