According to the latest Property Industry Impact Report, released by Property Council New Zealand in conjunction with Urban Economics, property is both Canterbury and Otago’s largest industry.
Canterbury in focus
In 2022, the wider economic impact of the Canterbury property industry was $12.1 billion. This includes a $4.5 billion ‘direct impact’ (from property industry activity), a $3.2 billion ‘indirect impact’ (from supplier activity) and a $4.4 billion ‘induced impact’ (from employee spending).
The Canterbury property industry provides a direct contribution to GDP of 11.1% – higher than manufacturing (10.2%), professional services (7.4%) and financial and insurance services (4.0%).
Canterbury’s property stock is currently worth $245.5 billion, with residential property representing $205.9 billion and commercial property representing $39.6 billion.
The property industry is Canterbury’s second largest employer, accounting of 11.5% of the local workforce. In 2022, 34,860 people were directly employed in the Canterbury property industry.
Otago in focus
In 2022, the wider economic impact of the Otago property industry was $4.5 billion. This includes a $1.8 billion ‘direct impact’ (from property industry activity), a $1.3 billion ‘indirect impact’ (from supplier activity) and a $1.4 billion ‘induced impact’ (from employee spending).
The Otago property industry provides a direct contribution to GDP of 12.8% – higher than manufacturing (6.5%), professional services (5.2%) and financial and insurance services (2.2%).
Otago’s property stock is currently worth $111.4 billion, with residential property representing $92.7 billion and commercial property representing $18.6 billion.
The property industry is Otago’s second largest employer, accounting of 11.2% of the local workforce. In 2022, 12,360 people were directly employed in the Otago property industry.
The wider context
In 2023, New Zealand’s property stock was worth approximately $2,250 billion, of which the Auckland property market accounted for 43% ($978 billion).
In the years between 2019 and 2023, the Canterbury region experienced an appreciation of 53%, while Otago experienced the largest appreciation of all the regions with 56%.
The average appreciation across all regions between 2019 – 2023 was 49%.
Note: Value is taken from latest Council valuation data, dates differ for each Council.