[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.

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.

[8] Media related to Customs Street, Auckland at Wikimedia Commons