The true Auckland Council rates rise is an average of 4.5%. – that is the average of what individual ratepayers will
PAY.
Mayor Brown’s 2.9% increase is the increase in total rates the Council wants to COLLECT.
The full picture of increases ratepayers face is in the table below [based on figures supplied to me by Auckland Council
rates dept.]
Ratepayers facing change 2013/2014ChangeResidential RatepayerspercentageNumber of ratepayersProportion of ratepayers<-5%1,2790.27%-5% to -4%5,5261.16%-4% to -3%1,9620.41%-3% to -2%70,99314.96%-2% to -1%5,3061.12%-1% to 0%5,5551.17%0% to 1%5,6271.19%1% to 2%7,6591.61%2% to 3%21,4054.51%3% to 4%32,8656.93%4% to 5%154,64532.59%5% to 6%22,3874.72%6% to 7%23,3654.92%7% to 8%37,6397.93%8% to 9%34,9017.36%9% to 10%43,3689.14%>10%20.00%Total474,484
David Thornton
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