Food area · Auckland, New Zealand

Opening a cafe or restaurant in Dominion Road, Auckland

What stands out

108 food and drink places are on the map within 1 km: one for every 130 residents, against one for every 188 in the surrounding 3 km.

Young adults 25–34 are the largest adult group: 16% of residents, about the same share as in the surrounding 3 km.

None of 10 common kinds of place stands out for the residents here: their usual customers are no more common than in the surrounding area.

Residents within 1 km: 14,000; 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: 108; One per 130 residents, against one per 188 within 3 km
Trade from people who live elsewhere: High; 11 offices and 5 schools within 1 km

Measured from Dominion Road at Balmoral Road on 17 October 2026. Residents and places within 1 km, compared with everyone within 3 km.

1Who lives here

About 14,000 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.

Children 0–14

Here: 20.2%

Surrounding area: 20.2%

same

Teens and students 15–24

Here: 14.1%

Surrounding area: 14.1%

same

Young adults 25–34

Here: 16.1%

Surrounding area: 16.1%

same

Adults 35–44

Here: 12.5%

Surrounding area: 12.5%

same

Adults 45–54

Here: 12.8%

Surrounding area: 12.8%

same

Adults 55–64

Here: 11.1%

Surrounding area: 11.1%

same

Seniors 65+

Here: 13.3%

Surrounding area: 13.3%

same

Source: WorldPop 2020 age and sex structures (CC BY 4.0), modelled on a 100 m grid. Within 1 km of the site, against everyone within 3 km.

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	5 Vietnamese and noodle placesFar more per resident than the wider area	Check it free: pho or noodles
Coffee shop	Partial match	15 cafes and coffee shopsAbout as many per resident as the wider area	Check it free: coffee shop
Brunch cafe	Partial match	15 cafes and brunch placesAbout as many per resident as the wider area	Check it free: brunch cafe
Bakery	Partial match	4 bakeriesAbout as many per resident as the wider area	Check it free: bakery
Bubble tea	Partial match	6 bubble tea and tea shopsFar more per resident than the wider area	Check it free: bubble tea
Pizza	Partial match	2 pizza placesFewer per resident than the wider area	Check it free: pizza
Burgers	Partial match	2 burger placesFewer per resident than the wider area	Check it free: burgers
Fried chicken	Partial match	10 chicken placesFar more per resident than the wider area	Check it free: fried chicken
Sushi	Partial match	6 sushi and Japanese placesFar more per resident than the wider area	Check it free: sushi
Bar	Partial match	5 bars and pubsAbout as many per resident as the wider area	Check it free: bar

How the match levels work

3What’s already here

108 food and drink places within 1 km

One for every 130 residents, against one for every 188 in the surrounding 3 km.

Restaurant65
Fast food16
Cafe15
Bar4
Bakery4
Tea shop3

Most-tagged cuisines on the map: Chinese (30), Indian (15), Asian (12), chicken (8), Japanese (5) and Thai (4).

The nearest named places to where we measured

Golden Garden RestaurantRestaurant, seafood, Chinese 160 msouth-east
Japanese Sake Tapas BarBar 160 msouth-east
McDonald'sFast food, burger 160 mnorth-east
That Sando GuyRestaurant, burger, Chinese 170 meast
Amy's Kitchen fried skewersRestaurant, Chinese 170 msouth-east
Yi Fang TeaCafe, bubble tea 170 msouth-east
Spicy HouseRestaurant, Chinese 180 meast
Barilla DumplingRestaurant, Chinese 180 meast

OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers and misses some places, so the real counts are likely higher.

4What brings people past

11 offices, 5 schools and 1 hospital within 1 km

These bring in people who don’t live here, so your customers can look quite different from the residents above.

11 offices
5 schoolsNearest: Balmoral Seventh Day Adventist School, 90 m south-east
1 hospitalNearest: Lexham Gardens Rest Home and Hospital, 650 m north-west
4 supermarkets and mallsNearest: Farro Fresh, 790 m north-east
2 hotels and hostelsNearest: Balmoral Lodge, 110 m north

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.

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Straight-line distance between the points we measured from, not by road.

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