Food area · Auckland, New Zealand
Opening a cafe or restaurant in Auckland City Centre
What stands out
About 28,300 people live within 1 km, a big pool of locals for a food street.
Te Waihorotiu is the nearest station or bus station, 200 m away.
The map shows 155 offices within 1 km: weekday lunch trade that resident numbers miss.
- Residents within 1 km
- 28,300
- Median age 34.8, against 34.8 within 3 km
- Largest adult age group
- 25–34
- 16% of residents, against 16% within 3 km
- Food and drink places within 1 km
- 697
- One per 41 residents, against one per 58 within 3 km
- Trade from people who live elsewhere
- High
- 4 stations and 155 offices within 1 km
Measured from Queen Street at Victoria Street on 17 October 2026. Residents and places within 1 km, compared with everyone within 3 km.
1Who lives here
About 28,300 residents within 1 km
The age mix here is close to the surrounding area's.
Figure 1
Share of all residents, by age group
Within 1 kmSurrounding area, 3 km
Each bar is the group’s share of all residents. The tag on the right: how much more or less common the group is here.
2Which kinds of place fit
No common kind of place stands out for the residents
This shows how well the usual regulars of 10 common kinds of place match the residents, against the surrounding 3 km. It’s a rough guide, and your own concept may draw a different crowd.
| Kind of place | Match with residents | Already within 1 km | Free check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pho or noodles | Partial match | 17 Vietnamese and noodle placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: pho or noodles |
| Coffee shop | Partial match | 166 cafes and coffee shopsMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: coffee shop |
| Brunch cafe | Partial match | 160 cafes and brunch placesMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: brunch cafe |
| Bakery | Partial match | 17 bakeriesAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: bakery |
| Bubble tea | Partial match | 18 bubble tea and tea shopsFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bubble tea |
| Pizza | Partial match | 10 pizza placesAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: pizza |
| Burgers | Partial match | 16 burger placesMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: burgers |
| Fried chicken | Partial match | 12 chicken placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: fried chicken |
| Sushi | Partial match | 54 sushi and Japanese placesMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: sushi |
| Bar | Partial match | 76 bars and pubsMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bar |
3What’s already here
697 food and drink places within 1 km
One for every 41 residents, against one for every 58 in the surrounding 3 km.
Most-tagged cuisines on the map: Chinese (52), Japanese (39), coffee shop (29), Indian (27), Korean (24) and Asian (18).
The nearest named places to where we measured
- BBQ King RestaurantRestaurant, Chinese 50 mnorth-west
- Mezze BarRestaurant 50 meast
- Dunkin'Fast food, donut, coffee shop 50 mnorth
- Mezze BarBar 50 meast
- Zhou's Alley RestaurantRestaurant, Chinese 50 mnorth-east
- Go RamenRestaurant, Japanese 60 meast
- My BarBar 70 meast
- Gong ChaCafe, bubble tea 70 mnorth-east
OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers and misses some places, so the real counts are likely higher.
4What brings people past
4 stations, 155 offices and 1 school within 1 km
These bring in people who don’t live here, so your customers can look quite different from the residents above.
- 4 stationsNearest: Te Waihorotiu, 200 m west
- 155 offices
- 1 schoolNearest: ACG Academic Colleges Group Pathways Campus, 710 m south
- 19 universities and collegesNearest: New Zealand Institute of Studies, 110 m north
- 24 supermarkets and mallsNearest: Farmers, 50 m south-east
- 87 hotels and hostelsNearest: Base Backpackers, 140 m south-west
- 4 attractions and museumsNearest: Sky Tower, 280 m west
5Limits
What this page can’t tell you
- Residents aren't diners. Workers and visitors who live elsewhere aren't counted, and the ages are 2020 estimates.
- The map misses places, and says nothing about how busy any of them is.
- Nothing here covers the lease: rent, visibility and parking.
Two checks only you can do: count who walks past at your hours, and test the rent against cautious sales. For census counts, see the Stats NZ place summary for the Auckland Region.
Nearby food areas
- Dominion Road4.7 km
Straight-line distance between the points we measured from, not by road.
All Auckland food areas comparedEvery food area we’ve checked