SR307 Trends in new residential construction in Auckland (2019)

This report presents the first of a series of case studies based on the Auckland Atlas of Construction, which was developed in the Building Research Levy-funded research project Mapping of Auckland Construction Lifelines. This project explored the geography of construction based on existing data sources concerning the operational structure, scale and performance of the construction industry of a single city - Auckland.

This case study is an analysis of trends in the new dwelling building consent data of the Auckland region between 2000 and 2012 captured in the building activity theme in the Auckland Atlas of Construction. This analysis was undertaken to provide a new perspective and thereby a better understanding of factors affecting the performance of the local residential construction sector in this growing metropolitan area.