Glenbrook Beach

Glenbrook Beach is a rural community at the northern end of a peninsula formed between the Waiuku River and Taihiki River in Auckland, New Zealand. Waiuku is 14 km south by road.
The area is also known as Kawahai, after a species of fish which has been a substantial food source for the local Ngāti Te Ata iwi.
Glenbrook Beach was first subdivided in the mid 1920s. Electric power supply was connected at the end of the decade.

Demographics

Statistics New Zealand describes Glenbrook Beach as a rural settlement, which covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km². Glenbrook Beach is part of the larger Glenbrook statistical area.
Glenbrook Beach had a population of 840 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 537 people since the 2018 census, and an increase of 540 people since the 2013 census. There were 417 males, 417 females and 6 people of other genders in 294 dwellings. 2.5% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 36.7 years. There were 198 people aged under 15 years, 120 aged 15 to 29, 438 aged 30 to 64, and 84 aged 65 or older.
People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results were 73.6% European ; 14.3% Māori; 13.6% Pasifika; 14.3% Asian; 2.9% Middle Eastern, Latin American and African New Zealanders ; and 2.9% other, which includes people giving their ethnicity as "New Zealander". English was spoken by 96.1%, Māori language by 2.9%, Samoan by 2.5%, and other languages by 18.9%. No language could be spoken by 2.9%. New Zealand Sign Language was known by 0.4%. The percentage of people born overseas was 32.5, compared with 28.8% nationally.
Religious affiliations were 38.2% Christian, 3.9% Hindu, 1.8% Islam, 0.7% Māori religious beliefs, 0.4% Buddhist, 1.1% New Age, 0.4% Jewish, and 2.1% other religions. People who answered that they had no religion were 45.7%, and 5.4% of people did not answer the census question.
Of those at least 15 years old, 150 people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 375 had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 126 people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $58,300, compared with $41,500 nationally. 111 people earned over $100,000 compared to 12.1% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 411 people were employed full-time, 63 were part-time, and 12 were unemployed.