Executive summary

• The city centre is home to some of the most used parks and community facilities in the Auckland region, with a lot of visits originating from outside the local board (Waitematā).

Parks and open spaces

• Victoria Park, Albert Park and Aotea Square are the top three most visited open spaces in the city centre and among the most visited in Auckland (alongside Auckland Domain, Cornwall Park, Lloyd Elsmore Park).
• Most sites in the city centre get most of their visits from outside of the Waitematā local board. The exceptions are Te Taou Reserve Railway Gardens, Te Uringutu Reserve, Ernest Davis Lookout, Ngaoho Reserve and Anzac Avenue 110-112 where 50% or more visits are from Waitematā locals..
• Myers Park and Wakefield Reserve have the highest percentage of visits coming from high deprivation areas.
• The visits to most parks and civic spaces in the city centre come from across all of Auckland Region.
• All parks have good coverage of usage, i.e., there are no parts that are unused or underutilised.

Facilities

• Tepid Baths are a destination swimming pool attracting users from across the region.
• Central Library offers many services in addition to book lending, and the majority of visits are not linked to book lending.
• Ellen Melville and Pioneer Women Centre is well utilised as a venue for hire and the community kitchen on the ground level attracts a lot of visitors outside of the venue for hire function. 

A report on Human Mobility (HMI) data counts from mobile phones. 

Report prepared for Auckland Council internal use.

Auckland Council, January 2025

See also

Auckland Council website, Performance and transparency

Human Mobility Insights Project