Customs Street

Customs Street

Hobson Street
Major junctions	Queen Street
East end	Beach Road

Customs Street is a street in the

, Customs Street West and Customs Street East.

History

Customs Street was built on reclaimed land.^[4] Customs Street East began as a seawall between Point Stanley and Point Britomart across Commercial Bay, a former bay that used to exist on the Auckland waterfront. By 1859, reclamation work on Commercial Bay had begun, and Customs Street was created.^[5] Much of the fill used to create the land along Customs Street was taken from Point Britomart, a former peninsula to the east of the street.^[4]

The street was an important centre for trade in Auckland in the early 20th century due to its proximity to the Auckland waterfront and the railway station. Customs Street had a mix of warehouses, commercial offices of shipping companies found on the north, with shops and businesses found to the south.^[4]

Demographics

The Quay Street-Customs Street statistical area covers 1.22 km² (0.47 sq mi)^[6] and had an estimated population of 2,300 as of June 2023,^[7] with a population density of 1,885 people per km².

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	1,104	—
2013	2,256	+10.75%
2018	2,274	+0.16%
Source: [8]

Quay Street-Customs Street had a population of 2,274 at the

. There were 1,107 households, comprising 1,206 males and 1,065 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.13 males per female. The median age was 31.9 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 180 people (7.9%) aged under 15 years, 795 (35.0%) aged 15 to 29, 1,152 (50.7%) aged 30 to 64, and 141 (6.2%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 39.2% European/Pākehā, 4.4% Māori, 3.4% Pacific peoples, 50.0% Asian, and 7.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 69.1, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 46.2% had no religion, 26.1% were Christian, 0.1% had Māori religious beliefs, 9.2% were Hindu, 6.5% were Muslim, 4.0% were Buddhist and 3.4% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 924 (44.1%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 93 (4.4%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $37,500, compared with $31,800 nationally. 510 people (24.4%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,185 (56.6%) people were employed full-time, 288 (13.8%) were part-time, and 87 (4.2%) were unemployed.^[8]

Notable locations

• The Aon Centre, also known as the AMP Tower
• Australis House
• Commercial Bay, a mixed-use office tower and retail development
• The former Customhouse, now the location of duty-free shopping centre T Galleria
• The Dilworth Building, a historic mixed-use building constructed in the 1920s.^[9]
• Seascape, a residential skyscraper currently under construction
• Queens Arcade, a historic shopping arcade
• The United States Consulate General^[4]

Gallery

• 
  The Dilworth Building
• 
  the Waitemata Hotel on the corner of Queen Street and Customs Street in 1927
• 
  The PWC Tower at Commercial Bay
• 
  Heritage buildings on Customs Street East
• 
  Excelsior Building, Stanbeth House and Masonic Club
• 
  Australis House and Arthur H. Nathan Warehouse (architect Arthur Pollard Wilson, who also designed Strand Arcade, Naval and Family Hotel,Northern Steam Ship Company Building and Isaacs’ Bonded Stores)^[10]
• 
  The former Customhouse
• 
  Tepid Baths on Customs Street West

References

External links

Media related to Customs Street, Auckland at Wikimedia Commons