Albert-Eden Local Board
The Albert-Eden Local Board is one of the 21 local boards of the Auckland Council, and is one of the two boards overseen by the council's Albert-Eden-Puketāpapa ward councillors.
The Albert-Eden board, named after the two volcanic cones in the board area: Mount Albert and Mount Eden, covers the suburbs of Balmoral, Epsom, Greenlane, Kingsland, Morningside, Mount Albert, Mount Eden, Owairaka, Point Chevalier, Sandringham, and Waterview.
The board is governed by eight board members elected from two subdivisions: four from the Owairaka subdivision, and four from the Maungawhau subdivision. The first board members were elected with the nationwide local elections on Saturday 9 October 2010; the local board's second election closed on 12 October 2013.
Geography
The area include the suburbs of Greenlane, Epsom, Mt Eden, Balmoral, Sandringham, Kingsland, Morningside, Owairaka, Mount Albert, Waterview and Point Chevalier. It is a high density residential area with strong transport connections.Population
Albert-Eden Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.Albert-Eden had a population of 96,630 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 1,992 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 1,935 people since the 2013 census. There were 47,265 males, 48,708 females and 657 people of other genders in 33,300 dwellings. 6.1% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 35.8 years. There were 15,429 people aged under 15 years, 23,328 aged 15 to 29, 46,323 aged 30 to 64, and 11,550 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 58.0% European ; 8.6% Māori; 8.6% Pasifika; 33.1% Asian; 3.5% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 1.6% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 93.5%, Māori language by 2.0%, Samoan by 1.9%, and other languages by 30.1%. No language could be spoken by 1.8%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 40.8, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 27.1% Christian, 5.2% Hindu, 2.7% Islam, 0.3% Māori religious beliefs, 2.2% Buddhist, 0.4% New Age, 0.2% Jewish, and 1.7% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 54.9%, and 5.3% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 37,746 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 28,590 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 14,865 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $50,600, compared with $41,500 nationally. 16,338 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 44,952 people were employed full-time, 10,920 were part-time, and 2,526 were unemployed.