Devonport-Takapuna Local Board
The Devonport-Takapuna Local Board covers from Castor Bay and Sunnynook south to the end of the Devonport Peninsula; it is separated from the Kaipātiki board area by the Northern Motorway. This local board sits in the Auckland Council office buildings on The Strand in Takapuna. These were the North Shore City Council offices until the North Shore City Council was merged into Auckland Council in 2010. It is part of the North Shore Ward of Auckland Council, which also includes the Kaipātiki Local Board.
Geography
The local board area includes the major suburbs of Devonport and Takapuna. It also includes the smaller suburbs of Castor Bay, Forrest Hill, Milford, Lake Pupuke, Belmont, Narrow Neck, Stanley Bay, Bayswater and Shoal Bay.The area extends from Sunnynook and Castor Bay in the north, to Stanley Bay and Devonport in the south, to State Highway 1. It features Mt Victoria, North Head, and the large volcanic crater of Lake Pupuke.
Board
The current board members for the 2022-2025 term, elected at the 2022 local elections, are:Board members are currently paid
- Chairperson, $94,728
- Deputy Chairperson, $56,837
- Member, $47,364
Board chairs
The board chair is the head of the six-person board elected by the board in their first meeting. Often the chair and deputy chair alternate 18 month periods of the three-year term. Grant Gillon was chair followed by George Wood from early 2018.Demographics
Devonport-Takapuna Local Board Area covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2.Devonport-Takapuna had a population of 58,005 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 30 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 2,535 people since the 2013 census. There were 28,125 males, 29,691 females and 189 people of other genders in 21,378 dwellings. 3.2% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 40.8 years. There were 9,954 people aged under 15 years, 10,839 aged 15 to 29, 26,847 aged 30 to 64, and 10,362 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 66.4% European ; 6.2% Māori; 2.9% Pasifika; 29.0% Asian; 3.1% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 2.0% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 93.6%, Māori language by 1.1%, Samoan by 0.4%, and other languages by 30.2%. No language could be spoken by 1.7%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.2%. The percentage of people born overseas was 44.8, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 31.0% Christian, 1.5% Hindu, 1.6% Islam, 0.2% Māori religious beliefs, 1.6% Buddhist, 0.3% New Age, 0.3% Jewish, and 1.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 56.8%, and 5.8% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 20,553 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 18,864 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 8,622 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $50,700, compared with $41,500 nationally. 10,323 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 24,648 people were employed full-time, 6,819 were part-time, and 1,143 were unemployed.