Food area · Auckland, New Zealand
Opening a cafe or restaurant in Ponsonby, Auckland
What stands out
2 universities and colleges are within 1 km, so students come in term time.
161 food and drink places are on the map within 1 km. That's about as many for the number of residents as in the surrounding 3 km.
The cuisines tagged most often within 1 km are Japanese (8), Italian (7) and sushi (5).
- Residents within 1 km
- 13,900
- About 92,800 within 3 km
- Residents per square km
- 4,420
- About 3,280 across 3 km
- Food and drink places within 1 km
- 161
- One per 86 residents, against one per 70 within 3 km
- Trade from people who live elsewhere
- High
- 54 offices and 7 schools within 1 km
Measured from Ponsonby Road near Franklin Road on 18 October 2026. Residents and places within 1 km, compared with everyone within 3 km.
1Who lives here
About 13,900 residents within 1 km
Our age figures come as one mix for a whole district or region here, not street by street, so they can't show who lives on this street. For official age counts, see the Stats NZ place summary for the Auckland Region.
That’s about 4,420 people per square km, against 3,280 across the surrounding 3 km.
2Places like 10 common kinds
How many places like each kind are already within 1 km
Our age figures can’t tell these kinds apart here, so this shows only what’s on the map: places like each kind within 1 km, against the surrounding 3 km.
| Kind of place | Already within 1 km | Free check |
|---|---|---|
| Coffee shop | 39 cafes and coffee shopsFewer per resident than the wider area | Check it free: coffee shop |
| Brunch cafe | 39 cafes and brunch placesFewer per resident than the wider area | Check it free: brunch cafe |
| Bar | 31 bars and pubsMore per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bar |
| Sushi | 13 sushi and Japanese placesAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: sushi |
| Bakery | 7 bakeriesAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: bakery |
| Pizza | 6 pizza placesAbout as many per resident as the wider area | Check it free: pizza |
| Burgers | 4 burger placesFewer per resident than the wider area | Check it free: burgers |
| Fried chicken | 2 chicken placesFewer per resident than the wider area | Check it free: fried chicken |
| Pho or noodles | 1 Vietnamese and noodle placeFewer per resident than the wider area | Check it free: pho or noodles |
| Bubble tea | 1 bubble tea and tea shopFewer per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bubble tea |
3What’s already here
161 food and drink places within 1 km
One for every 86 residents, against one for every 70 in the surrounding 3 km.
Most-tagged cuisines on the map: Japanese (8), Italian (7), sushi (5), burger (4), pizza (4) and Indian (4).
The nearest named places to where we measured
- Gyoza BarRestaurant 20 meast
- khu KhuRestaurant 20 mnorth-east
- UNCS Hot ChickenFast food, chicken, Chinese 20 meast
- Cake & CoBakery 20 mnorth-east
- The Broken LanternBar 30 mnorth-west
- Auckland Cocktail SyndicateBar 30 mnorth-west
- BlueCafe 50 mnorth
- LimeBar 60 msouth-east
OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers and misses some places, so the real counts are likely higher.
4What brings people past
54 offices, 7 schools and 2 universities and colleges within 1 km
These bring in people who don’t live here, so your customers can look quite different from the residents above.
- 54 offices
- 7 schoolsNearest: Richmond Road School, 490 m south-west
- 2 universities and collegesNearest: Catholic Theological College, 230 m west
- 1 hospitalNearest: Mercy Hospice Auckland, 740 m north
- 1 supermarket or mallNearest: Woolworths, 580 m south-east
- 11 hotels and hostelsNearest: Uenuku Lodge, 260 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.
Nearby food areas
- Auckland City Centre1.9 km
- Dominion Road3.8 km
Straight-line distance between the points we measured from, not by road.
All Auckland food areas comparedEvery food area we’ve checked