Anzac Avenue, Auckland

The statistical area of Anzac Avenue, which is bounded by Beach Road, Parliament Street, Waterloo Quadrant, Princes Street and Emily Place, had a population of 2,748 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 180 people (7.0%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 624 people (29.4%) since the 2006 census. There were 1,458 households. There were 1,422 males and 1,323 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.07 males per female. The median age was 30.6 years, with 90 people (3.3%) aged under 15 years, 1,215 (44.2%) aged 15 to 29, 1,269 (46.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 168 (6.1%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 45.9% European/Pākehā, 4.4% Māori, 2.6% Pacific peoples, 44.4% Asian, and 8.8% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities).

The proportion of people born overseas was 66.5%, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people objected to giving their religion, 54.9% had no religion, 24.7% were Christian, and 16.2% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 1,320 (49.7%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 90 (3.4%) people had no formal qualifications. The median income was $37,200. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 1,527 (57.4%) people were employed full-time, 363 (13.7%) were part-time, and 135 (5.1%) were unemployed.[2]

Anzac Avenue, which started construction in 1914,[1] followed the route of Jermyn Street, but was renamed in 1916 to form a memorial to those who had died at Gallipoli, overriding a recommendation to call it Jellicoe Street.[3] There was an objection to the renaming, because the previous name honoured Captain John Jermyn Symonds, an early resident of the street and figure in the early history of Auckland.[4] A commemoration of the construction of the road was held in 1918, where the Governor-General, Arthur Foljambe, planted two puriri trees at the corner of Anzac Avenue and Waterloo Quadrant, and a score of trees were planted by others.[5] The road was described as busy in 1919 even before it was fully completed.[6] A tramline along Anzac Avenue was opened in February 1921.[7]

High Court Building (formerly Supreme Court Building)

• Brooklyn Flats, 66–70 Emily Place, 1936, apartment block.[8]
• Eden Hall, 3 Eden Crescent, 1936, apartment block.[9]
• Logan Bank, 114 Anzac Avenue, 1917, remnants of a house built 1871 and occupied by John Logan Campbell, used as support for the construction of Anzac Avenue.[10]
• Station Hotel, 122 Anzac Avenue, 1931, hotel fronting on both Beach Road and Anzac Avenue.[11]
• Berrisville Flats, 152 Anzac Avenue, 1937, apartment block.[12]
• High Court Building, corner Anzac Avenue and Waterloo Crescent, 1868, originally the Supreme Court building, built in Gothic Revival style.[13]
• Braemar, 7 Parliament Street, 1901, apartment complex.[14]
• Middle Courtville, 9 Parliament Street, 1914, apartment complex.[15]
• Corner Courtville, 11 Parliament Street, 1919, apartment complex.[16]