Economic data and reports

Hamilton's Annual Economic Report was published in July 2024 and takes an in-depth look at Hamilton's economy, development and people for the 2023 year, and gives our economic outlook for 2024.

The only one of its kind for Hamilton, the report includes information from Council's own rich data sources as well as from organisations including Statistics New Zealand and Infometrics.

The report shows how Hamilton's diverse economy has helped it weather the pandemic better than New Zealand's other major cities, with continued growth in its economy, population and housing.

As well as our annual reports, we have access to up-to-date economic data for our city. Some of this is shown on the dashboards below.

Helpful tips to use these dashboards:

• Numbers in red show that the situation is getting worse, while the numbers in green indicate an improvement.
• For more information on the data source, hover over the ? on the right hand corner of each box.
• Because all the information comes in at different times, some of the numbers below are not comparable. Make sure you check the dates on each graph.