Using Council Valuation Records to Estimate Auckland’s housing stock

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v21i1.9727

Keywords:

housing, dwelling stocks, measurement, valuation rolls, zoning reform

Abstract

New Zealand lacks timely estimates of its total and regional dwelling stocks. Such estimates would be useful for evaluating various policies to encourage housing supply. To address this deficiency, we propose and implement a method for estimating Auckland’s dwelling stock based on its district valuation roll (DVR). The district valuation roll is an administrative dataset maintained by all local councils for the purpose of levying property taxes. The estimates imply that there were 609,055 dwellings in Auckland as of August 2024, an increase of about 91,000 units – or 18% – since the Auckland Unitary Plan became operative in November 2016. We anticipate that DVR-based estimates can be constructed for other regions.

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James Allan Jones, University of Auckland

James Jones is a research fellow at the Economic Policy Centre at the University of Auckland and senior data scientist at Auckland Council.

Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy, University of Auckland

Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy is an associate professor at the University of Auckland and the director of the Economic Policy Centre.

Chris Crow, University of Auckland

Chris Crow is a research associate at the Economic Policy Centre at the University of Auckland and the founding consultant at Crow Advisory.

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Published

2025-02-17

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2025): Policy Quarterly

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